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Community shares memories of Eliot Battle

Kellie Kotraba — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:57:17 +0000

When anyone asked Eliot Battle how he was doing, he would always answer, "Super."

Battle, a longtime Columbia educator, died Tuesday (June 11) from injuries sustained after a car crass Friday. He was 88.

LISTEN: Researcher explores relationship between death, supernatural belief

Kellie Kotraba — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Awareness of death can lead people to strengthen and defend their own religious beliefs, according to a recent psychological study led by MU researcher Kenneth Vail.

And that doesn't just apply to those who believe in a higher power already.

The foundation of Vail's researcg comes from the idea that part of the motivation for religious belief is the awareness of death – an idea that has deep philosophical roots, Vail said. Recent experimental research also points to the notion that people use belief to help manage awareness of mortality.

Jefferson City shooting leaves one dead

Associated Press — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:35:03 +0000

Jefferson City police are searching for a second person of interest in the shooting death of a Columbia man.