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By BARBARA MICHAEL  ¦  

By Courtesy of Kathy Sharp  ¦   U.S. Army Specialist Joshua Lee Ben.

By RYAN GLADSTONE  ¦  

By CHIARA DELLA CAVA  ¦   William "Willy-Mo" Moore, right, performs with his rap group Fa Sho Entertainment at the Blue Note. Moore and MU center Leo Lyons, left, are both members of the group that has opened for acts including Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Murphy Lee.

By KATIE BARNES  ¦   William Moore, left, tackles Western Michigan receiver Herb Martin.

By David Friesen  ¦  

By SHAUNA FREDRICKSON  ¦   Emma Trent, 12, practices tracing figures on the floor while Charlie Manchee watches at Empire Roller Rink in Columbia on Sept. 13. The white dust is Comet cleanser, which provides traction.

By SHAUNA FREDRICKSON  ¦   Emma Trent practices tracing figures on the floor at Empire Roller Rink in Columbia on Sept. 13. The outline of the figure is 3/8 of an inch and the skater must stay on the line.

By Jacob Stokes  ¦   Dave Mars, the city of Columbia's "energy guy" makes notes about an air conditioner during an energy audit at Columbia home on Oct. 11. Mars conducts free energy audits and provides tips to residents on making their homes more energy efficient.

By Courtesy of MU Police Department  ¦   A surveillance camera at University Hospital captured an image of a man MU police suspect robbed a woman while she was resting in a waiting room.

By Courtesy of MU Police Department  ¦   A surveillance camera at University Hospital captured an image of a man MU police suspect robbed a woman while she was resting in a waiting room.

By ASHLEY L. CLARKE  ¦   Jim Pelfrey, a new hall coordinator of Hudson Hall at MU, goes through paperwork while his Seeing Eye dog, Opal, rests below his feet on Oct. 8. “I really wanted to work at a university for some time,” Pelfrey says.

By SUE OGROCKI/The Associated Press  ¦   Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says he is only thinking about the Sooners' next game, not the team's national title chances.

By NICK BONEY/Missourian  ¦   Columbia College's Luana Branco (7) sets up teammate Maria Omondi (10) on Monday against
Hannibal LaGrange at Southwell Complex.

By EDDIE QUINONES  ¦   Arthur Mehrhoff poses in his office in Pickard Hall on Aug. 17. Mehrhoff worked with Gov. Matt Blunt on the Downtown Revitalization and Economic Assistance for Missouri Initiative, which helps small Missouri communities revitalize their downtown areas.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN/Missourian  ¦   Roy White flies his white kite made from trashbags at the One Sky One World kite flying event at Cosmo-Bethel Park on Sunday, October 13th. Every second Sunday in October, kites all around the world are flown to promote world peace.
This is the third time Columbia has held a One Sky One World event. Kite flying clubs come in from Jefferson City, St. Louis and Kansas City to celebrate world peace and get children interested in kite flying. "That's why we are out here today, for kids," said White.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN/Missourian  ¦   Roy White adjusts his large-scale kite before flying it at the One Sky One World kite flying event in Cosmo-Bethel Park. It took White four months to complete his homemade patriotic kite. "It's a lot easier (to fly) than it looks," White said.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN/Missourian  ¦   Seven-year-old Corelia Whitaker, left, screams "It's coming!" as she runs away from a kite and toward her sister Dajah Whitaker, 10, at the One Sky One World Day Kite flying event. Corelia and Dajah had never seen a kite fly and hadn't ever flown one themselves until Sunday's event.

By Amanda Lucier  ¦   Bill Youmans spends a brisk autumn afternoon casting into a pond he's stocked with a variety of fish.

By Amanda Lucier  ¦   Bill Youmans fishes off the dock on Oct. 10.