Coal Free Mizzou demonstrators wait to present 3,000 student signatures to the University of Missouri Board of Curators during a meeting on Sept. 13 in Columbia. Chancellor Brady Deaton accepted the petition and agreed to meet with the group later.
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Demonstrators carry their banner into the MU Board of Curators meeting on Sept. 13 at the University of Missouri. Coal Free Mizzou is a student advocacy group asking UM Curators to phase out the use of coal.
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Coal Free Mizzou president Alexendra Rather leads demonstrators in a chant. “M-I-Z! Be Coal Free!” the crowd repeats. The student advocacy group wants to phase out the use of coal as an energy source at the University of Missouri.
Student advocacy group Coal Free Mizzou presented the MU Board of Curators today with 3,000 student signatures asking the University of Missouri to transition from coal to clean energy.
The University of Missouri System’s Board of Curators plans to elaborate on its definitions of sexual harassment and violence in the guidelines for student conduct.
Students at the University of Missouri are ramping up their efforts to change the status of the student representative on the system's Board of Curators. Bill Raack reports that legislation to give the student curator voting rights is working its way through the Missouri General Assembly.