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Vol. 86 Issue 19
March 11, 2020
MSA
MSA executives finish up their term in office Jennifer Sutterer and Mary O’Brien reflect on their time in office as their term as MSA president and vice president comes to an end. IZZY COLÓN
Assistant Student Politics Editor Missouri Student Association President Jennifer Sutterer and MSA Vice President Mary O'Brien were in it together from the beginning. Their love for the MU community pushed them both to join MSA in the first place, so when the time came to campaign for MSA executive positions, they did so as a team. Both were involved in several groups on campus and were passionate about making the MU community a better place for students. “I was my student body president for my high school and I just loved being able to work with policy and make impacts for the school,” Sutterer said. “Coming in, we both were involved in a lot of different groups on campus. When it came time we felt like we had a good understanding of what the student body wanted to see. We really had just a passion for Mizzou, but at the same time, the ability to recognize that there is progress to be made.” Sutterer and O’Brien said that while campaigning they had a plethora of ambitions but didn’t realize how much time many of these operations would take to implement. O’Brien said a primary component of their job as executives consisted of starting the conversation on several platform points that were important to them, such as mental health services access and college
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Mary O’Brien and Jennifer Sutterer pose in front of the MU Columns. The two are wrapping up their terms as MSA vice president and MSA president respectively. | PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK VIA SHOW YOUR STRIPES MIZZOU.
DOCUMENTARY
GREEK LIFE
Recent safe space training emphasizes Netflix docuseries ‘Babies’ importance of Greek Allies on MU’s campus features MU Department Molly Wooster and Huong Truong discuss the goals and importance of Greek Allies on MU’s campus and their plans for the semester.
of Anthropology professor The series documents the growth and challenges that occur in the first year of a child’s life.
MIKAELA SCHLUETER
WICKER PERLIS
Student Politics Reporter
MU Greek Allies recently hosted a safe space training on Feb. 27 to discuss gender expression and | COURTESY OF GREEK ALLIES VIA MIZZOU EVENTS CALENDAR identity, pronouns and how to become a better ally for LGBTQ people in the different this semester in that we’re hosting a social event and that’s something we’d like to Greek community. According to the Fraternity and Sorority continue doing in the future,” Wooster said. Recently, Greek Allies hosted a movie Life website, Greek Allies’ goal is to create a positive environment for LGBTQ youth in the night at the Women’s Center and watched Greek community through education and by “Booksmart” in which one of the main working to remove discrimination towards characters identifies as queer. “Everything that Greek Allies does or them. “I think very broadly we are trying to will do has a connection to the LGBTQ educate and improve inclusivity in the community,” Huong Truong, Greek Allies Greek community, and as an extension the adviser and graduate assistant for Fraternity Mizzou community in general,” Greek Allies and Sorority Life, said. The organization also working to bring a President Molly Wooster said. The organization plans to accomplish these speaker to campus to talk about inclusive goals through educational events like the language in the Greek community and serve safe space training and through social events. “We are doing something a little bit
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University News Senior Staff Writer The recently released Netflix documentary series “Babies” featured a familiar face to those in the MU Department of Anthropology — professor Libby Cowgill. The series, which launched on the streaming service in February, recounts the first year of a child’s life. Cowgill, an associate professor within the department, was featured in episode six for her research on how infants learn to walk. She and the other contributors to the show reenacted a collaborative project that she published. It detailed what happens to an infant’s leg bones when they are first used for walking and standing on two legs. “Your bones are basically just like muscle and lay down more bone in response to exercise, so baby leg bones actually change shape in response to toddling around,” Cowgill said. Cowgill said the director of her episode, Emma Webster, also sought to portray the real human lives of scientists that were used as sources. Cowgill was filmed exercising at CrossFit Fringe, where she coaches a couple of times a week.
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