Maneater News Roundup: Aug. 29, 2008
A preview of MU's 2008 football season, emergency notifications, a recently-discovered 1941 mural hidden in Jesse Hall and more in this edition of the Maneater News Roundup
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- News: Paul and Hoffman win MSA election — The slate eked out a win by 21 votes.
- News: Deaton sheds light on hiring freeze — A framework for granting exceptions will be outlined by Monday.
- Sports: Kansas State takes close match in volleyball —
With four games remaining on their schedule, the Missouri Tigers faced a crucial game at home against No. 13 Kansas ...
- News: Vigil addresses racism on Baylor's campus —
Candles refused to stay lit Friday evening as about 26 students, faculty members and Columbia residents huddled under the mist ...
- Outlook: Student apartments burglarized at The Links — Police believe at least 12 apartments have been burglarized with a master key.
- News: New student center nears completion — The building will also be named today.
- News: New MSA election date creates concern — Members of MSA voiced concern about interpretation of bylaws.
- News: Forsee freezes UM system hiring — The employment freeze will exclude work-study.
- News: RHA threatens to pull out of condom funding — A task force has asked RHA to hold its vote until Dec. 1.
- Sports: Soccer season ends with loss to Illinois — Illinois beat MU 4-3 in penalty kicks to advance to the next round.
- News: Campus sees multiple power outages — The most recent outage lasted about two hours.
- News: Local chapter of Jewish sorority has started — Starting a chapter has been a challenge, as there has been no precedent for members.
- News: Veritas delivers meals, winter supplies to Columbians in ... — Operation: Meal Donation donated 130 meals' worth of food.
- News: Economy may affect international enrollment — International and American students face the same financial issues.
- News: MSA slates adjust to extra campaigning week — A technical problem with voting gave candidates more campaigning time.
- News: Transgender people on campus struggle, find good at ... — Students take issue with cost of single rooms.
- Outlook: Bank bailout is socialism —
It's been seven weeks since we last discussed the economy. Seven weeks ago, Congress was deep in deliberation ...
- Outlook: Protesters speak against Prop 8 in Columbia — People also protested the measure in Chicago and St. Louis.
- Outlook: Travel costs expected to be low for Thanksgiving — Gas prices usually rise around the holidays.
- Arts: 'World at War' a triumph — One of the perks is a ruthless pack of dogs.
- Arts: Complex gameplay in a cutesy package — "Ninjatown" lets you take "Desktop Tower Defense" wherever you go.
- Arts: Koch influenced by music heavyweights —
Geoff Koch has done a lot of growing up over the past few years. Since his first national ...
- Outlook: GREENway fashion show highlights recycling —
On Saturday, Campus Lodge Apartments hosted Project GREENway Fashion Show, in which local students volunteered as models, showing off clothes ...
- UWire: California State U. gives $31.3 million back to ... —
CAL STATE/SACRAMENTO —
A rallying cry from the Alliance for the California State University went up last week when CSU ...
- UWire: Duke fined for deadly explosion —
DUKE U. — Duke University has been cited for nine "serious violations" and fined $35,000 as a result of investigations into a ...
- UWire: Mass. police groups say no point in marijuana ... —
BOSTON U. — Nearly two weeks after voters overwhelmingly approved Question 2, a measure to decriminalize possession of less than ...
- UWire: New Carnegie Mellon U. smoking policy causes controversy —
CARNEGIE MELLON U. —
Smokers on campus will have to watch their cigarette butts; improper disposal of a cigarette butt ...
- UWire: NYU analysis finds Fey's Palin near perfect —
NYU — When Tina Fey appeared on Saturday Night Live in a red power suit, winking and mavericking, viewers immediately ...
- Outlook: Charities fighting economic battle on two fronts — More families are in need, but fewer can give to them.
- Outlook: Columbia stores, big and small, prep for holiday ... — Most businesses don't anticipate much change in business from holidays past.
- Outlook: Stephen's hosts 24 Hour Play Challenge — Participants wrote and performed plays on the topic of energy.
- Outlook: CPD begins Crisis Intervention Team program — CIT conference educates law enforcement on mental illnesses.
- Outlook: Shots fired at party Saturday night —
Police are looking for two men to question after shots were fired at a party Saturday night.
- Outlook: Council unanimously passes MIP amendment — Minors can expunge first offense from their record.
- Arts: Bluebird Festival exposes Columbians to diverse music — Several business hosted artwork by local artists.
- Forum: Fessehaye/Abell will listen to student organizations — Ryan Pulkrabek, Greeks Going Green President
- Forum: Questions about freeze must be answered —
On Monday, UM system President Gary Forsee sent an e-mail to all UM faculty announcing a hiring freeze ...
- Forum: Students must push hard for condoms —
Just last week, we called for administrators to speed up the timeline for condoms in residence halls and ...
- Forum: Celebrating a historic presidency that's still in the ... —
Last night, while sifting through the sludge heap of late night TV infomercials, I came across an ad ...
- Forum: Obnoxious freshman surplus due to rising enrollment —
It seems to upperclassmen that every year the freshman class at MU gets larger and somehow more naive ...
- Forum: Technology inhibits voter turnout —
Last week, a glitch prevented the Missouri Students Association presidential election from running as planned. A faulty link ...
- Arts: 'Escape 2 Africa' could be worse — The main characters distract from the funny side stories.
- Arts: 'Mirror's Edge' dares to be different — The trial-and-error system is a challenge.
- Arts: Ludo expands national fan base with You're Awful, ... — The third album hasn't torn them from their St. Louis roots.
- Arts: The Villain is scarily underwhelming — Trick Trick doesn't revive Detroit's reputation with sophomore album.
- Sports: ACC, Big East could make a mockery of ... — The teams from the ACC and Big East won't even be in the top 15.
- Sports: Men's basketball escapes the winter weather — The Tigers will face Xavier and possibly Virginia Tech in Puerto Rico.
- Sports: Tigers manage 28-point lead over Chattanooga — The team will play at the O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament
- Sports: Women's basketball falls in season opener — Missouri sees mistakes as building blocks for improvement.
