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Education
5:38 pm
Thu September 13, 2012

Students lobby UM Curators over coal power plant

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Coal Free Mizzou demonstrators wait to present 3,000 student signatures to the University of Missouri Board of Curators during a meeting on Sept. 13 in Columbia. Chancellor Brady Deaton accepted the petition and agreed to meet with the group later.
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Demonstrators carry their banner into the MU Board of Curators meeting on Sept. 13 at the University of Missouri. Coal Free Mizzou is a student advocacy group asking UM Curators to phase out the use of coal.
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Coal Free Mizzou president Alexendra Rather leads demonstrators in a chant. “M-I-Z! Be Coal Free!” the crowd repeats. The student advocacy group wants to phase out the use of coal as an energy source at the University of Missouri.
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By Lee Jian Chung

Student advocacy group Coal Free Mizzou presented the MU Board of Curators today with 3,000 student signatures asking the University of Missouri to transition from coal to clean energy.

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Education
5:01 pm
Wed June 27, 2012

UM system undeterred in UM Press shutdown

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The University of Missouri is standing behind its cost-cutting decision to shutter the school's academic press.

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Education
8:43 am
Mon June 25, 2012

Governor's budget withholdings felt by higher education

UM system spokesperson says "every dollar is important" when it comes to meeting the university's mission.
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By Melissa Helm

Governor Jay Nixon’s withholdings announced Friday are expected to be felt by Missouri’s higher-education institutions. Nixon announced the removal of $9 million from the budgets of Missouri’s public colleges and universities, effective July 1st. It’s part of $15 million withheld from a budget Nixon says is $50 million out of balance. 

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Education
4:51 pm
Thu May 24, 2012

University of Missouri Press to be eliminated

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By Marie Mandelberg

The University of Missouri Press will close. That’s according to a press release issued today by the University of Missouri system. The UM system provides the University of Missouri Press with a $400,000 yearly subsidy, and according to the press release, the Press has been unable to operate without a deficit in recent years.

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Education
9:15 am
Thu April 26, 2012

Future of UM System presidential mansion in doubt

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UM System Pres. Tim Wolfe and his family will live in temporary housing for now.
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By Orla O'Muiri

A recent inspection found that the University of Missouri System President's house needs approximately $88,000 dollars worth of restoration.

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PM Newscasts
5:46 pm
Wed April 25, 2012

Newscast for April 25, 2012

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Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

UMSL to hold an interdisciplinary conference on "consilience."

The UM System president's house needs $88,000 worth of additional repairs and renovations.

Legislation moving through the state Senate that would make cellphone companies share 911 call information.

A state Senate panel considers legislation that would make CPR a requirement for Missouri high school students.

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