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Net Neutrality: the debate and how it might affect you
The internet age has brought to us the ability to get large amounts of information, from across the globe, delivered to our fingertips within seconds. This access provides us with a powerful amount of...
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The Civil War and its lasting effects on contemporary politics
It’s been nearly 150 years since the close of the US Civil War, but the effects, and some of the arguments, continue to be felt today. Two years ago, a petition allowing Texas to secede from the US...
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The world according to Peter Stiepleman, and his vision for Columbia schools
It’s a new era for Columbia Public Schools... On Tuesday, Columbia voters approved a $50 million dollar bond issue that is part of a 10-year plan to fund a new elementary school and other...
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A look inside Mid-Missouri's international communities
In Columbia, more than 8 percent of the population is foreign-born, compared with just under 4 percent on average in the rest of Missouri. In Columbia Public Schools, there are 61 different languages...
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The future of downtown development, and Repeal 6214
Columbia’s city clerk has until Tuesday evening to decide whether the petition known as Repeal 6214 has enough signatures and is valid - and whether the city can continue with its plans, approved last...
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Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, three months in
R Bowen Loftin took over as the Chancellor of the University of Missouri three months ago now, taking the reins from Brady Deaton, who had served as Chancellor for a decade. Now that Dr. Loftin has...
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Classical Music and Education in the Summertime
Some believe that learning and listening to music, particularly classical music, at a young age is tied to success in the future. In Columbia, there are many efforts to get children interested in...
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Transportation Infrastructure and Amendment 7
For years now the state of Missouri’s infrastructure has been a concern for public officials, politicians and Missourians on the whole. The Missouri Department of Transportation and state legislators...
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What the VA hospital controversy means for the future and for Missouri
The United States Veterans Health Administration has recently been under national scrutiny, after reports that veterans were on waiting lists at some VA hospitals for more than 30 days… in some cases,...
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Helping to Digitize Apartheid Archives (June 30, 2014)
It’s been 20 years since the fall of apartheid in South Africa in 1994. and for the last year now, students and faculty here at the University of Missouri have been assisting the University of...
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