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Vol. 80, Issue 31
JUNE 3, 2014
Fellowship
Graduate student to tell stories of empowerment
COURTESY OF ZAHRA RASCOL
Zahra Rasool, a journalism graduate student, poses for a portrait on Tuesday, May 20 on the Francis Quadrangle. As the recipient of the O. O. McIntyre Fellowship award, Rasool will tell the stories of women who are striving for equality and empowerment in India.
ERICA BRAHAM Reporter When graduate student Zahra Rasool first stepped onto the MU campus, she
was extremely overwhelmed. Having moved abroad from India in 2009, the U.S. was a very different place. “I was very conscious about who I was,” Rasool said. “I was conscious about
my accent. I wear a headscarf. You know, I stood out everywhere I went. The color of my skin was different. These were things I realized for the first time. I thought to myself, ‘If I do not take the
initiative to speak up, I am not going to fit in over here.’” With these initial thoughts, Rasool
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Petition circulates to repeal development agreement MSA, GPC
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The fate of a new student housing complex in downtown Columbia still remains up in the air. City Council voted 5-1 during a meeting May 19 to approve an amended and restated development agreement between the city and the Opus Development Group to build a 650-bed complex. The new agreement replaces the older, similar one being contested with a petition started by local attorney Jeremy Root. However, another referendum petition
NEWS
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meetings,” Root said. “I appreciate the use of normal process, but the normal process should not include disregard of all citizen input, which unfortunately this did.” The new agreement was discussed during a meeting May 19, where public comment about the development was available. A majority of the residents who spoke expressed opinions that the development would not benefit Columbia. Major concerns expressed by residents were the lack of adequate infrastructure and how the makeup of the downtown would change with more young undergraduates becoming a major part of the downtown scene.
MOVE
Ragtag cinema, Columbia Staple, is a must see for incoming locals.
has unique relationship ELIZABETH LOUTFI News Editor After the collapse of the University Village apartments in February, the Graduate
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will be circulating to repeal the new agreement with Opus, again backed by Root. “Frankly, we should not have to gather signatures again on the same project,” Root said. “The only reason we do is because council is interfering with our repeal efforts on the first project.” The new development agreement still does not satisfy the arguments that were made when the first petition was created, Root said. “The only change, as far as we can see, is that the agreement was passed and approved through two normal council meetings instead of two special council
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MAGGIE STANWOOD
MOVE
Senior shows her work inspired by imagination in the Craft Studio in June.
SPORTS
The proof of Mizzou Baseball’s SEC struggle is all in the numbers.