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Tom Nagel

  • Photographer

30 Photos

  • Photo from May 9, 2008
    May 9, 2008

    Chancellor Brady Deaton listens to faculty members discuss the Compete Missouri plan Thursday in Bush Auditorium. Some faculty members said the plan doesn’t do enough to retain and compensate faculty ...
  • Photo from May 9, 2008
    May 9, 2008

    Columbia Transit bus driver Paul Cox stops his bus on Thursday near Memorial Union. Cox said about half of his riders were aware of ‘Try Transit Day,’ during which Columbia ...
  • Photo from May 9, 2008
    May 9, 2008

    Mary Still, state representative candidate for the 25th District, listens to Democracy for Missouri steering committee member Bill Monroe speak at the Columbia Labor Temple on Wednesday night. Democracy for ...
  • Photo from April 29, 2008
    April 29, 2008

    Senior Dan Marks helps STRIPES Director Domingo Pacheco place candles on a cake Saturday. STRIPES members held a barbecue to celebrate giving 60,000 rides since the organization's inception.
  • Photo from April 29, 2008
    April 29, 2008

    First Ward Columbia City Councilman Paul Sturtz talks with Columbia residents Mike Gemkow and Brian Pape on Saturday during office hours at J.R. Barton’s Southern Kitchen & BBQ. Sturtz and ...
  • Photo from April 25, 2008
    April 25, 2008

    Columnist Gustavo Arellano speaks in Neff Hall on Thursday about the events leading up to his popular column ‘¡Ask A Mexican!’ Arellano described himself as a satirist who uses humor ...
  • Photo from April 25, 2008
    April 25, 2008

    Sophomore Jeremy Cahill discusses sexual education with Planned Parenthood intern Kristen Walle on Thursday at Lowry Mall.
  • Photo from April 22, 2008
    April 22, 2008

    Racers begin the fourth Annual Tim Heinsz 5K Run/Walk on Saturday morning in front of Hulston Hall. The MU Student Bar Association hosted the event to honor former MU School ...
  • Photo from April 22, 2008
    April 22, 2008

    Northwest Airlines National Account Representative Jeff Brand encourages the Columbia City Council to choose service from Mesaba Airlines, a subsidiary of Northwest Airlines, on Monday night. The council expressed agreement ...
  • Photo from April 18, 2008
    April 18, 2008

    Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, discusses her experience on the Missouri BIO Benchmarking tour with Missouri Biotechnology Association Executive Director Kelly Gillespie and Rep. Kathlyn Fares, R-Webster Groves, at a life ...
  • Photo from April 18, 2008
    April 18, 2008

    Sean Spence, a candidate for the 25th district of the Missouri House of Representatives, talks with Columbia residents Ray Shapiro and Jane Burnett Wednesday at Shakespeare’s Pizza. Spence sponsored the ...
  • Photo from April 18, 2008
    April 18, 2008

    Hickman High School junior Dalton Perry distributes flyers about government income tax spending on Tuesday outside the post office on Walnut Street. Mid-Missouri Peace Works created the display, which incorporates ...
  • Photo from April 11, 2008
    April 11, 2008

    Senior Casey Conklin prepares to make her first pickup of the night after filling up her gas tank on Friday. Friday was Conklin’s first night driving for STRIPES after she ...
  • Photo from April 11, 2008
    April 11, 2008

    Freshman Matt Wheeler, STRIPES Director Domingo Pacheco and sophomore Tanner Tucker study a map showing STRIPES’ area of service at the STRIPES house on Friday. STRIPES gives rides to MU ...
  • Photo from April 11, 2008
    April 11, 2008

    Sophomore Alex Popp receives a dispatch from the STRIPES house while preparing a receipt for the rider in his team’s car on Friday. Popp became a volunteer with STRIPES after ...
  • Photo from April 11, 2008
    April 11, 2008

    Juniors Valerie Bu and Sally Leimberg prepare receipts for riders on March 15 at the STRIPES house. Bu, who drives instead of taking calls because she is hearing-impaired, started volunteering ...
  • Photo from April 11, 2008
    April 11, 2008

    STRIPES volunteers Sally Leimberg and Tom McDermott wait to pick up riders on March 15. Friends since before joining STRIPES, Leimberg and McDermott often carry on a lively conversation while ...
  • Photo from April 11, 2008
    April 11, 2008

    Twenty-fifth District Democratic candidates Bob Pund and Mary Still talk before the candidate forum on Wednesday night at the Columbia Public Library.
  • Photo from April 11, 2008
    April 11, 2008

    Missouri Ninth Congressional District candidate Ken Jacob and talks with MU College Democrats president Caitlin Ellis on Thursday night. Jacob spoke about his plans to improve access to higher education.
  • Photo from April 11, 2008
    April 11, 2008

    Mid-Missouri Peaceworks Director Mark Haim addresses the economic costs of the Iraq war on Tuesday night in Strickland Hall. Although he primarily discussed economics, Haim also said he “would oppose ...
  • Photo from April 8, 2008
    April 8, 2008

    Missouri Victory Campaign Coordinator Chuck Poplstein speaks at the Missouri College Republicans Convention on Saturday at the Adam's Mark Hotel in St. Louis. Polstein spoke on how college students can ...
  • Photo from April 8, 2008
    April 8, 2008

    Janet Wheeler, Vice President of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority Board of Directors, speaks to the Columbia City Council on Monday night. Wheeler said the council should "support all reasonable ...
  • Photo from April 4, 2008
    April 4, 2008

    Moberly Area Community College freshman Brian Lloyd, who goes by ‘Fist-A-Cuffs,’ free-styles on Tuesday night at Stotler Lounge.
  • Photo from April 4, 2008
    April 4, 2008

    Sophomore Marc Goone battles against sophomore John Clark at Tuesday’s 'rap-off' in Stotler Lounge. The two are members of the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity and were cheered on by about ...
  • Photo from April 4, 2008
    April 4, 2008

    Sophomore John Clark challenges audience members to a battle at Stotler Lounge on Tuesday night. Though he was not declared winner, Clark rapped throughout the whole event, which lasted about ...
  • Photo from April 4, 2008
    April 4, 2008

    Columbia residents Wes Fewell and Danny Hill prepare to order from the first-floor bar at The Blue Note on Thursday night. The Blue Note owner Richard King uses SMART as ...
  • Photo from March 18, 2008
    March 18, 2008

    Burnt debris and a foundation are all that remain after an explosion happened at 308 McNab Drive. Officials suspect that the explosion was a result of a gas leak at ...
  • Photo from March 18, 2008
    March 18, 2008

    Sophomore Tanner Tucker pumps up the STRIPES team by jumping through a massive plastic cup tower at the STRIPES house Saturday. Later that night, Tucker answered phone calls and dispatched ...
  • Photo from March 18, 2008
    March 18, 2008

    KCOU/88.1 FM chief engineer Jonathan Hutcheson describes the new digital upgrades to KCOU on Sunday in the KCOU studio. The station has expanded its coverage of sports after receiving positive ...
  • Photo from March 18, 2008
    March 18, 2008

    Former MU spokeswoman Mary Still announces her Democratic candidacy for the 25th District seat in the Missouri House at Orr Street Studios on Monday. Her husband Russ Still and former ...