(KTRS) – Missouri lawmakers are renewing calls for the University of Missouri to fire assistant professor Melissa Click. The Post-Dispatch reports that Senator Kurt Schaefer said a recent video showing Click confronting officers, demonstrates that she is “unstable”. He continued, saying that the university has more than enough reason to fire her. As far as…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – University of Missouri System Interim President Mike Middleton is asking lawmakers for time to enact changes following a tumultuous fall at the Columbia campus. Middleton told state lawmakers during a Wednesday hearing that the university is working to address concerns raised after turmoil. Middleton, the interim chancellor of the Columbia…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri announced Tuesday that junior guard Wes Clark has been dismissed from the men’s basketball team. According to a release, “Wes Clark has failed to meet the academic expectations of the Mizzou Athletics Department and is no longer a member of the men’s basketball program. Due to this issue relating to…
( KTRS ) University of Missouri leaders are set to speak with state lawmakers following criticism from the Legislature over recent turmoil on the Columbia campus. University of Missouri System Interim President Mike Middleton is scheduled to speak during a hearing, later today. The hearing comes amid lawmaker frustration with the University of Missouri. Complaints include…
Click says she’s “sorry” she cursed at police
Columbia, Missouri (KTRS) A suspended University of Missouri assistant professor is once again coming under fire. Over the weekend, the Columbia Missourian posted a video of Melissa Click during a protest at the homecoming parade last fall. The footage shows Click in a confrontation with Columbia Police. She can be seen yelling an obscenity at…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri officials say they’re looking into whether a graduate student employee union would be legal. Interim President Mike Middleton said in a release Wednesday that the university is seeking to determine if it’s legal for graduate students to organize. He says there’s no legal precedent in current Missouri law.…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri coach Kim Anderson hasn’t decided whether to lift suspensions of Jakeenan Gant and Russell Woods, who have been benched for one game after being cited for misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. The Tigers (8-15, 1-9 SEC) have lost eight in a row heading into Wednesday night’s game at Vanderbilt. The…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Several University of Missouri students are pressing the system’s governing board for faster reforms in diversity as the Columbia campus continues grappling with racial unrest punctuated by racial protests there last November. Black graduate student Timothy Love was among four students at the Columbia school who addressed the university’s curators during…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Two dozen black protesters twice interrupted a meeting of the University of Missouri system’s governing board to read a list of demands for improvements in diversity. The demonstrators on Thursday stood side-by-side, their arms locked, outside a room on the Columbia campus when the Board of Curators were starting a finance…