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@CoMissourian
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BREAKING: Attorney General Josh Hawley says Gov. Eric Greitens should resign immediately, calling the governor's conduct "certainly impeachable."
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M-I-Z
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Harlan, a Great Pyrenees who was a fixture around Mizzou, died Tuesday after a stroke. Share your memories and photos of Harlan in the replies.
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@CoMissourian
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As of today, Ruby Bailey is officially the Columbia Missourian's first female executive editor in our 109-year history.
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@CoMissourian
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9 years
. @MUPDpolice has released a statement about the arrest made concerning threats to the #MIzzou campus.
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@CoMissourian
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BREAKING: Judge rules in favor of MU graduate students, ruling they are employees. The ruling follows the students’ nearly three-year push for recognition by the university as a collective bargaining unit.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
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Democrats and Republican lawmakers in Missouri House call for @UMPrez Wolfe to step down.
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@CoMissourian
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4 years
MU Law School Dean Lyrissa Lidsky said in an email she considers the senator's association with the law school "completely terminated."
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
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Derrick Fogle, known on MU's campus as the "Hacky Sack guy," has set a new world record. Fogle's record won't be official until it is published in the Guinness World Record book in September 2019.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
4 years
The Big Bur Oak, according to witnesses, was struck by lightning during a storm this morning. Columbia Missourian Director of Photography @kodakratz captured this photo of local firefighters on the scene. More to come.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
3 years
MU School of Journalism Professor Elizabeth Conner Stephens will become the executive editor at the Columbia Missourian on Jan. 16. @ec_stephens
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
3 years
Making his way from Hollywood and New York, actor and singer Taye Diggs will be spending part of the spring semester working with MU students who are taking classes in a newly created minor in musical theater
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@CoMissourian
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Today, Governor Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson tested positive for COVID-19. Out of an abundance of caution, the First Lady was tested this morning after displaying minor symptoms. The Governor was then tested as well and received a positive result. Story to follow.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
9 years
Melissa Click of MU's Communication Dept. resigns her courtesy appointment with the Journalism School, says @Kurp .
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@CoMissourian
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First gay couple to get a marriage license in Boone County: Laura Zinszer & Angela Boyle. (Left: Nora Dietzel) http://t.co/orkHjbxteR
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About 100 MU students gathered on campus this morning to protest apparent layoffs of the staff of the university's five social justice centers.
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@CoMissourian
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5 years
Mizzou fans don't forget Chase Daniel's record-setting 2007 football season. Daniel is next in our series about the top 5 athletes since 2005.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
3 years
Missouri has the second highest rate of men killing women in the country, just behind Alaska, according to the Violence Policy Center’s most recent study. Yet in recent years, state lawmakers have continued to loosen the state’s gun restrictions.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
9 years
Today's front page: Black #Mizzou football players join #ConcernedStudent1950 ; protesters target recruiting day.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
6 years
Lucile Bluford was denied admission to MU 11 times because of her race. That was 1939. Nearly 80 years later, the school's newest residence hall will bear her name.
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@CoMissourian
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9 years
More than 30 colleges across the U.S. "pledged to stand in solidarity" with #Mizzou .
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@CoMissourian
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Columbia City Council unanimously approved an ordinance outlining the switch to roll carts for solid waste collection. The change would go into effect on March 4, 2024, and only addresses trash.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
3 years
Welcome to the new Lee Hills Newsroom! We will be collaborating here with our colleagues from @KBIA @KOMUnews @MoBusinessAlert @VoxMag . Photo 1: From the corner of the former Missourian library. Photo 2: From the side of the former photo bubble. Photo 3: From the entrance.
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It's spooky season, and people all around Columbia are celebrating.
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@CoMissourian
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7 years
BREAKING: "New Hall" will be renamed for Lucile Bluford.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
7 years
FACT CHECK: Satanic Temple has not 'teamed up' with Planned Parenthood or ACLU. Read our findings here:
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
8 years
. @BernieSanders ' campaign has confirmed he will be in Columbia on Saturday. We will update as more information becomes available.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
4 years
Dawnavyn James ( @queendomteachin ), a teacher at Parkade Elementary School, runs a virtual Black history club out of her home in Columbia. "I don’t want students' first introduction to Black history to be ‘Black people are slaves,’" James said.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
7 years
Today the Missourian turns 109! Take a look back in time by checking out the headlines on our front page from 100 years ago today.
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@CoMissourian
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UM System President Tim Wolfe announced he is resigning his position.
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@CoMissourian
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MU senior Simone Esters ( @MissAmericaMO ) is the second runner-up of the 2020 @MissAmerica competition. She will come home with a $20,000 scholarship. We think this deserves an M-I-Z!
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
4 years
Late Monday night, Columbia City Council passed an ordinance requiring masks in the city. The order takes effect Friday and lasts for 90 days, but the duration could be altered by the Council as needed.
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Jontay Porter will play a sophomore season in Columbia, as he announced in a release from MU basketball Wednesday afternoon that he is taking his name out of the NBA Draft pool and returning to the Tigers.
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For the first time in program history, the MU Cheer team brought home a championship trophy from the NCA College Nationals Competition in Daytona, Fla. on Sunday.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
5 years
If you're heading to your 8 a.m. class right now, turn around.
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Mizzou
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Due to mechanical issues with private contractor shuttle service, classes are CANCELED at Mizzou for Wednesday, Jan. 30. Regular campus operations continue.
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@CoMissourian
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The Missourian is staffed by @mujschool students and faculty, and today marks the end of the semester. This is a small gathering of some of our dedicated students and editors. Things have looked very different, but they kept going to keep the community informed.
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@CoMissourian
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5 years
Usually, we just write the news. This time, we've made headlines ourselves.
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4 years
Fifteen @mujschool faculty members issued a letter Monday criticizing recent actions by UM System President and MU Chancellor Mun Choi that they believe discouraged dissent.
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The Columbia Police Department consistently disregards transparency. What is seen by bystanders in public is often all the information the public gets.
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Nobel Prize Laureate George P. Smith cemented his legacy at MU with one more noble act — donating his $250,000 in prize money to fund needs-based scholarships.
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MU students feel the loss of actor Chadwick Boseman, who starred in "Black Panther" and biopics of American leaders. What does Boseman's legacy mean to you?
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@CoMissourian
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5 years
Facing a 15% increase in enrollment, MU is turning to off-campus apartments like U Centre on Turner and Rise on 9th to house students.
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@CoMissourian
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8 years
Columbia's J'den Cox wins a bronze medal at the Olympics in Rio. Check later for more news.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
6 years
The Sherman Brown, Jr. award recognizes a community member who, like its namesake, serves his or her neighbors, patrons or customers with the highest esteem and commitment to treating each and every person “like gold.” David Johnson, manager of Broadway Diner, is our 2018 winner!
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The clock keeps ticking here at the Capitol, as the 12:30 mark approaches. The Senate has still not resumed session since their 4 p.m. recess. @SenatorNasheed is doing laps and push-ups against the water fountains on the 3rd floor. #moleg
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@CoMissourian
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8 years
Join us in wishing the best for Nina Johnson, librarian for @CoMissourian , retiring today after 18 years with us.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
2 years
Nice measuring tool! @ShakesPizza
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Joseph Beaudet
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Just outside my apartment, Columbia has accumulated about a half a Shakespeare’s cup worth of snow. More falling, too @CoMissourian @warhovert
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@CoMissourian
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6 years
Sunrise: 6:03 Sunset: Also 6:03 Time is wild, man #weatherhaiku
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
4 years
On Monday morning, MU professor Joel Poor made an alleged xenophobic comment during a Zoom lecture. By Monday evening, he wrote a Canvas notification that said he'd been "relieved of teaching duties."
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MU professor emeritus of biological sciences, George Smith, was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, becoming the first MU professor to be awarded the prize for work conducted at the university.
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@CoMissourian
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3 years
Sen. Roy Blunt announces that he will not run for re-election in 2022.
@RoyBlunt
Senator Roy Blunt
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Thank you, Missourians, for the opportunity to work for you and a better future for our state and our country.
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@CoMissourian
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MU's Scotta Morton played basketball in college, and she believes the services she is able to provide athletes now as Director of Mental Performance for Mizzou Athletics would have been beneficial to her when she was playing in college.
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@CoMissourian
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9 years
If you're wondering how tensions on the #Mizzou campus got to this point, here's some context.
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@CoMissourian
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4 years
Former @HickmanHS Principal Eric Johnson has been selected as the Jim L. King Missouri High School Principal of the Year by The Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals for 2020–21
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MU professor shares the Nobel Prize in chemistry for work developing a method to evolve new proteins.
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@CoMissourian
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The bench was painted bright white, just like Harlan's coat of fur. It features a small plaque with the message: "In memory of Harlan, a friend to all."
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@CoMissourian
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During the fall of 2015, student protests and activism rocked MU’s campus shaping the next four years for the Class of 2019. Next week, they graduate, taking the history with them.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
5 years
Missouri State Highway Patrol:
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Columbia Missourian
5 years
After 31 years, @ColumbiaColg coach Bob Burchard will coach his last home game this afternoon. Did you play for coach Burchard or interact with him? We'd love to hear your memories of him.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
5 years
Mark your calendars, Queer Eye fans. Antoni Porowski will be speaking at MU on April 11. Check in with the Missourian for more updates closer to the date, but for now you can find details on MU's OrgSync website.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
4 years
After an early morning grease fire in the kitchen closed the Broadway Diner, Fire District Station #1 grilled hamburgers for the children reliant on the diner's lunch program, @KOMUnews reports.
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Two years ago Columbia went dark for two minutes during the solar eclipse, where were you? Reply with your favorite "Eclipse Day" photo or memory!
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Sports Illustrated says Booche's burgers are the best collegetown food find. We looked at more restaurant options for those newly arriving students and locals.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
7 years
On today's front page is a shared moment of awe. See more eclipse photos in our e-Edition:
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@CoMissourian
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6 years
Four rising seniors from Hickman became part of a small group of students who achieved a 36 on the ACT.
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@CoMissourian
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4 years
Missouri voters have approved Medicaid expansion, the Associated Press is reporting.
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@CoMissourian
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Sloshed for Homecoming. Oh, wait. Dumb autocorrect. I meant 'excited.'
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@CoMissourian
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6 years
Today, the Missourian is running two editorials to join the more than 200 newspapers across the country standing up against the notion that journalists are the enemy of the people.
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@CoMissourian
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4 years
Democrat Joe Biden has won Pennsylvania, surpassing the 270 electoral vote threshold to take the White House and become the 46th president of the United States.
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@CoMissourian
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6 years
For those still up, here's a peek at our tribute to Mort Walker in Sunday's print edition. Grab your copy in the morning.
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@CoMissourian
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Saturday marks 45 years since Lance Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Where were you? http://t.co/xncEd2lzmw
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BREAKING: Missouri is dancing for the first time since 2013. The Tigers are seeded at No. 8 in the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 9 Florida State on Friday in Nashville.
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@CoMissourian
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Kelly Isenogle, a third-grade teacher at Rock Bridge Elementary School, had her class write letters to a Columbia retirement community, Lenior Woods, to help them deal with the unknowns that the coronavirus has brought about.
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@CoMissourian
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Missouri pulls off the first big win of the Eliah Drinkwitz era, using a big defensive stop at the end to secure a 45-41 victory in a shootout with LSU.
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@CoMissourian
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Ten teams from MU advanced to the Entrepreneur Quest semifinals, a "Shark Tank"-style competition. Among ideas from MU teams are an online platform for subleasing and an alert system for when a child is left in a car.
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Aroud 100 health care workers and students from the MU School of Medicine kneeled in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds Thursday evening in a protest against racial disparities in the health system.
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4 years
When the NAACP challenged MU’s segregation policies by filing a lawsuit, Dr. Ridgel was one of nine Black students admitted and later became the first Black graduate from the university.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
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. @PStieple shared this in his letter to the community. Share acts of kindness you witnessed Friday — submissions @columbiamissourian .com.
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@CoMissourian
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MU Faculty to walk out Monday and Tuesday, and are planning a "teach in." They urge students to check their email.
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4 years
The Missourian is limiting its “in-person” reporting for the safety of our staff and the public. (1/4)
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@CoMissourian
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3 years
Students shared concerns that they were informed about the Sunday shooting by less reliable sources, including Snapchat, YikYak, Twitter or class group chats, rather than by MU Alert.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
7 years
Hundreds gathered out by the columns on the @mizzou campus. Totality took place at 1:12 p.m.
@rachelannwegner
Rachel Wegner
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The quad burst into cheers, the cicadas came to life, bats started flying and the whole thing was surreal and beautiful. #ShowMeEclipse
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
3 years
Anyone else capture the rainbow this morning? Reply back with your photos.
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
6 years
Education editor @lizbrixey , copy and design TA @EthanMayJ and reporter/editor @T_Wornell are sporting Missourian blue this Monday!
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
5 years
Like Lil Wayne drops hits Lil rain will fall from the sky Clouds got that drip drip #WeatherHaiku 💧🌧
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@CoMissourian
Columbia Missourian
7 years
Official enrollment numbers are in for MU. This fall, it welcomed 4,134 freshmen — about 3 percent more than expected. Story to come.
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@CoMissourian
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4 years
Officers have been directed to wear only plain white, black or dark blue masks.
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