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MU student activists fight against sweatshops

The newly established MU chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops is crusading for human rights. In efforts to hold the MU Bookstore accountable, President Angela Pagán and her team are asking for a contract with a company called Alta Gracia, which guarantees workers rights.

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Thursday, May 17 +
7:15 p.m.

Eighth Annual Columbia High School Battle of the Bands, featuring Table for Five, Lot 56, and Friends.

Friday, May 18 +
9:00 p.m.

New Music Night - FREE!!

9:30 p.m.

Chimney Choir

Saturday, May 19 +
1:00 p.m.

The Fly Fishing Film Tour

9:30 p.m.

Cabin Sessions

10:00 p.m.

New Tongues, Mad Anthony and Jack Buck at Eastside Tavern

Tuesday, May 22 +
7:30 p.m.

Chevelle

Wednesday, May 23 +
9:00 p.m.

Hayes Carll

Thursday, May 24 +
8:00 p.m.

Fiddler on the Roof

Friday, May 25 +
5:00 p.m.

Mojos Happy Hour with Polly Finn

8:00 p.m.

Fiddler on the Roof

9:30 p.m.

Heartless Bastards

Saturday, May 26 +
9:30 a.m.

Memorial Day Salute to Veterans Air Show

12:00 p.m.

5th Annual For the People Pow Wow

8:00 p.m.

Fiddler on the Roof

Sunday, May 27 +
9:30 a.m.

Memorial Day Salute to Veterans Air Show

12:00 p.m.

5th Annual For the People Pow Wow

8:00 p.m.

Fiddler on the Roof

Monday, May 28 +
9:55 a.m.

Memorial Day Parade

Thursday, May 31 +
2:00 p.m.

Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree

2:00 p.m.

Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree

8:00 p.m.

Fiddler on the Roof

Friday, June 1 +
2:00 p.m.

Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree

2:00 p.m.

Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree

8:00 p.m.

Fiddler on the Roof

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Editor's Letter: Bleeding hearts and clean clothing

Instead of aiming for a destination of perfection, we should strive to stay on a path of continual improvement. The question to ask: “Is today better than yesterday?” A group of MU students aim to make tomorrow better than today. By bringing sweatshop-free clothing to the MU Bookstore, they aren’t eliminating sweatshops, but they are giving us options to take a step in a better direction.



PS: Gallery presents Blue Highways Revisited exhibit

Frenchman, Nev., once a town of four residents, was one of many stops along a 14,000-mile journey that author and photographer William Least Heat-Moon took in 1978. A collection of photographs and stories from this trip around the U.S. was published in Blue Highways.



Missouri's first poet laureate, Walter Bargen, publishes new poetry book

Bargen's poetry reveals unexpected beauty while recalling the desolation after World War II. Even his happy memories are punctuated by the sharp edge of grief.



Maplewood Barn Community Theatre's new home

Rising from the ashes, the Maplewood Barn Community Theatre returns with a new home just in time to celebrate its 40th anniversary.



In the Garage: Enemy Airship

Enemy Airship's Michael Hopkins’ small would-be dining room transforms into the practice space for the local post-rock group, which formed last summer.