Welcome Back 2010
New MU Student Center gets more than $3 million in furniture
A custom-built information center cost $60,000. The $3.4 million to pay for it and other furnishings came from a combination of student fees, campus organizations and profits from the sale of athletic merchandise, textbooks and supplies, and other enterprises operated by MU.
Welcome Back 2010: Download the e-book
Welcome Back is our annual special publication designed to help students catch up on local news they might have missed while away from Columbia for the summer. Download this specially formatted e-book version, specially formatted for viewing on your laptop or iPad.
Alley Cat Yoga
The yoga studio offers mix of safe, sacred spaces for practice.
Pick and Pick Farms offers place to harvest fruits, vegetables
In the fall, pumpkins will be available for picking.
Missouri United Methodist Church welcomes new pastor
Amy Gearhart is senior pastor, filling the post after the Rev. Jim Bryan retired.
Forum Christian Church hosts farmers market
Providing space for the farmers market was a logical choice for church, its leadership says.
Nostalgia shops offer 'blast from the past' in Columbia
If you're looking for a good deal, these shops might just have what you need.
Finding a ride: Buses and airport shuttles
Columbia offers some bus service and shuttle service to Kansas City and St. Louis airports.
Empire Rolling Rink
Public skating and rentals are available at Empire Rolling Rink.
Editor's note: Welcome Back to Columbia
Our reporters spent the summer getting oriented to the city, and they found some great places we thought you should know more about.
Great places to get local food
Columbia has several options for finding local food, whether at markets or straight from the farm.
Compost available in city
Mulch also is available to city residents at no cost.
Flat Branch Park
Columbia parks offer Wi-Fi service for visitors.
Devil's Icebox Cave at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park
The cave tours are canceled because of a bat fungus.
Good food can be found without leaving campus
Skip a dorm meal occasionally to try one of these other venues.
Pet Central at Stephens welcomes pets and their owners
Searcy Hall had been closed since 2009. It will become Pet Central, a pet-friendly dorm, this fall.
Columbia's Activity and Recreation Center
The ARC offers monthly memberships and passes for children.
Students share memories of Tiger Walk
The community is invited to attend Tiger Walk on Aug. 22 on the Quad.
Giant bur oak draws visitors to McBaine
The tree is known simply as "big tree" by the locals.
Shanthi Mandir Hindu temple offers place of personal worship
Many of the events are open to the community.
