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Lily Oppenheimer


True/False Campfire Stories and Conversation
Neon and elemental themes were everywhere at this year's True/False scene. Geometric neon sculptures rose above Columbia's Picturehouse...


Eating twizzler and marshmallow DNA models
These kids from Lange Middle School come to science club once a month, hosted by Mizzou minority researchers who founded the ISMD-Express...


Leading a double-life: college student by day, pole dancer by night
Corey Piotter (top) twirls at the Vertical Desires pole dancing showcase at the Blue Note on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Only a few years ago,...


An abandoned and decaying church is being rebuilt
Back in Pittsburgh, I wrote a piece on St. Canice, an abandoned Irish Roman Catholic church. All of the summer interns at the Pittsburgh...


Gifts for people who need to adult
We all have those friends who need to retake more than one class, need a little extra help getting up in the morning or maybe can’t even...


Kristen Reesor, Broadcast Journalism Student
I knew I would get the best journalism education in the world coming to Mizzou, what I didn't anticipate was how my experiences would...


In the memory of someone who was always pa' lante, moving forward, Uzielito Pecina
As the Kansas City Star obituary reads, UZIEL MELGOZA PECINA, JR. Uziel Melgoza Pecina, Jr., affectionately known as "Uzielito" went to...


Taking a lab break with Erica- how she mentors MU minority student researchers
Erica Braham is junior health sciences major with minors in wellness and sociology. She's from El Paso, Texas and has a hard time not...


What underground gun dealers in the "shoot-me state" think about the new concealed carry l
Disclaimer: All these photos were shot with a crappy cell phone camera. I didn't bring a camera because I knew the pair of us wouldn't be...


Grasping his Puerto Rican identity at Mizzou
Nathan Cordero, an MU sophomore journalism major, never needed to count the Latinos around him in Chicago. But as soon as he came to...
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