The Missouri Registered Apprenticeship Program is partnering with the Eldon Career Center to help students prepare for a career after high school. The program is aiming to place students in training while they are still in high school, so they…
Zimmer Radio raises $250,000 for MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital
For the 13th year in a row, Zimmer Radio and Marketing Group offered its support to Mizzou Women’s and Children’s hospital through the annual radiothon fundraiser on February 21 and 22. This year’s effort brought in over $250,000, with every…
CP editorial: You may be surprised what you are supporting if your follow your money
News flash — your money could be what’s funding the non-profit organizations that are harming conventional production agriculture. Today we live in a pay-and-go society. We hand over our money for our Starbucks coffee and never think to ask where…
CP editorial: Early childhood education should include more than the ‘three Rs’
In elementary school, the basics of education are English, math, science, reading and writing. While these topics are all important for children to learn, and are needed for normal, daily life, there is something missing — agriculture. From our food…
CP editorial: Parents should trust science, vaccinate their children
In a time when most childhood diseases are preventable, why are there still outbreaks of an illness that was eradicated in the United States in 2000? In January, an outbreak of measles began spreading through a few counties outside of…
New Music Ensemble brings student composers’ works to life
The future of symphonic music is being composed every day in the University of Missouri Music Composition Department. On Sunday, Dec. 2, the New Music Ensemble performed at Whitmore Recital Hall on Mizzou’s campus. The event was co-sponsored by the…