COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Jordan Harold, a walk-on junior defensive end, was among the new starters announced by Missouri on Monday for its season opener at West Virginia this weekend. The Tigers, who will be opening on the road for the first time since 2007, will have seven new starters on offense, including senior running…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – While the University of Missouri is dealing with a sharp drop in enrollment this fall, many other four-year universities in the state reported an increase in the number of students. After protests disrupted the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus last fall, the incoming freshman class for this academic year shrank by…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Officials at the University of Missouri have projected that about 1,400 fewer first-time freshmen have enrolled at the school compared to last year. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the university’s projection would result in a class size of 4,800. University spokesman Christian Basi says this year’s exact number will not…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against the University of Missouri Board of Curators in support of a university law professor’s challenge to the campus firearms ban. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Boone County, Andrew Hirth, deputy general counsel for Attorney General Chris Koster, wrote that the…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri has its third athletic director in as many weeks. Interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced Wednesday that Sarah Reesman has been named the Columbia school’s interim athletic director. Reesman will assume that new role on Friday, a day after returning from two weeks abroad. Foley says Reesman lately…
Former Missouri Gov. Bob Holden said he hopes Kaine’s Missouri connections will give some voters an additional reason to support Clinton
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A panel tasked with recommending changes for the University of Missouri system is moving forward despite funding cuts. The University of Missouri Review Commission met for the first time Friday to discuss how to help a system rocked by turmoil following student protests and leadership changes. The system president and…
WACO, Texas (AP) – A person with knowledge of the decision says Baylor has selected Mack Rhoades from Missouri as its new athletic director. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because no announcement had been made. Rhoades was named Missouri’s AD only 16 months ago, going there after being…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former system president and a wealthy university donor will help review the University of Missouri following last year’s turmoil. GOP House Speaker Todd Richardson Wednesday named former system president Gary Forsee and Jeanne Sinquefield to an eight-member review commission. Sinquefield and her husband, conservative donor Rex Sinquefield, have given…