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Cultural center celebrates anniversary (April 8, 2008)
Carnival opportunity for involvement (March 18, 2008)
It’s all in the exclamation mark for Los Campesinos! (March 4, 2008)
Mountain Goats' new release lacks consistency (Feb. 19, 2008)
Evangelicals grace Columbia (Feb. 12, 2008)
Fraternity burglarized (Jan. 25, 2008)
30th Annual Heritage Festival features artists, musicians (Sept. 18, 2007)
Picnic brings community together (Sept. 11, 2007)
GOP holds Senate seat (Sept. 7, 2007)

57 Photos

May 6, 2008
Columbia resident Brian Richardson holds his son Caleb as he looks at produce sold by Sellmeyer Farm owner Greg Sellmeyer on April 19 at the Columbia Farmers Market. The Sellmeyer ...
May 6, 2008
Farmer Ron Bonar, of Versailles, Mo., attends to his stand April 19 at the Columbia Farmers Market. Bonar represented his farm, R & M Diversified, which sells organic goods.
May 6, 2008
Columbia residents Amanda VanMatre and Jennifer Toohey examine herbs at the Wilson’s Garden Center booth April 19 at the Columbia Farmers Market. The booths represented farms within a 55-mile radius ...
May 6, 2008
Violinist Heinrich Leonhard, bassist Kathy Gordon and guitarist Howard Marshall of Doc Howard’s Fiddle Band play in a tent at the Columbia Farmers Market on April 19. Live music is ...
May 6, 2008
Ashland resident Janice Lundquist and her 10-year-old son Sam look at products sold by Country Goodies LLC April 19 at the Columbia Farmers Market. Country Goodies LLC, which is based ...
April 15, 2008
Juniors Stephanie Schuman and Denise Warzak skate together at the annual Pride Prom on Saturday at Empire Roller Ring. Attendees were not held to any particular dress code and were ...
April 15, 2008
Freshmen Lexxie Lawson and Brittany Billingsley march around Stephens Lake at an AIDS awareness march organized by Rain on Sunday. Marchers held flags with red ribbons as they marched around ...
April 15, 2008
Seven-year-old Columbia resident Micah Prenger tosses a bean bag through a hole while playing a game in Stephens Park prior to an AIDS awareness march organized by Rain on Sunday.
April 15, 2008
]Seven-year-old Columbia resident Margot Burns marches alongside her mother Tootie Burns at an AIDS awareness march at Stephens Park on Sunday. The march was organized by Rain, a regional STD ...
April 8, 2008
Jewish Theological Seminary student Annie Lewis conducts the Havdalah service Saturday at the MU chapter of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life during its 60th anniversary celebration.
April 8, 2008
Kansas City resident Walt Lantzy holds a kite string as his grandson, 2-year-old Columbia resident Graham Lantzy, stares up at the kite. Columbia Parks & Recreation hosted the two-hour event.
April 8, 2008
Ten-year-old Columbia resident Ethan O’Loughlin runs across Douglass Park on Saturday to lift his kite higher into the air. Contests were held for the largest, smallest and highest flying kites.
April 8, 2008
Columbia College junior Caitlin Cunningham helps Columbia resident Dinis Trindade launch a kite Saturday in Douglass Park. Cunningham volunteered for Columbia College’s education club, Student Leaders Advocating Teacher Excellence, at ...
April 8, 2008
Community Recreation Supervisor Camren Cross hands 5-year-old Lilly Wang an assembled kite as her mother Mingjuan Wang watches. Cross spent the afternoon helping children assemble their kites, supervising the event ...
April 8, 2008
Three-year-old Columbia resident Evrim Agca watches as his mother, Cansu Agca, helps him launch a kite Saturday at an event hosted by Columbia Parks & Recreation. The organization provided kites ...
April 4, 2008
MU senior Glenn Rehn introduces First Ward City Council candidate Paul Sturtz at a meet-and-greet on Thursday night in the Arts and Science building. If elected, Sturtz would represent a ...
April 4, 2008
Incumbent First Ward City Councilwoman Almeta Crayton speaks to a crowd gathered at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church on Monday. Crayton, who has held the First Ward seat in ...
April 4, 2008
Incumbent First Ward City Councilwoman Almeta Crayton details her platform at the First Ward City Council Forum on Monday at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church. Crayton’s election in 1999 ...
April 4, 2008
First Ward City Council candidate Paul Sturtz stands outside of a house in the First Ward on March 15 while on a door-to-door campaign. Sturtz co-founded the Ragtag Cinemacafé as ...
April 1, 2008
Columbia resident Shelia Thompson asks a question of First Ward City Council candidate John Clark at the candidate forum at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church on Monday night. At ...
April 1, 2008
Columbia resident Ron Tooley addresses First Ward City Council candidate John Clark at the candidate forum Monday at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church.
April 1, 2008
First Ward City Council candidate John Clark speaks to citizens gathered for the candidate forum at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church on Monday night.
March 18, 2008
Stephens College sophomore and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri volunteer Alison Leonard helps 6-year-old Andrew pick out a sticker at the Big Carnival on Saturday at Columbia College. ...
March 18, 2008
Engineers’ Club president Emily Gogel stands beside St. Patrick as Chancellor Brady Deaton is made an honorary knight of St. Patrick as a part of the Engineers’ Week ceremonies. Those ...
March 18, 2008
Columbia resident Catherine Parke reads a poem Friday as a part of the 12th Annual Women’s Poetry Night in Memorial Union. Parke, an art volunteer for Columbia Public Schools, also ...
March 18, 2008
Stephens College students Andrea Dame, Jessica Bell and Amber Davis march towards Peace Park in the 1,000 Strong For Peace demonstration Sunday. Demonstrators ranged from students to veterans.
March 18, 2008
Renew Missouri volunteer Evan Prost signs a banner outside of Boone County Courthouse Square Sunday. The banner was signed by participants of the march and was carried from the Square ...
March 14, 2008
Wayne Wanta, director of the Center for the Digital Globe, and professor Patricia Brumfield Fry watch as professor Paul Martin Lester demonstrates how he lectures his class in a virtual ...
March 14, 2008
St. Peters resident Clarice Daughterty looks at an information packet as her 18-month-old granddaughter Erica Juergensmeyer reaches toward her sister Rose Juergensmeyer on Tuesday in the Capitol Building. The packet ...
March 14, 2008
Affton residents David and Lois Herries listen to Cures Without Cloning treasurer Steve Rupp instruct supporters on how to collect signatures for petitions on Tuesday in the Capitol Building. The ...
March 14, 2008
Winfield resident Mary Ann Henke and Old Monroe resident Linda Carr wait outside the office of Rep. Steve Hodges, D-Bloomfield, Rep. Ed Schieffer, D-Troy and Rep. Sue Schoemehl, D-St. Louis ...
March 7, 2008
Columbia License Office assistant manager Jennifer Thompson checks Columbia resident Omar Alabdullatif's eyesight in February so he can renew his driver's license. The Columbia License Office is one of the ...
March 3, 2008
Columbia resident Carl Orazio and friend Vicki Cooley watch the Pine Hill Haints perform at the Reel Gone Round-Up at an auction barn off of Business Loop 70 on Sunday ...
Feb. 29, 2008
A slot machine glows at the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville on Monday. The state senate is considering eliminating loss limits at Missouri casinos.
Feb. 29, 2008
Missourians for Safe Energy co-founder Mark Haim speaks against the potential construction of a nuclear power plant in Callaway County at the Boone County Government Center on Wednesday. Haim cited ...
Feb. 26, 2008
Senior Crystal Hilliard responds to panelists at the National Association of Black Journalists' 'History in the Making: The Future of Black History' presentation Monday in the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center. ...
Feb. 19, 2008
Swimmer Michael Phelps competes in the men’s 400-meter individual medley preliminaries Saturday night during the Missouri Grand Prix.
Feb. 19, 2008
Columbia City Council members Jerry Wade and Laura Nauser discuss a bill to instate a 5-hour parking zone on Conley Avenue. "Can we get parking on that figure-8 thing?" Wade ...
Feb. 19, 2008
Mexican National Team swimmers Manuel Sotomayor and Juan Floras talk on the practice pool’s deck during the Missouri Grand Prix on Saturday at the Student Recreation Complex. Sotomayor and Floras ...
Feb. 12, 2008
Loni Flaks gets a tattoo on her upper back from tattoo artist Gabe Garcia on Saturday at Hollywood Rebels Tattoo. Flaks and her mother had tattoos done on the same ...
Feb. 12, 2008
Columbia resident Dan Ryan watches tattoo artist Mikey Wheeler work on a tattoo on Ryan's arm Saturday at Hollywood Rebels Tattoo. Ryan also works at the tattoo parlor as a ...
Feb. 12, 2008
Tattoo artist Mikey Wheeler works on a tattoo on Dan Ryan's arm at Hollywood Rebels Tattoo on Saturday. Besides working at the tattoo parlor, Wheeler is a guitarist for Bald ...
Feb. 12, 2008
RIGHT: Tattoo artist Mikey Wheeler takes a cigarette break outside Hollywood Rebels Tattoo on Saturday. Wheeler sports several tattoos, one reading 'Rock Star' on his fingers.
Feb. 12, 2008
Tattoo artist Mikey Wheeler examines a sketch of a tattoo on Dan Ryan's right arm Saturday. Ryan's left arm already features a large tattoo, which includes creatures varying from gremlins ...
Feb. 12, 2008
Singer/songwriter David Rovics performs Friday in Allen Auditorium. Students for Progressive Action brought the leftist performer to play a set for the organization.
Feb. 5, 2008
Junior Tracey Latimore looks at flyers advertising Love Your Body Week on Monday in Brady Commons. The Wellness Resource Center and the Women's Center are putting on events this week ...
Feb. 5, 2008
Sustain Mizzou president Ben Datema demonstrates how he has optimized the energy efficiency of a pipe in his home on Friday. Many aspects of his house have been modified to ...
Feb. 5, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., applauds with supporters on Sunday at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ building in Bridgeton. After her speech, Clinton opened the floor for questions ...
Feb. 1, 2008
Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., makes a public appearance at the Fraternal Order of the Eagle Banquet Hall on Tuesday in Jefferson City. Edwards dropped out of the presidential race ...
Feb. 1, 2008
College Democrats of Missouri President Nate Kennedy speaks at the first College Democrats meeting of the semester on Wednesday in Strickland Hall. Kennedy was optimistic about the prospects for Missouri ...
Jan. 29, 2008
Stadium Boulevard leads to a construction zone just past U.S. 63. Federal money has been earmarked to expand Stadium to intersect with Interstate 70.
Jan. 29, 2008
Stadium Boulevard leads to a construction zone just past U.S. 63. Federal money has been earmarked to expand Stadium to intersect with Interstate 70.
Jan. 29, 2008
Nine-year-old Shannon Keys and her father Marc Keys cut out paper snowflakes at Orr Street Studios Friday. Orr Street Studios was one of several establishments hosting special events Friday to ...
Jan. 29, 2008
Columbia resident Michael Marcum constructs a tree out of wire hangers for the True/False Film Fest during this week's Artrageous Friday at Makes Scents Candles. Marcum says that friends, acquaintances ...
Jan. 29, 2008
Columbia resident Kate Weir rolls a ball of yarn in her hand Friday, compressing it in a process known as 'felting.' Feltmaker Ruth Walker taught Weir the process at Bluestem ...
Jan. 29, 2008
KOPN/89.5 general manager David Owens rearranges his art display during this week's Artrageous Friday at the radio station. The piece is a publication he printed with his friends in 1976.
Jan. 29, 2008
Columbia residents Diane Johnson and Bruce Koetting examine small paintings at Spare Parts Gallery during this week's Artrageous Friday.

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Jan. 29, 2008

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