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An editor’s letter for a Vox magazine issue on Jun. 2, 2011 featuring a summer events preview Summertime brings humidity, flip flops, sunburns and the allure of more free time. Unless you’re a student or teacher, summer probably doesn’t provide more free time. However, year after year, everyone l know creates to-do lists full of […]

An editor’s letter for the Vox special budget travel issue on Mar. 17, 2011 I learned at a young age how to vacation on a budget. Until I was in middle school, I thought a vacation meant driving 18 long hours from my house in Bartlesville, Okla., to my grandparents’ house in Rapid City, S.D. […]

During graduate school at the University of Missouri, I worked at Vox Magazine, a weekly city magazine that is part of the city’s newspaper, The Missourian. I served as a back of book editor, but for the Budget Travel issue in March 2011, I was the special issue editor. I conceptualized, assigned, and edited the […]

At the first of four forums, Columbia residents with disabilities questioned Mayor Bob McDavid and City Manager Bill Watkins Thursday about the city’s accessibility and other issues. Homer Page, chairman of the Disabilities Commission, monitored the event held in the new addition to City Hall. He welcomed guests and explained the goal of the forums […]

The Boone Hospital Center celebrated the “topping off” of its new patient tower on Thursday morning, though bad weather forced the installation of the tower’s top beam a day early. The 22-foot, 600-pound beam has been displayed in the hospital lobby for the six weeks, allowing people to sign it and to express their feelings […]

After years of promoting bicycling in Columbia, Mayor Darwin Hindman received national recognition for his efforts. The League of American Bicyclists presented Hindman with its Lifetime Achievement Award on March 9 at the 10th annual National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C. Read the full article at columbiamissourian.com.

After 39 years, an original owner of Harpo’s, Dennis Harper, has sold his popular downtown restaurant. Chuck Naylor and Kevin Fitzpatrick, both MU alumni, bought the Columbia eatery from Harper on March 2. Harper said he believes they will continue running the restaurant in true Harpo’s style. “It has steamrolled on,” he said. “Why slow […]

Families planning trips for summer vacation might be shocked to pay $3 when fueling at the pump. On March 9, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released a short-term energy outlook, which included pump prices for upcoming seasons. The Administration predicted the average U.S. price for gas likely will exceed $3 per gallon at times during […]

News writing for the Columbia Missourian newspaper Gathered around two small windows in Columbia Regional Airport, fans of Mary Burch Nirmaier eagerly waited for her return. Nirmaier left Columbia on Monday, traveled to Washington D.C, and returned as a Congressional Gold Medal recipient. She was awarded the medal for her service as a Women Airforce […]

Art writing in the Mar. 4, 2010 issue of Vox magazine Peter Miyamoto is an athlete. You’d never guess it, but when he sits down at the 88 black and white keys of the grand piano, he exudes energy and strength. He sways with the music. His fingers fly over the keys. “His little finger […]