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Rebecca Smith/KBIAOrganizations in Missouri will receive over $57 million in federal funding for homelessness assistance, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. -
Bailey Stover/KBIALydia Bennett is a pansexual polyamorous person and spoke about how the relationships in their life fulfill them in different ways.
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A new treatment facility in Fulton will provide mental health services, educational support, and job training to at-risk children in the foster care system. -
While CPS recently launched alternative methods of instruction, other mid-Missouri schools have used the practice for years on snow days -
Columbians will vote for the future mayor and Third and Fourth Ward representatives in April. -
Missouri officials say the overdose reversal drug naloxone helped contribute to the first decrease in drug-related deaths in nearly a decade. -
Livestock experts advise ranchers to pay special care to cattle in winter. -
Americans’ understanding of food prices shaped in part by politics -
![Julie Rosenfeld, an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Music, stands in her office on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at the Fine Arts Building in Columbia. “When I was coming out in the 80s, and 90s, I mean, that's what would you called women who were [attracted to the] same sex. You called them lesbians. And, I mean, I love Sappho, the Isle of Lesbos. I thought it was a really great term, as a matter of fact. I liked the term. I thought it was a great way to identify. You know, ‘Jewish, lesbian, violinist.’ Sounds great to me. So, I never shied away from it,” Rosenfeld said. “I'm a baker also. So, ‘Jewish, lesbian, violinist, baker. All those things are important to me. But, I like the term. I think it's a great term. Were that we all were like Sappho.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bd58851/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1750x975+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F91%2Fb4%2Fa5b0e316435388adde92690d1f29%2F20240515-bas-queer-joy-julie-rosenfeld-0023.jpg)
Julie Rosenfeld: "It's been a wonderful relationship, and hopefully will last until one of us dies."Julie Rosenfeld describes herself as a “Jewish lesbian violinist baker.” She spent much of her career working as a touring violinist in a string quartet and now teaches violin at the University of Missouri School of Music. She spoke about how she met and fell in love with her quartet second violinist more than 40 years ago. -
The University of Missouri has increased its monetary support for its athletics programs, giving the athletic department around $22.8 million in direct support in 2023. -
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In this episode, Editor-in-chief Micah Barnes spoke with writer Sarah Goodson about the efforts in Columbia to keep girls in sports.
![Julie Rosenfeld, an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Music, stands in her office on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at the Fine Arts Building in Columbia. “When I was coming out in the 80s, and 90s, I mean, that's what would you called women who were [attracted to the] same sex. You called them lesbians. And, I mean, I love Sappho, the Isle of Lesbos. I thought it was a really great term, as a matter of fact. I liked the term. I thought it was a great way to identify. You know, ‘Jewish, lesbian, violinist.’ Sounds great to me. So, I never shied away from it,” Rosenfeld said. “I'm a baker also. So, ‘Jewish, lesbian, violinist, baker. All those things are important to me. But, I like the term. I think it's a great term. Were that we all were like Sappho.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/74d366c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1750x975+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F91%2Fb4%2Fa5b0e316435388adde92690d1f29%2F20240515-bas-queer-joy-julie-rosenfeld-0023.jpg)
