Columbia Today: March 9, 2009

Posted to Columbia Today by Shanté Fenique King at 1:23 p.m., March 9, 2009

Columbia Today brings you the biggest news from around the city. Look for it every weekday morning on themaneater.com.

Today’s News

• Legislation that would allow concealed weapons to be carried on campus and other student issues were raised at Democratic Days Saturday.

• Chris Kelly discusses his return to the Missouri House of Representatives and his plan to take $700 million bond in support of higher education construction in The Maneater's Newsmakers podcast.

• Five different MU Tigers are awarded Big 12 awards including J.T. Tiller and Leo Lyons. Read more at the Sports Blog.

• A man led a Boone County sherriff’s deputy on a high speed chase Sunday, at one point hitting a passenger who tried to exit the car, according to the Columbia Daily Tribune.

• MTV’s longest running television show, “The Real World,” held auditions at Memorial Union on Saturday, and 18 to 24-year-olds from around and surrounding states came to audition. Read their stories from the Tribune

• According to the Missourian, Columbia Water and Light will raise its rates by 5 percent on Oct. 1.

What’s Happening

• “Four Sheets to the Wind”, free, 5 p.m., Jesse Wrench Auditiorium
• Open Mic Monday, free, 5 p.m., Mojo’s