April 8, 2008 Poll: Where do you get your textbooks?
- The MU Bookstore — 59 votes (62.77%)
- Online — 23 votes (24.47%)
- Who needs them? — 9 votes (9.57%)
- The library, buying is too costly — 3 votes (3.19%)
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- Arts: “MGS4” ties up loose ends — This moment has been 20 years in the making. The characters of “Metal Gear” hold a certain place in most ...
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- Outlook: Acacia acquires former SAE house — The lease is for two years with a possible two-year extension.
- Outlook: CPD arrest 15-year-old burglary suspect July 3 — Suspect may be connected to 15 Columbia burglaries.
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- News: Blunt vetoes 'student curator bill' — ASUM board chairman said the organization wants the General Assembly to overturn the veto.
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