Condoms and texting, a little news for students in Rock Quarry

A perusal of Columbiamissourian.com this morning would kick up two items that may be interest of to students living in the Grindstone-Rock Quarry neighborhood. Texting and condoms.
Missourian higher education reporter Sarah Flagg reported on the problems posed by texting and driving. While the story is framed around reputable research conducted in the United Kingdom, Flagg [...]

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Spokeswoman says UM System hiring freeze a ‘prudent’ measure

UM System President Gary Forsee’s announcement of a system-wide hiring freeze may have come as a surprise to those who vary their online news reading.
Jefferson City television station KRCG reported on Nov. 13 Forsee as saying he had “no plans for a hiring freeze on any of his four campuses or any of his health [...]

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Obama visits MU

The lines to see Sen. Barack Obama are snaking down Ninth Street and winding down University Avenue more than 4 hours before the Democratic presidential candidate is expected to speak.
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News of Obama’s campaign stop broke earlier this week and crews began preparing for an expected large crowd on MU’s south quad Wednesday.
Both [...]

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A return and an update

I apologize for the lack of update over the last few days. It’s been a pretty busy reporting week. If you’re interested, here’s what I’ve been up to:
Final decision near: Albert-Oakland Park
Council approves resolution to name Albert-Oakland park, pool
Owner, residents agree northeast Columbia dam needs repair
Here’s some Tiger reading to get you ready for tonight’s [...]

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Afternoon headlines for Oct. 3

Streets are already blocked off and white tents with beer signs on them are popping all over downtown as Roots ‘n Blues gets ready to kick off. Your afternoon headlines will be a little entertainment heavy. Here’s what I got.

Jerry Douglas Dobro virtuoso
Hogarth prints put a twist on ‘Til Death Do Us Part’
And some hard [...]

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A little opinion Thursday: VP debate drinking game

I’m sure some of you have seen the Hawt Post on the WordPress home page — VP debate drinking game. This got me thinking. The Missourian higher education reporters were searching their cell phone contact lists to find someone who was actually doing this.
Some knew of people playing, but it didn’t seem to be organized. [...]

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Jer Nixon: MU student, candidate’s son, rapper

This story is something you probably haven’t heard before. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Nixon’s son, Jer, raps and his lyrics aren’t exactly as tame as the campaign would like. In an Missourian story, Emily Van Zandt reports that Jer (a childhood nickname) has been rapping since his high school days when he was in a [...]

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No one injured in fire at Hickman

This is something that I’m sure has traveled faster through the grapevine than the news sources on the Web, but just to dispell some rumors that usually circulate when anything remotely harmful happens at a school.
1. There was a small fire at Hickman High School in the gym.
2. No one was injured.
3. The fire was [...]

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WANTED: Contributors to tell us what’s going on in the neighborhood

Live in the Grindstone-Rock Quarry neighborhood in Columbia? Do you want to be a part of the news? Have ideas and photos that would make nice stories but don’t know where to put them?
Be a contributor to the Grindstone-Rock Quarry blog and post your photos on our Flickr site. We want to hear about the [...]

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Today’s headlines in Columbia that affect you

Some headlines from the Columbia Missourian that might interest you
Unrelated robberies share food factor
Joint commission discusses development around new Columbia high school
First red-light cameras to go at Providence and Worley
Survey seeks feedback on Columbia Police Department
Opening of Columbia’s new fire station delayed
Buffalo coach sees allure of playing Tigers

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