University of Missouri football team and coach join protest to oust...
After a spate of racially charged incidents on and around the University of Missouri campus, the football team announced this weekend that it would not participate in football-related activities and...
View ArticleHow college football helped bring down Missouri's president
Tim Wolfe, the embattled president of the University of Missouri System, resigned Monday after months of turmoil with faculty, students and his economically powerful football team in open revolt over...
View ArticleMissouri football players show the power of unity through boycott
Until the late-night tweet over the weekend announcing a boycott by dozens of University of Missouri football players, efforts to oust President Tim Wolfe because of racial tension at the campus in...
View ArticleProtesters celebrate after top University of Missouri leaders resign over...
The campus coup d'etat was over. After two top University of Missouri system officials announced their resignations Monday following allegations that they had not sufficiently addressed racial issues...
View ArticleVideo captures Missouri protesters' clash with media
The warning signs circle the protesters' tent encampment like guard towers: No media allowed. The activists say the tent city is meant to be a safe space. One problem: The tents are in the middle of a...
View ArticleThe last 58 days at the University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe's resignation has been all over the news on Monday. Hat tip to the Columbia Missourian for covering this issue closely and compiling a...
View ArticleMissouri protests echo similar situation at UCLA in 1998, but with a bad...
A group of seemingly powerless college athletes have realized their immense strength. A group of unpaid workers have exercised their control over great riches. The voice of the college athlete has...
View ArticleUniversity of Missouri hunger striker says Ferguson protests were...
Hauling a laptop in his bag and wearing an expression of tired concentration, Jonathan Butler looked like another graduate student shuffling across the tiled floor of Jesse Hall. His winter stocking...
View ArticleWould University of Missouri students have needed to go to such extremes if...
One morning, when I was 10 years old, I woke up to find my normally sleepy suburban town covered in swastikas. They were on mailboxes, they were on businesses, they were in front of the home of our...
View ArticleSocial media was the game-changer in Missouri football team revolt
The power of big-time, big-money, modern-day college football cannot be underestimated. That was clearly revealed Monday, when the banding together of Missouri's team - and subsequent threat of a game...
View Article'Free speech' can be a way to avoid talking about race
This week, two different conversations about racial sensitivity on two very different college campuses quickly turned into a national debate on free speech and its limits. But the breakneck speed of...
View ArticleMan arrested in social media threats against black students at University of...
University of Missouri police arrested a 19-year-old man about 100 miles from campus on suspicion of posting social media threats against black students, who were deeply disturbed by anonymous...
View ArticleThe tantrums at Mizzou and Yale reveal more than PC problems
At the University of Missouri, it took a hunger-striking student and the threat of a football boycott to get the president and chancellor to step down amid long-standing campus racial tensions. At...
View ArticleDo you feel safe on campus? Share your story
Is your campus a safe place? That may be a hard question to answer, especially if you're a minority. Your life may not be in danger, but there may be signs that your well-being is not as important as...
View ArticleUniversity of Missouri names black administrator with civil rights background...
The University of Missouri's governing board Thursday appointed a recently retired senior administrator from its flagship campus to be the university system's interim president. Michael Middleton, 68,...
View ArticleMan arrested in University of Missouri threats had 'deep interest' in Oregon...
The white college student arrested on suspicion of posting a social media threat to shoot black University of Missouri students expressed a "deep interest" in the Umpqua Community College massacre in...
View ArticleMissouri football players show the power of unity through boycott
Until the late-night tweet over the weekend announcing a boycott by dozens of University of Missouri football players, efforts to oust President Tim Wolfe because of racial tension at the campus in...
View ArticleProtesters celebrate after top University of Missouri leaders resign over...
The campus coup d'etat was over. After two top University of Missouri system officials announced their resignations Monday following allegations that they had not sufficiently addressed racial issues...
View ArticleThe last 58 days at the University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe's resignation has been all over the news on Monday. Hat tip to the Columbia Missourian for covering this issue closely and compiling a...
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