Posted in 32974, Miscellaneous, Student Life, tagged BBQ, Columbia, District, Downtown, food, Missourian, music, Oct 3 & 4, Roots 'N Blues Festival 2008, skkienstra on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Friday, October 3rd and Saturday October 4th, the Roots ‘N Blues BBQ Festival will be making its return to Columbia. There will be food (BBQ contest, of course), and live music lining the concert venues of downtown Columbia.
What’s the best part? It’s free to the public!
The extensive lineup of artists and over 22 [...]
Posted in MU Events, tagged Alcohol Responsibility Month, Cassidy Shearrer, Columbia Missourian, Evolution of Dance, higher education, Judson Liapply, Mizzou, MU, popular youtube video, University of Missouri, Wellness Resource Center on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Have you seen the video?
The star of the popular “Evolution of Dance” YouTube video will be in Columbia this week to help promote the MU Wellness Resource Center’s Alcohol Responsibility Month. Judson Liapply is a speaker who specializes in Inspirational Comedy–the dance medley is his grand finale.
Check him out at Jesse [...]
Posted in 32974, tagged car-pool, Cassidy Shearrer, Columbia Missourian, higher education, hybrid, Insidehighered.com, MU, parking, sustainability, University of Missouri on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Colleges around the U.S. are reserving parking spaces for car-poolers and hybrids. We all know how much fun it is to park at MU-I’m currently mooching off my East Campus friends who have parking lots. Would you car pool for a good spot?
Check out this article on the subject, there is an interesting point about [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Student Life, tagged Andrew Hoberek, Columbia Missourian, Graphic Memoir, Graphic Novel, Judith Clark, Kelsey Allen, Stephens College, University of Missouri on September 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Using the traditional three rows of three panels, the comic book has become more than a pastime for the socially awkward. It is now considered contemporary literature — even art, says Andrew Hoberek, associate professor of English and director of Graduate Studies at MU.
While it usually takes time to judge if something has become a [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Student Life on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems like MU students would do just about anything for a T-shirt. Promises of a free T-shirt are used to lure freshman to get-to-know-you events, to lure fans to under-attended sporting events and to lure passers-by to sign the latest petition being peddled near Speaker’s Circle.
Thursday afternoon, however, might have [...]
Posted in 32974, tagged Emily Younker, MU, sustainability, University of Missouri-Columbia on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When it comes to sustainability, MU is only average. At least, that’s according to the College Sustainability Report Card, a Web site launched this week by the nonprofit research organization Sustainable Endowments Institute, a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
In fact, the report card gives MU an overall grade of C-, which is awarded based on independent [...]
Posted in Student Life, tagged Columbia Missourian, Dorm Life, higher education, Kelsey Allen, Mockumentary, UCLA, University of Missouri, Webisode on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wonder what dorm life is really like? The webisode series “Dorm-Life” will tell you everything you need to know.
In 2007, seven students from UCLA joined forces to show the world what college is like in the 21st century. Similar to “The Office”, “Dorm-Life” is a mockumentary. The series tells the the story of six [...]
Posted in 32974, tagged Columbia Missourian, eco-friendly, greeks, greeks go green, Homecoming, house decorations, pomping, skienstra on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An article that I wrote about the Greek community and their efforts to make Homecoming more eco-friendly was published in the Columbia Missourian on September 15. It discussed the well-known tradition of ‘pomping’ – something so well known to the Greek community yet also so distant from the rest of the community. When creating the [...]
Posted in 32974 on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last Friday, President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Douglas Randall for a second term on the National Science Board. Randall has been a professor of biochemistry at MU and served on the board for the last six years. The National Science Board advises the President and Congress on science, engineering research, educational issues and also [...]
Posted in 32974 on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last year, Jim Cogswell, MU’s director of libraries, said the libraries were anticipating a budget shortfall of about $600,000 for the current fiscal year. To combat the projected deficit, acquisitions were cut by 30 percent.
Cogswell now says the situation is “very much improved.” The libraries received about $850,000 from Provost Brian Foster, and contributions from donors have [...]
