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The 2020-21 school year challenged students academically, physically, mentally, emotionally and politically. Despite elections, protests and remote learning, MU still strived to succeed and achieve some semblance of normalcy. However, COVID-19 and racism on campus showed students that the administration is not always willing to listen and abide by student concerns.
A summer of Black Lives Matter protests demanding an end to police brutality and justice for the murder of George Floyd led students straight into a school year already fraught with tension.
Several student groups formed to call out racism at MU and demand change. Perhaps the most prominent were #StillConcerned and Mizzou 600.
The Mizzou freshman hopes to give back to those serving the community.
COLUMBIA - 18-year-old Christian Birtell wants to make a difference while he s studying at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Being here at Mizzou, I want to make the place better than I found it, Birtell said.
Like the buildingâs on the campusâ iconic Francis Quadrangle, you could say the MU freshman wants to build something, too.
âYes, thereâs a metaphor with what Iâm trying to do,â he said looking around the quad. âThis is the first thing, the first like big project that Iâm doing.Iâm trying to build a legacy.â
There is more to Columbia than college students.
Located about halfway between St. Louis on the Mississippi River and Kansas City on Missouri’s border with Kansas, Columbia sits just a few miles from the Missouri River. Not only is it one of the better-kept secrets in the Midwest, but the city feels more like a small town, despite having a population over 120,000.
One example is the True/False Film Festival. Regarded as one of the best documentary film festivals anywhere in the country, it is held here of all places. This year’s edition, which begins Wednesday, has showings of 21 films and 23 shorts at mostly outdoor venues, though Presbyterian and United Methodist churches were venues during pre-pandemic iterations of the festival. There is also the Unbound Book Festival, which recently concluded an all-virtual lineup.