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1 month ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Michael Baniewicz |Vanina Dimitrova
As cricket bats swung, tennis balls flew in every direction Sunday as local cricket league CoMo Cubs held its first youth cricket tournament on Columbia's newest cricket grounds. The grounds were made by the city's Parks and Recreation Department. Mayukh Gosh is one of the co-organizers for the cricket tournament, which started because he and other fathers wanted to share their love of the sport with the next generation. Gosh started playing the sport while growing up in India.
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1 month ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Yong Li Xuan |Jack Calvert |Vanina Dimitrova |Michael Baniewicz
By Yong Li Xuan/Missourian,Jack Calvert/Missourian,Vanina Dimitrova/Missourian,Michael Baniewicz/Missourian,Li Xuan Yong,Vanina Dimitrova University of Missouri graduation weekend fell upon Columbia once again, the streets filling with friends and family to celebrate their graduates. The celebrations began in Jesse Auditorium, as 221 graduates walked across the stage to complete their degrees with the Honors College.
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1 month ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Taylor Perkins |Michael Baniewicz |Vanina Dimitrova
By Taylor Perkins/Missourian,Taylor Perkins,Michael Baniewicz,Vanina Dimitrova Local Motion, with the sponsorship of Bank of Missouri, hosted a free event Tuesday where people could have their bike or wheelchair detailed while they enjoy a cold beverage at Logboat Brewing Co."We will clean anything that rolls," said Mike Burden, CEO of Local Motion.
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1 month ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Michael Baniewicz |Alex Buchanan |Vanina Dimitrova
Everything came full circle for graduating seniors from the University of Missouri on Wednesday as they ran through the MU Columns just as they did four years ago during Tiger Walk. However, this year instead of running toward Jesse Hall, the graduates ran from Jesse Hall. The Senior Sendoff tradition symbolizes the graduates going out into the world after completing their studies.
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Sophia Scheller |Caroline Larson |Alex Buchanan |Vanina Dimitrova
By Sophia Scheller/Missourian,Caroline Larson,Alex Buchanan,Vanina Dimitrova Hundreds of people shuffled into Jesse Auditorium on Friday to hear Min Jin Lee speak at the Unbound Book Festival. She is the author of "Free Food for Millionaires" and "Pachinko."Lee came to the United States when she was 7 years old. During her keynote address Lee mentioned current tensions between the Trump administration and migrant communities.
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Sophia Scheller |Caroline Larson |Alex Buchanan |Vanina Dimitrova
By Sophia Scheller/Missourian,Caroline Larson,Alex Buchanan,Vanina Dimitrova Hundreds of people shuffled into Jesse Auditorium on Friday to hear Min Jin Lee speak at the Unbound Book Festival. She is the author of "Free Food for Millionaires" and "Pachinko."Lee came to the United States when she was 7 years old. During her keynote address Lee mentioned current tensions between the Trump administration and migrant communities.
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Torryionna Miller |Jana Rose Schleis |Abram Barker |Vanina Dimitrova
On Wednesday, the University of Missouri unveiled the contract design plans for NextGen Missouri University Research Reactor - the second nuclear plant to be built in Columbia. During a news conference, MU announced it has reached a $10 million agreement with a consortium that includes Hyundai Engineering America, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, the Hyundai Engineering Co. and MPR Associates for the initial design and licensing of the new reactor over the next six months.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Vanina Dimitrova |Molly Fox |Quentin Corpuel
By Vanina Dimitrova/Missourian,Molly Fox/Missourian,Quentin Corpuel INDIANAPOLIS - Former Oklahoma defensive end Ethan Downs was always a Sooner. He grew up in Weatherford, Oklahoma, about a 90-minute drive from Norman. One of his birthday presents growing up was attending a Mizzou-Oklahoma football game with his dad. They sat in the nosebleeds at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium; Downs said he fell asleep at halftime.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Vanina Dimitrova |Molly Fox |Quentin Corpuel
By Vanina Dimitrova/Missourian,Molly Fox/Missourian,Quentin Corpuel INDIANAPOLIS -- Former Oklahoma defensive end Ethan Downs was always a Sooner. He grew up in Weatherford, Oklahoma, about a 90-minute drive from Norman. One of his birthday presents growing up was attending a Mizzou-Oklahoma football game with his dad, Nathan. They sat in the nosebleeds at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium; Downs said he fell asleep at halftime.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Sophia Scheller |Alex Buchanan |Vanina Dimitrova
By Sophia Scheller/Missourian,Alex Buchanan,Vanina Dimitrova Skylark partnered up with Blooms and Wishes Flowers to host the first ever Books and Blooms event on Friday for Valentine's Day. Participants came in and picked out two paperback books to then wrap into their arrangement. Moving upstairs, they then were able to pick out five different fill flowers and were able to pick two flowers from each column to add a pop of color.
