COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – University of Missouri leaders say the school will use a hiring freeze and 5 percent budget reduction to close a projected $32 million shortfall. The Columbia Daily Tribune (bit.ly/1py0K0h) reports interim Chancellor Hank Foley sent out a memo on Wednesday saying the moves are necessary because of a sharp drop in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers has prevailed over the leaders of both parties to approve deeper budget cuts to the University of Missouri. Lawmakers voted 83-75 Tuesday to transfer $1 million from the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus to Lincoln University in Jefferson City. The House speaker, majority floor…
(KTRS) Former University of Missouri assistant professor Melissa Click is appealing her firing, last month, over her role last year in race-related student protests. Click says her dismissal by university system curators was unfair. In firing Click, top university administrators cited her run-ins with police during October protests and with two student journalists weeks later…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Movie director Spike Lee visits the University of Missouri campus to work on an ESPN documentary about the football team’s threatened boycott last fall. The Columbia Daily Tribune (bit.ly/1TFS1pS) reports Lee was in town on Saturday night to attend a screening of the student-made documentary “Concerned Student 1950 at the True/False…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Ben Simmons had 22 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, and LSU held off struggling Missouri 80-71 on Tuesday night to stay alive for at least a share of the Southeastern Conference regular season title. Antonio Blakeney scored 18 points, hitting a late 3-pointer and mid-range jumper to help LSU…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri House panel has decided against a small cut to the University of Missouri-Columbia but refused to undo a $7.6 million cut for system administrators. The House Budget Committee voted Tuesday to restore roughly $400,000 in cuts to the Columbia campus that would have equaled the salaries of several…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri measure would create a panel aimed at finding ways to address concerns about the University of Missouri. Columbia Republican Sen. Kurt Schaefer proposed a resolution Tuesday to establish a commission to review the university and suggest changes. The measure notes that if the university doesn’t follow recommendations, lawmakers…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – Janee Thompson scored 12 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter as the 15th-ranked Kentucky women pulled away for a 69-59 win over No. 24 Missouri on Thursday night. Evelyn Akhator made 6 of 8 from the field and scored 15 with nine rebounds, while Makayla Epps added 14 points…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – Stefan Moody scored 29 points and ignited a decisive 10-0 run midway through the second half Tuesday night as Mississippi defeated Missouri 85-76. Ole Miss (18-10, 8-7 Southeastern Conference) used the 10-0 spurt to build a 64-54 lead with 9:31 remaining. Moody had three baskets and a behind-the-back assist for a…
( KTRS ) A University of Missouri official says about $2 million in donations have been lost in fallout from the Columbia campus unrest last fall. Simmering tensions came to a head in November protests over what student activists saw as administrators’ indifference to racial problems at the Columbia campus. Protesters were backed by some…