Audio

Audio of the speech made by Tim Wolfe on Dec. 13 at a news conference announcing he would become the UM System's 23rd president.

By Abbey Sussell, Fedor Zarkhin  ¦   Derrik Sweeney talks about his arrest in Egypt. Sweeney and two other American students were accused of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters.

By Abbey Sussell, Katie Currid  ¦   Matt Schofield, Boone County Fire Protection District chief and Missouri Task Force 1 search team manager, describes ground zero.

By Abbey Sussell, Katie Currid  ¦   Kurt Doolady, Boone County Fire Protection District chief and Missouri Task Force 1 rescue team manager, recounts his experience at ground zero.

By Abbey Sussell, Katie Currid  ¦   Chuck Leake, Boone County Fire Protection District battalion chief and Missouri Task Force 1 leader, describes his time at ground zero after the Sept. 11 attacks.

By Abbey Sussell, Katie Currid  ¦   Steve Winters, Missouri Task Force 1 search team manager, recalls his experiences at ground zero.

By Abbey Sussell, Katie Currid  ¦   Doug Westhoff, Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief and Missouri Task Force 1 leader, discusses his time at ground zero following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

By EMILY KAISER  ¦   The Boone County Health Department, in partnership with the Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation, is administering vision screenings in Spanish.

One disease the screenings test for is glaucoma, which can damage optic nerve fibers and visual fields. Tamara Oberbeck, a test administrator, said it’s especially important for Hispanic adults to get tested.

Screenings are free and held at 6 p.m. every Monday through July 18 at the health department.

By Kaikang Wang  ¦   The Missouri basketball program hosted a Team Camp this week. In this video, Coach Tim Gilbert from Mid Buchanan High School and Coach Neal Bailey from Fr. Tolton Catholic High School share why their schools participated.

By Simone Francis  ¦   The J.W. “Blind” Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival was held at Jesse Auditorium on the MU Campus Sunday and Monday. Featured ragtime pianist and composer Reginald Robinson talks about how he got started playing ragtime music.

Missouri Tigers head football coach Gary Pinkel spoke with the media on Friday morning, discussing the two of his former players who were selected in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday. Pinkel shared his thoughts on the future of Blaine Gabbert and Aldon Smith with their respective NFL teams, as well as the future of the Missouri football program. Audio is courtesy of Mizzou Athletic Media Relations.

Click the icon to hear the rock band Evidence play its song "Rescue Me."

By Andrea Braxton  ¦   Here's an interview with Maya Angelou.

By Shea Roll  ¦   In a concert for children Friday morning, The Chinese Folk Music Orchestra of Shanghai Normal University played at Jesse Auditorium. Yichu Zhu played "Horseracing" by Haihuai Huang with an Erhu, a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, also known as the Chinese violin. A separate ceremony took place the same morning to welcome a Confucius Institute to MU.

By Deriah Groomes  ¦   Wednesday night at Memorial Union, Charles Blow, an accomplished columnist for the New York Times, gave a speech in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. His speech covered King’s dedication to political change. Blow also spoke about the lack of people's political knowledge in today's society.

Here is the full version of Thomas McKenney's "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” (9:10)

By Photo by Taylor Glascock. Audio interview by Elizabeth Brixey  ¦   Composer W. Thomas McKenney shown in his office on Dec. 15 at the Fine Arts Annex on the MU campus. McKenney teaches composition and music theory at MU, and serves as the director of electronic music studies.

By Photo by Taylor Glascock. Audio interview by Elizabeth Brixey  ¦   Playwright David Crespy is shown Dec. 14 at Rhynsburger Theatre. Crespy founded MU's Writing for Performance program, and his research includes theater history, new play development, and dreamwork for playwrights. Dreamwork is a type of writing that encourages using dreams as a template for plays.

By Photo by Taylor Glascock. Audio interview by Elizabeth Brixey  ¦   Artist Joel Sager, shown here in his studio on Dec. 16 at Orr Street Studios. Sager's typical method is to begin with a color and a collage, go over those with a wash of roofing tar, then use a palette knife to scrape on and off oil paint. He currently has work on display at the Perlow-Stevens Gallery.

By Audrey Moon, Caitlin Wherley  ¦   The Food Bank supplies food to pantries in central and northeast Missouri, including several in Columbia.