Maneater News Roundup

The latest news and updates from the official student newspaper of the University of Missouri.

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  • Maneater News Roundup: Oct. 03, 2008
    • The Missouri Tigers will face a more challenging game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, in the second part of our series about the university's budget, we look at the increase in tuition rates, condom dispensers will be placed inside six residence halls after nearly two years of controversy, the Associated Students of the University of Missouri invited local politicians to a forum on Wednesday, a test drill of the Emergency Mass Notification System will occur in late October or early November, in arts, we interview Lotus' Jesse Miller and the Missouri women's volleyball team continued its winning streak on Wednesday.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Sep. 30, 2008
    • MU's record enrollment numbers mean that increased tuition revenue will make up a bigger piece of the school's budget this year, the Homecoming steering committee has reduced merchandise prices and lowered the limit of pomped plywood boards this year, stock prices plummeted on Monday when the House of Representatives rejected the president's proposed bailout plan of the country's financial institutions, the Sustainability Endowments Institute gave MU a "C-" grade on its sustainability report card, MUTV celebrated its 10 year anniversary in Stotler Lounge in Memorial Union, in arts, we discuss TV on the Radio's latest work, and in sports, the Missouri softball team is off to a dominant start in the preseason.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Sep. 26, 2008
    • This year marks the first time since 1995 that the Legion of Black Collegians will sponsor a Black Homecoming Court, representatives of five local police and fire departments met on East Campus on Thursday to practice their response to a hazardous materials leak, after announcing their candidacy last Wednesday, Phyllis Williams and Jordan Paul decided to split the ballot and both run for Missouri Students Association President, Joe Fessehaye and Lindsay Abell announced their candidacy in the MSA presidential elections this week, a UM system school's textbook rental pilot program has saved students more than $92,000 dollars over the past year, in Arts, we take a look at Mogwai's new album, The Hawk Is Howling and in Sports, we look at the MU Women's soccer team as it begins Big 12 Conference play.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Sep. 23, 2008
    • New Greek organization members attended a campus Greek-to-Greek program, a veterans task force met Monday to discuss the possibility of creating a Veterans' Resource Center, the MU Police Department arrested three Columbia men on Saturday for the September 17 robbery of an MY student on Francis Quadrangle, the MU Library Committee will meet with Provost Brian Foster in response to the library's funding problems this year, the federal need-based Pell Grant aid program could be facing a possible $6 billion shortfall, in Arts, we review the recent appearance of Daily Show comedian John Oliver and in Sports, we take a look at the crowd's role in the latest MU football game.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Sep. 19, 2008
    • Vice President of the Division of Information Technology Gary Allen brought the issue of stalking through the university's webmail directory to the Missouri Students' Association, Rape Awareness Week began with a performance by the band Los Desterrados, MU students may soon have to go elsewhere to bronze their bodies, the Missouri Students Association passed both a revised version of the Board of Election Commissioners Handbook and the Student Voter Bill of Rights, in Arts, we review the latest album by Nelly and in Sports, we talk with senior Jeff Wolfort.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Sep. 16, 2008
    • A Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity member was assaulted, Friday signaled the end of the School of Journalism's centennial celebration, MU student groups Stop Traffic and Not For Sale Missouri are hosting a week-long program to raise awareness on human trafficking, the Missouri International Student Council hosted the International Welcome Party, in Arts, we speak with Joshua Cain of Motion City Soundtrack and in Sports, we take a look at the Mizzou Women's Tennis team.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Sep. 12, 2008
    • The Muslim Student Organization is working to provide more space for religious prayers around campus; a bill to give a vote to the student representative to the UM system Board of Curators fails to overcome a veto; Student Legal Services director Steve Concannon told Missouri Student Association leaders this week that there are legal issues in the documents that govern the group's elections; gubernatorial candidates argued before a panel of local media representatives and an auditorium of students and alumni at the School of Journalism's centennial celebration; we look at upcoming Tigers opponent the Nevada Wolf Pack and the teams' expected strategies for Saturday's game.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Sep. 09, 2008
    • News on STRIPES' continued effort to lower their required driving age, Howard Dean on campus, the journalism school's centennial and other top stories from The Maneater.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Sep. 04, 2008
    • A bill to give a student a voting position on the UM system Board of Curators was vetoed, security cameras are installed in residence halls and a Beach Boy is back with a new album.
  • 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
  • Maneater News Roundup: Aug. 26, 2008
    • MU's record freshman class, progress in the plan to put condoms in residence halls, improvements for STRIPES and more in today's Maneater News Roundup.
  • Maneater News Roundup: May. 09, 2008
    • Air travel to and from Columbia will take a step in a different direction when Mesaba Airlines begins offering flights to Memphis; Student groups discussed a variety of concerns with Chancellor Brady Deaton during his semi-annual visit Tuesday to Four Front; The Department of Residential Life has decided that Cramer will be used to house students for the upcoming academic year; A proposal to cut expenses in order to increase faculty salaries was the subject of a heated discussion Thursday; State legislators approved the Missouri higher education budget this week; We review new albums from Islands, Les Savy Fav and The Last Shadow Puppets, as well as the movie Made of Honor; The baseball team beat Creighton five-to-four on Tuesday.
  • Maneater News Roundup: May. 06, 2008
    • A controversial ballot initiative that would ban most forms of affirmative action will not be on the ballot in November's general election; Students, faculty, and administrators gathered at the MizzouDiversity Summit Sunday and Monday to facilitate dialogue on creating diversity on campus; Student leaders from the UM system campuses sent statements to Jefferson City to save a bill that would put a voting student on the system's governing board; Frustration with an internal MU proposal to restructure faculty salaries prompted 67 faculty members to sign a petition to call a special faculty meeting to discuss the program; One woman died in a three-person car accident Thursday on I-70 westbound near Providence Road just before 11 a.m.; We speak with Stephen McCarty, drummer for indie-trio Dead Meadow; The baseball team broke its five-game losing streak this past weekend with a 2-1 record against Kansas State.
  • Maneater News Roundup: May. 01, 2008
    • The Missouri Students Association Senate passed a bill Wednesday to approve funding for six condom dispensers in residence halls; MSA held the first Greek Safety Walk on Tuesday evening; The MSA Department of Student Services published a report about the Campus Safety Walk; The Missouri House and Senate have both approved a plan to allow the state's student loan agency to originate federally guaranteed Stafford loans; To commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, the Jewish Student Organization observed the annual remembrance week; We discuss "Rising Down", the new album by Black Thought and Philly hip-hop crew The Roots; The baseball team lost its fifth game in a row Tuesday 3-0 against Kansas.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Apr. 29, 2008
    • An overturned Missouri law shouldn't be affected by a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court; Two MU students were arrested early Friday morning after an MU Police Department patrol car was set on fire; Six residence halls will have condom dispensers in place by the beginning of the fall semester; Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon unveiled a new higher education affordability plan in a speech at Memorial Union on Monday; Student leaders from a variety of campus organizations came together Sunday for a summit aimed at establishing a common agenda; We review the latest work by Peter Bagge--the new hilarious, yet horrifying graphic novel "Apocalypse Nerd"; The softball team beat Baylor eight-to-three on Saturday, bringing its record to twenty-two and one.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Apr. 25, 2008
    • The Pershing area in the southern part of campus is going mostly smoke-free next month; students and community members gathered to hear columnist Gustavo Arellano, who writes the humorous yet informative syndicated weekly column "Ask a Mexican"; Five bands performed for around three hundred supporters at a benefit concert Tuesday for MU junior Mike Maniaci; Board of Elections Commissioners Chairman Geoffrey Grammer submitted a letter of resignation Thursday; MU has announced four finalists for the vacant position of MU's vice chancellor for research; We speak with noise-pop seven-piece When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth; We follow MU sophomore Max Askren after his seventh-place finish in the NCAA wrestling tournament in St. Louis.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Apr. 22, 2008
    • MU economics professor Joseph Haslag has been appointed as the first Kenneth L. Lay Chair of Economics; The MU Police Department released an e-mail Clery report Sunday about a robbery that occurred at 3 a.m. that day; Greek Week 2008 came to a close Sunday night; A group of about eighty members of the MU community, newly inducted into MU's six secret honor societies, was met with enthusiastic cheers in Jesse Auditorium on Friday; MU has unveiled a new scholarship targeted towards helping students who are the first in their families to attend college; We review the new full-length album by Tokyo Police Club; The football team played its Black and Gold exhibition game Saturday.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Apr. 18, 2008
    • The Missouri Senate approved its version of the state's higher education budget on Wednesday; The deadline for professors to submit textbook requests came and went Tuesday; The Missouri Students Association Senate passed next year's budget on Wednesday in the presence of UM system President Gary Forsee; Students gathered for a vigil Wednesday night on the Carnahan Quad to commemorate the thirty-two students who died during the massacre a year before at Virginia Tech; Police have made no developments in investigating a trio of home invasions through northern Columbia this week; We speak with Evan Cranley of Canadian pop quintet Stars; The baseball team beat the William Woods Owls sixteen-to-nine on Wednesday.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Apr. 14, 2008
    • More than twenty students gathered in the Great Room of the Reynolds Alumni Center on Sunday for the LBC Senator Appreciation Luncheon; The Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority only sent part of a payment to the state earlier this month; MU's chapter of the Hispanic American Leadership Organization hosted its annual regional conference Saturday; Almost a year after the shootings at Virginia Tech, U.S. Representative Carolyn McCarthy introduced a bill to require colleges and universities to begin alerting students within thirty minutes of a confirmed emergency; Students enrolling at MU in fall 2009 will have a new requirement added to their graduation checklist; We talk with punk rock foursome Billy Talent; The baseball team won two of its three games this weekend against Texas, scoring a total of forty-six runs.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Apr. 11, 2008
    • The results of this week's Missouri Students Association Senate elections have been certified, but the controversy over the elections might not yet be over; Paul Sturtz, co-owner of the Ragtag Cinemacafé, won the First Ward City Council seat Tuesday night; Students might soon see changes in how they buy football and basketball tickets; MU's Sexual Health and Safety Products Task Force is discussing a pilot program to place sexual safety product dispensers in some residence halls; Students and faculty debated a proposed state constitutional amendment Thursday evening; We talk to David Lizmi, bassist for the Boston-born indie-pop band Via Audio; The baseball team won eight-to-four against Missouri State on Wednesday.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Apr. 08, 2008
    • Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity lost its status as an official student organization Thursday; New Senate elections began Monday night in four of MU's 11 schools and colleges; Students living in Mark Twain residence hall participated in a pilot emergency securing drill Saturday afternoon; Former MU linebacker Marquis X. Booker has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon; Hillel, MU's Jewish student center, celebrated its sixtieth anniversary this past weekend; We speak to Randy Rogers, of Randy Rogers Band; The baseball team lost two games against Oklahoma State Friday night.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Apr. 04, 2008
    • The Missouri Senate passed a bill Thursday to give a vote to the student representative to the UM system Board of Curators; The Missouri Students Association will hold new Senate elections for four of MU's 11 schools and colleges; Kansas City police arrested a Columbia man Thursday afternoon who was accused of shooting a man last month; Columbia police arrested two men on federal drug charges Wednesday morning; Michael Franzese, a former Columbo crime family mob captain spoke at MU on Tuesday; We interview Kate Voegele about her role in One Tree Hill, signing with Myspace Records and meeting Tom himself; The baseball team broke its three-game losing streak Wednesday.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Apr. 01, 2008: April Fools' Day
    • THIS IS AN APRIL FOOLS' DAY PODCAST AND IS COMPLETELY FICTIONAL. A drunken Deatheater-in-chief Lord Stevesymort damaged the Deatheater’s sterling reputation Friday; Former MU football player Rock BROlivo announced his candidacy for the 9 and ¾ Congressional district; Students disheartened by the closing of Frat Pit last fall now have a new spot to grill hot dogs, toss bean bags and defecate in public on football game days; The MU Health Discoveries Club has found the cure for cancer; Mariah Carey’s new single “Touch my Body” has caused a global grope-a-thon; The Kansas Jayhawks nation is in shock following the death of football coach Mark Mangino.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Apr. 01, 2008
    • An MU senior remains in critical condition in Panama City Beach, Florida; The MU Libraries' increasing budget deficit might lead to a future new student fee; The Board of Elections Commissioners decided to invalidate the results of the close elections in four of MU's 11 schools and colleges; The Legion of Black Collegians is holding its executive board elections today; We review Panic at the Disco's latest album; The wrestling team finished eleventh in the NCAA tournament last week in St. Louis.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Mar. 18, 2008
    • A new ballot is available for students hoping to vote for next year's MSA Senate; Police arrested an MU linebacker Sunday morning on suspicion of unlawful use of a weapon and possession of alcohol by a minor; An explosion near East Campus last Friday killed an ex-MU professor and put his wife in critical condition; MU's enrollment won't follow a national decline in enrollment resulting from dropping high school graduation rates; A Columbia man was arrested near New Orleans on suspicion of using a facility of interstate commerce to entice a minor for unlawful sexual activity; We speak with Bret Wallin, multi-instrumentalist for Anathallo; The baseball team got a four-game sweep against the Toledo Rockets this past weekend.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Mar. 14, 2008
    • Only 92 of 221 names might appear on MSA Senate ballots Monday; The Missouri House Budget Committee rejected amendments Tuesday that would have reduced funding for a 13.4-million-dollar higher education initiative; A Boone County Sheriff's Department deputy apprehended a man who might have been attempting to escape from the Reality House; The MU Faculty Council considered new proposed statements students would respond to in order to evaluate their instructors; Jessica Valenti and Ann Friedman, both editors of the blog feministing.com, spoke at the "Blogging Feminism" panel; We speak with Scott Wilkinson of British Sea Power; The men's basketball team lost to Nebraska Thursday night at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, knocking them out of the Big 12 tournament.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Mar. 10, 2008
    • The man who caused a crash that led to the death of an MU professor Charles Fulhage is being charged with manslaughter; The Columbia Police Department indicted 27 people and arrested 10 on suspicion of the distribution of a controlled substance on Friday; The UM system president's salary is increasing greater than the rate of inflation; The Student Health Center has created a new scheduling system; Columbia got a taste of both Hollywood and hope Saturday night; We talk to Dylon York, drummer for Orlando's Band Marino; The wrestling team finished fourth at the Big 12 championship.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Mar. 07, 2008
    • The Sexual Health and Safety Products Task Force met Tuesday; Some students who live in Mark Twain residence halls could reconsider whether to get the meningitis vaccine; An Indiana man was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and stalking Tuesday night; A Missouri House committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that aims to lower textbook costs; We speak with Matt Thiessen, the founding member of Christian pop punk band Relient K; The men's basketball team went into two overtimes to pull a victory of 81-75 over Iowa State.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Mar. 04, 2008
    • A proposal to make condoms available for free in MU's residence halls will be able to proceed; The MU Peace Studies Program sponsored a speech by political analyst Norman Finkelstein on Monday night; Downtown's Athena Night Club has closed its doors with no plans to reopen; The UM system answered a U.S. Senate inquiry about its finances last week; The Missing Minority campaign will oppose a proposed state constitutional amendment to eliminate certain affirmative action programs at state universities; We talk to Graham Walsh, keyboardist for the Toronto-based electronica band Holy Fuck; Several of MU's gymnasts fell off the balance beam during their routines at the 28th annual Cat Classic.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Feb. 29, 2008
    • Students and faculty got a chance to meet the new UM system president Tuesday; The directors of this weekend's True/False Film Fest are helping the School of Journalism with an experimental course about documentary films; The man accused of causing a car crash that killed an MU professor has been charged; MU police have not released any new information about an assault that took place Sunday; This year's Missouri Students Association Senate elections have drawn 166 candidates for the 50 seats available; The men's basketball team lost to Oklahoma State 75-to-73 Tuesday night at Mizzou Arena; We talk to Cody Critcheloe, front man for the Kansas City dance group Ssion.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Feb. 26, 2008
    • The Tiger Spot mosaic on Lowry Mall could soon be replaced; The Mid-American Greek Council Association recognized MU's Interfraternity Council Saturday night; Ragtag Cinemacafe and Uprise Bakery opened their new location Friday; The Residence Halls Association announced its next year's president and vice president Friday; Technology in the classroom will be the topic of a dialogue session to be held Thursday afternoon; Antoine Kalewicz reviews the Raveonettes' new CD; The men's basketball team won 60 to 53 against Colorado on Saturday.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Feb. 22, 2008
    • The emergency alert system at UM-Kansas City didn't work earlier this month; MU students attended the Big Twelve Conference on Black Student Government; The Missouri Senate Education Committee approved a bill that would give the UM system student representative to the Board of Curators a vote; The Department of Residential Life has appointed an undergraduate to be a residence hall coordinator; Concern over a possible misrepresentation of student opinion arose this past January; We speak with Drive-By Truckers' front-man Patterson Hood; The men's basketball team might be the No. 12 seed in the Big 12 Championship tournament.
  • Maneater News Roundup: Feb. 19, 2008
    • Former Sprint CEO Gary Forsee took office as the 22nd UM system president on Monday; MSA and GPC held a candlelight vigil Sunday to honor the victims the NIU shooting; MSA President Jim Kelley and Vice President Chelsea Johnson celebrated their new positions at the MSA inaugural banquet; Two students will present their platforms tonight in a candidate forum to determine the next president of the Residence Halls Association; Last week, President Bush signed into law the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008; [...]
  • Maneater News Roundup: Feb. 15, 2008
    • Violent crime rates in Columbia increased 34 percent in 2007; A gunman shot at least 22 people and killed at least five of them and himself Thursday afternoon at Northern Illinois University; Canadian sex educator Sue Johanson visited MU Thursday evening as part of her first American tour; Recently-appointed Interim Director Wilma King has said that MU has not started a search for a new Black Studies Program director; [...]
  • Maneater News Roundup: Feb. 12, 2008
    • After the shooting in Kirkwood, students have said that they don't think any less of their town; Members of the MU Legion of Black Collegians will be attending the 31st annual Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government; Students lined up behind the Bank of America ATM in Brady Commons Thursday night after they discovered it was dispensing 20-dollar bills instead of 10-dollar bills; [...]
  • Maneater News Roundup: Feb. 08, 2008
    • Two bills could add a voting student member to the UM system board of Curators; Two student organizations are working to reduce the cost of textbooks; Student representatives from public universities statewide met with officials from Jefferson City; Chancellor Brady Deaton and his wife, Anne, held a reception for about 80 student leaders Thursday evening; [...]
  • Maneater News Roundup: Feb. 01, 2008
    • The Board of Curators met in committees Thursday before Friday's full board meeting; MU's Ellis Fischel Cancer Center may be getting thirty one million dollars; The hotly debated Emily Brooker Intellectual Diversity Act was re-introduced.
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