Brent Davidson

(March 14, 2008)

Tim Asher, executive director of the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative, speaks to the Central Missouri Young Republicans during their meeting Thursday at Domenico’s in Jefferson City. The Missouri Civil Rights Initiative is attempting to prohibit universities and businesses from giving preferential treatment on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.

(Feb. 29, 2008)

Campus Crusade for Christ director Matt Thiessen discusses Christ’s love at the group’s weekly meeting Thursday in Ellis Auditorium. The international organization focuses on spreading faith through on-campus activities and mission trips.

(Feb. 15, 2008)

Steam rises from the vents of the MU Research Reactor on Wednesday evening. The 10-megawatt facility is the largest university reactor in the nation and has had major security improvements since Sept. 11, 2001.

(Feb. 8, 2008)

Ten-year-old Access Arts student Elliot McGlew shapes a pot, one of the many pieces he made on Saturday at the studio. Ceramics is his favorite part of any day at the studio.

(Feb. 8, 2008)

Fourteen-year-old Kit Webster smoothes a bone-dry plate ready to be fired in the kiln under the instruction of volunteer Mary Potzmann on Saturday. Volunteers make up most of the teaching staff at Access Arts.

(Feb. 8, 2008)

Ceramic works made by young students at Access Arts hang on a wall in one of their studios. The campus includes three buildings that house departments for ceramics, digital photography and other arts.

(Feb. 8, 2008)

Access Arts Executive Director Chris Sharp examines a sample of ceramic glaze combinations on Saturday in the studio. Ceramics is the studio’s most popular program, which teaches techniques ranging from throwing to sculpting.

(Feb. 8, 2008)

Access Arts Executive Director Chris Sharp glances at the studio’s variety of looms that accommodate a large range of projects and students. Area schools donated most of the studio’s looms.

(Feb. 8, 2008)

Columbia Police Department Capt. Mike Martin presents changes to the department’s internal disciplinary procedures at Thursday’s committee meeting at the Daniel Boone City Building. The changes are in response to a loose system of discipline in the department.

(Feb. 5, 2008)

Seniors Paul Baca and Nicholas Rada of Team Probius Design Solutions splash around in Stephens Lake at Saturday’s Polar Bear Plunge.

(Feb. 5, 2008)

Junior A.J. Baggio of Team Shrinkage Factor shrinks out of the frigid water at Saturday’s Polar Bear Plunge.

(Feb. 5, 2008)

Members of Mid-Missouri’s CW run back to dry land during Saturday’s Polar Bear Plunge at Stephens Lake Park. Members of local businesses came out in support of the event.

(Feb. 5, 2008)

Members of Team Pirate Plunge assemble with plungers in hand and ready to run into the frigid 30-degree water on Saturday. Many costumes were seen at Saturday’s Polar Bear Plunge, which benefited the Special Olympics Missouri.