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A hush fell on Whitmore Recital Hall as MU senior Jennifer Hurt took a deep breath and commenced her recital on the euphonium. The crowd was not too large on that sunny Sunday afternoon, but the most important people were there.

As a teenager, Don Dressel stood in the back of the church during Mass. No one told him to, but he felt it was his place.

Long before The Beatles suggested giving peace a chance, three religions emerged in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries advocating just that. The Church of the Brethren, the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, and the Mennonites are the world’s major peace churches, which focus on nonviolent solutions to all conflicts.

Tall and thin with pale blond hair, 16-year-old Callie Heinecke shifted from one karate form to another, her face intense with concentration. She was the third – and oldest – Heinecke to take karate lessons on the chilly November evening.

What motivates people to overcome doubts, adversity and life-changing illnesses?

Jamie Stober’s feet are always cold. They swell up from poor blood circulation as a result of constant sitting. He can flip through the pages of his religious philosophy book, but he needs help putting on his jacket.

They are convinced they are tougher than the challenge, professor-coach says.

At about midnight Wednesday I closed my eyes, cringed a little and typed the command that launched the new voxmagazine.com. Thankfully, it worked.

Like any supportive parent, Carla Helmreich does anything and everything in her power to help her son, Andrew, succeed in school. Help him with his homework? Check.

Downtown Columbia is on its way to traveling back in time. On Friday, the National Park Service announced that the Downtown Columbia Historic District has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Members of a Rock Bridge High School contemporary issues class got a lesson a little more poignant and unique than usual on Friday when former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell called them on the phone.

For the past two years, Anna Mary Hughes stitched and sewed her quilt in medical waiting rooms and club meetings, on airplanes and at home. Most days, she spent about two or three hours after dinner sewing pieces of fabric together.

KANSAS CITY — For 26 years, each December a man known only as Secret Santa has roamed the streets quietly giving people money.

Jason Horton admitted what many people who watch Missouri men’s basketball know. For the past two seasons, the Tigers have overlooked Davidson.

AMES, Iowa — Quarterback Chase Daniel was face down on the turf, barely moving.

A familiar foe, one that had haunted the team througout its young season, faced the Stephens College Stars on Saturday afternoon.

AMES, Iowa — Oops.

A day after agreeing to terms with coach Gary Pinkel on a new, five-year contract that will keep him at Missouri until 2011 and give him $1.3 million per year in guaranteed money, reactions ranged from positive:

“You need stability to have any sort of success,” said Jim Dorhauer of Odessa.

AMES, Iowa — A group of five Missouri fans knows what hospitality means.

After an error, a Missouri Baptist kill or a poor serve, the Columbia College volleyball team acted the same way in its 21-30, 19-30, 30-22, 25-30 loss to the Spartans on Saturday in the finals of the Region V Tournament.