COLUMBIA
MISSOURIAN
STYLEBOOK
and a guide to
MID-MISSOURI
Updated JANUARY 2009
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Changes, page 4
Editing Guides and Helpful Web Sites, page 4
Missourian Policies, pages 5 to 8
City and Copy Desk Procedures, pages 9 to 11
Life Stories, pages 12 to 13
Alphabetized and Preferred Terms, pages 14 to 33
Sports Style, pages 34 to 37
Guide to Mid-Missouri, pages 38 to 41
City and County Government, pages 42 to 48
Parks and Trails, page 49
Schools Map, page 50
Lower and Higher Education, pages 51 to 59
Design Typography and Photography, pages 60 to 80
Design News Pages, pages 81 to 95
Floorboard, page 96
Design Photos and Graphics, pages 97 to 101
Design Sunday and Tips, pages 102 to 103
Missourian Hierarchy, page 104
Index, page 105
Copyright © 2009 Columbia Missourian
Updated and revised January 2009 by Allison McGee.
Thanks to Maggie Walter, Jake Sherlock, Tom Warhover, Laura Johnston, Mary Lawrence, Clyde
Bentley and Stan Schwartz for their help with brainstorming and editing, and to Melissa Meyer
for fact-checking.
This style guide was updated by Nissa Wallinga in January 2006 and revised by Joy Mayer and
Maggie Walter in August 2007. Thanks also to Rebecca Zipfel, who produced the original style
guide in this format. Special thanks to Joshua Cobb, whose earlier work was the basis for the
design portion; Elizabeth Shaw, who created the school district map; Elisabeth Androuais, who
created the parks map; and Raymond Murray, who helped write the sports section. Thanks
also to the entire staff of the Columbia Missourian for their input and assistance.
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SOME CHANGES TO NOTE
This list is not exhaustive.
Style additions
academic departments
automated phone calls
alumnus, alumni, alumna, alumnae
bur oak, Burr Oak
cemeteries
Columbia School Board
Columbia Transit
Community Improvement District
The Crossing
fraternities
funeral homes
graduation
impact
Jesse Wrench Auditorium
J.W. "Blind" Boone
MFA Oil Co.
Missouri Case.net
Missouri 4-H
not-for-profit
Reynolds Journalism Institute
robo calls
Roots 'N' Blues 'N' BBQ
The Shelter
Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.
sororities
STRIPES
Taser
Warehouse Theatre
hospitals
illegal immigrant
Life Stories section
MFA Inc.
The Missouri Bar
Missouri government entries
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
Missouri Transportation Development
District Act
MU Health Care
MU Police Department
nonprofit
police
preferred terms
Ragtag Cinema
residence halls
roads
Special Weapons and Tactics Team
Stephens College Board of Trustees
The Tiger Hotel
Walmart
Style changes
AmerenUE
Boeing Co.
calendar
Central Missouri Community Action
Columbia Police Department
commencement
corrections
detective
downtown Columbia
fire departments
homecoming
EDITING GUIDES
Columbia Missourian Stylebook
The Associated Press Stylebook
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fourth Ed.
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary
HELPFUL WEB SITES
Oshowmeboone.com
— Boone County Web site
For editing stories about crimes, courts and the blotter:
missouri.edu/~jlibrwww — Missourian Library Web site —
includes links to Missourian Guide to Columbia and Boone
County as well as many other significant sources of information.
www.courts.mo.gov/casenet — Missouri Case.net gives you
access to the Missouri State Courts Automated Case Management System. From here, you are able to inquire on case
records, including docket entries, parties, judgments and
charges in public court.
merlin.jour.missouri.edu — login and password: reporter —
Missourian archives
Intelius.com— Intelius People Search, public records, background checks
OGoogle.com
showmeboone.com/SHERIFF — Boone County Sheriff's Web
site — look for the 07:00 Report and add the date or go to the
Current Inmate Roster.
OGoColumbiaMo.com
— City of Columbia Web site
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Ornasecure.org/guide/sites.html
— Online site for Reporting
on Religion: A Primer on Journalism's Best Beat, a resource
guide for reporting and editing religious news. Follow AP style.
Oncdj.org
— National Center on Disability & Journalism,
People First Language — guidelines for reporting and editing
about people with disabilities.
doc.mo.gov — Department of Corrections Web site — information about Missouri prisoners; go to MODOC Offender Web
Search.
MISSOURIAN POLICIES
Political conflicts
Missourian staffers are also
students and citizens. They are
not and should not be cut off from
the world beyond the newsroom.
Involvement in campus and
community life is a right and an
opportunity. However, we must do
everything we can to protect both
the reality and the appearance
of independence and impartiality
of our newspaper. Therefore, the
following guidelines will apply to
everyone — students and faculty —
involved in the news operation of the
Missourian:
1.
Staff members should not
engage in business dealings,
accept gifts or favors or have close
emotional ties with news sources.
2.
Staff members should
not cover nor attempt
to manipulate coverage of
organizations or events in which
they are involved.
3.
All students, upon joining
the Missourian, will provide
to their faculty editors a listing
of activities that could create at
least the appearance of conflicting
interests. The most likely source
of conflict is any membership
and/or leadership position in an
organization that seeks to affect
public policy, on campus or in the
community. Some examples:
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service, religious or athletic
organizations; attending public
events.
REQUIRING DISCLOSURE:
Holding or seeking office in an
organization that tries to influence
public policy on or off campus.
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CLEARLY PERMITTED: Voting;
worshipping; belonging to social,
CLEARLY PROHIBITED: Holding
or seeking political office, paid
or nonpaid, elected or appointed,
on or off campus; participating in
political campaigning or lobbying,
including donations to campaigns;
participating in demonstrations
intended to influence public policy;
espousing political affiliations or
philosophies on virtual Web sites
such as Facebook and MySpace.
take them. However, journalists
in the Missourian staff classes
(reporting, copy editing, design,
photography, graphics, online)
in all cases must disclose their
work interests and consult with
the executive editor as to an
appropriate plan of action. In
many cases, that might mean
preferences as to the type of
Missourian work (beats, shifts,
etc.) that must be sacrificed to
minimize the conflicts.
O Work for other local media
by Missourian paid staff —
students or professionals — is
prohibited. Local media include
daily and weekly newspapers
in our circulation area, campus
newspapers, magazines and
competing broadcast outlets.
O As with potential political
conflicts, apply this rule: When in
doubt, disclose.
names, the clarity of figures and the
accuracy of quotes. This should be
done in all cases after a story is
edited by the city editor, except for
cases in which deadline makes it
impossible. In these cases, do an
accuracy check at the time of the
interview. Show or read a source
enough of the story to make sure it
is written fairly. Ask an editor first if
a source asks you to send the whole
story.
make sure ahead of time that the
mileage expense is approved, or
you may not be reimbursed.
O FEES FOR PHOTOCOPYING AT
COURTS, CLERKS’ OFFICES, ETC.:
If your editor assigns you to get
documents and there is a cost, the
Missourian will cover this cost.
O COST OF THE MATERIALS
FOR ILLUSTRATIONS: If you are
assigned to do a photo illustration,
the cost will be reimbursed.
However, be sure that you fall
within reason in your purchases.
An illustration for an article on
espresso might include coffee
beans and a steaming cup of
coffee, but the Missourian will not
pay for the purchase of a coffee
maker. Borrow one in this case.
O MEALS: If you are gone out of
the county all day or overnight, the
Missourian will reimburse you for
your meals. Again, be reasonable.
Alcohol will not be reimbursed. And
ALWAYS keep your receipts. You
won’t be reimbursed for anything
without one.
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Business conflicts
Political activities by student
journalists can affect the
reality and the appearance of
independence and impartiality
of our newspaper. So, too, can
outside work for competing media.
At many newspapers, working for
the competitor is a firing offense.
O Students
taking classes
outside the regular Missourian
staff classes are welcome to
work for any news outlet that will
Accuracy check
All reporters should perform an
accuracy check on all stories,
including Life Stories. The purpose
is to catch errors and misunderstandings before publication. Take
these seriously because too many
errors can erode the public’s trust
in the Missourian.
Be sure to check the spelling of
The purpose of an accuracy check
is fact-checking and clarification. It
is not designed to let sources edit
or put “spin” on a story. The point
is accuracy, not a happy source.
Check with your editor before
changing any quote.
Reimbursement
The Missourian reimburses students
for certain expenses incurred in the
course of covering assignments.
Consult an assistant city editor for
help with accessing and completing
travel vouchers. Expenses that are
usually covered are:
MILEAGE OUT OF THE COUNTY:
There is a nominal per-mile
reimbursement. If you are assigned
to go on an out-of-county trip, keep
track of how many miles you travel
and turn in an expense voucher
upon your return. If you volunteer
to go on an out-of-county story,
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MISSOURIAN POLICIES CONTINUED
Crime stories
Crime stories and any other stories
that could impute guilt must be
written and edited with the utmost
caution. Editors and writers alike
must be aware of the potential for
libel, how it can happen and how
to avoid it. The reputation of the
Missourian as well as that of the
people we write about rides on this.
We must always question whether
a crime story is complete, clear
and accurate, but we must also be
concerned with whether it is fair.
These tips should help ensure all of
these qualities.
in the description of the perpetrator.
PRESERVE THE ASSUMPTION OF
INNOCENCE: It is law enforcement’s
job to arrest people. It is our job to
report what happened, not to convict
people in print. It is the courts’ job
to determine a suspect’s innocence
or guilt. We must always assume
that a subject is innocent until
proven guilty.
ATTRIBUTE HOT INFORMATION:
Information that imputes guilt must
be attributed to a privileged source.
This includes anything incriminating
or that tends to implicate a person
in a crime, including accusations,
evidence, charges or claims.
An attribution such as a police
spokesman said tells the reader that
this is not our interpretation of facts,
but that of the authorities.
Anything that makes it look as if the
suspect did it must be attributed.
WHEN IN DOUBT, ATTRIBUTE. If
attributing every sentence would
make the story awkward, we can
use a blanket attribution that reads:
Police gave this account of the crime:
Two teenagers were seen speeding
down Garth Avenue in a late-1990s
Ford Thunderbird … etc. Use this
construction for broad strokes only,
but generally, directly attribute all
sentences that say someone is
guilty.
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
SUSPECT AND PERPETRATOR:
The suspect is whoever was
arrested. The perpetrator is whoever
committed the crime. We don’t know
whether the two are the same until
the jury decides.
What we can write about the
suspect:
Identity: The full name, including a
middle name or initial, especially if
it is a common last name such as
Smith or Jones, and the age of the
suspect.
Address: We include the suspect’s
address if available, but it’s not
necessary.
Circumstances of arrest: If the
information is incriminating, we
must attribute the information to a
privileged source, such as the Police
Department.
What we must not include:
unprivileged allegations
What we can write about the
perpetrator:
Description: What they look like,
what kinds of vehicles they drive,
their clothes. More details make for
a more accurate description. See
Our policy on describing at-large
suspects in crimes (page 7) for
guidance on when race may be used
FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY: Write
about the perpetrator using a vague
descriptor such as an assailant, a
burglar, a robber, etc., rather than
the name of the suspect: A man
attacked a pizza delivery driver in the
800 block of North Garth Avenue,
police said. A suspect was arrested
two blocks away. This is thorough,
and it’s also fair to the suspect.
This keeps the suspect and the
perpetrator separate.
DANGEROUS WORDS: Consult the
AP Stylebook for all entries.
arrested for or indicted for: Means
the same thing as saying the
suspect was arrested for committing
the crime. Instead, write, The
suspect was indicted on a charge of
burglary.
alleged, allegedly: Using these
words in a crime story gives us little
to no protection from a libel suit. If
we write, Filak allegedly stole $500
and a diamond bracelet, we’re still
saying he committed the crime.
Better: A diamond bracelet and $500
were stolen, police said. Filak was
charged with robbery.
Aaccused: Good verb, but awful
adjective, as in accused killer. When
we write that, we’re still calling the
suspect a killer.
arrested: to be detained
indicted: to be formally charged of a
criminal offense
bail, bond: A suspect can be
released on bail or by posting a
bond or held in jail in lieu of bail.
Bail is set by a judge and can be
paid with property or a cash deposit.
It also can be arranged through a
bail bond, usually 10 percent of bail.
If we are reporting that someone is
being held in lieu of bail, then we
need to call the jail and find out
if they are still there. In the story,
we would then insert the time that
was true: She was being held in the
Boone County Jail on $50,000 bail
Saturday afternoon. Don’t let a crime
story through the desk without that
time element included.
burglary, robbery: Burglary and
robbery are not interchangeable. In
a burglary, a thief enters someplace
illegally with the intention of
committing a crime. In a robbery, a
thief uses the threat of force to get
something from a person or people.
homicide, manslaughter, murder:
Murder, homicide and manslaughter
are not interchangeable.
Homicide is a legal term for slaying
or killing. In a homicide, a person
is killed, whether intentionally or
unintentionally. It’s generally better
to call such an act a killing rather a
homicide.
Manslaughter is homicide without
malice or premeditation.
Murder is malicious, premeditated
homicide.
rapist, murderer, thief, mobster,
etc.: Using any of these to
characterize a person can be unfair
and possibly libelous. That’s true
even if you say accused rapist,
accused murderer, accused thief, etc.
A person should not be described
as a murderer until convicted of the
charge.
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MISSOURIAN POLICIES CONTINUED
OUR POLICY ON DESCRIBING
AT-LARGE SUSPECTS IN CRIMES
We will publish descriptions of
criminal suspects as we get them
from the law enforcement agency,
including the reported race of the
suspect. We will try our best in
EVERY case to get more detailed
descriptions by questioning the
police and by independently
reporting. We will make sure to
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include the race of all suspects
described as white or Caucasian,
just as we do the race of those
described as black, Asian or
Hispanic. BEFORE we publish the
race of a suspect, we will make
sure the description includes
at least THREE other identifying
characteristics, such as weight,
height, age, hair color and length,
scars and tattoos.
PERSON OF INTEREST
be worn, so long as they do not
have holes. Flip-flops or shower
sandals should not be worn while
on duty at the Missourian. (The
exception is sports reporters and
photographers who are allowed to
wear shorts when covering events
or interviewing people wearing
shorts and T-shirts.)
Women reporters and
photojournalists should not wear
cutoff blue jeans while on duty, but
dress shorts and dress T-shirts are
appropriate. Women also should
not wear flip-flops or shower
sandals while on duty.
T-shirts, caps and other articles
of clothing with emblems,
advertisements, Greek insignia,
etc., are inappropriate for
everyone.
the anonymous source?
Could we convince the source
to go on the record? Or could
we get that information from an
on-the-record source?
Does the source believe he
or she will be harmed? That
could be either physical harm or
the loss of livelihood, but it doesn’t
mean simple embarrassment.
Is the source hiding behind
anonymity to take a cheap
shot at an enemy?
Is the story important
enough to the health of our
community to override the risk
to the newspaper’s credibility? (A
story about bad housing might be;
a story about a quaint old house
probably isn’t.)
WIRE COPY: Similar problem but
less control. Cultural and physical
situations across the globe could
suggest more latitude. The culture
of anonymity in Washington, D.C.,
might not. In any case, questions
1 and 3 can and should be
asked of every wire story, and the
news editor in charge should be
consulted before running the story.
Do not use this term unless its
use has been approved by the
public safety editor, the managing
editor or the executive editor. A
person of interest has not been
charged, much less convicted, of
a crime, but the term clearly casts
suspicion.
Dress code
You have earned the right to
work for a professional news
organization. Show it. Reporters,
photojournalists, graphic artists,
copy editors, designers, faculty
editors and teaching assistants
should dress appropriately and
professionally.
Think business casual — not
campus casual. Clothes that
are too tight, too skimpy or too
revealing are not appropriate.
Male reporters and
photojournalists should not wear
shorts or T-shirts while on duty
or during extended periods of
time in the newsroom. Jeans can
Anonymous sources
Anonymity threatens a newspaper’s
credibility. The Missourian’s
compact with its readers is bound
by that credibility. That’s why using
anonymous sources should clear
the highest barriers.
All anonymous quotes and
citations in local copy MUST be
cleared by the executive editor
unless prevented by time factors.
Reporters MUST reveal the source
to their assigning editor and the
executive editor. Failure to do so
might lead to a reduction in grade.
Before we publish a local story
with anonymous sources, editors
and reporters should ask these
questions:
Is the information absolutely
essential? Put another way:
Could we still run the story without
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4.
5.
Jewelry worn by both men and
women should be tasteful and
unobtrusive. Nose rings and other
facial piercings are inappropriate.
Exposed bellies and shoulders are
inappropriate.
Staff members who violate the
dress code will be asked to leave
the newsroom and change their
attire. Multiple violations will be
addressed by the staff member's
editor and the executive editor.
You probably can imagine dozens
of exceptions or circumstances
of nuance. The point is not to
create law so much as to compel
conversation about when the
use of unnamed sources is
appropriate.
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MISSOURIAN POLICIES CONTINUED
Naming victims
The Missourian, like most newspapers, generally does not publish
the names of victims of sexual
assault. Although court cases have
consistently affirmed news organizations’ legal right to publish, news
organizations have the ethical
responsibility to weigh the potential
harm against any larger benefits.
In sexual assault, and specifically
rape, the scale tips against naming
names. Victims whose names are
published often experience reactions that go well beyond simple
embarrassment and into the realm
of trauma. There is evidence that
rape is underreported in part
because of fear that the media will
publish names. The right of the
accused to meet the accuser is
compromised in the court of public
opinion, but not in court.
The same test applies as in our
test for anonymity: Does the
source believe he or she will
be harmed? In most cases, the
answer is yes.
However, reporters should ask
whether the victim would like her
name used. Some women believe
they should speak out publicly.
In all local cases, if a name is
used, it should be cleared by
the executive editor and noted
on top of the copy. And, as in all
Missourian policies, good judgment
and rigorous discussion win out
over rigid policy every time.
The proximity factor makes wire
copy less problematic. Still, every
case should be cause for discussion by wire editors and news editors.
Policy on reporting suicides
Reporting cause of death: Cause
of death is an important fact in
any story that we write. Reporters
should make every effort to
confirm, through official or family
sources, the cause of death in
news stories. They should make
every effort to find the cause of
death for anyone younger than 50
for Life Stories.
Guidelines for when to report
a suicide in a news story: If a
person takes his or her own life in
a private way and a private place,
we normally do not write a story.
However, if the person is or has
been a public figure — someone
who has been in the public
eye and whose death would be
considered newsworthy — we will
write the story and report suicide
as the cause of death when we
confirm it through official or family
sources. We also report suicides
that occur in a public setting,
whether or not the person was a
public figure.
In all cases, we will be sensitive to
the family and friends of the dead
person.
Reporting a suicide: A case-bycase discussion is key to deciding
whether to report a suicide. The
final decision rests with a senior
editor, often the executive editor,
the managing editor or the night
news editor. If a report of a
suicide is received and no editor
is available, cover the story. One
should always err on the side of
reporting, for it is better to have
material that an editor chooses
not to use than to have an editor
wanting to use information that is
no longer available.
Guideline for when to report
a suicide in Life Stories:
OSuicide
of a private figure in
a public place: If the deceased
is a private figure but committed
suicide in a public place, the
suicide itself likely will be reported
in a news story, but the name of
the deceased can be withheld with
the approval of the senior editor.
The obituary normally will not
include the cause of death unless
the family consents.
OSuicide
of a private figure in a
private place: If the deceased is
a private individual and committed
suicide in a private place, the
suicide is generally not reported
and no cause of death is listed
in the obituary unless the family
consents.
Proper forum: A Life Story is
meant to be a forum to examine
a person’s life, rather than the
circumstances of his or her death.
A newsworthy suicide is best
reported as a news story. However,
if the family of the deceased
wishes to report suicide as the
cause of death in an obituary,
do so. If the family does report
suicide as the cause of death,
then try to obtain more specific
information (i.e., died of a drug
overdose, a self-inflicted gunshot
wound, asphyxiation). If the family
asks that the cause of death not
be included, then we will honor
that request.
Talking with the family: When
speaking with family, be sure to be
extremely courteous, considerate
and empathetic. And make sure
that any decision to talk about the
suicide is the family’s and that
family members don’t feel forced
or obligated to comment.
CITY DESK PROCEDURES
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By 10 a.m.
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Sign in.
Go to the Missourian Library and pick up the
stack of the day’s Missourians. Distribute two to
the photo department (316G), two in the Office
Depot box top on the copy desk, five or more on
the city desk and three next to the budget calendar (next to the copier outside 316).
O Hang up the day’s paper on the bulletin board
on the right side of the projector screen. Post the
front page, the sports front, Second Front (page
6A) and the front page of any special sections or
inserts, such as Vox.
O Update calendar items, write any Life Stories
that come across, and perform other general
duties (see below).
O If you work on Tuesdays or Thursdays, take and
return the attendance logs in the city desk manual
to Katherine Reed's office.
The folder of items to be typed in is in the topleft bin to the right of the honors bin.
O The calendar categories are What’s new
today, Meetings, Road maintenance, Civic, Arts,
Enrichment, Education, Recreation, Music, Theater,
Military reunions and Exhibits. Put the entries in
chronological order; an assistant city editor will
break them into categories.
O Mark the original entries you have entered so
they are not entered twice. Place the items in the
bin to the right of the calendar bin. See below for
a sample calendar and tips.
Calendar
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What’s new today is a
one-day stop for items
new to the calendar.
After one day in this
section, the items
should be moved to their
appropriate categories.
Meetings is devoted
to important meetings
and work sessions. All
entries take the timedate-place format, with
semicolons between
those categories
and before contact
information.
Road maintenance
does not need contact
information. All other
entries must have
numbers or e-mail
addresses or cannot be
run. Ongoing maintenance
will run on Mondays; daily
maintenance will run as
needed.
Services and support will
run on Wednesdays.
Never abbreviate days of
the week.
What’s new today
Education
MISSOURI THEATRE CENTER
FOR THE ARTS AUDITIONS
BASIC SPREADSHEETS
Auditions are for a play to be
produced for the “Women in Tune
Festival.” Three roles for women
are available. A one- to twominute monologue should be prepared. 1 p.m. Sunday; Missouri
Theatre Center for the Arts, 203
S. Ninth St.; call 875-0600.
Meetings
MID-MISSOURI SOLID WASTE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Learn how to create a spreadsheet to use for budgets, reports,
schedules and more. Keyboarding
and mouse skills are required for
this hands-on class. 2 to 4 p.m.
today; Training Center, Columbia
Public Library, 100 W. Broadway;
call Debbie at 443-3161.
Recreation
SALT FRIDAY NIGHT OUT
3 p.m. today; Daniel Boone City
Building, 701 E. Broadway; call
874-7214.
Members of the Missouri United
Methodist singles group will meet
for their monthly night out. 5:45
p.m. Friday; Harpo’s, 29 S. Tenth
St.; call 443-3111.
Road maintenance
LES BOURGEOIS VINEYARDS
ANNUAL CRUSH FESTIVAL
U.S. 63 IN BOONE COUNTY
The southbound lane of U.S.
63 will be restricted to one lane
between Interstate 70 and Route
AC as crews replace concrete.
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.
Services and support
US TOO SUPPORT GROUP
MEETING
For prostate cancer survivors,
their families and friends to share
experiences; 7 p.m. Thursday;
first floor of Medical Plaza Building 3, 1701 E. Broadway; call
815-2442.
Always use at
to separate
the contact
name and
phone number.
Put a period
before the time
after complete
sentences and
at the end of all
entries.
Activities for children, a grape
stomp, a homemade winemaker’s
competition and live music by the
Bait Shop Boys; 1 p.m. to sunset
Saturday; Les Bourgeois
Vineyards, 12847 W. Route
BB, Rocheport; $5 adults, $3
children; call Laura Royse at
573-698-2300.
Always use street
designations, but
never abbreviate
unless it is a
street, avenue or
boulevard with a
full address.
Cost goes
between street
and contact
information.
Any event not in
Columbia needs
an area code.
Exhibits
Exhibits will run
on Thursdays.
MULTIMEDIUM
When months
appear with
dates, abbreviate
all months
except March,
April, May, June
and July.
Drawing and sculpture by Don
Choate; through Sept. 26;
Walters-Boone County Historical
Museum, 3801 Ponderosa St.;
call 443-8936.
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CITY DESK PROCEDURES CONTINUED
Life Stories
It is important to accuracy check all names,
dates, times and places, even ones that appear
on the obituary sheet. If a mistake appears in a
Life Story, the Missourian’s policy is to rerun the
entire Life Story.
O Use the obituary checklist and Life Stories from
that day’s Missourian as guides. Always check the
obit sheet carefully.
O Make concerted efforts to call family. Ask family members what they would like people to know
about the deceased person, what activities or
hobbies the person enjoyed, what they remember
O
about the person, whether they had a specific
connection to the community, etc. If you cannot
contact the family, accuracy check information with
the funeral home.
O Give the assistant city editor on duty the obit
sheet by 4 p.m. Make a copy of the obit sheet and
checklist. Put the original in the Rim basket at the
copy desk and the copy in the obituaries bin at the
city desk.
O See the Life Stories section for more on
Missourian style and a sample Life Story.
Answering the phone/fax machine
Answer the main phone directly.
“Columbia Missourian, this is NAME” is an
appropriate way to answer the phone. Be polite
and professional.
O Always check the newsroom phone list to make
sure the person asked for is not an editor.
O Put the caller on hold and call out for the reporter the caller is looking for. Shout loudly so everyone in the newsroom can hear you.
O If the reporter is available, take the caller off
hold, press TRANSFER, type in the five-digit corO
O
responding phone extension and press TRANSFER
again. Make sure the other phone rings before
you hang up. If the reporter is unavailable, take
a detailed message, including the date and time,
and place the message in the reporter’s mailbox,
alphabetized by last name.
O Check the fax machine (573-882-5702) for obits
and anything urgent, but run anything important
by an assistant city editor. If the fax is for a future
event, put it in the black "calendar items" tray.
Make sure the fax machine has paper.
Honors/awards
Examples should be posted on the bulletin
board near the city desk. They should be simple
— one or two sentences. They should say who
received what and why. Check an Our Community
page in Sunday's Missourian for examples.
O
Odds and ends
Listen to the police scanner and let the assistant copy editor on duty know of any interesting or
important dispatches, such as an accident or an
injury.
O Empty the recycle bins around the newsroom
into the green receptacles near Room 314. On
Tuesdays, take these green receptacles by elevator to the ground floor, take a left and turn the
corner. Leave the full green bins and trade them
with some empty ones to bring back up to the
newsroom.
O Keep the newsroom organized. If you run out of
things to do, check with an assistant city editor.
O Greet visitors and help them.
O Dress appropriately for an interview in case you
need to interview someone for spot news. At bare
O
minimum, that means no shorts, tank tops, flipflops or bare midriffs. Don’t dress more casually
on weekends because weekend deskers are more
likely to be pulled for live stories than deskers
through the week. See the Missourian policies section for more on the dress code.
O When you work a breaking news shift, park in
the designated parking spot in the Missourian
parking lot and retrieve your breaking news parking pass from the assistant city editor. Report to
your shift and sit at one of the computers near
the city desk with a "breaking news" sign. Check
in with the assistant city editor to see if there is
anything you can help with. If things are slow, offer
to help the city deskers with their duties.
COPY/DESIGN DESK PROCEDURES
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Copy editors
O
When you come in, get a copy desk log from the
back table. Use this log to keep track of all stories
you edit and the headlines you write. Keep the log
in your scrapbook.
O Log on to the computer and open Mozilla
Firefox. Sign in to Django at digmo.com/admin
and open the Rim queue under Articles. Read copy
out of Rim and move it to News Editor when you’re
done.
O Spot-check one name in every story you
edit. Make sure all stories have been accuracy
checked.
O Proof all pages and graphics in the Rim basket.
If they are feature or advance pages not for the
next day’s paper, initial the proof and include your
phone number, and put it in the Ready for News
Editor slot on the back table.
O Proof any graphics that arise. The same person
should edit a story and its related graphic. Edited
graphics go back to the news editor or to a TA.
For news designers, gather your page dummies
from the news editor. Take them to the budget
meeting.
O After budget, make a detailed list of what stories, photos and graphics you will need and check
them off as they arrive at the desk. This is good
practice for all designers.
O As you design pages, put headline specifications
(specs) on all copy. Send stories to the Rim “head
to come” (HTK) so a story can be edited even
before you have the page designed.
O It is your job to coordinate with photo editors,
graphics editors and city editors as to length, size
and expected time of arrival. Do this often to avoid
late-night surprises. This is true for all designers.
O It is your responsibility to shepherd any graphics
you need through the editing process. Give graphics to the copy editors, who will then give it to a
news editor or TA. It will be returned to the copy
desk for additional proofing.
O News and sports designers who work until close
are not allowed to leave until the pages have been
sent to the press.
Designers
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LIFE STORIES
Style
The Missourian encourages featurized Life Stories
instead of standard obituaries. Efforts should be
made on every obituary to contact relatives for the
purposes of featurizing the Life Story and also
accuracy checking. Although you may feel awkward
about calling family members during a time of grief,
you will find that if you engage in sensitive reporting,
relatives will appreciate your efforts to get an
interesting Life Story into the paper. Here are some
tips for writing Missourian Life Stories.
A
memorials to a fake charity or organization.
For online memorials, follow this style: Online tributes
may be posted at memorialfuneralhomeandcemetery
.com.
ADDRESSES: Do not print the addresses of any
person mentioned in an obituary. Simply list the town
for the deceased and all survivors. For the deceased,
list the town that would provide the closest local
connection. For example, if someone moved to New
York City after living in Columbia for years, say formerly
of Columbia instead of of New York City. Print the street
addresses for places having to do with the services,
and include the town if it is not in Columbia. Print the
full mailing address for memorial contributions.
For more, see addresses in the alphabetized section.
AGES: Always check that the birth year subtracted
from the death year agrees with the age listed. When
subtracting, make sure the birthday has already
occurred; otherwise, subtract one more year. For
example, a person born Aug. 4, 1924, who died June
4, 2008, would be 83, not 84.
C
CAUSE OF DEATH: Make efforts to find the cause of
death for anyone younger than 50. See also suicides.
CEMETERY: Include the address. See cemeteries in
the alphabetized section.
COURTESY TITLES: Use courtesy titles on second
and subsequent references to the deceased: Mrs.,
Mr., Ms., Miss or Dr. Always check with the family on
which to use; never guess.
D DATES: When listing the day a person died, always
use the day of the week, the date and the year. This
is an exception to standard style. The reason for this
exception is that obituaries usually stand as the official
record of death for many families, and relatives often
want to remember the exact day and date. For example,
John Doe of Columbia died Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, at his
home. Make sure the day and date match. For all
other days mentioned in the Life Story, follow normal
Missourian style.
DR.: Use the title for nonmedical doctors if the person
used it during his or her life.
E
EUPHEMISMS: Never write euphemisms such as
passed away, met her maker or is resting in the arms
of Jesus. Instead, use died.
F
FUNERAL HOMES: Always insert which funeral
home is handling the services, and use full street
addresses. See funeral homes in the alphabetized
section.
FUNERAL SERVICES: The word funeral is redundant.
I
INURNMENT: This term, which means to put someone's ashes in an urn, can be included in Life Stories.
M
MEMORIALS: If it is available, provide the full
mailing address for sending memorials. Check to
make sure the address is a legitimate group or place.
You do not want anyone to be scammed into sending
MORTICIANS: Use mortician instead of undertaker.
MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME: Preferred: She was born
Aug. 12, 1904, to Joe and Sarah (Smith) Jones. (The
mother's maiden name is put in parentheses.) Also
acceptable: She was the daughter of Joe Smith and
Sarah Jones. If the couple's last name is hyphenated,
use that form: Joe and Sarah Smith-Jones.
P
PARENTS: If the person who died is older than
75, do not say the parents died earlier because it is
expected the parents would have died. See also
survivors.
PRECEDED IN DEATH: Never use. Use died earlier.
R
RELIGIOUS LEADERS: Use the Rev. or the Rev. Dr.
before the names of any religious leaders conducting
services, regardless of whether they are ministers,
preachers, priests, etc. The exception is if a leader
is a church elder. Then, use Elder before the name.
For example, the Rev. John Doe, Elder Jane Doe. For
non-Christian religions, use the proper title before the
name. Consult the AP Stylebook for other questions.
S
SERVICES: Use conducted, not officiated or
celebrated, to refer to the funeral: Services, conducted
by the Rev. John Doe, will be held from 2 to 4 p.m.
Saturday. (The exception is a Mass — see the AP
listing.) Always list services after the visitation.
SUICIDES: See the Missourian policies section.
SURVIVORS: Use the following tips when listing
survivors:
O When listing groups of survivors, use a comma
after the name of the grouping, commas between
entries and semicolons between groupings: Survivors
include three brothers, John Doe and Bill Doe, both
of Columbia, and Jack Doe of Ashland; and one sister,
Jane Doe of Columbia. Use a semicolon before the
and of the last grouping.
O Use the town of residence for each survivor.
O The usual order for survivors is spouse, children,
parents, siblings, grandchildren, great-grandchildren
and other family members. Do not list in-laws. There
are several exceptions, such as if a deceased person
is only survived by nieces and nephews, etc. Use your
judgment on whether a relative needs to be included,
or ask the assistant city editor on duty.
O If relatives died earlier, list them in a paragraph
after the survivors with the phrase died earlier.
O Spouses and parents do not need to be named
again in the survivors/died earlier because they should
have been named earlier in the Life Story. Do give the
names of most survivors, but usually it is unnecessary
to name grandchildren, great-grandchildren and nieces
or nephews. Again, there are exceptions.
LIFE STORIES CONTINUED
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Tips
A person dies of a disease, not from a disease;
after a lengthy illness, not an extended illness; after
an operation, not as a result of an operation.
O A woman is survived by her husband, not her
widower; a man is survived by his wife, not his widow.
O A funeral is offered or held, not celebrated. The
exception is if the funeral includes a Catholic Mass,
in which case it is celebrated.
O In a standard Life Story, lead with the death.
Featurized Life Stories are more flexible on format, but
the death should still be high up in the obituary.
O Featurized Life Stories will take a normal headline.
Standard Life Stories will use just the person’s name
as the brief headline.
O Check for newsworthy connections, such as public
O
prominence. However, even if a person does not seem
newsworthy, still make an effort to write a featurized
Life Story.
O Check everything that appears on an obit sheet, and
accuracy check everything with the family. Missourian
policy is that if a correction is necessary on a Life
Story, the Life Story must be run again in full.
O Remember that obituaries are likely the last time a
deceased person’s name will appear in print, and they
are cherished beyond most other things printed in the
newspaper. Therefore, it is crucial that you doublecheck for accuracy and exercise sensitivity when
dealing with sources.
Samples
Professor fond of outdoors, his dog
By CATHY CHOU
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
Stephen Moore, a former MU
School of Social Work faculty member, enjoyed outdoor activities more
than anything else.
“He was a bike rider,” his brother
Jonathan Moore said. “He enjoyed
shooting with rifles and training his
hunting dog. And he liked fishing.
He was very independent.”
“He had loads of friends,” his
mother, Kathleen Moore, said. “I
would say he is my favorite son.
But I have five children, and there
shouldn’t be a favorite.”
Mr. Moore died at his home on
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. He was 51.
He was born Feb. 12, 1957, in
Bristol, England, to Donald and
Kathleen (Edwards) Moore. The
family relocated to the United
States four years later.
Mr. Moore attended Cowley
County Community College in
Kansas and Graceland College in
Iowa. He earned a doctoral degree
from the University of Kansas.
“He went to college and just
decided to teach some more,”
Jonathan Moore said. “He was very
intelligent.”
MU professor Judith Davenport,
who served as the director of graduate studies for the School of Social
Work, said Mr. Moore was a prolific
writer who integrated his expertise
in social-welfare policy and what he
learned of philosophy in history in
his works and teachings.
“He was a kind and gentle person,” Davenport said. “He was
interested in student learning. And
he seemed to enjoy outdoor activities.”
Mr. Moore taught at MU until
1997, when he was forced to retire
because of conditions associated
with chronic fatigue syndrome. The
illness, characterized by fatigue
that deprived him of his ability to
walk, did not mar his independence.
He lived alone over the years,
accompanied by his dog, Briar. His
neighbors often saw him playing with
Briar on his lawn or walking the dog
while riding a three-wheeled scooter.
Wynetta Cross, a neighbor, said
Mr. Moore always said hello to
everybody. Another neighbor, Jesse
Harbin, recalled how Mr. Moore
would tell him about grooming
Briar.
He is survived by his parents;
two brothers, Michael Moore of
Winfield, Kan., and Jonathan Moore
of Arkansas City, Kan.; two sisters,
Wendy Munson of Platteville, Wis.,
and Judy Marshall of Dardanelle,
Ark.; and 27 nieces and nephews.
Instead of a service, a
“Celebration of Stephen’s Life” will
take place at 2 p.m. Saturday at the
Community of Christ Church, 1020
E. 12th St., Winfield, Kan.
Memorial contributions may be
sent to John Doe, 10 N. Tenth St.,
Columbia, MO 65201. Online tributes may be posted at memorial
funeralhomeandcemetery.com.
Sallie Peach
Sallie Peach, formerly of Columbia,
died Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. She was 69.
She was born Feb. 27, 1939, in
McBaine to Robroy and Lillie Mae
(Douglass) Smith. They moved to
Columbia in 1941.
She attended Douglass High School
and enjoyed playing tuba in the school’s
marching band before graduating in
1957.
She married Roger Peach on March
14, 1979.
Mrs. Peach was also involved
with the St. Paul African Methodist
Episcopal Church, singing in the choir
and participating in fundraisers.
Mrs. Peach worked briefly as an
orderly for Wesley Medical Center in
Wichita, Kan.
Mrs. Peach is survived by her husband; two sons, Blayton Darnell Peach
of Wichita, Kan., and Michael Coleman
Peach of Pekin, Ill.; a sister, Betty Jean
Smith of Richton Park, Ill.; five grandchildren; five nieces; and a nephew.
A sister, Carolyn Smith Williams,
died earlier.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
today at Jackson Mortuary, 1125 E.
13th St., in Wichita. Services, conducted by Elder Mark Gilkey, will be at 11
a.m. Friday at Apogee Church of God
in Christ, 2359 N. Hillside, in Wichita.
Memorial contributions may be sent
to the American Cancer Society, c/o
Jackson Mortuary, 1125 E. 13th St.,
Wichita, KS 67201.
— David Shay
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STYLE GUIDE
A
abortion
See the preferred terms section.
*academic degrees
When writing about educational degrees, use the word degree
after the appropriate designation: associate degree (nonpossessive), bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, doctoral degree
(doctorate is the noun form and would not take degree behind
it). Example: She earned a master’s degree in agriculture, not
She earned a master’s in agriculture. Do not use abbreviations
because though some people might know what a B.A. is, it
is less likely they will know what a B.J. is. Use Ph.D. only in
quotes.
academic departments
Lowercased unless there is a proper noun in the title: the
anthropology department, but the French department. However,
schools, colleges and governmental departments are capitalized: the MU School of Journalism and the state Department
of Conservation. See the higher education section for a list of
MU schools and colleges.
Activity and Recreation Center
Located at 1701 W. Ash St. Use the full title on first reference.
On second reference or in headlines, ARC is acceptable. Note
the singular use of Activity.
addresses
O If a building’s address is not necessary, do not include it.
For example, a story quoting a principal does not need the
school’s address, but a story about a coming event at the
school might use the address.
O The purpose of providing an address is to provide specifics. For example, when listing stores in the Columbia Mall,
give the store name and then the address of the mall. With
rare exceptions, do not list addresses as at the corner of two
streets.
O In obituaries where there is a listing of survivors and
deceased, do not use street addresses unless services will
be in the home. Use city and state, if appropriate, for the
survivors and the deceased. Always provide the address for
charities, churches, funeral homes and cemeteries.
O In letters to the editor, use the city but not the address.
O Individuals’ home addresses are rarely needed in news stories, though it might be relevant to note a neighborhood.
O For the police blotter, use the exact address if a crime
occurred at a business (e.g., a robbery at Joe's Diner, 225 S.
Eighth St.) but use only the street address if it occurred outside the business (e.g., a mugging in the parking lot of 225
S. Eighth St.). For a personal residence, use the block (e.g., a
robbery in the 1600 block of Hanover Boulevard).
O Any time a street is used, give the proper street designation: 1323 Anthony St., North Ninth Street. Abbreviate directions with periods in complete addresses (e.g., 110 E. Stewart
Road); spell out otherwise. Broadway does not take any street
designation. See roads.
O Abbreviate street, avenue and boulevard with full addresses,
but no others. The exception is in small graphics in which
space is restricted. Graphics allow additional abbreviation for
compactness, such as lane, road, drive, court and parkway.
O When addresses follow names, use the preposition of:
Casey Law of 203 Melody Lane, or Casey Law, 23, of 203
Melody Lane.
O When giving a complete mailing address, give the ZIP code
*Exceptions to AP style
abbreviation without any commas surrounding it: Memorials
may be sent to the American Cancer Society, Suite 304, 3211
S. Providence Road, Columbia, MO 65203. Note the capitalization of MO. We give mailing addresses to help readers, and
we do them a disservice if they have to look in another place
to find the postal abbreviation.
Oc/o — This is the abbreviation for in care of: Tommy Jones
Memorial Fund, c/o Parker Funeral Service & Crematory, 22 N.
Tenth St., Columbia, MO 65201.
African-American
See ethnic references in the preferred terms section.
Alumni Center
See Reynolds Alumni Center.
alumnus, alumni, alumna, alumnae
Do not use alum in place of alumni. See the AP Stylebook.
AmerenUE
Note that it is one word. Formerly Union Electric Co., it is a
natural gas and electricity provider for portions of Missouri,
including Columbia, and is based in St. Louis. On second
reference, use Ameren for both AmerenUE and Ameren Corp.,
which is the parent company of AmerenUE and serves a large
portion of Missouri and Illinois. However, if both are cited, use
AmerenUE on all references to the St. Louis provider.
American Indian
See ethnic references in the preferred terms section.
area (and local)
Limit usage by being as precise as possible: a Columbia
woman, a Boone County committee, a Boonville fire.
*area codes
O Do not use parentheses around the area code: 201-5550663.
O If a phone number is long-distance from Columbia, include
the area code: 687-483-5903. This includes long-distance
numbers that use the 573 area code (dial the number to
double-check).
Army Corps of Engineers
A national military and civilian governmental organization and
Army command with state bureaus. When referring to the
Missouri branch, use the Missouri branch of the Army Corps
of Engineers or the state Army Corps of Engineers. On second
reference, use the corps. Note that corps is an it, not a they; it
takes singular verbs.
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
Located in Arrow Rock, it houses professional productions.
On first reference, use the alternate spelling of Theatre in the
proper name and the theater on subsequent references.
Associated Press, The
In body copy, use The Associated Press on first reference, AP
after that. Note the capitalization of The. In photo credits,
bylines, graphics credits, etc., use The Associated Press.
Associated Students of the University of Missouri
This is a group that represents students from all four University of Missouri System campuses in state government
issues. Spell out on first reference. On second reference, use
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*Exceptions to AP style
the student group or the MU student group to avoid confusion
with the Missouri Students Association. Limit using ASUM to
tight headlines.
had its headquarters in St. Louis. The St. Louis plant was
renamed Boeing, but the Boeing world headquarters is in Chicago. As of June 2008, Boeing employs almost 16,000 Missouri workers out of its more than 163,000 workforce, so it is
important in wire stories to mention its Missouri connection.
athletics department
Note the s on athletics. Its proper name is the department of
athletics (lowercased). See academic departments.
attribution
See said/says.
auditoriums
The only auditorium that does not need a building name is
Jesse Auditorium at MU because it is the most known in
Columbia. Other auditoriums should list the building name
and the college/university: Fisher Auditorium, Gannett Hall, MU.
automated phone calls
This is the preferred term instead of robo calls.
avenues, numbered
See roads.
B
believe
Beliefs are deeply held ideas in the heart and soul. One
believes in a religion but does not believe it will rain tomorrow. Use the word said, or if you feel the emotion is closer to
a belief, use the construction said he/she believes. See feel,
said/says and think for more.
“Blind” Boone Community Center
See J.W. “Blind” Boone Community Center.
blue book
Familiar term for the Official Manual for the State of Missouri,
so called because of its color. The biennial publication from
the Missouri secretary of state's office contains historical,
political and statistical information about the state.
Board of Curators
The governing body of the University of Missouri System.
Use UM System Board of Curators on first reference. Board of
Curators is capitalized while board of trustees is not because
curators is not as common a term as trustees. On second reference, use the curators or the board.
Board of Education
See Columbia School Board.
boards and commissions
See the city government section. The word board is an it,
not a they; it takes singular verbs unless the members are
not acting together, as in a disagreement: the board agrees
(singular), the board disagree (plural). To get around this oddsounding usage, use board members if they are in disagreement. The same goes for other collective nouns, such as jury
and committee.
Boeing Co.
OThe country’s dominant aeronautics developer and manufacturer. Use on first reference. On second reference, use
Boeing.
OIn 1997, Boeing took over McDonnell Douglas Corp., which
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book store/bookstore
Columbia has many bookstores, and each one has a different
spelling. Check the phone book or the store’s Web site on
how to spell it.
Boone County
See the Boone County section for information on cities, towns
and communities in the area, as well as boards.
Boone County Commission
Use on first reference. On second reference, use the County
Commission or the commission. For the commissioners, use
these titles on first reference before their names: Southern
or District I Commissioner; Northern or District II Commissioner;
and Presiding Commissioner. See Boone County Planning and
Zoning Commission and the Boone County section.
Boone County Courthouse
Located at 705 E. Walnut St. This is not the same building as
the Roger B. Wilson Boone County Government Center.
Boone County Fire Protection District
Use on first reference. On second reference, use the Fire District (note the capitalization). Whenever possible, use county
firefighters instead of just the district because there are many
districts in the region and it is better to talk about people
doing things rather than districts doing things. See Columbia
Fire Department and Southern Boone County Fire Protection
District.
Boone County Historical Museum
See Walters-Boone County Historical Museum.
Boone County Jail
On second reference, use the county jail or the jail.
Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission
The Planning and Zoning Commission meets on the third
Thursday of every month. It advises the Boone County Commission on matters of land use. It hears requests for conditional-use permits and rezoning and reviews subdivision plats.
Avoid using P&Z except in tight headlines and commentaries.
On second reference, use the commission.
Boone County prosecuting attorney
Capitalize if used before a name. Anyone in the prosecuting
attorney’s office could be referred to as a prosecutor, but
there is only one prosecuting attorney. Others are usually
called assistant prosecutors.
Boone County Sheriff’s Department
Note the apostrophe. On second reference, use the Sheriff’s
Department or the department. The law enforcement personnel are called deputies, not officers.
Boone County Zoning Board of Adjustment
Planning and Zoning regulations allow property owners to
make requests for a variance from the regulation requirements. The Zoning Board of Adjustment conducts a public
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*Exceptions to AP style
hearing and decides, case by case, what relief may be reasonably granted. It meets the fourth Thursday of the month.
Business Loop 70 East/West
See roads.
Boone Electric Cooperative
A not-for-profit electric utility that serves all of Boone County,
including Columbia, and parts of Audrain, Callaway, Howard,
Monroe and Randolph counties. The main office is located at
1413 Range Line St.
bylines
Missourian byline style is to use By REPORTER’S NAME IN
ALL CAPS (note the lowercase y in By) followed by the e-mail
address in all lowercase. The e-mail addresses the Missourian uses are news and sports, both @ColumbiaMissourian.
com (note the capital C and M). See the design style guide for
the type styles for bylines.
Boone Hospital Center
See hospitals.
Boonslick
The name given to an area that includes Boonville and Cooper, Howard and Saline counties. Named for the 18th-century
Boone’s Salt Lick on the Missouri River. Note there is no e.
Boonville
Note there is no e. See the mid-Missouri section for more.
Broadway
See roads.
bur oak, Burr Oak
The tree (the state's champion is located in the Missouri
River bottom near McBaine) is spelled bur oak, but the road
in Columbia is spelled Burr Oak.
businesses (commonly in the news)
O 9th St. Video, 10 Hitt St.
OBengals Bar & Grill, 227 S. Sixth St. (Note there is no
apostrophe.)
OBooche’s, 110 S. Ninth St. (as preferred by the business)
OBoone Tavern & Restaurant, 811 E. Walnut St. (Boone Tavern is acceptable in all references.)
OBreak Time, gas stations and convenience stores owned
and operated by MFA Oil Co. (Note that it is two words.)
ODillard’s department store (The words department store
should be used on first reference for clarity but should not be
capitalized because they are not part of the official store’s
name. Note the apostrophe.)
OG&D Steakhouse (This is the correct spelling of the restaurant at 2001 W. Worley St. Although the abbreviation stands
for George and Dino's, the name does not take the possessive apostrophe and s after G&D.) The restaurant in Crossroads Plaza is G&D Pizza-Steak. The restaurant in Mexico,
Mo., is G&D Steak House.
OHy-Vee (Note the capitalization and hyphen.)
OKayotea Tea Room & Bistro, 912 E. Broadway, serves food
and more than 40 varieties of loose-leaf tea.
OMacy's (Note apostrophe.)
OMO-X shuttle (Note the capitalization and hyphen.)
OPetro-Mart, gas stations and convenience stores owned
and operated by Nebraska-Iowa Supply Co. Inc. (Note the
capitalization and hyphen.)
ORagtag Cinema, 10 Hitt St. (On second reference, use Ragtag or the cinema.)
ORoot Cellar, 814 E. Broadway (Do not use The.)
OStarbucks (Note that there is no apostrophe.)
OThe Blue Fugue, 120 S. Ninth St. (Note capital The.)
OThe Blue Note, 17 N. Ninth St. (Note capital The.)
OThe Heidelberg, 410 S. Ninth St. (Do not use the Berg
unless it is a feature story or a direct quote.)
OThe Tiger Hotel, 23 S. Eighth St. (Note capital The and H.)
By TOM JONES
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
By TOM JONES
The Associated Press, The Washington Post or Los Angeles
Times (no The)
By SARA SMITH
and TOM JONES
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
Missourian staff
(Use on a story written by a group. Include a tagline at the
bottom of the story with all the reporters' names.)
From staff and wire reports
(Use on a story written by reporters that uses considerable
wire material. Include a tagline at the bottom with the reporters' and wire services' names.)
From wire reports
(Use on a story that combines multiple wire services' stories.
Include a tagline at the bottom of the story with all the wire
services' names.)
The Associated Press
(Use if all material in a story is from this wire service.)
OIf
a wire story is used for a single item in a story, simply
cite it in the story: The suspect was a native of Israel, The Associated Press reported.
OIf considerable information for a story comes from a wire
service except for the crucial local aspect, give the Missourian reporter a byline and credit the wire service at the end of
the story with a tagline.
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calendar (page 2A of the daily Missourian)
If the day of the event is within a week, use the day, not the
date.
OFull sentences take periods before the time/date:
PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and her mother, Betty Ann, will host a
town hall meeting. 9 a.m. today; Columbia Area Senior Center,
1211 Business Loop 70 E.
O To separate nouns, places and anything that is not a sentence, use a semicolon:
YOUTH OUTREACH BOOKMOBILE
Daniel Boone Regional Library bookmobile; 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
today; The Intersection, 7 E. Sexton Road.
O You call but never contact people.
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*Exceptions to AP style
All plays, exhibits and lectures take quotation marks
around the title.
O Never use http:// when listing a Web site. Check the Web
site online. If the address works without www., delete it:
GoColumbiaMo.com.
O For addresses, list from smaller to larger: Room 316-E,
Dorsey Hall, 331 Rogers St., Columbia College. Note that
room numbers with letters are hyphenated to separate the
elements.
OMemorial
O
campus
The word campus with the name of a college or university is
redundant, but the campus can be used on second reference
for colleges, universities and in geographic descriptions. See
East Campus and the higher education section.
Cancer Research Center
Located at 3501 Berrywood Drive, Woodrail Building 2. It is
a nonprofit organization affiliated with University Hospital
and Clinics but is separate from Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.
Use full title on first reference. On second reference, use the
research center. See hospitals.
Carnahan Quadrangle
See Mel Carnahan Quadrangle.
Case.net
See Missouri Case.net.
cemeteries
NOTE: Some cemeteries' information can be obtained only
by calling the town's City Hall or the organization indicated in
parentheses. See also funeral homes.
OAshland Cemetery, Tel: 816-232-3923
2324 Ashland Ave., St. Joseph, MO 64506
OBoonville Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Tel: 660-882-7447
(Boonville Parks and Recreation Department)
Maple and Cherry streets, Boonville, MO 65233
OCallaway Memorial Gardens, Tel: 573-642-4468
1700 S. Business Road 54, Fulton, MO 65251
OCity of Centralia Cemetery, Tel: 573-682-2849 (Centralia
City Hall)
N. Rollins St., Centralia, MO 65240
OColumbia Cemetery Association, Tel: 449-6320
30 E. Broadway, Columbia, MO 65203
OCrown Hill Cemetery, Tel: 660-826-1562
830 N. Engineer Ave., Sedalia, MO 65301
OElmwood Cemetery, Tel: 573-581-2100
Elmwood and Liberty streets, Mexico, MO 65265
OGlendale Memorial Gardens, 101 Highway 22 E., Centralia,
MO 65240 (The mailing address is at 104 S. Collier St.)
OHawthorn Memorial Gardens, Tel: 573-635-4594
4205 Horner Road, Jefferson City, MO 65109
OHighland Sacred Gardens, Tel: 660-826-7791
3600 E. 28th St., Sedalia, MO 65301
OHillcrest Cemetery, Tel: 573-592-3111 (Fulton City Hall)
750 Hillcrest St., Fulton, MO 65251
OLee’s Summit Cemetery, Tel: 816-969-7403
806 S.E. Third St., Lee's Summit, MO 64063
OMemorial Park Cemetery, Tel: 443-3173
1217 Business Loop 70 W., Columbia, MO 65203
OMemorial Park Cemetery, Tel: 660-263-4701
101 W. Wightman St., Moberly, MO 65270
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Park Cemetery, Tel: 660-826-7791
3306 Greenridge Road, Sedalia, MO 65301
OOakland Cemetery, Tel: 660-269-9452
East Rollins Street, Moberly, MO 65270
OPioneer Cemetery, Westminster Avenue and Fourth Street,
Fulton, MO 65251
OResurrection Cemetery, Tel: 573-893-2751
3015 W. Truman Blvd., Jefferson City, MO 65109
OResurrection Cemetery, 6901 Mackenzie Road, St. Louis,
MO 63123
ORiverview Cemetery, Tel: 573-636-6713
2600 W. Main St., Jefferson City, MO 65109
OSouthside Cemetery, Ravine and Third streets, Fulton, MO
65251
OSt. Charles Memorial Gardens, Tel: 636-946-6935
3950 W. Clay St. #200, St. Charles, MO 63301
OSt. Philippine Cemetery, Tel: 314-381-1313 (Catholic
Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis)
4057 Towers Road, St. Charles, MO 63304
OSunset Hills Cemetery, Tel: 660-882-7447 (Boonville Parks
and Recreation Department)
Third and South streets, Boonville, MO 65233
OWalnut Grove Cemetery, Tel: 660-882-7622
1006 Locust St., Boonville, MO
OWoodcrest Cemetery, Tel: 573-657-2342 (Woodcrest
Primitive Baptist Church)
406 S. Henry Clay Blvd., Ashland, MO 65010
Central Missouri Community Action
An organization that sponsors Head Start and other governmental programs. On second reference, use Community
Action or the organization.
Central Missouri Food Bank
Located at 2101 Vandiver Drive. It is a regional disaster and
hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of
pounds of donated food annually through a network of 145
agencies, including the Columbia Food Bank, in 33 Missouri
counties. On second reference, use the food bank.
Central Missouri Humane Society
Located at 616 Big Bear Blvd. Use full title on first reference.
On second reference, use the Humane Society or the society.
Centralia Volunteer Fire Department
Located at 114 S. Rollins Road, Centralia. Use full title on
first reference. On second reference, use the Fire Department.
Chamber of Commerce
See Columbia Chamber of Commerce.
Circuit Court
O Always use the 13th Circuit Court on first reference because
it encompasses Boone and Callaway counties. It can also be
referred to as the 13th Circuit Court for Boone County or for
Callaway County. On second reference, use the Circuit Court or
the court. Do not use the Boone County Circuit Court because
there is no such entity.
O The Circuit Court has three classifications of judges: circuit,
associate circuit and municipal. The first two hear all civil,
criminal, juvenile and probate cases; the third type hears
cases involving city ordinances.
OThere are 10 divisions within the 13th Circuit Court; refer to
them by Roman numeral: Division IX for Division 9. Missouri
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circuit courts are courts of original civil and criminal jurisdiction. That is, cases usually begin in the circuit court, which
is where trials might occur. Within the circuit court, there are
various divisions, such as the associate circuit, small claims,
municipal, family, probate, criminal and juvenile. Missouri's
counties and the city of St. Louis are organized into 45 judicial circuits. There is a court in every county. The circuit court
is typically in the county seat and might be in additional locations in the county.
cities in Missouri
Many cities and towns in Missouri could be confused with
other places. These cities should take a Mo. after them in
datelines and wherever necessary in body copy (sometimes
only needed on first reference). Examples are (but not limited
to): Mexico, California, Paris, Houston, Cuba, etc. See Kansas
City and Springfield.
city buildings
ODaniel Boone City Building, 701 E. Broadway, is the main
city building; the mayor’s office is there, and the City Council
meets there. On second reference, use the Boone Building.
OGentry Building, 1 S. Seventh St. — departments of Parks
and Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Volunteer Services
O Grissum Building, 1313 Lakeview Ave. — Public Works
Operations Center; Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Facility
O Howard Municipal Building, 600 E. Broadway — city
prosecutor; Municipal Court; Human Resources Department
OSanford-Kimpton Health Department Building, 1005 W.
Worley St. — Columbia/Boone County Health Department
City Council
On first reference, always capitalize and precede with the
city's name if that is a specific governmental body. On second reference, use the council. Remember, a council is an it,
not a they; the word takes singular verbs, unless the council
members disagree, in which case they are acting as individuals and would need a plural verb. Adding members, as in the
council members, is also acceptable. See gender terms in the
preferred style section for more.
*citizen, resident, subject, national, native
Follow AP style. (A Missourian exception allows the use of the
word citizen when talking about an American who is actively
engaged in a civic or democratic action, such as voting, protesting, assembling, speaking or paying taxes. Use sparingly.
If in doubt, check with a news editor for appropriateness.)
classes
Lowercase the names of classes: freshman (note the singular
usage), sophomore, junior, senior, graduate (not post-graduate),
doctoral. Example: He is a graduate student. She is pursuing a
doctoral degree. He is a sophomore.
colleges
See the higher education section.
COLT
Can be used on first reference, but soon after, the article
should include Columbia Terminal, the full name. It is a railroad line owned and operated by the Columbia Power and
Light Department.
Columbia Art League
Located at 207 S. Ninth St. It offers year-round artwork dis-
*Exceptions to AP style
plays, exhibitions and gallery sales.
Columbia/Boone County Health Department
Use on first reference. On second reference, use the Health
Department. It is located at the Sanford-Kimpton Health
Department Building, 1005 W. Worley St.
Columbia Chamber of Commerce
The chamber does not need Columbia on first reference
unless there would be confusion, in which case you would use
the city's name. On second reference, use the chamber.
Columbia Daily Tribune
On second reference, use the Tribune.
Columbia Fire Department
Use on first reference. On second reference, use the Fire
Department (note the capitalization). Whenever possible, use
Columbia firefighters instead of just the department because
there are many departments in the city and it is better to talk
about people doing things rather than departments doing
things. It is separate from the Boone County Fire Protection
District.
Columbia Law Department
The department has two branches:
OCity Counselor's Office, 701 E. Broadway, includes the city
counselor and two assistant counselors. It is responsible for
the management of litigation involving the city, preparing and
enforcing city ordinances and resolutions, and preparing contracts and leases.
OCity Prosecutor's Office, 600 E. Broadway, includes the city
prosecutor and one assistant prosecutor. It handles the prosecution of city offices, which involves arraignments and judgetried cases in Municipal Court, jury trials in Circuit Court and
de novo appeals in Circuit Court.
Columbia Missourian, the
Located at 221 S. Eighth St. On all references, the Missourian
is acceptable. See newspaper titles in the AP Stylebook.
Columbia Para-Transit
A special van system for people with disabilities that is part of
the city transit system. Note the hyphenation.
Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission
Prepares, adopts and submits a comprehensive development
plan for the city, makes recommendations for interpretation
of the plans, acts as a zoning commission, prepares rules
controlling subdivision of land, recommends approval or disapproval of plats for subdivisions and recommends legislation to
further city planning. On second reference, use the Planning
Commission or the commission.
*Columbia Police Department
Its official title. Columbia police and the Police Department are
acceptable on first reference if the context makes the jurisdiction clear. Generally, use the police or Columbia police rather
than a vague reference to the department. Follow these forms:
Columbia Police Officer Casey Law, Officer Casey Law, Police Officer Casey Law (This is a change in Missourian style.)
Columbia Public Library
OThe Columbia library is the largest branch of and also the
headquarters for the Daniel Boone Regional Library. However,
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*Exceptions to AP style
it has a separate board of trustees from the system.
OThe library’s rooms are the sites of many community activities. The names of such rooms should be capitalized (e.g.,
Program Room and Children’s Area). The most common place
the library is mentioned in the Missourian is in the calendar.
Please make sure all names of rooms are consistent.
congressional districts: 9th (not Ninth) District or 9th Congressional District. Note: Congress and congressional refer to the
U.S. Congress, not the Missouri General Assembly or any
other state legislature. See House of Representatives.
Columbia Public School District
This is the best practice, but it can also be called Columbia
Public Schools or the Columbia School District on first reference. On second reference, use the district. See the lower
education section for more.
Columbia Regional Airport
Use on first reference. On second reference, use the airport
or the Columbia airport.
Columbia Regional Hospital
See hospitals.
Columbia School Board
Use on first reference. On second reference, use the board.
See the lower education section for more.
Columbia School District
See Columbia Public School District.
Columbia Transit
A fixed-route bus service that is part of the city transit system. Do not confuse with OATS Inc.
Columns
See MU Columns.
commencement
Capitalize only when referring to a specific event at a specific
school: MU Commencement. Lowercase on second reference:
They will attend commencement. For generic references, use
lowercase: With summer comes thoughts of graduation and
commencement. See graduation.
committees
If a committee is standing, such as a governmental or university one, capitalize its name. In general, though, lowercase
committee names. Note that a committee is an it, not a they;
it takes singular verbs.
Community Improvement District
OUse on first reference. On second reference, use the community district.
OAs of fall 2008, the City Council approved the 40-acre district east of Missouri 763 and north of Brown School Road
that would pay for infrastructure improvements with sales tax.
company names
Do not use the cutesy symbols or punctuation corporations
include in their names. For example, use the AP spelling of
Toys R Us, which excludes the reversed R. Only use all caps
for a company name if it is a true acronym: UPS stands for
United Parcel Service, but use Sysco Corp., not SYSCO Corp.,
because some of the letters stand for a word, as in Systems
and Services Co.
congressional districts
There are nine in Missouri. Follow AP style on numerals in
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Coordinating Board for Higher Education
On second reference, use the Education Board or the board.
corrections
PRINT CORRECTIONS
OPrint corrections should follow this basic construction: Stephen Sternberg is an art teacher at Paxton Keeley Elementary
School. An article on page 1A Thursday incorrectly identified his
occupation.
OCorrections never say should have said.
OCorrections run on page 1A or, if room is needed for more,
on page 2A. If there are additional corrections for page 2A,
put in bold at the bottom of the corrections box on page 1A
Please see additional corrections, page 2A.
ONLINE CORRECTIONS
Online corrections should follow these basic constructions:
For articles: A bold asterisk should be noted in the corrections field: *CORRECTION: The MU mascot is a Bengal tiger. An
earlier version of this article misidentified the mascot.
An additional bold asterisk should be noted in the story
immediately following the corrected copy: The MU mascot is a
Bengal* tiger.
For photos: Corrected captions should be noted in the corrections field and appear above the corrected caption:
CORRECTED CAPTION: Jane Smith loads a bag of canned goods
into a truck Tuesday as part of Columbia’s annual food drive.
A total of 73 bags of canned goods were collected on Tuesday
alone. An earlier version of this caption misstated the number
of bags loaded by the city on Tuesday.
For graphics: Corrections should be noted underneath the
corrected graphic in the caption field:
CORRECTION: Jimmy John's is located on Broadway. An earlier version of this graphic incorrectly stated its location.
For slideshows: Corrections should be noted in the corrections field and appear above the introductory paragraph for
the corrected slideshow:
CORRECTION: In the fourth photo of this slideshow, Joseph
Smith, depicted licking an ice-cream cone, is 5 years old. An
earlier version of this slideshow incorrectly stated his age.
Cosmo-Bethel Park
Located at 4500 Bethel St. On second reference, use CosmoBethel to avoid confusion with Cosmopolitan Park. See the
parks and trails section for more.
Cosmopolitan Park
Located at 1615 Business Loop 70 W. On second reference,
use Cosmo Park. Do not confuse with Cosmo-Bethel Park. See
the parks and trails section for more.
counties
There are 114 counties in Missouri, plus the city of St. Louis,
which by law is a separate entity.
County Government Center
See Roger B. Wilson County Government Center.
court
See Circuit Court, Missouri Court of Appeals and Missouri
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Supreme Court.
*courtesy titles
O They are Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., Dr. and the Rev. Do not use
unless in Life Stories and then only for the deceased on second reference. Only use the Rev. or the Rev. Dr. once for the
person performing the services. (Note the mandatory the with
Rev.) All other names in Life Stories are as usual. See the
Life Stories section.
O If spouses or other family members are mentioned, use
first and last names to distinguish among them.
O In commentaries, do not edit out courtesy titles if the
author writes them as such. They are often used to make a
point.
CrimeStoppers
Note the capital S in the middle and that it is one word. It is
a nonprofit organization that relies on cooperation between
police, news media and citizens to fight crime. CrimeStoppers
encourages people to call in — anonymously — with information to solve crimes. The direct line is 875-8477.
Crossing, The
Located at 3615 Southland Drive. It is a member of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Note that The is capitalized.
*Exceptions to AP style
happened. For example, if a reporter writes about an event
in Washington, D.C., but never leaves Columbia, there is no
dateline in print.
O The first part should be a city in all caps. If a state/region/
country is needed, that part goes in upper-lower style using
AP state abbreviations. They are followed by a long dash.
O The AP will include state names on all nondateline cities.
For Missouri stories, remove the Mo. unless it is one of the
cities mentioned in cities in Missouri.
O When using a story with a drop cap, make the drop cap the
first letter of the dateline.
departments
See academic departments and governmental departments.
detective
Never abbreviate. Capitalize as a formal title in close apposition before a name: Columbia Police Detective Casey Law,
Police Detective Casey Law.
disabilities
See the preferred terms section.
District, The
See downtown Columbia.
curator’s professor
A type of professor. It is lowercased before a name. Note the
singular possessive of curator’s.
dorms
See residence halls.
curse words
See profanity.
Douglass High School
Use on first reference, even though its full name is Frederick
Douglass High School. Note the double s. See the lower
education section for more.
D
Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center
Located at 134 Research Park Drive. It is an MU research
facility. On second reference, use the research center.
Daniel Boone City Building
See city buildings.
Daniel Boone Regional Library
There is actually no such place as the Daniel Boone Regional
Library; it is a system, even though the word system is not
in the title. The system serves Boone and Callaway counties
with libraries and bookmobiles. Only use this title if referring
to the whole system. The names of the individual libraries
are: Columbia Public Library (the largest and the headquarters
of the system), Southern Boone County Public Library (Ashland)
and Callaway County Public Library (Fulton). See Columbia
Public Library.
DARE
Drug Abuse Resistance Education. It should be spelled out on
first reference; use the acronym for subsequent references.
The acronym is acceptable in headlines and decks.
datelines
OAll stories posted online should include a dateline indicating
the point of origin. In print, stories that originate in Columbia do not need a dateline, but stories from other cities and
towns in our coverage area do take a dateline.
OThe purpose of a dateline is to tell where the reporter
gained the information, not necessarily where the action
Douglass Park and Pool
That is the full name of the property, but in general, use
Douglass Park or Douglass Pool. See the parks and trails
section.
downtown Columbia
O On first reference, use downtown Columbia or The District
(note capital T). On second reference, use downtown or the
district.
O Its borders are Elm Street (south), Providence Road (west),
Ash Street (north) and College Avenue (east).
O The District includes two business organizations: The Special Business District coordinates planning, encourages business and works to maintain the downtown environment. The
Central Columbia Association is responsible for marketing
shopping, dining and entertainment in The District. The organizations are looking into restructuring options, including the
formation of a Community Improvement District.
*Dr.
It is a courtesy title, so only use in commentaries, quotations
or Life Stories. If it is necessary to say that someone is a
doctor, it should be explained in context: Casey Law, who has
a doctoral degree in physics, or Casey Law, head of neurosurgery at University Hospital. See the Life Stories section for an
exception under the Rev Dr.
E
East Campus
Note the capitalization. The neighborhood is bounded by Old
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63 (east), College Avenue (west), Rollins Street (south) and
East Broadway (north).
fraternities (MU)
O Acacia, Missouri chapter
O Alpha Epsilon Pi, Mu Deuteron chapter
O Alpha Gamma Rho, Theta chapter
O Alpha Gamma Sigma, Beta chapter
O Alpha Kappa Lambda, Gamma Alpha chapter
O Alpha Phi Alpha, Zeta Alpha chapter
O Alpha Tau Omega, Gamma Rho chapter
O Beta Sigma Psi, Iota chapter
O Beta Theta Pi, Zeta Phi chapter
O Delta Chi, Missouri chapter
O Delta Sigma Phi, Beta Beta chapter
O Delta Sigma Theta, Epsilon Psi chapter
O Delta Tau Delta, Gamma Kappa chapter
O Delta Upsilon, Missouri chapter
O FarmHouse, Alpha chapter (Note the capital H.)
O Gamma Rho Lambda, Delta Colony chapter
O Kappa Alpha Order, Alpha Kappa chapter
O Kappa Alpha Psi, Delta Omega chapter
O Kappa Sigma, Beta Gamma chapter
O Lambda Chi Alpha, Gamma Kappa Zeta chapter
O Phi Delta Theta, MO Alpha chapter
O Phi Kappa Psi, MO Alpha chapter
O Phi Kappa Theta, Kappa Upsilon chapter
O Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Nu chapter
O Sigma Chi, Xi Xi chapter
O Sigma Lambda Gamma, Beta Beta chapter
O Sigma Nu, Rho chapter
O Sigma Phi Epsilon, MO Alpha chapter
O Sigma Pi, Gamma Sigma chapter
O Sigma Sigma Sigma, Mizzou Colony chapter
O Sigma Tau Gamma, Beta Alpha chapter
O Tau Kappa Epsilon, Beta Theta chapter
O Zeta Phi Beta, Chi Kappa chapter
East Campus Drive
See roads.
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
See hospitals.
F
Farm Services Agency
An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture with state
and county bureaus. When referring to the Missouri bureau,
use state Farm Services Agency or Missouri Farm Services
Agency. On second reference, use the agency or the bureau.
Do not use the acronym FSA.
farmers markets
OThere are two farmers markets in the area. One is the
Columbia Farmers’ Market (plural possessive). It is located
adjacent to the Activity and Recreation Center off Ash Street.
The other one is the Boone County Farmers Market (plural
nonpossessive). It is located in the parking lot of the Sanford-Kimpton Health Department Building, 1005 W. Worley
St.
OOn second reference for both, use the farmers market (plural nonpossessive) because farmers is descriptive; it does
not show ownership. Be sure not to confuse the two.
Faurot Field
See the sports section.
feel
Feelings deal with senses and emotions. One feels hungry or
feels sympathy for another but does not feel it will rain tomorrow. Use the word said, or, if you think the emotion is closer
to a feeling, use the construction said he/she feels. See
believe, said/says and think.
fire departments
See Boone County Fire Protection District, Centralia Volunteer
Fire Department, Columbia Fire Department, MU Fire and
Rescue Training Institute and Southern Boone County Fire Protection District.
first names
Use on second reference for anyone younger than 15. However, use the last name for anyone technically a child but
who is in an adult situation, such as in crime or high school
sports stories. First names can also be used in commentaries and with adults if the story is a feature and warrants it.
Check with a city editor before using first names for adults.
If a story cites multiple adults with the same last name, use
first and last names on all references to avoid confusion.
4-H
See Missouri 4-H.
freshman
Use as an adjective and as a noun for one person. The plural
form is freshmen: the freshman quarterback, the freshmen in
the residence halls, but the freshman class.
funeral homes
Always check against the phone book and the letterhead of
the obituary sheet, which contains the name and address.
The following addresses take precedence over Google Maps
and MapQuest.
NOTE: Include the address for the cemetery if it is different
from the funeral home's address. See cemeteries.
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Francis Quadrangle
The proper name does not take the article the. On second
reference, use the quadrangle. The Quad is acceptable in
headlines.
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Arnold Funeral Home, Tel: 573-581-5330
425 S. Jefferson St., Mexico, MO 65265
Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services, Tel: 573-796-4901
100 S. Oak St., California, MO 65018
Buescher Memorial Home, Tel: 573-636-8163
429 E. Capitol Ave., Jefferson City, MO 65101
Carr-Yager Funeral Home, Tel: 660-248-2244
204 N. Linn St., Fayette, MO 65248
Cater Funeral Home, Tel: 660-263-3360
1520 E. Rollins St., Moberly, MO 65270
Davis Funeral Chapel, Tel: 660-882-3381
1397 W. Ashley Road, Boonville, MO 65233
Debo Funeral Home
M 833 Court St. #152, P
.O. Box 818, Fulton, MO 65251
Tel: 573-642-2211
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10920 Old U.S. 54, P.O. Box 314, Holts Summit, MO
65043 — Tel: 573-896-5572 (This address is a chapel
and is not for burial.)
VSummit Memorial Park, 10920 Old US Highway 54,
Holts Summit, MO 65043 — Tel: 573-896-5572 (This
is the cemetery for the Holts Summit address.)
Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home
M 3210 N. 10 Mile Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109
Tel: 573-893-5251
M 109 Maries Ave., Westphalia, MO 65085
Tel: 573-455-2338
Fenton Funeral Chapel
M 104 S. Collier St., Centralia, MO 65240
Tel: 573-682-3703
VGlendale Memorial Gardens, 101 Highway 22 E.,
Centralia, MO 65240 (This is the cemetery for the
Centralia location. The mailing address is at 104 S.
Collier St.)
M 306 E. Proctor St., Sturgeon, MO 65284
Tel: 573-687-3348
Freeman Mortuary, Tel: 573-636-5533
915 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 65101
Friemonth-Freese Funeral Service
M 174 Highway 5 and 240, Fayette, MO 65248
Tel: 660-248-3116
M 112 Market St., Glasgow, MO 65254
Tel: 660-338-2316
Heartland Cremation and Burial Society, Tel: 442-7850
1114 Wilkes Blvd., Columbia, MO
Hilke-Millard Funeral Home, Tel: 573-455-2424
101 Linn St., Westphalia, MO 65085
Millard Family Chapels
M Hawthorn Memorial Gardens, Tel: 573-635-4594
4205 Horner Road, Jefferson City, MO 65109
M Houser-Millard Funeral Directors, Tel: 573-636-3838
2613 W. Main St., Jefferson City, MO 65109
M Kemper-Marsh-Millard Family Funeral Chapels,
Tel: 636-528-8221
V351 Monroe St., Troy, MO 63379
VMain and West Lincoln streets, Hawk Point, MO 63349
M Meyer-Hilke-Millard Funeral Home, Tel: 573-763-5658
Second and Market streets, Chamois, MO 65024
M Meyer-Hilke-Millard Funeral Home, Tel: 573-764-3300
21 E. Fifth St., Gerald, MO 63037
M Kemper-Marsh-Millard Family Funeral Chapels,
Tel: 636-338-4375
Main and West Lincoln streets, Hawk Point, MO 63349
M Slater-Millard Family Funeral Chapel, Tel: 573-896-5959
540 S. Summit Drive, Holts Summit, MO 65043
Markland-Yager Funeral Home, Tel: 660-848-2345
P.O. Box 126, 113 E. Broadway, New Franklin, MO 65274
Maupin Funeral Home
M 304 Tolson St., Fayette, MO 65248
Tel: 660-248-2771
M 301 Douglas Blvd., Fulton, MO 65251
Tel: 573-642-3334
M 103. E. Harrison St., Auxvasse, MO 65231
Tel: 573-386-2455
May and Son Funeral Home
M 304 Tolson St., Fayette, MO 65248 — Tel: 660-248-2771
M 405 Sycamore St., Boonville, MO 65233
Tel: 660-882-5404
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O
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O
O
O
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Memorial Funeral Home, Tel: 443-3173
1217 Business Loop 70 W., Columbia, MO 65202
(Memorial Park Cemetery is at the same address.)
Million-Taylor-Patton Funeral Home, Tel: 660-456-7234
320 S. Williams St., Moberly, MO 65270
Morton Funeral Home, Tel: 573-897-2214
911 Main St., Linn, MO 65051
Nilson Funeral Home, 5611 E. St. Charles Road, Columbia,
MO 65202 — Tel: 474-8443
Oliver Funeral Home LLC
M 102 E. Sneed St., Centralia, MO 65240
Tel: 573-682-1164
M 107 S. Ogden St., Sturgeon, MO 65284
Tel: 573-687-3317
Parker Funeral Service & Crematory, Tel: 449-4153
22 N. Tenth St., Columbia, MO 65201
Pickering Funeral Home, Tel: 573-581-3207
403 N. Western St., Mexico, MO 65265 (This is its mailing
address.)
Rekus Funeral Homes
M 2247 Highway 17, Iberia, MO 65486 — Tel: 573-793-2211
M 902 E. North St., Eldon, MO 65026 — Tel: 573-392-3351
M Fourth and Walnut streets, Meta, MO 65058
Tel: 573-229-4228
M Franklin and Plum streets, St. Elizabeth, MO 65075
Tel: 573-493-2417
Robinson Funeral Home, Tel: 657-1136
601 N. Henry Clay Blvd., Ashland, MO 65010
Scrivner-Morrow Funeral Homes
M 5414 Simpson St., Russellville, MO 65074
Tel: 573-782-4815
M 210 E. Jasper St., Versailles, MO 65084
Tel: 573-378-4676
M 204 W. Third St., Stover, MO 65078 — Tel: 573-377-2212
Slater-Millard Family Funeral Chapel, Tel: 573-896-5959
540 S. Summit Drive, Holts Summit, MO 65043
Thacher Funeral Home, Tel: 660-882-2311
629 E. Morgan St., Boonville, MO
Warren Funeral Chapel, Tel: 443-3343
12 E. Ash St., Columbia, MO 65203 (closed indefinitely)
Weber Funeral Home
M 211 S. Oak St., California, MO 65018
Tel: 573-796-4611
M 13415 Route C, Russellville, MO 65074
Tel: 573-782-3525
William Wood Funeral Service, Tel: 660-882-2495
517 Fourth St., Boonville, MO 65233
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Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center
Located at 813 Virginia Ave. It is named in honor of Lloyd L.
Gaines and Marian O’Fallon Oldham, both of whom helped
pioneer racial equality for black students at MU. On second
reference, use the Black Culture Center or the center.
gender terms
See the preferred terms section.
General Assembly
See Missouri General Assembly.
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Goodrich Forum 8 movie theater
On second reference, use Forum 8 or the theater.
highways
O If direction is important, include it as part of the story: The
car was northbound on U.S. 63. The accident occurred in the
lanes of U.S. 63 leading north. Note: There is no such thing as
U.S. 63 South or U.S. 63 North.
O Do not ever refer to a highway by number without a county,
state, federal or interstate designation. However, always refer
to a highway by number outside of Columbia city limits.
O State highways should be referred to as Missouri with the
number: Missouri 163, Missouri 740, etc. Three state highways
have street names inside Columbia city limits: Providence
Road (Missouri 163), Stadium Boulevard (Missouri 740),
Range Line Street (Missouri 763 north of Columbia city limits)
and College Avenue/Rock Quarry Road (Missouri 763 south of
Columbia city limits). Use street names when applicable.
O Federal highways other than interstates should be referred
to as U.S. with the number: U.S. 63, U.S. 54, etc. Exits should
be capitalized: Exit 25.
O For interstates, use the construction Interstate 70 (capitalized) on first reference and I-70 on subsequent references.
See also roads.
governmental departments
O On second references, it is OK to give a shortened but
still proper version of a full name. These shortened versions
should still be capitalized: Conservation Department in place
of Missouri Department of Conservation.
O Generic references are lowercased: Fire and police departments around Missouri sent representatives.
graduation
Capitalize only when referring to a specific event at a specific
school: MU Graduation, Hickman Graduation. Lowercase on
second reference: They will attend graduation. For generic references, use lowercase: With summer comes thoughts of commencement and graduation. See commencement.
Grass Roots Organizing
A Boone County-based nonprofit organization with an emphasis on issues related to poverty. It is also a generic term, as
in grass-roots organizing. On second reference, use the organization.
Great Flood of 1993 (or ’93)
Note the capitalization. It occurred mostly during the summer
of 1993 and involved Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and Nebraska.
Greek
Always capitalize. Do not use as a noun to refer to a member
of a fraternity or sorority. Instead, use a fraternity brother or a
sorority sister. Treat Greek as an adjective: Greek woman. See
fraternities and sororities for MU chapters.
Greektown
One word. The area is adjacent to MU but is not technically
on campus.
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Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs
Note the S without the period. The school's programs inform
on policy-making and governance, educate for ethical leadership and facilitate public dialogue on critical issues of public
affairs. Use the Truman School or the school on second reference.
health care
Always two words, even if it is used as an adjective.
Health Department
See Columbia/Boone County Health Department.
HealthNet
See MO HealthNet.
Hearnes Center
See the sports section.
Hickman High School
Use on first reference, even though its full name is David H.
Hickman High School. See the lower education and sports
sections for more.
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Holts Summit
Note lack of apostrophe.
homecoming
Capitalize only when referring to a specific event at a specific school: MU Homecoming, Hickman Homecoming. Lowercase on second reference: They will attend the homecoming
events. For generic references, use lowercase: With fall comes
thoughts of football, bands and homecoming.
hospitals
O Boone Hospital Center, 1600 E. Broadway: Run by BJC
HealthCare (one word) of St. Louis.
O Columbia Regional Hospital, 404 Keene St.: Under the MU
Health Care umbrella.
O Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, 115 Business Loop 70 W.:
Under the MU Health Care umbrella. It is different from the
Cancer Research Center. On second reference, use Ellis Fischel. Fischel is OK in headlines.
O Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, 3 Hospital Drive, MU:
A partner with MU Health Care.
O Truman Veterans Hospital, 800 Hospital Drive, MU: A partner with MU Health Care. Use on first reference, even though
its full name is Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital.
Note there is no apostrophe in Veterans. On second reference, use the veterans hospital.
O University Hospital, 1 Hospital Drive, MU: The main teaching lab of the MU School of Medicine, as well as the flagship
of MU Health Care. It includes the Children’s Hospital.
House of Representatives (Missouri)
On first reference, use Missouri or state before House of Representatives. On second reference, use the House. There are
163 representatives. (Do not confuse with the lower house of
the U.S. Congress.) Usage: state Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia.
See Missouri General Assembly and Senate.
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illegal immigrant
See the preferred terms section.
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impact
Never use as a verb. Instead, say Gas prices might have an
impact on presidential approval ratings.
*Internet addresses
O Check every Web site before publication.
ODo not use http://.
OIf a Web address works without www., then eliminate it from
the address: GoColumbiaMo.com. If the address needs www.,
then use it: www.LATWP.com.
O Try to avoid lengthy Web addresses. Go with the simplest
version that would still allow a reader to find a topic within a
few clicks.
O When using Web sites at the end of a sentence, use a
period. If a Web site splits over two lines, put a shift-return
at a convenient spot to avoid hyphenation that could confuse
readers. Any punctuation in the Web site address, such as a
hyphen or period, should go on the second line if the address
is split.
O When directing readers to a Web site, use the phrase go to:
For more election coverage, go to ColumbiaMissourian.com.
I-70 Drive
See roads.
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Jesse Auditorium
Located in Jesse Hall at MU, but it does not need the building
name because it is one of the most known in Columbia. Do
not confuse with Jesse Wrench Auditorium, which is in Memorial Union.
Jesse Wrench Auditorium
Located in Memorial Union at MU. Do not confuse with Jesse
Auditorium, which is in Jesse Hall.
J.W. "Blind" Boone
Use on first reference to the well-known Columbia musician.
On second reference, use Blind Boone, but do not put quotes
around Blind. See J.W. "Blind" Boone Community Center.
J.W. "Blind" Boone Community Center
Located at 301 N. Providence Road. Use full name on first
reference. On second reference, use the center. Named after
a well-known Columbia musician, J.W. "Blind" Boone, it is a
community meeting space across from Douglass Park. The
center is home to the youth drill team the Blind Boone Highsteppers and to the Columbia Boys and Girls Club.
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Kansas City
Because the bulk of the city is in Missouri, it stands alone
in datelines and in text unless it is referring to the Kansas
side: KANSAS CITY, Kan. The AP Stylebook includes Mo. in
datelines, but you should take it out. K.C. is acceptable in
headlines.
Katy Trail
A trail stretching from St. Charles to Clinton. Do not confuse
with the MKT Trail. On second reference, use the Katy or the
trail.
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Lady (mascot)
Never use Lady before a school’s mascot (Lady Tigers, Lady
Hawks) to refer to a girls team or a women’s team, even if
the school itself uses the term. It is sexist and out of date.
However, if a female mascot is a different form of the male
mascot, such as Trojans and Trojanettes, use the feminine
form of the mascot.
Lake of the Ozarks
Also referred to as Lake Ozarks. Use the lake on second reference.
Lee's Summit
Note the apostrophe.
*legislature
The official name of the state legislative body is the Missouri
General Assembly. If calling it a legislature, lowercase it. When
dealing with other states’ legislatures, always look them up to
see what their proper names are.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning
Resource Center
Located in Brady Commons. Use the full name on first reference. On second reference, use the resource center.
lists
Lists should be indicated with bullets or numerals. Bullets
denote items of equal value; numerals denote the order of
importance or steps in a process.
Follow rules of punctuation and parallel construction:
O If it is a complete sentence, use a period.
O If semicolons are appropriate, use them.
O If commas would be correct (not too likely), then use them.
Please note the numbering format. Do not use parentheses
around the numbers.
Here is how to proceed:
1. Decide which format is best.
2. Apply styles.
3. Punctuate accordingly.
M
Macklanburg Playhouse
Located at 100 Willis Ave., next to Warehouse Theatre. It is
the main theater at Stephens College.
Maneater, The
The MU student-run paper takes the article The (note capital
T) before the name.
Mel Carnahan Quadrangle
Use on first reference. On second reference, use the south
quadrangle. The quad is acceptable in headlines. This open
space is located south of Jesse Hall at MU. It was dedicated
on Sept. 12, 2003, in honor of a former governor of Missouri.
Memorial Stadium
See the sports section.
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MFA Inc.
Use on first reference. Originally the Missouri Farmers Association, it is a private farm cooperative and lobbying group. Its
corporate office is located at 201 Ray Young Drive in Columbia. Use MFA or the association on second reference. It is a
separate entity from MFA Oil Co.
MFA Oil Co.
Organized in 1929 by Missouri farmers who wanted to be
assured of a reliable supply of quality petroleum products at
a fair price. It owns Break Time gas stations and convenience
stores (see businesses) and operates Big O Tires, Value Tire
Center and Jiffy Lube franchises in mid-Missouri. Use MFA Oil
on second reference. It is a separate entity from MFA Inc.
*middle names/initials
O Missourian style is to exclude middle names and initials
unless there would be confusion or a person would not be
known without the initial. For example, readers would know
Donald Rumsfeld without the H., but would they recognize the
actor Michael Fox without the J.?
O When an initial appears at the front of someone’s name,
use it: author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
O With middle names, make sure the name is actually a middle name and not part of the first name: Anne Marie.
O For blog entries, crime stories and Life Stories, middle initials are preferred to avoid misidentification.
mid-Missouri
Use instead of central Missouri. Lowercase mid– unless it is
part of a proper name. Do not hyphenate if it is not hyphenated in the proper name.
*military
If the Missourian is writing about someone in the U.S. military, it is unnecessary to put U.S. before the branch. Readers
assume Casey Law from Columbia would be fighting with the
U.S. Army instead of the Israeli army. Capitalize the U.S. military branches, per AP style. For National Guard and Air Guard
units, always identify the state: the Missouri National Guard.
On second reference, use the guard.
Missouri Bar, The
A statewide lawyers organization. Note the capital T on The.
On second reference, use the bar.
Missouri Case.net
Use on first reference. Note the lowercase n. On second reference, use Case.net. It is an online case management system
that has a searchable database on docket entries, parties,
judgments and charges in Missouri public court.
Missouri Court of Appeals
This appellate court has three districts: St. Louis (Eastern
District), Kansas City (Western District) and Springfield
(Southern District). Boone County is in the Kansas City District.
Missouri 4-H
Use on first reference. On second reference, use 4-H or the
organization. Part of MU Extension, it is a volunteer-led organization that teaches young people about leadership, citizenship and life skills. The members are called 4-H'ers.
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Missouri government
Each of these departments can be referred to on first reference by its full name or by an inverted style using capital letters: Missouri Department of Something or Missouri Something
Department. If the Something is multiple words, use the multiple words in the inverted form. Always strive for clarity. On
subsequent references, use the department, as long as there
is no confusion.
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Contains these divisions (use Division of before all of these):
Agricultural Business Development; Animal Health; Grain
Inspection and Warehousing; Plant Industries; and Weights
and Measures. Also contains the State Milk Board and the
Wine & Grape Board.
O
Missouri Department of Conservation
Contains these divisions (use Division of before all of these):
Administrative Services; Design & Development; Fisheries;
Forestry; Human Resources; Outreach & Education; Private
Land Services; Protection; Resource Science; and Wildlife.
O
Missouri Department of Corrections
Manages the state prison system. Contains these divisions
(use Division of before all of these): Adult Institutions; Human
Services; Offender Rehabilitative Services; and Probation and
Parole.
O
Missouri Department of Economic Development
Contains these eight divisions (use Division of before all of
these): Administrative Services; Business and Community
Services; Credit Unions; Finance; Professional Registration;
Public Service; Tourism; and Workforce Development. Also
contains the Office of Public Counsel, the Arts Council, the
Housing Development Commission and the Development
Finance Board.
O
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
On second reference, use the Education Department or the
department. It oversees and assists school districts in administration and in carrying out the state’s educational requirements. The department is supervised by the state Board of
Education, whose eight members are appointed by the governor and approved by the Senate. The commissioner of education is the chief executive officer.
O
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Governed by the state Board of Health and the state Board of
Senior Services, each of which has seven members who are
appointed by the governor and approved by the Senate.
O
Missouri Department of Higher Education
On second reference, use the Higher Education Department
or the department. It is charged with the oversight of colleges
and universities, both private and state-supported. Its governing body is the Coordinating Board for Higher Education. Its
nine members are appointed by the governor and approved by
the Senate. The commissioner of higher education is appointed by the board and serves as its executive officer.
O
Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions
& Professional Registration
Regulates Missouri’s insurance industry. It contains these
divisions (use Division of before all of these): Consumer
Affairs; Insurance Company Regulation; Insurance Market
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Regulation; and Resource Administration.
Cash, etc. Lowercase generic terms, such as the Missouri lottery.
Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
On second reference, use the Labor Department or the department. Contains these divisions (use Division of before both of
these): Employment Security (do not refer to it as the unemployment department) and Workers’ Compensation (note the
apostrophe in Workers’).
O
O
Missouri Department of Mental Health
Do not confuse with the Missouri Department of Health and
Senior Services. Contains these divisions (use Division of
before all of these): Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Comprehensive
Psychiatric Services; and Developmental Disabilities. Also
contains the Office of Comprehensive Child Mental Health
and the Office of Transformation.
O
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
The acronym DNR is acceptable in quotes or tight headlines.
Contains these divisions (use Division of before all of these):
Environmental Quality; Field Services; Geology and Land
Survey; and State Parks. Also contains the commissions of
Air Conservation, Clean Water and Hazardous Waste Management, as well as the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
O
Missouri Department of Public Safety
Contains the Missouri State Highway Patrol and these divisions (use Division of before all of these): Alcohol & Tobacco
Control; Fire Safety; Highway Safety; and Water Safety.
Missouri Office of Administration
Provides central administration support services for state government, including accounting, computers, telephones, etc.
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Not Missouri Highway Patrol. On second reference, use the
Highway Patrol. Officers with this law enforcement agency are
troopers, not police officers. The superintendent is supported
by the assistant superintendent and five bureau commanders. A Special Weapons and Tactics Team is stationed at
Troop F in Jefferson City.
O
Missouri River
Always capitalize River when using a river’s name unless you
are describing multiple rivers at once. For example, the Missouri River is sometimes called the Big Muddy, but the Missouri and Mississippi rivers both pass through St. Louis. On
second reference, use the river.
Missouri Students Association
The governing body for MU students. Note the plural Students
with no apostrophe. Do not confuse with Associated Students
of the University of Missouri. MSA is acceptable on second
reference.
O
Missouri Department of Revenue
Central collection agency for all state revenues, including the
licensing of vehicle operators and the collection of taxes, title
and registration of cars.
Missouri Supreme Court
The state’s highest court is headed by a chief justice and six
judges (not justices). On second reference, use the state high
court or the state Supreme Court.
O
Missouri Department of Social Services
Contains the following divisions (use Division of before all of
these): Children's Family Support; Finance and Administrative
Services; Legal Services; MO HealthNet; and Youth Services.
O
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
Located at 203 S. Ninth St. It is a historic landmark and is
run by the Missouri Symphony Society. On first reference, use
the alternate spelling of Theatre in the proper name and the
theater on subsequent references.
Highway Patrol
See Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Missouri Transportation Development District Act
Enacted in 1990, the Missouri Transportation Development
District Act helps counties fund transportation projects. The
act provides for the establishment of special taxing districts
authorized to undertake certain public improvements. The
improvements are financed by the district through the issuance of notes or bonds, which are in turn retired by the district’s levy of various taxes within the geographic boundaries
of the district, including sales tax, property tax and special
assessment.
There are several such districts in Columbia. On first reference, use the location and Transportation Development District: Northwoods Transportation Development District. On second reference, use the site name and TDD or simply the TDD
if the location is clear.
Active TDDs in Columbia:
Pending as of December '08:
O Broadway-Fairview
O Blue Ridge Town Centre
O CenterState (Note capital S.) O Gans Road and U.S. 63
O Columbia Mall
O Rock Bridge Center
O Conley Road
O Grindstone Plaza
O Lake of the Woods
ONorthwoods
O Shoppes at Stadium
Missouri Lottery Commission
Specific games are capitalized, such as Powerball, Show Me
Missourian
See Columbia Missourian.
Missouri Department of Transportation
Use the Missouri Department of Transportation on first reference. On second reference, use the acronym MoDOT (lowercase o).
O
Missouri General Assembly
The official name of the state legislative body. On second
reference, the General Assembly is acceptable, but it must
always be capitalized. If calling it a legislature, lowercase it.
When dealing with other states’ legislatures, always look
them up to see what their proper names are. See House of
Representatives and Senate.
O
OMissouri
Higher Education Loan Authority
Use its full title on first reference. On second reference and
in headlines, use MOHELA. It is a student loan servicing company and works in conjunction with the Missouri Department
of Higher Education to provide student loans.
OMissouri
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Mizzou
If used, uppercase the M and lowercase the rest of the word.
Consider the tone of the story. It is appropriate to use in a
feature story but not to save room in a hard-news headline.
Use Missouri or Mizzou in sports to refer to the team. Use MU
to refer to the university on the news side. Otherwise, ask
your news editor.
at 240 Heinkel Building, MU. On second reference, use the
training institute.
Mizzou Arena
See the sports section.
MKT Trail
Use on first reference, even though its full name is the MKT
Nature and Fitness Trail. Do not confuse with the Katy Trail.
The MKT Trail is part of the old Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad line that was converted to a hiking trail.
MO HealthNet
Note the capitalization. It is a Missouri health care program.
On second reference, use HealthNet.
MOHELA
See Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority.
mobile home
Use this term to describe large homes on wheels. The terms
trailer or manufactured home are also acceptable.
Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms.
Use courtesy titles only in Life Stories, quotes or commentaries. Never assume a married woman goes by Mrs. or that an
unmarried woman goes by Miss or Ms., which is marital status
neutral. Always check.
MU
Always use when referring to the Columbia campus. See
University of Missouri.
MU Alumni Association
Located at 123 Reynolds Alumni Center, MU. Use its full
name on first reference. On second reference, use the Alumni
Association.
MU Columns
Use on all references when referring to those on the Francis
Quadrangle (note the capitalization) so as not to confuse
them with the columns (lowercase) on the opposite end of
Eighth Street, which were part of a former Boone County
Courthouse.
MU Extension
A partnership of the University of Missouri campuses, Lincoln
University, county extension councils and the Cooperative
State Research, Education and Extension Service of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. It provides a variety of outreach
programs to the community, not just agricultural ones. On
second reference, use MU Extension or the extension program.
MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute
An MU Extension program, the training institute is a source
for research-based information on the latest technology and
techniques. It offers continuing professional education to
statewide fire departments and fire protection districts, emergency service personnel and private sector and institutional
emergency brigade members. Its headquarters is located
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MU Health Care
Use MU Health Care on all references to the umbrella system
that comprises the following:
O Callaway Community Hospital (Fulton)
O Capital Region Medical Center (Jefferson City)
O Central Ozarks Medical Center (Richland)
O Children’s Hospital, 1 Hospital Drive, MU
O Columbia Regional Hospital, 404 Keene St.
O Cooper County Memorial Hospital (Boonville)
O Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, 1 Hospital Drive, MU
(inpatient) and 115 Business Loop 70 W. (clinics/outpatient)
O General Leonard Wood Army Hospital (Fort Leonard Wood)
O Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, 3 Hospital Drive, MU
O Missouri Rehabilitation Center (Mt. Vernon, Mo.)
O Moberly Regional Medical Center (Moberly)
O MU School of Health Professions, 505 Lewis Hall, MU
O MU School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, MU
O MU Sinclair School of Nursing, MU
O MU Student Health Center, 1101 Hospital Drive, MU
O Putnam County Memorial Hospital (Unionville)
O Royal Oaks Hospital (Windsor, Mo.)
O Rusk Rehabilitation Center, 315 Business Loop 70 W.
O Samaritan Hospital (Macon)
O Scotland County Memorial Hospital (Memphis, Mo.)
O Sinclair Home Care, 115 Business Loop 70 W., MU
O Sullivan County Memorial Hospital (Milan, Mo.)
O Truman Veterans Hospital, 800 Hospital Drive, MU
O University Hospital, 1 Hospital Drive, MU
O all of the clinics
MU graduate school
Although MU treats its graduate school as it does other
schools (Journalism School, Medicine School) and capitalizes
it, the Missourian does not capitalize graduate school because
it encompasses all academic areas. Choose a construction
such as She is a graduate student in journalism.
MU In The Evening
Note the capitalization. Part of MU Direct: Continuing and
Distance Education, this program allows people to complete
a bachelor’s degree in general studies or to take general
classes without seeking a degree. On second reference, use
the evening program.
*MU Police Department
This is the official title. MU police and campus police are often
acceptable on first reference. Do not use MUPD.
The forms are: MU Police Chief Casey Law; MU Police Sgt.
Casey Law. Police is always uppercase before a person's
name or in a proper name. Note that this is a change in Missourian style. See Columbia Police Department.
MU Power Plant
Located at 417 S. Fifth St. It is operated by energy management, a department of campus facilities. It has been providing
steam, electricity and water for MU from its current location
since 1923. On second reference, use the power plant.
MU South Farm
Operated by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural
Resources, it is a 1,452-acre agricultural experiment station
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on New Haven Road, about three miles southeast of the main
campus and adjacent to U.S. 63. It was formerly home to Discovery Ridge Research Park, a business model that uses public/private partnerships to generate new technologies and industry.
MU Student Recreation Complex
Use on first reference. On second reference, use the MU rec complex. Do not use Mizzou Student Recreation Complex.
The complex features four facilities under one roof (Brewer Fieldhouse, Mizzou Aquatic Center, Rothwell Gymnasium and Student
Rec Addition) and is located in the center of campus at Hitt and
Rollins streets. Fully funded by student recreation activity fees, the
complex was renovated and expanded in 2005. It is managed by
the department of MizzouRec services and facilities.
N
nonprofit
It is not interchangeable with not-for-profit; they are two different legal terms. Nonprofit means a group does not make a profit
for the individuals who work there; any earnings go toward future
programs and services of the group that might not otherwise be
provided by governmental entities. Nonprofit groups depend solely
on donations and are exempt from taxes under 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Most of the time, nonprofit is the one to
use, but call an organization and ask for its tax exemption code to
make sure.
not-for-profit
It is not interchangeable with nonprofit; they are two different legal
terms. Not-for-profit means a group can make money, but all profits must go back to the community, not to the group itself. Not-forprofit groups exclusively promote social welfare or local employee
associations and are exempt from taxes under 501(c)(4) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Most of the time, nonprofit is the one to
use, but call an organization and ask for its tax exemption code to
make sure.
nuclear reactor
See Research Reactor Center.
O
Oak Towers
Note the plural on Towers. Located at 700 N. Garth Ave., it is a
housing community for elderly or near-elderly residents. This is
also the headquarters of the Older Americans Klub, but the building's name is not an acronym. Do not use OAK, an acronym for the
club's name, if referring to both within a story.
OATS Inc.
A nonprofit agency that offers door-to-door van service to older
people, people with disabilities and those who have difficulty traveling or leaving their homes. The name used to stand for Older
Adults Transportation Services, but now only the acronym is used.
obituaries
See the Life Stories section.
Old 63
See roads.
*Exceptions to AP style
P
Paquin Tower
Located at 1201 Paquin St. It is a housing community for people
with disabilities. Note that Tower is singular.
parks
See the parks and trails section.
PedNet Coalition
A nonprofit group of businesses, individuals and organizations
that promotes nonmotorized transportation, such as walking and
bicycling. It is not the same as, nor is it connected to, the PedNet
Project.
PedNet Project
O Formerly the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program. It is
funded through a $21.5 million federal grant. Its purpose is to
demonstrate how much of the need for transportation can be satisfied by bicycling and walking.
O Use the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program only when
referring to any of the PedNet Project committees that continue to
use that name. The PedNet Project is not the same as, nor is it
connected to, the PedNet Coalition.
Planning and Zoning
See Boone County Planning and Zoning and Columbia Planning
and Zoning, as well as the city and county government section.
*police
Lowercase when used as a generic term or adjective: police said.
Uppercase when part of a proper name or before a person's
name: Columbia Police Department, Police St. Casey Law. It is the
Police Department, MU Police Capt. Casey Law, Columbia Police
Officer Casey Law and Highway Patrol Sgt. Casey Law. Note that
this is a change in Missourian style. Use the term police officer
instead of policeman or policewoman.
See Columbia Police Department and MU Police Department.
profanity
Should be edited around. If it must be used in quotes, use the
first letter followed by a hyphen for every letter missing: s - - - or
f - - -. All uses of profanity must be approved by the executive editor, managing editor or news editor.
professor
Do not refer to faculty members as professors unless they have
earned that academic rank. Any variations of professor, such as
associate professor or professor emeritus, should be used. The preferred use is to put the title after someone's name: Casey Law, an
associate professor at the MU School of Journalism.
Providence Road
See roads.
Q
quotation marks
Use single quote marks in display type, including heads, T-decks
and subheads within text. Use regular quotation marks on
pullquotes, cutlines, c-decks and calendar subheads.
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R
radio stations
On first reference, list the call letters and station frequency:
KBIA/91.3 FM. On second reference, use only the call letters:
KBIA.
O KCOU/88.1 FM
Columbia (MU)
O KJAB/88.3 FM
Mexico, Mo.
O KJLU/88.9 FM
Jefferson City (Lincoln University)
O KOPN/89.5 FM
Columbia
O KBKC/90.1 FM
Moberly
O KWWC/90.5 FM
Columbia (Stephens College)
O KBIA/91.3 FM
Columbia (MU School of Journalism)
O KWRT/93.1 FM
Boonville
O KSSZ/93.9 FM
Boonville
O KATI/94.3 FM
Jefferson City
O KWWU/94.9 FM
Fulton
O KWWR/95.7 FM
Mexico, Mo.
O KCMQ/96.7 FM
Columbia
O KJMO/97.5 FM
Jefferson City
O KFMC/98.3 FM
Jefferson City
O KCLR/99.3 FM
Boonville
O KBBM/100.1 FM
Jefferson City
O KKCA/100.5 FM
Fulton
O KPLA/101.5 FM
Columbia
O KBXR/102.3 FM
Columbia
O KMFC/103.1 FM
Columbia (92.1 in Centralia)
O KRES/104.7 FM
Moberly
O KZZT/105.5 FM
Moberly
O KOQL/106.1 FM
Columbia
O KTXY/106.9 FM
Jefferson City
O
O
O
O
O
O
KFAL/900 AM
KWOS/950 AM
KLIK/1240 AM
KXEO/1340 AM
KFRU/1400 AM
KTGR/1580 AM
Fulton
Jefferson City
Jefferson City
Mexico, Mo.
Columbia
Columbia
Range Line Street/Rangeline Road
See roads.
Regional Economic Development Inc.
Spell out on first reference. On second reference or in headlines,
REDI is acceptable.
*religious titles
See the Life Stories section.
*representatives (state)
Use cities, not counties, to designate where state representatives
are from: state Rep. Casey Law, D-Columbia. Follow AP style for
designations.
Research Reactor Center
MU’s nuclear reactor. On second reference, use the reactor if talking about it specifically or the center if talking about the general
research center.
Residence Halls Association
The governing body for students in MU’s residence halls. On second reference, use the association.
*Exceptions to AP style
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residence halls
Most colleges, including MU, Stephens College and Columbia
College, now refer to student housing buildings as residence halls
instead of dormitories or dorms. Only use dormitories or dorms in
quotes. Dorms would be acceptable, not preferable, in tight headlines.
All take the word Hall after the name, except Cougar Village,
Mizzou Quads and Tiger Diggs.
MU RESIDENCE HALLS
O Center
O Johnston
O Respect
O College Avenue O Jones
O Responsibility
O Cramer
O Lathrop
O Schurz
O Discovery
O Laws
O South
O Excellence
O Mark Twain
O Stafford
O Gillett
O McDavid
O Tiger Diggs
O Hatch
O Mizzou Quads O Wolpers
O Hudson
O North
STEPHENS COLLEGE RESIDENCE HALLS
O Columbia
O Prunty
O Tower
O Hillcrest
O Roblee
O Wood
O Pillsbury
O Searcy
COLUMBIA COLLEGE RESIDENCE HALLS
O Banks
O Hughes
O Cougar Village O Miller
Reynolds Alumni Center
Use on first reference, even though its full name is Donald W.
Reynolds Alumni and Visitor Center. On second reference, use the
Alumni Center or the center.
Reynolds Journalism Institute
Use on first reference, even though its full name is Donald W.
Reynolds Journalism Institute. On second reference, use Journalism Institute or the institute.
Rhynsburger Theatre
An MU theater. On first reference, use the alternate spelling of
Theatre in the proper name and the theater on subsequent references.
roads
O avenues, numbered: Columbia has numbered streets as well
as Third and Fourth avenues. The numbered streets run north/
south and are located just north of MU; the numbered avenues
run east/west and are located west of Providence Road and south
of Interstate 70.
O county-maintained roads: These usually take a letter designation and are called routes: Route K, Route VV, etc. Again, some
roads have street names inside Columbia city limits: Nifong Boulevard (Route AC), Paris Road (Route B), Stadium Boulevard (changes to Route E north of I-70), Clark Lane (Route PP), West Broadway
(Route TT) and East Broadway (Route WW).
OBroadway: Columbia’s main east-west road. It does not take a
street designation. It is also known as Route TT (West) and Route
WW (East), but it should not be called either unless the section
referred to is outside Columbia city limits. Note: Scott Boulevard
turns into Route TT north of Nifong Boulevard, then curves into the
West Broadway portion of the route.
OBusiness Loop 70 East/West: This is an east-west connector loop running for the most part south of Interstate 70. Do not
abbreviate East or West unless using an exact address. Put the
directional indicator at the end instead of before the street: 601
Business Loop 70 W. This is an exception to normal Missourian
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style. Just east of West Boulevard, the road becomes I-70 Drive
Southwest and ends just west of Strawn Road.
OEast Campus Drive: East is abbreviated with full addresses:
2100 E. Campus Drive.
OI-70 Drive Southwest/Southeast: Runs for the most part alongside Interstate 70 between just east of West Boulevard and just
west of Strawn Road. When referring to this street, never spell out
Interstate. If the address includes the number, then abbreviate
S.W. or S.E.: 5500 I-70 Drive S.E. Without a number, spell out the
direction: I-70 Drive Southwest.
OOld 63: Do not use the terms Business 63 or Old Highway 63.
Because Old 63 is a road and not a highway anymore, it is acceptable to use the north and south designations with full addresses:
2500 S. Old 63.
OProvidence Road: One of the main north-south routes and the
western boundary of downtown. It is also known as Missouri 163,
but do not call it that unless the section referred to is outside
Columbia city limits.
ORangeline Road: Note the difference in spelling from Range Line
Street. Both are north-south roadways. Rangeline Road is east of
U.S. 63 and south of Interstate 70.
ORange Line Street: Note the difference in spelling from Rangeline Road. Both are north-south roadways. Range Line Street,
which extends north to U.S. 63, is also called Missouri 763, but do
not call it that unless the section referred to is outside Columbia
city limits.
OWest Boulevard: A north-south street. West is never abbreviated
because it is the name of the street, not a direction. When giving
full addresses, put the directional indicator at the end so as not to
confuse with the street name: 308 West Blvd. S. This is an exception to normal style.
See also highways.
robo calls
The preferred term is automated phone calls. Robo call tends to be
a pejorative term for an automated phone call, so please keep the
negative connotation in mind. However, do not change in quotes.
Rock, The
A campus-based ministry that meets at 7:07 every Saturday night
in MU’s Middlebush Auditorium. The Rock was started to help people investigate and experience spirituality in nontraditional ways.
It is part of Great Commission Ministries. Its goals are to create
church communities and world missions and to provide leadership
development.
Rock Bridge/Rockbridge
O The area in the southeastern part of Columbia is named for
Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, which treats Rock Bridge as two
words. However, some businesses in the area treat Rockbridge as
one word. Always look it up to see whether it is one or two words,
and remember not to always trust the phone book or Web sites.
O Some common names that are two words: Rock Bridge High
School and Rock Bridge Shopping Center.
*Exceptions to AP style
S
said/says
O Said is the preferred word for attribution, as opposed to admitted, conceded, thinks, believes, told reporters, etc.
O The word says is appropriate in stories that take a more featurized tone. Consult your faculty editor, and alert the copy desk if a
story should use the word says.
O The Missourian uses the person said construction because
subject-verb is standard English: "The Missourian is great," Casey
Law said. However, if there is a clause or more information after
the attribution, it is sometimes better to invert the attribution:
"The Missourian is great," said Casey Law, executive editor of the
Missourian.
O See believe, feel and think.
schools
There are 30 schools that are part of Columbia Public Schools,
not including the new elementary school and the regional Catholic
high school, and 12 independent schools in the city. Use the word
School on first reference in the full proper name: Hickman High
School. School can be dropped on subsequent references, as well
as the grade designation, if no confusion would result: Hickman.
See the lower education section for more information.
school district
When possible, use schools. See Columbia Public School District.
Senate (both Missouri and U.S.)
O Always capitalize. Lowercase senator unless it is before a name,
in which case it would be abbreviated Sen.
O There are 34 senators in the state Senate. Boone and Randolph
counties make up the 19th District. Usage: state Sen. Casey Law,
D-Columbia.
Shelter, The
Use on first reference, even though its full name is The Shelter for
Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. On second reference, use The Shelter or the agency. It is a nonprofit organization
that provides emergency shelter and services for women who are
victims of domestic abuse and/or sexual assault.
Shelter Gardens
Located at 1817 W. Broadway. It is owned by Shelter Mutual Insurance Co. but is open to the public.
Shelter Insurance Cos.
A corporate umbrella that comprises several companies, including
Shelter Mutual Insurance Co., whose headquarters is in Columbia.
Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.
Its headquarters is located at 1817 W. Broadway. It is the regional
subsidiary of Shelter Insurance Cos.
Rock Bridge High School
See the lower education section.
sheriff
See Boone County Sheriff’s Department.
Roger B. Wilson Boone County Government Center
Located at 801 E. Walnut St. Use the full name on first reference.
On second reference, use the County Government Center (note the
capitalization).
Show-Me
Always hyphenate, even in proper names, when used as an adjective. However, note that it is not hyphenated on state license
plates.
Roots 'N' Blues 'N' BBQ
Note that all of the apostrophes' tails face left.
sororities (MU)
OAlpha Chi Omega, Alpha Nu chapter
OAlpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma chapter
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*Exceptions to AP style
OAlpha
St. Thomas More Newman Center
Located at 701 Maryland Ave., it is a campus ministry parish for
Catholics. On second reference, use the Newman Center or the
center.
Kappa Alpha, Delta Tau chapter
Phi, Omicron chapter
OChi Omega, Rho Alpha chapter
ODelta Delta Delta, Delta Xi chapter
ODelta Gamma, Mu chapter
OGamma Phi Beta, Alpha Delta chapter
OKappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Mu chapter
OKappa Delta, Epsilon Iota chapter
OKappa Kappa Gamma, Theta chapter
OPhi Mu, Chi chapter
OPi Beta Phi, Mo Alpha chapter
OZeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Psi chapter
OAlpha
Southern Boone County Fire Protection District
Located in Ashland. On second reference, use the Fire District
(note the capitalization). Whenever possible, use Ashland firefighters instead of just the district because there are many districts in
the county and it is better to talk about people doing things rather
than districts doing things. See Boone County Fire Protection
District and Columbia Fire Department.
Speakers Circle
No apostrophe. It is where speakers gather, but it does not belong
to the speakers.
Special Weapons and Tactics Team
Use on first reference. On second reference, use the SWAT Team
or the team. This team is operated by the Columbia Police Department and responds to situations deemed beyond the realm of normal patrol work. Examples would be hostage situations or riots.
Springfield
When referring to the Missouri city, it stands alone in datelines
and text. For other cities of the same name, follow it with the state
abbreviation: Springfield, Ill.
Stadium Boulevard
See roads.
State Farm Insurance Co.
The regional office is located at 4700 S. Providence Road.
State Historical Society of Missouri
Located in Ellis Library. The official name can be shortened to
State Historical Society when there is no chance for confusion with
the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis.
Stephens College
See the higher education section.
*Stephens College Board of Trustees
Because Stephens College is a prominent local entity, capitalize
its Board of Trustees on first reference. On second reference,
use the board of trustees (lowercase) or the board. This is the only
exception to the board of trustees rule in AP style.
streets
See roads.
STRIPES
Use the all-caps acronym on first reference, even though it stands
for Supportive Tigers Riding in Pursuit of Ensuring Safety. It is an
MU student-run volunteer organization that provides rides to students to prevent drunken driving.
Supreme Court
See Missouri Supreme Court.
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T
taglines
These are used at the end of stories and infoboxes to indicate
either additional sources of information or contribution of reporters (something to the effect of Missourian reporter Casey Law
contributed to this article). They are also used at the end of briefs
or Life Stories that use information primarily from news releases
(indicated with an em dash, a space and the reporter's name).
Sometimes called shirttails.
Taser
The acronym for Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle, an electronic
control device or stun gun. The preferred usage is to say Police
shocked (or stunned) the suspect with a Taser. If it all possible,
avoid using Taser as a verb or a gerund, the noun form of a verb
that ends in –ing.
teaching assistant
Always spell out on first reference. The abbreviation is TA; the plural form is TAs.
telephone numbers
See area codes.
television stations
For broadcast stations, list the call letters and station channel as
you would with radio stations: KOMU/Channel 8.
O KOMU/Channel 8
NBC, Columbia
O KRCG/Channel 13
CBS, Jefferson City
O KMIZ/Channel 17
ABC, Columbia
For cable stations, just give the name of the channel. Do not give
the channel number because it would be different depending on
whether a person uses digital cable or satellite: The game will be
broadcast on Fox Sports Net and ESPN.
*Tenth Street
Normally, 10 and greater use numerals instead of the full spelling. But because there are only 10 numbered streets in Columbia,
spell out all 10 for consistency.
theatre
Use this alternate spelling on first reference only when it appears
in a proper name, such as the MU Theatre Department or the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts. On subsequent references, use
the theater with the usual spelling. See Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts, Rhynsburger Theatre and
Warehouse Theatre.
think
You think with your intellect and reason. One thinks it might rain
tomorrow. Of the three — believe, feel or think — think is the
safest word to use: Scientists think there could be life on Mars.
However, it is still best to use said whenever possible. See believe,
feel and said/says.
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Tiger Spot
A mosaic of a tiger’s head created by Paul Jackson and installed
on MU’s Lowry Mall. It is supposed to be moved to an as-of-yet
undetermined location. On second reference, use the mosaic or
the Spot
time, date, place
O The Missourian follows this style anywhere an event’s specifics
are given: the calendar, infoboxes, body copy, cutlines, etc.: The
dinner will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ridgeway Elementary School,
107 E. Sexton Road.
O Use this style for events having a definite start and end time:
2 to 4 p.m. or 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Note that if both times are in the
same half of the day, only one a.m./p.m. designation is needed,
unless one of the times is noon or midnight.
titles
O Per new AP style, use first and last names on first reference for
presidents: President Barack Obama, not President Obama.
O Never use more than three title words before someone’s name.
If using more than three, put them after the name: British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown (three title words), but Casey Law, vice chancellor for student affairs (five title words).
today
O Use today to refer to events happening the day of the newspaper’s print publication. Most wire copy will simply give the day of
the week. Change stories to match the publication date. In online
stories, use the day of the week on which the story is posted (i.e.,
Monday, Tuesday, etc.). If the event is outside of a week of the
posting date, use the date: Oct. 17.
O Be especially careful when writing/editing advance copy to make
sure that today will be used correctly.
O Never use tomorrow or yesterday. Just use the day of the week.
See the AP Stylebook for day/date usage.
True/False Film Festival
Started in 2004, the festival is held annually on a weekend in
mid- to late-February. Documentary films are shown at a variety of
venues in downtown Columbia.
Truman Veterans Hospital
See hospitals.
TDD
See Missouri Transportation Development District Act.
U
University of Missouri
Use MU on all references to the Columbia campus. Never use
University of Missouri-Columbia or UMC. If there would be confusion with another college in the system, then write around it using
something to the effect of the Columbia campus. When referring to
the whole system, use the University of Missouri System (System is
capitalized) on first reference. UM, the UM System, the system or
the four-campus system are acceptable on second reference. See
the higher education section for more.
University of Missouri Health Care
See MU Health Care.
University Y
Located in Brady Commons. It is the combined University YMCA
and YWCA.
*Exceptions to AP style
V
Voters Guide
No apostrophe. It is a guide for voters, but it does not belong to
the voters.
W
*Walmart
Use on first reference; as of December 2008, the corporation was
in the process of filing for a name change from Wal-Mart. On second reference, use Walmart or the supercenter.
Columbia has three Walmart Supercenter stores: at 415 Conley
Road; at 3001 W. Broadway; and at 1201 Grindstone Parkway.
The late founder, Sam Walton, played quarterback for Hickman
High School in the 1930s and graduated from MU with a degree in
economics in 1940. Two of his nieces reside in Columbia.
Walters-Boone County Historical Museum
Located at 3801 Ponderosa St. It is operated by the Boone County Historical Society. Use full title on first reference. On second
reference, use the historical museum or the museum.
*wards
Spell out and capitalize the political divisions in Columbia and surrounding communities: Fifth Ward. There are six wards in Columbia. See the city government section for ward boundaries and
council members.
Warehouse Theatre
Located at 104 Willis Ave., Stephens College. On first reference,
use the alternate spelling of Theatre in the proper name and the
theater on subsequent references.
West Boulevard
See roads.
Y
YouZeum
Located in the historic Federal Building, 608 Cherry St. Note
the capital Z. Formerly called the Health Adventure Center, it
opened on May 1, 2008. It is an interactive science museum
that focuses on health, wellness and physical activity.
Z
ZIP codes
Columbia has 10:
O 65201 for addresses south of Interstate 70 and east of Providence Road
O 65202 for addresses north of I-70
O 65203 for addresses south of I-70 and west of Providence
Road, including Providence Road
O 65205 for all post office boxes
O 65211 for MU administrative offices
O 65212 for University Hospital and Clinics
O 65215 for Stephens College
O 65216 for Columbia College
O 65217 for State Farm Insurance Co.
O 65218 for Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.
PREFERRED TERMS
*Exceptions to AP style
ABORTION
O People who support a woman’s right to choose an abortion are
abortion-rights supporters or supporters of abortion rights. People
who think abortion should not be an option are abortion-rights
opponents, opponents of abortion rights or members of an antiabortion group.
O In quoted material, editorials or letters to the editor, pro-choice
and pro-life are acceptable.
GENDER TERMS
O Use -man or -woman endings when possible: chairwoman or
businessman; councilman or councilwoman. If sex is not known,
use -person.
ODo not use the terms lady or gentleman.
O Firefighter, not fireman.
O Flight attendant, not stewardess or steward.
O Homemaker, not housewife.
O Humanity, not mankind.
O Husband and wife, not man and wife.
O Letter carrier or postal worker, not mailman.
O *National Guard members, not National Guardsmen.
O Police officer, not policeman.
O Service members, not servicemen.
O Woman or women, not lady or ladies. Always call females older
than 18 women and males over 18 men.
O Workers' compensation, not workmen’s compensation.
AIDS
O Use person with AIDS, but do not use AIDS victim or AIDS sufferer.
O People do not die from AIDS but from AIDS-related complications.
AVOIDING AGEISM
O Avoid elderly except in generic references because it hints at
incapacitated, decrepit or unable to care for oneself.
O Use older citizens or older people. Senior citizen will often be
used by sources and is acceptable but not preferable.
O Just because people are older does not mean they are grandmotherly or grandfatherly. It is possible they are not grandparents or
even parents at all. Likewise, someone who has grandchildren is
not necessarily an older person. Also, do not use terms such as
little old lady or little old man.
O Avoid using a phrase such as active grandmother because it is
ageist and assumes that an active grandmother is an exception
rather than the rule. Never assume a group of people shares characteristics.
ETHNIC REFERENCES
O Ethnic references that end in –American are hyphenated in all
instances except for Native American. When possible, refer to a
person's country of origin, such as Mexican-American.
O Black or African-American is acceptable as an adjective, though
not all black people are from Africa. Stay consistent within a story.
Some groups prefer one term over the other.
O American Indian or Native American is acceptable, but it’s best
to use specific tribe names when possible. In Alaska, for example,
the indigenous groups include Aleuts, Inuits, Eskimos and Indians.
O Asian-American is acceptable; never use Oriental. Use specific
terms if possible, such as Chinese-American.
O *Hispanic refers to a person whose ethnic origin is from a
Spanish-speaking country. Latino, or Latina for females, refers to
people from Latin America. For example, Brazilians are not Hispanics, but they are Latinos. In statistics, Hispanic is not considered
a race; there are Hispanics of all races. Use specific terms if possible, such as Mexican-American, and ask for an individual's preference. Note: Puerto Ricans are American citizens.
O Jews are an ethnic group and a religious group.
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IMMIGRANTS
O *Undocumented immigrant is the preferred term rather than
illegal immigrant because he or she has not yet been determined
to be illegal and might not work. Also, many undocumented immigrants originally had valid visas but stayed in the U.S. after their
visas expired.
O Never use illegal alien or illegals because both are considered
derogatory.
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
O *Disabled should not be used as either an adjective or a noun.
A person with a disability is not necessarily disabled. Instead, use
a person with a disability or a person who uses a wheelchair as
nouns to refer to someone.
O Never use crippled, handicapped or wheelchair-bound. Avoid
afflicted with, stricken with, suffers from or is a victim of. Instead,
He has (or acquired) cystic fibrosis. See AP Stylebook for more.
O Keep deaf lowercased, even though some groups want it capitalized as a cultural identification.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
O People who are homosexual are gay men and lesbians. Gay can
be used as a blanket term for people of same-sex orientation
(e.g., in headlines), but it is best to be specific when you can.
O Only use homosexual in scientific or clinical stories. People who
are heterosexual can be referred to as straight or heterosexual.
O Use the term partner to refer to a spouse or significant other of
a gay person. Always check with the couple to verify if partner is
correct. Do not use longtime companions unless the couple refer
to themselves that way.
O Do not use sexual persuasion, sexual preference or gay/homosexual lifestyle. All are pejorative phrases because they imply choice.
Instead, use sexual orientation.
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STYLE
SPORTS STYLE
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Basics
Place the final score up high in the story, usually in
the second paragraph. Do not list any partial scores
before giving the final score.
O Do not write the story chronologically. In most cases,
the first half of a game does not matter and can be
described in the last few paragraphs or left out.
O Do not put the next game’s schedule at the end.
O In game stories, it is usually not necessary to mention the venue more than once.
O
Sports stories need to be clear and easy to read,
using common language.
O Stories should have interesting ledes followed with the
turning point of the game. Tell how the game was won or
lost. Include both teams’ nicknames, records, standout
players’ statistics and quotes from both teams.
O The preferred word for attribution is said. Use the
construction person said, not said person. See said in
the main alphabetized section for more.
O
DO NOT do these things in sports ledes:
O Write holiday ledes
O Write homecoming ledes
O Write ledes similar to The Associated Press
O Write one-word ledes
O Write question ledes
O Write quote ledes
O
O
O
O
O
O
Ledes
Write rivalry ledes
Write senior-night ledes
Write weather ledes
Put final scores in ledes
Put records in ledes
Start with the school/sport/team struggled
Numbers
Unless starting a sentence, 10 and higher are always
numerals. This is true even when the numbers are
mixed, such as He averages 14 points and seven
rebounds.
O Scores are always numbers, and the higher number
comes first. The exceptions are for tennis and volleyball, in which multiple games are played in a set.
For those, list the winning team’s scores first for all
O
games: Columbia College defeated Missouri 26-30,
30-22, 28-30, 30-15, 15-4.
O When writing about tennis, volleyball or softball/
baseball doubleheaders, keep the scores strung
together instead of sprinkling them among paragraphs.
O See the following individual sports listings for more
on numbers.
Avoiding redundancy/tightening stories
The key to avoiding redundancy is to ask yourself
whether you can omit words without changing the
meaning. Here are redundancies to avoid:
Ocurrently is (Currently means is.)
O first-ever (First means the first time.)
O first-team All-State/All-America (If a person is AllState, that is first-team. Only designate if someone
is second-team, etc. Make sure All-State is part of the
proper name of an entity before capitalizing it.)
O game-tying (What else would the team tie?)
O game-winning (What else would the team win?)
O grand slam home run (A grand slam is automatically
a home run that drives in four runs.)
Ohis/her own (If it is his or hers, he or she already
owns it.)
Oimproved its record to 3-2 (The construct of the
sentence implies record. Instead, say improved to 3-2.)
Ois now (Now means is.)
O new record (What other kind would anyone set?)
O quarterback sack (Who else would be sacked?)
Osingle-game record (The game tells the reader it is a
single. Is there any such thing as a double game?)
O slam dunk (A dunk is a slam; a slam is a dunk.)
O 36-yard line (If a person is tackled at the 36, it
must be a yard line.)
O tied at 1-1, tied at 7-all (If it is tied, both teams have
the same score. Use tied at 7.)
OThe volleyball team is playing some of its best volleyball of the season. (What else would the volleyball team
play? Make it playing as well as it has all season.)
away from (If a person transfers from a
place, it must be away from it.)
To tighten your writing, again ask yourself if you
can omit words without changing the meaning.
Remember, 30 useless words equal about 1 inch you
can use to tell your story better.
Oall-time — Often unnecessary. If it is a record, that
means all-time.
Ofollowing — Change to after.
Ogames — Can be deleted. The Tigers won 12-of14 games. — What would they be winning besides
games?
Oin history — Such as Missouri beat Kansas for the
first time in history. End the sentence after time.
Ojust — Its construction often sets up a poor performance, such as Missouri shot just 2-for-23. Avoid the
word just.
Olast season, last month, last game — Do not use last
unless they will never play again. Instead, use past.
Oleft in the game — If a game is in the last quarter,
half or period, there is no need to say in the game.
Oonly — The same rules as just.
Oon the offensive/defensive end — Just say on
offense/defense.
Oremainder/remaining — Change to left.
Osimply — A useless word.
Otook over sole possession of first place — Change to
took over first place. If it is a tie, then say so.
Owill be going — Change to will go.
Otransfer
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First references/team names
On first reference, use the school name or city (for
professional sports). When using school names, use
the shortened version instead of the official name
(Kansas instead of University of Kansas). Use nicknames as a second reference, and alternate after
that. Make sure to include the nickname of the
opposing team for parallel construction.
O Big 12 Conference — Drop Conference on second
reference.
O Columbia College Cougars — Never use Cougs or
Columbia.
O Douglass Bulldogs
O Hickman Kewpies — Kewpies is preferred, though
Kewps is acceptable in headlines.
O Missouri Tigers — MU is acceptable in headlines;
Mizzou is acceptable in stories or display type.
Rock Bridge Bruins — Rock Bridge is two words.
Stephens College Stars — Don’t drop the College
on first reference. Note there is no apostrophe in
Stephens.
O Audrey J. Walton Stadium
O Cosmopolitan Park — Not Cosmo Park on first reference.
O Hearnes Center — No the before Hearnes Center.
O Memorial Stadium — Not Faurot Field, which is the
playing surface.
O Mizzou Arena — Not the Norm Stewart Court (formerly
in Hearnes Center). Use the arena on second reference.
O Taylor Stadium — Not Simmons Field.
O The Arena at Southwell Complex — This is the name
of Columbia College’s arena.
O University Field
O
O
Big 12 Conference
The school abbreviations can be used in tight headlines and quick-hit elements such as infoboxes.
Big 12 North (Missouri is in the North division):
O Colorado Buffaloes (CU) — Located in Boulder.
O Iowa State Cyclones (ISU) — Located in Ames.
O Kansas Jayhawks (KU) — Located in Lawrence.
O Kansas State Wildcats (KSU) — Located in
Manhattan.
O Nebraska Cornhuskers (NU) — Located in Lincoln.
’Huskers is acceptable in tight headlines, but it must
use the apostrophe with the tail facing left.
Big 12 South:
O Baylor Bears (BU) — Located in Waco, Texas. Baylor
is the only private university in the Big 12.
O Oklahoma Sooners (OU) — Located in Norman.
O Oklahoma State Cowboys (OSU) — Located in
Stillwater.
O Texas A&M Aggies (A&M) — Located in College
Station.
O Texas Longhorns (UT) — Located in Austin.
O Texas Tech Red Raiders (Texas Tech) — Located in
Lubbock.
Points of style
Team is an it, not a they. This is one of the most
important style rules in sports. As in, Missouri beat
back its opponents, not Missouri beat back their opponents. Only use they and their when you’re using the
nickname, as in the Tigers beat their opponents.
O Even when a team nickname sounds singular, treat it
as a plural, as in the Magic have their work cut out for
them. (But, Orlando has its work cut out for it.)
O These commonly missed words are all one word:
ballclub, ballgame, ballpark, ballplayer, layup, lineup,
matchup, nonconference, pregame, preseason,
postgame, postseason.
O boys team, girls team — No apostrophe after boys
and girls.
O cliches — Avoid these common sports cliches: the
team took the field (to where did it take the field?),
the team got on the scoreboard (it must be a big
scoreboard for everyone to fit), a player sees playing
time (was the time worth watching?) and drains a trey
(was the player working in a restaurant at the time?).
Also, avoid war references; nobody explodes down the
field. Don’t write the way sportscasters on TV speak;
often, broadcasters use incorrect grammar and a lot
of cliches.
O finished in first place — A wordy way to say won.
O head coach — Only use if the story mentions assistant coaches. Coach implies the one in charge.
O injuries — Find out exactly what is injured and
whether it’s right or left. Also, find out the prognosis.
Use common language: broken, not fractured; bruise,
O
not contusion; cut, not laceration; scrape, not abrasion.
O plan on — Incorrect. Use plan to.
O postseason — Your story must explain who advances, when and where (after all, advancing is the whole
point of postseason play). There is no such thing as
regionals, districts or states. They are regional, district or state meets. Only use Final Four for the NCAA
Tournament (both men’s and women’s). Otherwise,
use semifinals.
O unanswered points — A cliche. Write consecutive
points or points in a row instead.
O with a time of — A wordy way to say in.
O Do not make readers guess the score by writing The
Tigers scored to get within four points. Instead, just
write what the score was at that time.
O Do not call someone a the, as in the 6-foot-1 guard
Smith or the 35-year-old Smith. Instead, say Smith, a
6-foot-1 guard or Smith, 35.
O Do not put scores in headlines or cutlines and do not
put records in headlines.
O When writing cutlines, do not repeat what is obvious from looking at a photo. Do not use words such
as celebrates, reacts, smiles, etc. See cutlines in the
design style guide for more information.
O It is OK to have a dirty mind if it keeps innuendo
and double meanings from appearing in print.
O Team is an it. It bears repeating because it is so
often missed and is so important to correct writing.
Team is an it.
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Baseball/softball
Common word problems: base runner, center fielder,
first base, home run (not homer), left-hander, outfielder,
pinch-hit (noun and adjective), pinch hit (verb), pinch
hitter, RBIs (yes, it is a double plural: Runs Batted
Ins), 3-for-4, third baseman (use –man even when it’s a
woman playing).
O Common cliches to avoid: hurler, on the hill, port
sider, southpaw, three bagger, etc.
O
Common redundancies to avoid: bases-clearing triple
(redundant and incorrect — it clears all those who
were on base, but the hitter is left on base), complete
game shutout (pitchers can’t throw a shutout unless
they pitch the entire game; if they shut out certain
innings, say that), grand-slam home run.
O An extra-bases hit is not a double. That’s an
extra-base hit.
O
Basketball
Common word problems: alley-oop (don’t forget the
hyphen), free-throw line (don’t forget the hyphen), hardwood (not a synonym for court)
O Common redundancies to avoid: jump shot, slam
dunk, 3-pointer from beyond the arc (it has to be
beyond the arc or it’s not a 3-pointer)
O Double-doubles — reaching double digits in two
categories (or double digits in three categories for a
O
triple-double). If you say Smith had 14 points and 10
rebounds, it is redundant to say she had a doubledouble because the numbers already convey that.
O NCAA Tournament and Sweet Sixteen — Capitalize
the T in Tournament; this is an exception where
Sixteen is spelled out.
Football
Common word problems: ball carrier, goal post, gridiron (not used anymore), running back
O Common redundancies to avoid: offensive guard/
offensive tackle, place-kicker (kicker is fine; the other
person who kicks is a punter), quarterback sack, yard
O
line
O TD or QB — Spell out touchdown and quarterback
except in tight headlines.
O*Yards are always numbers, even if it is fourthand-1. This is an exception to AP style.
Swimming
O
Some pools are measured in yards, others in
meters. Ask.
O Spell out minutes and seconds on first reference,
as in Shirley Jones finished in 3 minutes, 14.2 seconds.
O
O
For relays, use 4x200, etc. Try to get all the names.
breaststroke — Even though it looks strange with an
stst in it.
Common redundancies to avoid: finished first (use
won), in a time of/with a time of (use in)
O 100-meter dash — 100 on second reference.
O
Track
O
For relays, use 4x800, 4x400, etc. Try to get all the
names.
O Spell out minutes and seconds on first reference.
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Guide to
MID-MISSOURI
MID-MISSOURI
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About Columbia
Columbia began as a town called
Smithton, centered on the area
around the current Walnut Street.
Because of a water shortage, the
town shifted its central location
and was renamed Columbia in
1821.
O Columbia has been described in
several magazines as one of the
best places to live for a city its
size. Although there are a lot of
O
young adults in the city because of
the three colleges, Columbia also
has a large population of residents
who are more than 60 years old.
O Education and health care are
the primary employers in Columbia.
The top four are MU, MU Health
Care, Columbia Public Schools and
Boone Hospital Center. The city
itself is the fifth largest employer.
Another economic staple is insur-
ance, with State Farm and Shelter
Insurance employing large numbers
of people. Education, health care
and insurance are considered
necessities, so Columbia is less
likely to be affected seriously by a
recession.
O The community is politically
diverse. At first glance, it appears
to be a liberal city, but voting patterns show it to be more moderate.
City buildings to know
Activity and Recreation Center
1701 W. Ash St.
O Columbia Fire Department
201 Orr St.
O Columbia Police Department
600 E. Walnut St.
O
Columbia Public Library
100 W. Broadway
O Columbia Public Schools
1818 W. Worley St.
O Daniel Boone City Building
701 E. Broadway
O
Howard Municipal Building
600 E. Broadway
O Parkade Community Center
601 Business Loop 70 W.
O Sanford-Kimpton Health
Department Building
1005 W. Worley St.
O
City government
Columbia operates with a councilmanager form of government.
With this setup, the City Council,
of which the mayor is a member,
establishes law and policy, and the
city manager is responsible for carrying out the day-to-day functions
of the city. The city has six wards,
and each ward elects one representative for a three-year term.
The whole city elects the mayor for
a three-year term. Council candidates are nominated by petition.
The City Council appoints the city
manager.
City officials
First Ward: Paul Sturtz
ward1@GoColumbiaMo.com
Second Ward: Chris Janku
ward2@GoColumbiaMo.com
Third Ward: Karl Skala
ward3@GoColumbiaMo.com
Fourth Ward: Jerry Wade
ward4@GoColumbiaMo.com
Fifth Ward: Laura Nauser
ward5@GoColumbiaMo.com
Sixth Ward: Barbara Hoppe
ward6@GoColumbiaMo.com
Mayor Darwin Hindman
mayor@GoColumbiaMo.com
City Manager Bill Watkins
cityman@GoColumbiaMo.com
Council meetings
The City Council holds regular meetings at 7 p.m. on the first and third
Mondays of the month in the Council Chambers of the Daniel Boone City
Building, 701 E. Broadway. It is best to cover these meetings in conjunction
with another reporter so that one person can come back to the newsroom
and start writing while the other person stays until the end for any late decisions.
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MID-MISSOURI CONTINUED
Elected officials/authority figures
Gary Forsee, University of
Missouri System president
O Cheryl Walker, UM Board of
Curators chairwoman
O Brady Deaton, MU chancellor
O Darwin Hindman, Columbia
mayor
O Bill Watkins, Columbia city
manager
O Tom Dresner, Columbia interim
police chief
O Bill Markgraf, Columbia Fire
Department chief
OScott Olsen, Boone County Fire
Protection District interim chief
O Jay Nixon, Missouri governor
O Peter Kinder, Missouri lieutenant
governor
O Rod Jetton, Republican speaker
of Missouri House
O Kit Bond, Republican U.S.
senator
O
O
Claire McCaskill, Democratic
U.S. senator
O Blaine Luetkemeyer, Republican
U.S. representative for the 9th
District (all of Boone County)
O Paul Quinn, Democratic state
representative for the 9th District
O Kurt Schaefer, Republican state
senator for the 19th District
O Steve Hobbs, Republican state
representative for the 21st District
O Jeff Harris, Democratic state
representative for the 23rd District
O Chris Kelly, Democratic state
representative for the 24th District
O Mary Still, Democratic state
representative for the 25th District
O Robin Carnahan, secretary of
state
O Clint Zweifel, state treasurer
O Chris Koster, state attorney
general
O
O
Susan Montee, state auditor
Mary Wilkerson, Special
Business District chairwoman
O Don Laird, Columbia Chamber of
Commerce president
O Bob Black, chairman of Regional
Economic Development Inc.
O Mike Alden, MU athletics
director
O Gary Pinkel, Missouri football
coach
O Mike Anderson, Missouri men’s
basketball coach
O Jim Ritter, Columbia Public
Schools superintendent
O Dwayne Carey, Boone County
sheriff
Bill Benoit, MU communications
professor
O Charles Davis, MU journalism
professor and executive director of the National Freedom of
Information Coalition
O
Familiar sources
The following people are regular
names in the Missourian. Although
these people will likely talk to the
media, they can be overused. Make
efforts to broaden your source list
beyond these few people.
O
Mark Haim, director of MidMissouri Peaceworks
O Dave Schmidt, the weather forecaster for KOMU/Channel 8
Boone County government
The Boone County Commission
has three members, all elected by
the public. The commission establishes policies, approves budgets
and works with the county advisory
boards and commissions.
O Southern District (District I)
O
Commissioner: Karen Miller
O Northern District (District II)
Commissioner: Skip Elkin
O Presiding Commissioner: Ken
Pearson
O Meetings are held in the
Roger B. Wilson Boone County
Government Center, 801 E. Walnut
St., the county seat.
O See the county boards and
commissions section for more.
MID-MISSOURI CONTINUED
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Communities
ASHLAND
Located southeast of Columbia on U.S. 63,
Ashland is a community of about 2,400.
It was founded in 1820 and developed
around a trading post. It was incorporated
in 1877. (6)
BOONVILLE
Located in Cooper County, west of Boone
County, Boonville is the oldest city in midMissouri. Founded in 1810, it is named for
the pioneer Daniel Boone. (16)
CALIFORNIA, MO.
Located in Moniteau County, southwest of
Boone County, California was founded in
1834 as Boonesborough and changed the
name in 1848. It is named after California
Wilson, a man who said he would buy
everyone in the town two gallons of whiskey if they named the town after him. It is
the county seat of Moniteau County. (17)
CENTRALIA
Located north of Columbia on Calvert
Hill Road, Centralia was founded in 1857
along the North Missouri Railroad. It is the
second-largest community in Boone County
behind Columbia. (10)
FAYETTE
Located in Howard County, west of Boone
County, Fayette was founded in 1823 by
Southerners and was part of Missouri’s
“Little Dixie Region.” It is the county seat
of Howard County. (15)
FULTON
Located in Callaway County, east of Boone
County, it is known for being the site of
Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech. (13)
HALLSVILLE
Located northeast of Columbia at the intersection of routes B and OO, Hallsville was
incorporated in 1954. (11)
HARRISBURG
Located northwest of Boone County at
the convergence of routes J, E and F and
Missouri 124, Harrisburg is incorporated. (8)
HARTSBURG
Located south of Columbia on the Missouri
River and the Katy Trail, Hartsburg is a
small town that was founded by German
and Dutch settlers. It is known for its
pumpkin festival. (5)
JEFFERSON CITY
Located in Cole County, south of Boone
County, Jefferson City is Missouri’s capital and one of Missouri’s largest cities.
It was founded in 1822 and named for
Thomas Jefferson in honor of the Louisiana
Purchase and the Lewis and Clark journey
along the Missouri River. (18)
McBAINE
Located southwest of Columbia on the
Missouri River and the Katy Trail, McBaine
is a community of 17 people, according to
2000 census data. The community was
larger until the Great Flood of ’93 destroyed
property and residents moved. (4)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Columbia
Pierpont
Prathersville
McBaine
Hartsburg
Ashland
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Rocheport
Harrisburg
Sturgeon
Centralia
Hallsville
Mexico, Mo.
MEXICO, MO.
Located in Audrain County, northeast of
Boone County, Mexico is a community
of 11,320. It was once known as the
“Saddlehorse Capital of the World.” (12)
MOBERLY
Located in Randolph County, north of
Boone County, Moberly was founded in
1866 as the result of a railroad auction. It
is the largest city in Randolph County. (14)
PIERPONT
Located south of Columbia at Missouri 163
and Route N, Pierpont won the right to be an
incorporated village in November 2004. (2)
PRATHERSVILLE
Located north of Columbia on Missouri
763, Prathersville is an unincorporated
community of about 100 people. (3)
ROCHEPORT
Located west of Columbia near Interstate
70, Rocheport is a community dating back
to the 1840s. It is known for its winery
overlooking the Missouri River and its
access to the Katy Trail. (7)
STURGEON
Located in extreme northern Boone County
off U.S. 63, Sturgeon was founded in
1856. It is named for Isaac Sturgeon, president of the North Missouri Railroad. (9)
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
Fulton
Moberly
Fayette
Boonville
California, Mo.
Jefferson City
Police chief
Administration,
patrol,
investigative
services
Finance director
Administration
and financial
planning, treasury
management,
accounting,
purchasing, selfinsurance/
management,
utilities accounts
and billing,
business licenses
Human Resources
director
City prosecutor
City counselor
ADA coordinator,
employee health
Emergency
Management
Joint
Communications
Special projects
IS director
Community
Services manager
Emergency
communications
and management
administrator
IS steering
committee
Labor
negotiations
Assistant city
manager
Municipal judge
Administration,
emergency
services,
community
services, training
Fire chief
Web/
e-government,
printing services,
mail services
Public
Communications
officer
Internal auditor
City clerk
Public health
services,
environmental
health, animal
control, clinic and
nursing
Director of public
health
City manager
Mayor and
City Council
Columbia
residents
CITY GOVERNMENT HIERARCHY
Planning,
zoning, CDBG,
Neighborhood
Association
Planning and
Development
director
Convention and
Visitors Bureau
director
Office of Volunteer
Services
Assistant to
city manager
Boards and
commissions
Traffic, airport,
engineering, streets
and sidewalks,
parking, protective
inspection, solid
waste, transit
system, wastewater
treatment,
stormwater utility,
custodial, vehicle
maintenance
Public Works
director
Cultural Affairs
manager
Administration,
engineering, fiscal
planning, energy
management,
railroad, electrical
and water
production, water
and electrical
distribution and
transmission, Cable
Channel 13
Water and Light
director
Economic
Development
director
Assistant city
manager
Administration,
CARE, recreation
services, park
operation, park
development
Parks and
Recreation director
Special projects
Legislative affairs
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Studies aviation needs for area
6
Gives exams and awards electricians’ licenses and certificates
6
5
Gives exams, grants/revokes licenses and certificates
for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration
(HVACR) occupations
Establishes standards for licensing of master and journeyman plumbers
O Gives exams and issues certificates
Board of Mechanical Examiners
Board of Plumbing Examiners
O
O
9
City Council, city manager and health officer on
public health and animal control
O Advises
O
nance contains errors
5
14
11
Members
ordi-
O Hears appeals concerning zoning ordinances
O Authorized to overturn official decisions if a zoning
O
Develops plans and advises City Council concerning
trails, safety and grants
O
Functions/duties
Board of Health
Board of Electrical Examiners
Board of Adjustment
Bicycle/Pedestrian Commission
Airport Advisory Board
Name of board or
commission
CITY BOARDS/COMMISSIONS
Must be registered to vote in Columbia
Must have interest in aviation
5 years
3 years
3 years
3 years
2 years
O One is director of Public Works or appointee
O One registered engineer
O One licensed electrical contractor
O One licensed electrician
O Two lay people
O Two physicians
O One veterinarian
O One nurse
O One dentist
O Two lay people
O All appointed by City Council
O One director of Public Works or appointee
O One registered professional engineer
O One HVACR master mechanic or contractor
O One HVACR journeyman mechanic
O One general contractor not in HVACR
O One lay person
O All must be registered voters in Columbia
O One must be director of Public Works
O One master plumber
O One journeyman plumber
O Two lay people
3 years
4 years
Length of term
Must be Columbia resident for five years
O
O One member of Planning and Zoning Commission
O One member of Parks and Recreation Commission
O One with knowledge of street construction
O One with knowledge of school districting
O Five with knowledge of bikes, bike safety and pedways
O Five with interest in pedestrian safety and infrastructure
O All must be registered to vote in Columbia
O
O
Qualifications for members
May
June
August
August
Regulars: May
Alternates:
November
July
May
Dates position
open
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Cultural Affairs Standing
Committee on Public Art
Cultural Affairs Commission
Convention and Visitors
Advisory Board
Community Services Advisory
Commission
10
Determines social needs of city and county
Recommends how to give services
Serves as liaison with government and other funding
sources
with cultural commission to advise City Council
on location and type of public art, including how to procure public art
O Works
6
12
O Advises
on all art/cultural matters in city
12
City Council, city manager and department
director on how to spend hotel/motel tax
O Reports to City Council on budget
O Advises
O
O
O
9
City Council and city manager concerning all
development matters
O Considers annual application for expenditures of federal
funds
O Advises
8
O Advises City Council on operation of CARE program
O Promotes CARE to employers in Boone County
CARE Advisory Board
Community Development
Commission
10
Members
Reviews building codes
Hears appeals of decisions made by fire marshal or
code official
O
O
Functions/duties
Building Construction Codes
Commission
Name of board or
commission
Five must own or operate a hotel or motel in Columbia
Must have interest in tourism business
O Three appointed by City Council
O Two artists
O One from business community
community, one of
which is in The District
O Two must represent elementary or secondary education
O Three from any category
O One lay person
O Four must have knowledge of fine arts
O Two must be from the business/professional
O
O
O
O
1 year
3 years
2 years
3 years
3 years
O One from Boone County Community Services Advisory Commission
O One from each city ward
O At least two at-large members
O All must be registered to vote in Columbia for three years
Must be registered voters and residents in Columbia
Experience in social services encouraged
Members
appointed by the
council serve 3
years; all others
serve indefinite
terms
One participant appointed by CARE director
One representative of Columbia Public School District appointed by
superintendent
O One representative of Columbia Chamber of Commerce appointed
by chamber’s board of directors
O One representative of MU appointed by chancellor
O One representative of Columbia Housing Authority appointed by
authority’s board of commissioners
O Three representatives appointed by City Council
O
O
3 years
Length of term
One engineer with electrical/mechanical experience
One engineer with structural/civil experience
One master plumber, licensed electrician or electrical contractor
One major contractor or superintendent
One minor contractor or home builder
One with experience in fire prevention
One registered architect
One residential rental-property owner
One lay person
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
Qualifications for members
CITY BOARDS/COMMISSIONS CONTINUED
July
April
September
December
November
March
August
Dates position
open
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City Council on firefighters’ retirement plan and
7
7
Holds educational programs to eliminate discrimination
and teach about human rights
O Investigates and mediates alleged discrimination
O Recommends to city staff on
O Assesses user friendliness of
Housing Authority Board
Human Rights Commission
O
O
resource priority of Internet
city’s activities
5
Manages rules for leasing/operation of housing projects
and contracts for services
O Acquires money for investments
O Files annual report with city clerk
Internet Citizens Advisory Group
7
Recommends to City Council on incentives for redevelopment of historical structures
O Identifies and maintains register of historical properties
O Reviews applications for historical designation
O Advises residents on preservation
O
O
Historic Preservation
Commission
4
7
fund
O Advises
Recommends to City Council on employee health care
benefits
Health Insurance Appeals Board O
Hears appeals regarding employee health plan administrator decisions
Firefighters Retirement Board
City Council on financial matters
O Advises
7
Environment and Energy
Commission
Finance Advisory Commission
13
O Prepares plans for City Council on energy
O Advises on environmental protection
O Assists in environmental improvements
Disabilities Commission
conservation
12
Holds public hearings on needs for people with
disabilities and advises City Council
O Monitors city’s accessibility
O Liaison between city and disability service organizations
O Educates community
O
Members
Functions/duties
Name of board or
commission
management representatives, appointed by city manager
representatives elected by city employees
with experience in benefits administration for a large organiza-
O Two
O Two
O Two
years
O
No special qualifications
must demonstrate commitment to human rights and belief in
equality
O All
O All must be taxpayers in Columbia for five
O None can be city officials or employees
O
O
O
One with background in historical preservation
One with background as real estate investor
Five should represent architecture, design, law, real estate appraisal
or construction
O May include one lay person
tion
O One director of personnel services
salaried members of fire department
are residents, voters in Columbia for two years
with dis-
O Two
O Two
for one year
Four appointed by Boone County Commission
Nine appointed by City Council
One from Planning and Zoning Commission
One from Board of Health
One from Water and Light Advisory Board
Six registered voters, residents of Columbia for three years
O One commercial banker
O One certified public accountant
O Business owners encouraged
O All are residents, voters in Columbia
O
O
O
O
O
O
abilities
O All must be Columbia residents
O Seven with significant disabilities as defined by ADA
O Two must own/operate a local business
O Three must have knowledge of providing services to people
Qualifications for members
CITY BOARDS/COMMISSIONS CONTINUED
3 years
3 years
4 years
Not specified
3 years
2 years
3 years
3 years
3 years
Length of term
October
March
May
Not specified
February
December
December
June
June
Dates position
open
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Water and Light Advisory Board
O Advises City Council on substance abuse
O Coordinates educational programs
Substance Abuse Advisory
Commission
O
Performs according to city charter and code of ordinances
matters
City Council on promoting new and established
business activity
O Stimulates economy
O Advises
City Council on operation of Columbia Terminal
and needs of shippers
O Advises
City Council on police retirement fund and plan
4
10
9
7
4
O
O
O
O Advises
7
7
9
system
matters
7
9
Members
Makes development plans for the city
Prepares rules for subdivision of land
Recommends whether developments should be
approved
O Advises annually on city personnel
O Reviews changes in policies
O Advises and makes plans for recreation
O Makes budget recommendations
of Incorporation of Columbia New
Century Fund Inc.
O Solicits funds for betterment of Columbia, including
beautification, natural land use, transportation facilities,
encouragement of arts, recreation, historic preservation,
architectural enhancement and public health
O Approves Articles
O Adopts by-laws and appoints CEO
O Controls expenditures, property, privileges
Functions/duties
Special Business District
Board of Directors
Railroad Advisory Board
Police Retirement Board
Planning and Zoning
Commission
Personnel Advisory Board
Parks and Recreation
Commission
New Century Fund
Board of Directors
Library Board of Trustees
Name of board or
commission
and aren’t paid by the city
salaried members of police department
voters, residents in Columbia
for one year
must be voters and residents in Columbia for one year
4 years
3 years
O One representative of higher education
O One representative of police department
O One representative of Columbia Public School District
O One under age 19
O All must be interested in substance abuse problems
O All
3 years
4 years
2 years
5 years
3 years
3 years
1 year
3 years
Length of term
must either own or operate, live or work in the Special Business
District
O All
must have knowledge of railroads, shipping, transportation or
business for principle of municipal ownership and operation of branch
line operations
O One appointed from a business that ships/receives goods over
branch line
O All
O Two
O Two
O One must be director of Public Works
O All are voters and residents of Columbia
O All must hold no other office in city
are voters and residents in Columbia and hold no lucrative position in city government
O Knowledge of management encouraged
O All
O All are voters in Columbia
O One from each ward
O One at-large member
or bank trust officer with
experience in operation of a corporation or charitable trust
O Five residents and registered voters in Columbia
O All appointed by City Council
O One City Council member
O One certified public accountant, attorney
O All must live in Columbia Library district
O None can be found be in city government
Qualifications for members
CITY BOARDS/COMMISSIONS CONTINUED
June
October
January
July
December
May
September
May
Not specified
June
Dates position
open
46
7
O Studies resources and plans for maximizing long-term
Judicial and Law Enforcement Task
use of jail, courthouse and sheriff’s department while
Force
meeting residents’ needs
4
10
on environmental protection and
improvements
O Advises
O Exercises Industrial Revenue Bond to develop
Industrial Development Authority commercial, industrial, agricultural and manufacturing
facilities in Boone County
Energy and Environment
Commission
4
Ensures availability of services to those who have difficulty meeting basic human needs
O
O
Community Services Advisory
Commission
12
9
Reviews requests for variance from building codes
9
Reviews construction codes and advises County
Commission on building codes
O
Provide facilities and services for residents with
disabilities, either mental or physical
O
Building Code Commission
Building Code
Board of Appeals
Boone County Group
Homes Board
12
Makes suggestions for development, use and
maintenance of any land acquired for use as a park or
sanitary landfill
Board of Parks Commission
O
3
6
Members
County Commission and health director on
public health
O Advises
Reviews requests for variance from zoning and
subdivision regulations
O
Functions/duties
Board of Health
Board of Adjustment
Name of board or
commission
Qualifications for members
One must be executive director of Boone County Group Homes
One must be director of Public Works
One must be director of Planning and Building
One from each township in Boone County
One must represent the Columbia/Boone County Health Department
No specific qualifications
One must be manager of Office of Community Services
One must be director of Planning and Building
O
No specific qualifications
O One must be legal counsel to the authority
O All are taxpayers in Boone County for five years and residents of
O None can be officers or employees of county or municipalities
O
O
O
O
O
O
county
One must be the fire chief
One must be director of Planning and Building
Seven must be licensed engineers, architects, contractors representing a building trade
or superintendent of building construction, with at least one who has either architectural
or structural/civil engineering experience
O No more than two can be from the same business or profession
O One from each township in Boone County
O
O
O
O
O
may live in
incorporated areas of the county
O No more than one can be a member of the county Zoning Commission
O One must be director of Planning and Building department
O All must be Boone County residents, but no more than two
COUNTY BOARDS/COMMISSIONS
3 years
3 years
3 years
3 years
2 years
5 years
3 years
Interim terms:
1 year (1)
2 years (2)
3 years (2)
4 years (2) Rest
are 4 years
3 years
4 years
Length of term
47
administrator of Boone Retirement Center
Looks for ways to meet needs of seniors
O Advises
O
on the conditions of and needs for roads and
bridges in Boone County
O Advises
long-term responsibility for wastewater quality
in Boone County, except where such quality is controlled
by a municipality
County Commission on land use
O Assumes
O Advises
Vicious Dog Advisory Board
O
Evaluates dogs suspected of being violent and recommends to Health Department director as to the dogs’ classification and disposition
Small On-Site Wastewater Review O Reviews requests for variance from wastewater regulations
Board
Senior Citizens Services
Corporation
Senior Board
Road and Bridge Advisory
Committee
Regional Sewer District
Planning and Zoning Commission
Provides information to residents on illnesses and service providers
O Can place mental health mill tax on ballot without petition
Mental Health
Board of Trustees
O
Oversees operations of Daniel Boone Regional Library
system and its role in Boone County
O
Functions/duties
Library Board
Name of board or
commission
10
5
6
O
O
O
O
O
One must be a licensed veterinarian
One must be an animal control officer
One must represent the Health Department
One with knowledge of dogs
One at-large member
but does not vote on board
O One must represent Planning and Building inspection department
O One must be a registered engineer or soil scientist
O Three must be public people who own property with small on-site wastewater systems
O One must be a Health Department representative who provides administrative support
O
O
3 years
3 years
3 years
4 years
One from each township in Boone County
O
13
One must represent Boone Retirement Center
Seven must serve on one of four committees: finance, human resources, quality assurance or planning and development
4 years
One must be director of Public Works
One must be a county commissioner
One must be from Planning and Building
One from each township in Boone County
O
O
O
O
8
5 years
4 years
One must be director of Planning and Building
One must be director of Public Works
One from each township in Boone County
O
O
O
One must be from Public Works
Board appoints five trustees, the majority of whom live in the district
3 years
4 years
One-third should represent consumers
No more than one-third should represent service providers
No more than half can be health care providers
One must represent library
Length of term
O
O
O
O
Qualifications for members
O
O
5
12
6
Members
COUNTY BOARDS/COMMISSIONS CONTINUED
48
49
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Trails
Parks
Columbia
city limits
Blue Ridge Road
Business Loop 70
Clark Lane
Broadway
Scott Blvd.
Chapel Hill Road
Foru
Blvd. m
Rollins Road
Stadium
Blvd.
Nifong Blvd
.
Southampton Drive
1. Again Street Park
1200 Again St.
2. American Legion Park
602 S. Legion Lane
3. Auburn Hills Park (undeveloped)
Derby Ridge Road
4. Bear Creek Park
1402 Elleta Blvd.
5. Bear Creek Trail
6. Boxer Park (preserved green space)
2100 Newton Drive
7. Brown Station Park
3425 Jamesdale Drive
8. Capen Park
1600 Capen Park Drive
9. Cliff Drive Park
1819 Cliff Drive
10. Cosmo-Bethel Park
4500 Bethel St.
*Cosmo-Bethel on second reference; don’t confuse with Cosmopolitan
11. Cosmopolitan Park
1615 Business Loop 70 W.
*Cosmo or Cosmo Park on second reference
12. Douglass Park
400 N. Providence Road
13. Downtown Optimist Park
100 E. Forest Ave.
14. Dublin Avenue Park
4101 Dublin Ave.
15. Fairview Park
1001 Fairview Road
16. Field Park
900 Range Line St.
17. Flat Branch Park
*Two accesses: 101 S. Fourth St. and 400 Locust St.
18. Forum Nature Area
2701 Forum Blvd.
19. Grasslands Park
21 E. Clarkson Road
20. Grindstone Nature Area
2011 S. Old 63
21. Highpointe Park
801 Huntridge Drive
22. Hinkson Creek Trail
23. Indian Hills Park
5009 Aztec Blvd.
24. Kiwanis Park
926 College Park Drive
25. Kyd Park (preserved green space)
2210 Garnet Drive
26. Lake of the Woods Recreation Area
6700 St. Charles Road
27. Longview Park
4980 Gillespie Bridge Road
28. MKT Trail Buffer Area
29. MKT Trail
*Five accesses: 101 S. Fourth St., 501 S. Providence Road,
800 S. Stadium Blvd., 2701 Forum Blvd. and 3662 Scott Blvd.
30. McKee Street Park
1900 McKee St.
31. Nifong Park
2900 E. Nifong Blvd.
32. Oakland Park
1900 Blue Ridge Road
*Also called Albert-Oakland Park
33. Oakwood Hills Park
2421 Lynnwood Drive
34. Paquin Park
212 Waugh St.
35. Parkade Park
2200 Bear Creek Drive
36. Proctor Park
411 Proctor Drive
37. Rock Bridge Park
201 Miramar Lane
*Don’t confuse with Rock Bridge Memorial State Park (not shown)
38. Rock Quarry Park
2002 Grindstone Parkway
39. Rockhill Park
601 Rockhill Road
40. Rothwell Park
309 Rothwell Drive
41. Shepard Boulevard Park
2717 Shepard Blvd.
42. Smithton Park
3501 W. Worley St.
43. Stephens Lake Park
2001 E. Broadway
44. Twin Lakes Recreation Area
2500 Chapel Hill Road
45. Valleyview Park
2210 Garden Drive
46. Village Square Park
114 N. Ninth St.
47. Westwinds Park
1132 Westwinds Drive
48. Woodridge Park
3532 Berrywood Drive
49. Worley Street Park
503 W. Worley St.
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, JUNIOR HIGH
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS
M
RIDGEWAY
50
COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
51
School Board and members
On first reference, use the Columbia
School Board. On second reference, use
the board.
O The board consists of seven members
who are elected in staggered three-year
terms. Elections are held in April.
O The board appoints the superintendent, who is responsible for executing
board policies.
O
Members must be U.S. citizens, voters in the school district and 24 years
old. They must have lived in Missouri for
one year and have an interest in educational opportunities for children.
O
Michelle Gadbois, president,
michellegadbois@aol.com
O Steve Calloway, vice president,
stevec6393@mchsi.com
O Karla DeSpain, kdespain@mac.com
O Jan Mees, janmees@mchsi.com
O Tom Rose, tomrose@centurytel.net
O Ines Segert, isegert@fastmail.fm
O Rosie Tippin, rosie0126@gmail.com
O
Use the headings provided and the word School on first reference. On subsequent references, drop
the grade designation (elementary, middle, junior high, high). Go online for more complete entries.
Benton Elementary
O
O
MASCOT: Bees
SCHOOL COLORS: Black and
yellow
O
O
ADDRESS: 1410 Hinkson Ave.
PHONE: 214-3610
O GRADES: Preschool through fifth
grade
O
O
Blue Ridge Elementary
O
O
MASCOT: Mustangs
SCHOOL COLORS: Blue and
white
O
O
ADDRESS: 3700 Woodland Drive
PHONE: 214-3580
O GRADES: Preschool through fifth
grade
O
O
MASCOT: Cardinals
SCHOOL COLORS: Green and
white
O
O
MASCOT: Dragons
SCHOOL COLORS: Purple and
green
O
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Troy S. Hogg
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Tami Ensor
PRINCIPAL: Tim Majerus
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Jeri Petre
Cedar Ridge Elementary
ADDRESS: 1100 Roseta Ave.
PHONE: 214-3510
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
O
O
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Angie Beutenmiller
(interim)
Derby Ridge Elementary
ADDRESS: 4000 Derby Ridge
Drive
O PHONE: 214-3270
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
O
PRINCIPAL: Tina Windett (acting)
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Kelsey Morris
Fairview Elementary
O
O
MASCOT: Falcons
SCHOOL COLORS: Blue, yellow
and white
O
O
ADDRESS: 909 S. Fairview Road
PHONE: 214-3590
O GRADES: Preschool through fifth
grade
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Diana DeMoss
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Adrienne
Patton
MASCOT: Tigers (Shumba)
SCHOOL COLORS: Black and
gold
O
Field Elementary
ADDRESS: 1010 Rangeline Road
PHONE: 214-3620
O GRADES: Preschool through fifth
grade
O
O
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Carol Garman
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CONTINUED
Grant Elementary
ADDRESS: 10 E. Broadway
PHONE: 214-3520
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
MASCOT: Generals
SCHOOL COLORS: Royal blue
and gold
PRINCIPAL: Beverly Borduin
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Jennifer
Wingert
O
O
O
O
O
O
Lee Elementary
ADDRESS: 1208 Locust St.
PHONE: 214-3530
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
O
O
MASCOT: Explorers
O
PRINCIPAL: Teresa VanDover
OTHER INFORMATION: Partners
with Stephens' art department and
MU's art and music departments.
O
O
Midway Heights Elementary
ADDRESS: 8130 U.S. 40
PHONE: 214-3540
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
MASCOT: Eagles
SCHOOL COLORS: Blue and
white
O
O
O
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Anne Billington
Mill Creek Elementary
ADDRESS: 2200 W. Nifong Blvd.
PHONE: 214-3280
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
O
O
MASCOT: Cougars
O
PRINCIPAL: Mary Sue Gibson
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Greg
Hammen
O
O
New Haven Elementary
ADDRESS: 3301 New Haven
Road
O PHONE: 214-3640
O GRADES: Preschool through fifth
grade
O
MASCOT: Stars
SCHOOL COLORS: Blue and
silver
O
PRINCIPAL: Cindy Giovanini
MASCOT: Panthers
SCHOOL COLORS: Blue and
yellow
PRINCIPAL: Amy Watkins
VICE PRINCIPAL: Carrie Freeman
O
O
Parkade Elementary
ADDRESS: 111 Parkade Blvd.
PHONE: 214-3630
O GRADES: Preschool through fifth
grade
O
O
O
O
O
O
Paxton Keeley Elementary
ADDRESS: 201 Park de Ville
Drive
O PHONE: 214-3570
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
O
MASCOT: Comets
SCHOOL COLORS: Red and blue
O
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Elaine Hassemer
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Karen Burger
O
MASCOT: Rams
O
PRINCIPAL: Marsha Baclesse
O
Ridgeway Elementary
ADDRESS: 107 E. Sexton Road
PHONE: 214-3550
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
O
O
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CONTINUED
53
Rock Bridge Elementary
ADDRESS: 5151 S. Missouri 163
PHONE: 214-3290
O GRADES: Preschool through fifth
grade
O
O
MASCOT: Bears
O
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Mary Korth-Lloyd
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Sally Phillips
Russell Boulevard Elementary
ADDRESS: 1800 W. Rollins Road
PHONE: 214-3650
O GRADES: Preschool through fifth
grade
MASCOT: Ravens
SCHOOL COLORS: Green and
white
PRINCIPAL: Ed Schumacher
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Ruth Gardner
O OTHER INFORMATION: On
second and subsequent references, use Russell without the
Boulevard.
O
O
O
O
O
O
Shepard Boulevard Elementary
ADDRESS: 2616 Shepard Blvd.
PHONE: 214-3660
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
O
O
MASCOT: Stallions
O
PRINCIPAL: JoNetta Weaver
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Larryelle
Phillips
O OTHER INFORMATION: On second and subsequent references,
use Shepard without the Boulevard.
O
O
Two Mile Prairie Elementary
ADDRESS: 5450 N. Route Z
PHONE: 214-3560
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
O
O
O
O
MASCOT: Prairie Dogs
SCHOOL COLORS: Red and white
O
PRINCIPAL: Larry Jones
West Boulevard Elementary
ADDRESS: 319 N. West Blvd.
PHONE: 214-3670
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
MASCOT: Bobcats
SCHOOL COLORS: Blue and
white
PRINCIPAL: Peter Stiepleman
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Angie Gerzen
O OTHER INFORMATION: On second reference, use West unless
there would be confusion with the
junior high school.
O
O
O
O
O
O
MIDDLE AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS
Use the headings provided and the word School on first reference. On subsequent references, drop the
grade designation (elementary, middle, junior high, high). Go online for more complete entries.
Gentry Middle
O
O
MASCOT: Jaguars
SCHOOL COLORS: Rich red and
royal blue
O
O
ADDRESS: 4200 Bethel St.
PHONE: 214-3240
O GRADES: Sixth and seventh
grade
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Janice R. Morris
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Kristin
Matthews
MASCOT: Leopards
SCHOOL COLORS: Navy and
silver
Lange Middle
ADDRESS: 2201 Smiley Lane
PHONE: 214-3250
O GRADES: Sixth and seventh
grade
PRINCIPAL: Shelli Adams
ASST. PRINCIPALS: Connie
Dewey and Rhonda Jackson
O
O
O
O
O
O
54
MIDDLE SCHOOLS CONTINUED
Use the headings provided and the word School on first reference. On subsequent references, drop the
grade designation (elementary, middle, junior high, high). Go online for more complete entries.
Smithton Middle
ADDRESS: 3600 W. Worley St.
PHONE: 214-3260
O GRADES: Sixth and seventh
grade
MASCOT: Wildcats
SCHOOL COLORS: Black and
gold
PRINCIPAL: Craig Martin
ASST. PRINCIPALS: Darlene
Grant and Deborah Greene
O
O
O
O
O
O
Jefferson Junior
O
O
O
ADDRESS: 713 Rogers St.
PHONE: 214-3210
GRADES: Eighth and ninth grade
O
O
MASCOT: Cyclones
SCHOOL COLORS: Red and white
PRINCIPAL: Gregery Caine
ASST. PRINCIPALS: Tim Baker
and Thaddeus Hamilton
O
O
Oakland Junior
O
O
O
ADDRESS: 3405 Oakland Place
PHONE: 214-3220
GRADES: Eighth and ninth grade
O
MASCOT: Eagles
SCHOOL COLORS: Orange and
navy
O
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Kim Presko
ASST. PRINCIPALS: Jean Selby
and Bernard Solomon
O
MASCOT: Vikings
SCHOOL COLORS: Blue and
white
O
O
O
West Junior
O
O
O
ADDRESS: 401 Clinkscales Road
PHONE: 214-3230
GRADES: Eighth and ninth grade
er
PRINCIPAL: Sandra Logan
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Jeff Beiswing-
OTHER INFORMATION: On second reference, use West unless
there would be confusion with the
elementary school.
O
HIGH SCHOOLS
Use the headings provided and the word School on first reference. On subsequent references, drop
the grade designation (elementary, middle, junior high, high). Go online for more complete entries.
Douglass High
ADDRESS: 310 N. Providence
Road
O PHONE: 214-3680
O GRADES: Ninth through 12th
grade
O
O
MASCOT: Bulldogs
SCHOOL COLORS: Blue and
white
O
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Brian Gaub
ASST. PRINCIPAL: Kerry Hesse
O OTHER INFORMATION: For more
information on Douglass athletics,
see the sports section.
O
MASCOT: Kewpies
SCHOOL COLORS: Purple and
gold
O
O
O
Hickman High
ADDRESS: 1104 N. Providence
Road
O PHONE: 214-3000
O GRADES: 10th through 12th
grade
O
PRINCIPAL: Michael Jeffers
OTHER INFORMATION: For more
information on Hickman athletics,
see the sports section.
HIGH SCHOOLS CONTINUED
55
Rock Bridge High
ADDRESS: 4303 S. Providence
Road
O PHONE: 214-3100
O GRADES: 10th through 12th
grade
O
MASCOT: Bruins
SCHOOL COLORS: Green and
gold
PRINCIPAL: Kathy Ritter
OTHER INFORMATION: For more
information on Rock Bridge athletics, see the sports section.
O
O
O
O
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Apple School
ADDRESS: 5155 S. Providence
Road
O PHONE: 449-7525
O GRADES: Preschool (ages 2-5)
and kindergarten
SECOND REFERENCE: Apple
School or the school
O
O
Christian Chapel Academy
ADDRESS: 3300 S. Providence
Road
O PHONE: 874-2325
O GRADES: Preschool through
eighth grade
O
O
MASCOT: Eagle in flight
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Christian
O
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Vince Winn
SECOND REFERENCE: Christian
Chapel, the academy or the school
O
MASCOT: Knights
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Christian Fellowship Church
O
O
O
MASCOT: Tigers
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Catholic
PRINCIPAL: Linda Garner
ASST. PRINCIPAL: John Wiggans
O SECOND REFERENCE: Columbia
Catholic or the school
Christian Fellowship School
ADDRESS: 4600 Christian
Fellowship Road
O PHONE: 445-8565
O GRADES: Pre-kindergarten
through 12th grade
O
PRINCIPAL: Scott Williams
SECOND REFERENCE: Christian
Fellowship or the school
Columbia Catholic School
ADDRESS: 817 Bernadette Drive
PHONE: 445-6516
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
eighth grade
O
O
O
O
O
O
Columbia Independent School
ADDRESS: Hickman Hall, 1200
E. Broadway, Stephens College
(upper school campus); 107 Waugh
St. (lower school campus)
O PHONE: 449-6435 (lower school,
kindergarten through fifth grade),
815-5960 (upper school, sixth
through 12th grade)
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
12th grade
O
O
MASCOT: Lions
DIRECTORS: Barbara Savage
(lower school) and Douglas Sept
(upper school)
O SECOND REFERENCE: Columbia
Independent or the school
O
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PRIVATE SCHOOLS CONTINUED
Columbia Montessori School
ADDRESS: 3 Anderson Ave.
PHONE: 449-5418
O GRADES: Preschool (ages 4
weeks-6 years) and kindergarten
SECOND REFERENCE: Columbia
Montessori or the school
O
O
O
College Park Christian Academy
ADDRESS: 1114 College Park
Drive
O PHONE: 445-6315
O GRADES: Preschool through
ninth grade
O
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Seventh-Day Adventist
O
PRINCIPAL: Sandra Blackburn
SECOND REFERENCE: College
Park, the academy or the school
O
O
Good Shepherd Lutheran School
ADDRESS: 2201 W. Rollins Road
PHONE: 445-5878
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
fifth grade
O
O
O
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
O
SECOND REFERENCE: Good
Shepherd or the school
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Christian nondenominational
O
Heritage Academy
ADDRESS: 601 Blue Ridge Road
PHONE: 449-2252
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
12th grade
O
O
O
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICER: Isaac Keene
O SECOND REFERENCE:
the academy
Islamic School of Columbia
ADDRESS: 408 Locust St.
PHONE: 442-1556
O GRADES: Preschool (ages 3-4)
through fifth grade
O
O
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Islam
O
O
O
PRINCIPAL: Lina Wahid
SECOND REFERENCE: the school
Morningside Community School
ADDRESS: 1600 W. Broadway
PHONE: 447-3636
O GRADES: Kindergarten through
eighth grade
O
O
O SECOND REFERENCE:
Morningside or the school
Stephens College Children’s School
ADDRESS: 1400 Windsor St.,
Stephens College
O PHONE: 876-7260
O GRADES: Preschool and
pre-kindergarten through fifth grade
O
O
O
DIRECTOR: Leslie Willey
SECOND REFERENCE: the school
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MU High School
FULL NAME: MU High School
ADDRESS: 136 Clark Hall, MU
O PHONE: 800-609-3727 or 882-2491
DIRECTOR: Von V. Pittman
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Gera Burton
O SECOND REFERENCE: the school
O OTHER INFORMATION: MU High School is an
alternative high school operated by the MU Center
for Distance and Independent Study.
O
O
O
O
HIGHER EDUCATION
Central Methodist University
Located in Fayette.
Founded in 1853.
O Central Methodist has three
extension campuses: Park Hills,
Sedalia and Union.
O
O
O
Central Methodist Eagles participate in baseball, men’s and
women’s basketball, men’s and
women’s cross country, men’s and
women’s soccer, softball, men’s
and women’s track/field and volleyball in the NAIA.
O
Use Central Methodist University
on first reference, Central Methodist on subsequent references. The
college, the university or the school
are also acceptable on subsequent
references if there would be no
confusion.
O
Columbia College has 33 extension campuses, many located on
military bases, including one at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Military
education is one of the school’s
hallmark programs.
O The college is governed by a
president.
O Columbia College Cougars participate in men’s and women’s
basketball, men’s soccer, softball
and volleyball in the NAIA. For more
information on the Cougars, see
the sports section.
O Use Columbia College on all references to avoid confusion with our
city or Columbia University. The college or the school are also acceptable on subsequent references if
there would be no confusion.
O
Lincoln University Blue Tigers
participate in baseball, men’s and
women’s basketball, men’s and
women’s cross country, football,
men’s golf, softball, women’s tennis and men’s and women’s track/
field in NCAA Division 2.
O
Stephens is the second-oldest
women’s college in the United
States and the only four-year women’s college in Missouri.
O Stephens is still a women’s college, but men can be admitted in
the master’s programs and the
adult continuing education programs.
O The school is run by a president
and board of trustees.
O
Columbia College
Founded in 1851 as Christian
Female College.
O The school became Columbia
College in 1970, went back to a
four-year school and began admitting men.
O Today, Columbia College is private and nonsectarian but maintains a covenant with Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ).
O
Lincoln University
Located in Jefferson City.
Established as Lincoln Institute
in 1866.
O In 1921, the school became a
university with a board of curators.
The name was changed to Lincoln
University.
O
O
Use Lincoln University on first
reference, Lincoln on second reference if there would be no confusion with President Lincoln. The
college, the university or the school
are also acceptable on subsequent
references.
Stephens College
Founded in 1833 as Columbia
Female Academy.
O In 1856, it became a full college
called Columbia Female Baptist
Academy.
O James Stephens, who had once
been banished and was trying to
redeem himself with good deeds,
gave the school $20,000. The college was renamed in his honor in
the late 1860s.
O
O
Stephens College Stars participate in basketball, swimming, tennis and volleyball in the NAIA. For
more information, see the sports
section.
O Use Stephens College on first
reference, Stephens on subsequent
references. Note that there is no
apostrophe. The college or the
school are also acceptable on subsequent references.
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HIGHER EDUCATION CONTINUED
Westminster College
Located in Fulton.
Founded in 1851 as Fulton College, a training school for Presbyterian ministers.
O In 1853, it was renamed Westminster, a Presbyterian name.
O The college and the Presbyterian
Church severed legal ties in 1969,
but in 1984, the school signed a
covenant with the Synod of MidAmerica of the Presbyterian Church.
The covenant recognized indepenO
O
dence but a continued relationship
of support.
O The college first admitted women
in 1979.
O Winston Churchill made his
famous Iron Curtain speech, "Sinews of Peace," at Westminster in
1946.
O The college is run by a president
and board of trustees.
O Westminster Blue Jays participate in baseball, men’s and wom-
en’s basketball, football, men’s and
women’s golf, men’s and women’s
soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and volleyball in the
NCAA Division 3.
O Use Westminster College on first
reference, Westminster on subsequent references. The college or
the school are also acceptable on
subsequent references.
O
In 1993, it became William
Woods University, offered postgraduate degrees and admitted
men.
O One notable program is equestrian education. William Woods was
the first college to offer a four-year
equestrian science degree.
O William Woods is one of 25
schools offering a baccalaureate
degree in interpreting/American
Sign Language.
O The university is run by a board
of trustees.
O The college retains a covenant
with Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ).
O William Woods Owls participate
in baseball, women’s basketball,
men’s and women’s cross country,
men’s and women’s golf, softball,
men’s and women’s soccer and
men’s and women’s volleyball in
the NAIA.
O Use William Woods University on
first reference, William Woods on
subsequent references. The college, the university or the school
are also acceptable on subsequent
references.
NORTHWEST MISSOURI
STATE UNIVERSITY: Located in
Maryville. NWMSU on subsequent
references.
O SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY:
Note the spelled-out Saint. SLU
on subsequent references and in
tight headlines.
O SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE
UNIVERSITY: Located in Cape
Girardeau. SEMO on subsequent
references.
O TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY:
Located in Kirksville. Truman on
subsequent references.
O
William Woods University
Located in Fulton.
Founded in 1870 in Camden
Point as Female Orphan School
because of the number of girls
orphaned after the Civil War. It
moved to Fulton after a fire and
added programs to train teachers.
O In 1900, William Woods paid off
the school’s debts and students’
tuition in an effort to keep the
school open. The school, a twoyear program, was renamed William
Woods College.
O In 1962, William Woods became
a four-year institution.
O
O
Other colleges of note
MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE
UNIVERSITY: Located in Joplin.
Missouri Southern on subsequent
references.
O MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY:
Located in Springfield. MSU on
subsequent references.
O MISSOURI WESTERN STATE
COLLEGE: Located in St. Joseph.
Missouri Western on subsequent
references.
O MOBERLY AREA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE: Located in Moberly;
extension campus in Columbia.
MACC on subsequent references.
O
O
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL
MISSOURI: Located in Warrensburg. UCM on subsequent references.
O WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY:
Located in St. Louis. Use Washington University, the university,
the college or the school on subsequent references. Do not use
the colloquial Wash U.
O WEBSTER UNIVERSITY: Located in St. Louis. Webster on subsequent references.
HIGHER EDUCATION: MU
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University of Missouri System
The University of Missouri System comprises four campuses:
Columbia, Rolla, St. Louis and Kansas City.
O Use University of Missouri System
on first reference and capitalize system because it’s part of the official
name. On second reference, use
UM System, the system, the university system, the four-campus system,
etc. UM is acceptable in headlines.
O The system is run by a president
and a board of curators. Each campus has a chancellor.
O Use UM System Board of Curators
on first reference, the board or the
O
curators on subsequent references.
O MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Founded
in 1870 as Missouri School of
Mines and Metallurgy, the first
technological university west of the
Mississippi. The school was meant
as an extension of the Columbia
campus. It became University of
Missouri-Rolla in 1964. The school
is most known for its engineering
programs. Use Missouri S&T on
subsequent references.
O MU: MU was founded in 1839
as the first public institution west
of the Mississippi. Its programs
of note are journalism, veterinary
medicine and business.
O UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURIKANSAS CITY: Chartered in 1929
and opened in 1933 as University
of Kansas City, a private school.
It became part of the system in
1963. It is known for its medicine
and music programs. Use UMKC on
subsequent references.
O UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURIST. LOUIS: Founded in 1964.
The school is most known for its
optometry program. Use UMSL on
subsequent references.
Station. See below for a list of
schools and colleges.
O Do not capitalize the names of
departments unless there is a
proper noun in the department:
French department.
O Capitalize the names of buildings, both proper and generic:
Gannett Hall. Do not capitalize if
the name is more descriptive: beef
cattle barn. Note: Use the common
name for buildings named for individuals: Neff Hall, not Jay N. Neff
Hall.
O Capitalize standing special institutions, such as Engineers’ Week
or Journalism Day. Do not capitalize
commencement or other generic
terms.
O Capitalize nonacademic depart-
ments on first reference, such as
Office of Student Affairs. If talking
about a chancellor or provost of that
department, the designation would
be capitalized before a name: Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs Cathy
Scroggs. However, because many
of those titles are long, it is better to put them after a name and
lowercase them: Cathy Scroggs, vice
chancellor for student affairs.
O These same rules for capitalization apply to Stephens and Columbia colleges.
O UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
HEALTH CARE: MU Health Care
is acceptable on first reference.
MUHC is acceptable in tight headlines. See below for facilities of MU
Health Care.
O
College of Business — includes
School of Accountancy.
O College of Education — includes
School of Information Science and
Learning Technologies.
O College of Engineering
O College of Human Environmental
Sciences — includes School of
Social Work.
O College of Veterinary Medicine —
there is no vet school.
O Graduate School — only appro-
priate to capitalize if speaking
about the specific department.
Lowercase to say someone attends
graduate school at MU. Includes
Harry S. Truman School of Public
Affairs.
O School of Health Professions
O School of Journalism — do not
refer to it as the J-School.
O School of Law
O School of Medicine
O Sinclair School of Nursing
Missouri Rehabilitation Center
MU schools of medicine, nursing
and health professions
O MU Student Health Center
O Rusk Rehabilitation Center
O
MU: Style points
MU is acceptable on all references to the Columbia campus. Do not
use the recently adopted University
of Missouri or UMC. The acronym
MU comes from the original name
in the state Constitution: Missouri
University. If a story deals with
both MU and the system, make
sure to avoid confusion between
the two. Only use the word university on subsequent references if it
is clear you are only talking about
the Columbia campus.
O Do not use MU campus; it’s
redundant. Just use MU; Columbia
campus is acceptable for variety
when talking about more than one
university.
O Capitalize the names of all
schools and colleges at MU, as
well as the Agricultural Experiment
O
MU: Colleges and schools
Note: Be sure to use the proper
designation when describing academic divisions.
O As with other proper nouns, you
can invert the first reference. For
example, Journalism School.
O College of Agriculture, Food and
Natural Resources — includes
School of Natural Resources.
O College of Arts and Science (note
the singular usage of science) —
includes School of Music.
O
MU Health Care
Children’s Hospital
Columbia Regional Hospital
O Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
O Health care partners — Go to
muhealth.org for a full listing.
O
O
O
O
University Hospital and Clinics —
Use when referring to the hospital
and all its clinics. For just the hospital, use University Hospital.
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Design,
Typography
and
Photography
61
INTRODUCTION
Design & Photo Philosophies
Missourian photographic
philosophy
A. It is the goal of the Missourian to publish
active, documentary storytelling photos whenever
possible. This requires planning and good news
judgment.
B. GENERAL TYPES OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
DOCUMENTARY, PORTRAITURE AND PHOTO
ILLUSTRATION
The Missourian prefers photographs that document the lives of people in our community. Images
of real people doing real things more clearly capture the essence of a story with greater honesty
and impact than contrived or posed photos.
If documentary photos are not possible or are not
compelling, a portrait or environmental portrait
might be a solution, when appropriate. An environmental portrait is a posed, controlled situation
where the photographer shoots a portrait that also
incorporates the subject’s environment. It should
be clear to the reader that it is a posed photo rather
than a documentary photo.
Photo illustrations might be appropriate for certain subjects, particularly on feature pages with
topics such as food and fashion. Photo illustrations
should be created in a way that readers cannot
mistake them for documentary photos.
WHAT WE SHOULD AVOID:
Posed group photos, persons “pretending” to do
something, minor car accidents, weather pictures
with no news value or content, abstract ideas, publicity stunts, ribbon cuttings, check presentations
and groundbreaking ceremonies.
WHAT WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR:
A continual fresh approach. We should guard
against picturing the same events the same way
week after week or year after year. Find a different, fresh and better way to cover, shoot and photo
edit assignments whenever possible.
C. IMAGE EDITING AND DESIGN PROCESS
Upon returning from assignments, photographers should make a first rough edit of their
images. Then, the photographer and photo editor
will work together to do a final edit of the most
newsworthy and storytelling image(s). Photo edits
on sensitive or major stories should involve the
photo director.
Photo editors then work with designers on the
play of photos. The conversation that photo editors
and designers have every day about the play of
photos in the Missourian is, and should be, a twoway street. Although the photo editor will tell the
designer which photograph should be dominant
and which should be secondary in a multiple-photo
package, designers are encouraged to take part
in this discussion or make suggestions. Designers
should not crop a photo or place text on top of a
photo without first talking to a photo editor.
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Reporters’ responsibilities
Part of every reporter’s job is to keep alert for
good photo situations and graphic possibilities. Just
as words and pictures must work together in print,
so must writers, photographers and graphic artists
work together to achieve the best possible product
for the reader.
A good photography policy is based on two
things: covering events that make good photos and
not photographing those that won’t.
BE ALERT FOR:
O PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES: Contact the photo and
graphics departments early about visual opportunities — early in the planning stages of a story,
even right after you’re assigned to a story that you
think has visual potential.
O THE HUMAN ELEMENT: Something that makes
the reader sympathetic in at least a small degree
to the situation pictured. Photos with emotional
appeal always rank first in any readership survey.
O OPPORTUNITIES TO GET HANDOUTS: Think
about handout mug shots for stories involving
missing people, obits or stories for which a mug
shot is all we need. If a mug shot isn’t provided,
ASK FOR ONE.
Missourian design philosophy
Newspaper design should always be contentdriven. This means that designers should look at
the content, both written and visual, and take the
time to design a page appropriate to its content.
For example, are we using a feature headline treatment on a straight news story? Are we taking a
fun or playful story and making it less so with a
straight news treatment?
Designers and copy editors should think through
stories, especially centerpieces and big news, as a
reader would. What questions would readers have?
What display type is going to tell this story the
best? Instead of putting standard headline specs on
a story and sending it to the copy desk, designers
should be involved in what that type will say and
how it will get readers’ attention.
There is not one right way to tell every story.
Approach each blank page with a fresh eye.
This style guide was designed to ensure consistency in Missourian design yet provide for variation and experimentation; both have their place in
the Missourian. A consistent look maintains the
visual identity of the paper from day to day and
page to page. Readers should be able to identify the
Missourian at a glance. And, by keeping our design
consistent, we ensure that when we do something
special or different, it will not go unnoticed.
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63
Typography — Core Typefaces
ITC Franklin Gothic: Franklin Gothic is our primary headline typeface. Virtually all news headlines should
be in Franklin Demi Condensed while conversational decks, or c-decks, are in Franklin Book. Franklin
Medium, Medium Condensed and Heavy are also used in many of our styles.
Minion: Minion is used primarily in feature headlines, some traditional decks, or T-decks, and pullquotes.
When using the Minion family on news pages, in many cases it will be with the centerpiece. There are
exceptions to this guideline. In most cases, Minion will be used with only one story/package per page.
Olympian is our body-copy typeface. It should be reserved for this use. We also use its bold and italic
forms.
By varying size, weight and style among these three typefaces, we can create the necessary contrast and
variety. Franklin and Minion both offer a nice variety of weights.
Franklin
Demi Condensed
Franklin Book
Franklin Book
Olympian Roman
Olympian Roman
Franklin
Book
Franklin
Heavy
Age your wine
to perfection
Missouri wine experts share their
secrets to cellaring fine wines.
By BRIGETTE GAUCHER
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
F
or many people in Columbia, drinking wine
means more than having a glass in a restaurant or pouring a glass to complement a nice
dinner at home. Some are taking the art of
wine drinking and collecting to a new level.
Cellaring wine is a process by which wine is stored
in order to age to a point where it will achieve a certain taste.
For some, cellaring wine
means just leaving it in a dry,
“We try to
dark space in their unfinished
introduce
basements. To others, storing
can become a fine art on which
people to the
people will spend large sums of
money on expensive refrigerator
store and
systems.
give people
Paul Vernon, proprietor of Top
Ten Wines, said there are three
background
types of wine collectors. There
about wines.”
are those who collect wine and
never drink it — simply to show
TIM WILSON
off — those who buy wine and
Village Wine & Cheese
cellar it in order to share it with
manager
others, and those who buy it in
a speculative market in order to
make money off their purchase in the future.
Tim Wilson, store manager of Village Wine &
Cheese in Columbia, said his store also offers tastings about once a month, along with the Boone distributor who hosts tastings in the store every third
Please see WINES, page 12A
CONTINUED from page 1A
of the month.
“We try to introduce people to the store and give
people background about wines,” he said.
“We really try to make it a learning experience,”
Wilson continued.
The most important thing Vernon said a person
Franklin
Heavy
Franklin
Demi Cond
Franklin
Med Cond
Franklin
Book Cond
Text wrap, p3
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
Typography — Body Type
64
The size and leading of Missourian body type should rarely, if ever, vary, and any variations must be preapproved by a news editor. Designers do, however, have options when it comes to story presentation.
Rules about
body copy
TRACKING: Body copy may be
tracked in and out a bit as a last
resort to make a story fit. (Tracking refers to the overall letterspacing of a chunk of text.) Our
body copy is set at -25 tracking.
It may be tracked in to -35. (Hold
down Option and click the left
arrow twice. Each click takes it
up or down 5.) Body copy may be
tracked out to -15. (Hold down
Option and click the right arrow
twice.) Any more, and legibility is
affected.
LEADING: Designers may not
change the leading of body copy
to make stories fit. Leading is
changed for design purposes on
some feature stories.
VERTICAL JUSTIFICATION: It is
a common practice to vertically
justify our text boxes of more
than one leg of type so that
the legs will be even across the
bottom. In InDesign, hit Apple-B
and under Vertical Justification,
change Align to Justify.
HERE’S WHAT’S DIFFERENT:
This program automatically
changes leading instead of
adding space between paragraphs. You need to type p2
where it says Paragraph Spacing Limit. That will allow UP
TO p2 extra space to be put
between each graf to achieve
alignment.
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT DESIGNERS NOT USE ALIGNMENT TO
STRETCH STORIES. Alignment
is used for aesthetics — to even
up legs of type. If you try to
stretch text through alignment,
you will end up with gaping holes
between paragraphs.
Age your wine
to perfection
Missouri wine experts share their
secrets to cellaring fine wines.
By BRIGETTE GAUCHER
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
For many people in Columbia, drinking wine means
more than having a glass in a restaurant or pouring
a glass to complement a nice dinner at home. Some
are taking the art of wine drinking and collecting to
a new level.
Cellaring wine is a process by which wine is stored
in order to age to a point where it will achieve a certain taste.
For some, cellaring wine means just leaving it in
a dry, dark space in their unfinished basements. To
others, storing can become a fine art on which people
will spend large sums of money on expensive refrigerator systems.
Paul Vernon, proprietor of Top Ten Wines, said
there are three types of wine collectors. There are
those who collect wine and never drink it — simply
to show off — those who buy wine and cellar it in
order to share it with others, and those who buy it
in a speculative market in order to make money off
their purchase in the future.
Magazine lead-in
One option in which Missourian body-type style may be
altered is what is known as a magazine lead-in. The first
sentence or paragraph in a feature or news feature can
be run in a larger leading and font to “lead in” to the
main copy block. Size varies. This example is 11/13.7.
The magazine lead-in will always take a drop cap and
will need extra space between the two sizes of type.
F
or many people in Columbia,
drinking wine means more than
having a glass in a restaurant or
pouring a glass to complement a
nice dinner at home. Some are taking the
art of wine drinking and collecting to a
new level.
Cellaring wine is a process by which wine is stored
in order to age to a point where it will achieve a certain taste.
For some, cellaring wine means just leaving it
in a dry, dark space in their unfinished basements.
To others, storing can become a fine art on which
people will spend large sums of money on expensive
refrigerator systems.
Bdy-Justify:
Olympian
Roman, 8.9/9.7
Virtually all
news stories
should be
justified like
this paragraph.
Bdy-Ragged:
Olympian
Roman, 8.9/9.7
Feature stories
should be run
ragged right.
It is a subtle
indication to
the reader that
these stories
are not hard
news.
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Typography — Bylines & Taglines
Local stories:
Wire stories:
The bylines for all local stories written by Missourian reporters include the reporter’s name in all caps
and the e-mail address news@ColumbiaMissourian.
com. The names of contributing writers appear in a
tagline at the end of the story.
The bylines for all wire stories include only the
reporter’s name in all caps and the name of the
wire service, not “business writer,” “science writer,” etc. The Missourian does not include the names
of contributing writers with wire stories. In datelines, the city name for both local and wire stories
is in all caps and is followed by a long dash.
Bdy-Byline 1:
Franklin Heavy,
9/9
Bdy-Byline 2:
Franklin Book,
8.5/8.5
Bdy-Justify:
Olympian
Roman, 8.9/9.7
By HOLLY WRAY
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
A city fundraising group has
agreed to help raise money to
repair the Martin Luther King
Jr. memorial.
New Century Fund Inc., a
nonprofit organization created
to support city projects, has set
a goal of $100,000 to repair the
memorial and create an endowment for future maintenance.
The City Council voiced support of the fundraising effort at
its meeting Monday night.
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
The Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt — A statement attributed to
al-Qaida claimed responsibility Monday for last
week’s car bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel in
When no byline is supplied, use only the name of
the wire service.
Bdy-Byline 2
The Washington Post
CAIRO, Egypt — A statement attributed to al-Qaida
claimed responsibility Mon-
Sourcelines and Taglines:
Sourcelines are right justified and are preceded by a long dash. They are usually found at the end of infoboxes
or briefs. Taglines are centered, but they take no dash and are a complete sentence. They are usually found at
the end of editorials and stories with contributing writers. Note that the briefs on the Nation and World pages
do not need sourcelines when accompanied by a header that identifies them as wire content.
Kenya bombing
Infobox-Tagline:
Franklin Demi,
8/8. Infobox
taglines have p2
space before.
A statement attributed to al-Qaida
claimed responsibility Monday
for last week’s car bombing of an
Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya and
the attempt to shoot down an
Israeli airliner the same day.
— The Washington Post
New Century Fund Inc., a
nonprofit organization created
to support city projects, has
set a goal of $100,000 to repair
the memorial and create an
endowment for future maintenance.
Missourian staff writer Nicole
Bogdas contributed to this report.
Bdy-Tagline:
Franklin
Demi, 8/8.
Make taglines
centered. BdyTaglines have p3
space before.
repair the memorial and create an endowment for future maintenance. The City Council
voiced support of the fundraising effort at its
meeting Monday night.
A longer version of this story can be read at
ColumbiaMissourian.com.
Drop caps:
Drop caps should be used with most feature stories and with all items on the Opinion page and columns that
appear anywhere in the paper. Generally, the accompanying text should be in ragged right.
The default Missourian drop
cap is set in Olympian and is
four lines deep.
By BRIGETTE GAUCHER
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
Bdy-DropCap:
Olympian
Roman 100%
F
or many people in
Columbia, drinking
wine means more than
having a glass in a
restaurant or pouring a glass
to complement a nice dinner at
home. Some are taking the art
of wine drinking and collect-
Drop cap formatting
The depth of a drop cap can be changed in
InDesign in the paragraph panel.
The kerning between a drop cap and body
copy might have to be adjusted manually to
prevent the drop cap from touching the body
copy, as in the far-left example. Put your cursor
to the right of the drop cap and hold Option-Alt
while clicking the right arrow.
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Typography — News Headlines
66
All hard news headlines should be in Franklin Demi. Missourian news headlines are written down-style,
meaning that only the first word and proper nouns use capital letters. Virtually all news headlines should
be left justified. Variations on this style, such as a hammer and traditional deck, are permitted only for
features, news features or for major news events.
Hed-Franklin
DemiCd
Rabid tourist bites
Yellowstone wolf
Bin Laden caught
in St. Louis Macy’s
Descender
p6 space from baseline
There should be 6 points of space
between the bottom of a descender in
the last line of a news headline and the
top of the accompanying body-copy
text box or accompanying photo. Even
if there isn’t a descender, act as if there
were one.
Sidesaddle heads:
Sidesaddle heads can be used on news or feature pages but should be used sparingly. The head is flush
right. They are usually used when placing a horizontal headline would make the body copy too shallow.
Place a rule, feature head or some other design element across the width of the story to avoid confusion
with the story above the sidesaddle head.
Shoppers hunt
post-holiday
bargains, deals
Headline hierarchy:
Headline size is the most obvious mechanism designers have to communicate to readers how important a
story is. The biggest headline is almost always at the top of the page on the most important story. Headlines
get smaller as they move down the page. At least 6 points of contrast are needed between headlines. An
open page might have headlines ranging from 84 pt. down to 30 pt. WHEN YOU CHANGE THE POINT SIZE OF
A HEADLINE, you must also change its leading to the same number.
Franklin Demi Cond 54
Franklin Demi Cond 42
Franklin Demi Cond 30
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Typography — Headline Options
Headline options:
With Franklin and Minion, the Missourian has many options for headline weights. See the page on art
heads for a list of the most commonly used options in each family.
On news pages, Franklin Demi Condensed will be the default headline typeface. Minion Condensed will be
used most often for feature stories. Designers may also use Franklin Medium Condensed on news pages as
an alternative for stories that are not hard news. Consider all caps for that typeface.
Standard news hed is FranklinDemiCd
This is the default headline typeface for news headlines.
An alternative is FranklinMedCd
This can be used to add contrast to a page with a story that has a lighter tone or is not a standard news story.
Look for quirky stories — stories that rise to the front page just because they are a good read, on an unusual
topic or are told in an unusual format or style.
Jump: Headlines for jumps like this
Put the headline in FranklinMedCd, then choose Jump Hed Word as the character style for the first word.
SERIF: In some cases, a serif jump headline works well. In that case, use MinionSemiCond for the jump word
and MinionCd for the rest.
Standard features hed is MinionCd
This is the default headline for feature stories.
MinionSemiCd is a bolder version
For newsier or weightier features.
Hammer heads:
Hammer heads are two to four words that are used to grab attention quickly; they “hammer” interest into
a reader. Hammer heads can be used with news or news features, and they always take a traditional deck.
Usually, they are centered and do not fill out the entire line, but that does not have to be the case. They can
be any weight in the Franklin or Minion families. The use of all caps or small caps is encouraged. See the
page on art heads for more on typeface selection.
The brainy bunch
16 Columbia students are National Merit finalists
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IfIfcity
citystreets
streetswere
wereparts
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an
an amusement
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ly enough, just a turn off of
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Creasy Springs Road, but then
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lowing muddy tracks down the
middle of the street because of
middle of the street because of
its narrowness and crumbling
its narrowness and crumbling
edges.
edges.
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itself
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before
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and back
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on
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and
back
up
once
again
on
the uneven terrain.
the uneven terrain.
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to linger
nearcar
an forces
unevenanother
edge
to linger
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edge
and
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ditch,anright
before
and deep
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taking
one last
sharp
curvebefore
that
taking
one
last
sharp
curve
that
finally leads you to a wide and
finally road.
leads you to a wide and
smooth
smooth road.
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this headline
seems quite
a bit smaller
than the one
above it.
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because it
is just two
lines; its total
weight is less.
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Yet
Yet despite
despite the
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torDrive
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for
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dren Salvage and, most
recently,
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59-home
subdivision being developed by
subdivision being developed by
Herigon Construction.
Herigon Construction.
Jim McKinnon, superintenJim McKinnon, superintendent of street maintenance for
dent of street maintenance for
Columbia, said the problems
Columbia, said the problems
with Proctor Drive are simple
with Proctor Drive are simple
to explain.
to
“Itexplain.
was never built to city
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built to
city
standards
begin with,”
McKstandards
to begin
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got heavy
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heavyand
traffic
because
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junkyard
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the junkyard he
and
also
now theofsubdivision,”
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now volume
the subdivision,”
said.
and weighthe
said.
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volume
and
weight
of the road’s traffic are what
of the
road’sthe
traffic
are and
what
have
caused
potholes
have caused the potholes and
warping.
warping.
Carolyn Hendren sees the
Carolyn
Hendren
sees the
problem
a little
differently.
problem
little
differently.
Hendrenahas
lived
on Proctor
Hendren
has lived on
Proctor
Please
see PROCTOR,
page
5A
Please see PROCTOR, page 5A
Logermans
have
been
packing
up up
Logermans
have
been
packing
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their
race
trailer
andand
traveling
across
their
race
trailer
traveling
across
thethe
state
to compete
in Go
Kart
hehe
Logerman
family
lives
forfor
state
to compete
in Go
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family
lives
races.
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three
Logerman
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ages
racing.
races.
three
Logerman
sons,
ages
racing.
6, 96,and
11, 11,
competed
in Tuesday
“We
race
bicycles,
GoGo
9 and
competed
in Tuesday
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race
bicycles,
night’s
races.
Karts,
anything,”
said
Austin
night’s races.
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anything,”
said
Austin
Austin
wonwon
first
place,
which
Logerman,
11,11,
who
lives
in in
Ladonia
Austin
first
place,
which
Logerman,
who
lives
Ladonia
included
a $100
prize.
Devin
wonwon
with
his
two
brothers
and
parents.
included
a $100
prize.
Devin
with
his
two
brothers
and
parents.
third
place
in
his
race.
Dalton
placed
Austin’s
grandmother,
Mary,
startthird place in his race. Dalton placed
Austin’s grandmother, Mary, startlastlast
in his
race.
eded
the
family’s
motor
sports
tradition,
in his
race.
the
family’s
motor
sports
tradition,
Dalton
Logerman’s
Go Go
Kart
is is
winning
a demolition
derby
about
1515
Dalton
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winning
a demolition
derby
about
bright
green.
years
ago.
bright
green.
years
ago.
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too,”
saidsaid
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two
brothers,
their
par“My
bedroom
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too,”
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their
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ents,
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chose
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car’s
number
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Boone
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car’s
number
members
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Boone
18 —
NASCAR
racer
Bobby
County
Fairgrounds
onon
Tuesday
18 because
— because
NASCAR
racer
Bobby
County
Fairgrounds
Tuesday
Labonte’s
carcar
carries
thethe
same
numevening
for
the
Go
Kart
races.
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Labonte’s
carries
same
numevening for the Go Kart races. The
ber.ber.
Likewise,
Austin
chose
his his
redred
races
were
the
second
of of
three
midLikewise,
Austin
chose
races
were
the
second
three
midcart’s number — 8 — for NASCAR
Missouri Go Kart races in the fair
cart’s number — 8 — for NASCAR
Missouri Go Kart races in the fair
racer Dale Earnhardt. And 6-year-old
circuit.
racer Dale Earnhardt. And 6-year-old
circuit.
Devin’s orange car carries the numRacers ranged in age from 4 to
Devin’s orange car carries the numRacers ranged in age from 4 to
ber 20.
adult and were separated into classes
ber 20.
adult and were separated into classes
“It’s because I like Tony Stewart,”
based on age and weight. Five-horse“It’s because I like Tony Stewart,”
based on age and weight. Five-horseLogerman, 9, enters the dirt track as Devin
said, referring to another NASpower engines propel all of the carts, Dalton
Logerman, 9, enters the dirt track as Devin
said, referring to another NASpower engines propel all of the carts, theDalton
sun sets on the fairgrounds. Dalton took
racer.
but a restrictor plate is used to limit
the sun sets on the fairgrounds. Dalton took CAR
CAR racer.
but
a
restrictor
plate
is
used
to
limit
first place in his age group during this “hot
learned about racing by
younger racers’ speeds.
first place in his age group during this “hot Austin
Austin learned
about
racing
younger
speeds.
lap” test run.
Please see
FAIR,
pageby
4A
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than three
years, the
lap” test run.
Please see FAIR, page 4A
For more than three years, the
Katy
Katy Bridge
Bridge lawsuit
lawsuit
dismissal
dismissal upheld
upheld
The suit was filed to
The suit
was filed
to
stop
the railroad
from
stop the railroad
from
scrapping
the steel.
scrapping the steel.
By STEVE OSLICA
By STEVE OSLICA
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One of two lawsuits filed in
two the
lawsuits
filed in
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fightofover
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to Revlongcrier, as he is known in the world of
CHARLES
Associated
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Associated Press
HEADLINES
HEADLINES
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
Typography — Headline Hierarchy
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NEW
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former
police officer
accused
in the
Policeman
battery
trial
cleared
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said District Judge Frank Marullo. — The Associated Press
— The Associated Press
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morning: Pleasant.
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today
Temp:
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morning: Pleasant.
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lunch:
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82°
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Index
Index
8A
Abby
6A Nation
7A 8A
Calendar
2A 6A Opinion
Nation
Abby
Front 5A 7A
Classified
Opinion
Calendar 5B 2A Second
1B 5A
Comics
Second Front
Classified 6A 5B Sports
6A 1B
LifeComics
Stories 5A 6A Sudoku
Sports
Lottery
Sudoku 8A 6A
Life Stories2A 5A World
Lottery
2A
World
8A
54 pt.
The size of a
centerpiece
headline can
vary greatly. If
it’s not a hard
news headline,
it might not
strictly factor into the
hierarchy of
the page. This
headline gives
signals that
it’s selling a
different kind
of story. It
doesn’t compete with the
news around it,
despite its size.
42 pt.
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Bumping headlines:
A common design myth is that it’s not OK to bump headlines together (called tombstoning). However, sometimes the content and design call for bumping headlines. There are two ways to fix this problem. If your
headlines are similar shapes, for example both one line, separate them with a vertical rule between them,
9 points of space on each side of the rule. The second way is to separate them with weight and size. For
example, a 4-45-1 head would look fine next to a 1-30-3 head, as long as the horizontal headline doesn’t fill
out the entire line. Readers are smart enough to recognize the different sizes and shapes.
32p4-45-1 head here
An 11p-303 headline
goes here
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Typography — Head Specs
2-24-3 heads are way too
long. Just look at how
many words fit in this one
When specing up a head for the rim, it is
important to remember that someone will actually
have to write a meaningful headline in the space
provided. At the same time, a headline must be
short enough that readers know what the story is
about at a glance yet can still find something that
they didn’t read in the headline.
Difficult 60 pt. head
Recommended head specs:
The chart below represents recommended headline sizes for particular widths and depths. Remember that
heads on page 1A should rarely be smaller than 30 pt. A good way to determine headline size is to read
the story before the copy editor and determine which keywords probably need to be in the headline. Try
typing those keywords into your specs to see if they work. For example, “Schwarzenegger” probably won’t
fit in a one-column headline. An optimal headline contains between four to seven words, so a six-column,
36 pt. headline would have far too many words in it.
1 line
2 lines
3 lines
4 lines
1 column
—
18-24 pt.
30-36 pt.
42 pt.+
2 columns
24 pt.
24-42 pt.
36-54 pt.
54 pt.+
3 columns
24-42 pt.
36-54 pt.
—
—
4 columns
30-48 pt.
42-60 pt.
—
—
5 columns
36 pt.+
—
—
—
6 columns
42 pt.+
—
—
—
Writing head specs:
Headline specs are written in the format width-point size-depth. When working with bastard measures,
give the headline width in picas and points.
1-24-3 head:
1 column wide24 point type-3 lines
Jitters don’t
stop spring
break fever
16p4-28-3 head:
16p4 wide-28 point
type-3 lines
Human shields
return citing
safety concerns
Hyphenation
There is no hyphenation in display type unless the hyphen is part of
an actual word. Even then, do not use hyphens at the end of a line. For
example, “hip-hop” would be hyphenated in a head but not if “hip-hop”
were split over a line. This includes headlines, decks and cutlines.
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
Typography — Conversational Decks
70
Conversational decks, or c-decks, should be just that: conversational. C-decks should be written as complete
sentences, with articles (i.e., a, an, the) and punctuation but no hyphenation. They take double quote marks,
just like headlines. They should appear just below the headline and just above the byline in the first leg
of type or above the first two legs of type. Remember what the “C” stands for — even grammatically
complete sentences are not always conversational.
Italy’s former
royal family
returns from
54-year ban
The Pope, supporters
and protesters greet
the Savoys, who vow
to come back again.
The Associated Press
In the 11-pica column width, c-decks should be three or four lines. Any
shorter and they would be difficult to write; longer and they would be too
long.
Bdy-Cdeck: Franklin Book, 14/14.5
In a wider measure, use fewer lines. Unlike headlines, c-decks are
typically placed in the same text box as the story. Be conscious of this
when coding up a story for the rim; make sure the column width is the
one you want, or the c-deck won’t fit the spec.
Italy’s former royal family
returns from 54-year ban
Parliament overturned
the banishment enacted
after World War II.
The Associated Press
Be cautious when placing blurbs or pullquotes near c-decks. The fonts are
similar enough to cause confusion for the reader. See the example below.
Italy’s former royal family
returns from 54-year ban
Parliament overturned
the banishment enacted
after World War II.
The Associated Press
“My desire is that the name
of the Savoys ... continues
to be a reason for union.”
VICTOR EMMANUEL
Former Savoy prince
C-deck tips
C-decks are a great way to
add entry points to a page
and break up gray type.
Don’t be afraid to use one
with every story on a page if
needed.
O
They’re not just decoration;
c-decks should add another
layer of information for the
reader. Avoid repetition of
words or ideas from the head
or cutline.
O
Too many c-decks? Getting
bored? Don’t forget about
traditional decks. They can
add visual variety, even to
news pages.
O
Look beyond the lede. If
readers see the same thing
in the lede that they just read
in the c-deck, you’ve wasted
their time.
O
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Typography — Art Headlines
Art heads can be used on feature pages or with news features. They take a traditional deck and come
in various shapes, sizes and screens. They also usually go with stories that are in ragged-right type and
take a drop cap. Art heads should be in either the Franklin or Minion family. The Missourian does have a
variety of typefaces that can be used with a news editor’s approval, provided that the designer has a good
reason to do so. This restriction ensures that the paper has a consistent look and feel from day to day and
page to page; it also means that when we do something special or different, it will be noticed.
Some art heads are meant to be fun and playful while others are designed to be more somber. When
writing and designing art heads, be sure that heads match the mood or tone of the stories.
honored
HEROES
details
It’s all
in the
First
Freedoms
B X
THINKING
INSIDE
THE
More art head tips
Limited use: Too much flashy type
ceases to be special and just becomes
a distraction for the reader. There should
rarely be more than one art head on a
page. It belongs with the centerpiece.
Play off photos: It is best to write heads
that connect with the dominant photo in
some way. Readers will usually look at
the photo first and then the head; the
two shouldn’t conflict.
Limit contrast: Contrast is a good thing,
but an art head that mixes typefaces,
weights, sizes, colors, etc., is distracting
and ugly. Limit yourself to three levels of
contrast in any one head.
Keep them short: Art heads should be
built around one or two keywords or a
short phrase. It rarely works to take a
standard head and turn it into an art
head. Use a traditional deck to add a
layer of information.
Let them breathe: Art heads require
more than the 6 points of white space
that are used with news heads. Resist
the temptation to overtighten.
Typefaces
In art heads, designers may choose from any weight of Franklin or Minion. Our stylesheets are set up
with two weights of each, but the possibilities are vast. Here are the ones we use most often:
ITC FRANKLIN GOTHIC
Book
Book Cond
Medium
Medium Cond
Demi
Demi Cond
Heavy
MINION PRO
Cond
Regular
Semibold
Semibold Cond
Cond Italic
Bold Cond
Bold
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Typography — Traditional Decks
72
All art heads and hammer heads will require a traditional deck, but decks can also be used with any feature story and many news stories. Like conversational decks, T-decks need to add another layer of information without copying the headline or lede. Traditional decks, like headlines, are to be written without
articles and punctuation unless their absence could lead to confusion. There is no hyphenation in traditional
decks. No period at the end. The size can vary from 18 pt. up, but they are most often in the 18-24 pt. range.
There is a stylesheet for TdeckSans (Franklin Book) and TdeckSerif (Minion Cond). Feel free to use the
full range of typefaces you would for art heads.
Decks with features:
honored
honored
HEROES
HEROES
The size of traditional decks varies according to the
size of the accompanying head. The key here is to
make the deck small enough that it doesn’t compete
with the headline for the reader’s attention.
In this example, the sans serif deck doesn’t
really work with the serif head. It often works
best to stay within the same family of typefaces
but to use a lighter weight for the deck.
Two MU seniors are awarded police
Citizen Commendations for their deeds
Two MU seniors are awarded police
Citizen Commendations for their deeds
Decks with news stories:
Traditional decks can work well with big news stories. They should be in Franklin Book and be no larger
than half the point size of the main head.
Powell urges Security Council action
Secretary of state acknowledges that French veto of Iraq resolution still likely
Traditional decks may also cover just a portion of the story, as long as, with news stories, they start
in the first column.
Powell urges Security Council action
Permanent members threaten U.S. war resolution
6 pts. of
space
Placement of T-decks:
Traditional decks may be placed many different places.
Sometimes, they’re written as intros and lead in to the headline
instead of following it. Sometimes, they run next to a headline or
next to a story. As always, let the content drive the placement of
design elements. First, figure out what you want display type to
say; then, decide where each element should go.
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73
Typography — Jump Lines & Heads
Jump lines are such a simple thing but can be disastrous if not done properly. A missing jump line or a blown
keyword can confuse and irritate the reader and ruin a good clip for the designer and the reporter. Take special care in both the pagination and proofing stages to avoid these problems and the grief they bring.
New leaders get China’s
problems and promise
The Associated Press
BEIJING — For years they
inched up the party ladder,
weathering political tempests
as they performed China’s
details work and awaited their
moment. For Hu Jintao and
the vaunted “Fourth Generation” of Communist Party
leaders, the quiet persistence
has finally paid off.
With the 60-year-old Hu at
their vanguard as the new
president, a younger slate of
politicians accepted the reins of
government in a ceremony on
Saturday and inherited the tantalizing promises and towering
problems of modern China.
Watching them closely will
be departing President Jiang
Zemin, 76, who shepherded
China through the most convulsive growth in its four millennia
of recorded history. He stays on
Please see CHINA, page 12A
Jump Hed Word (character style):
Franklin Demi, 36/36
Hed-FranklinMedCd:
The jump word goes in Jump Hed Word
(character style). Apply the styles before
adjusting the size because the character
style will default to 36 pt. as well.
Bdy-Jump:
Franklin Book, 9/9, centered
Jump Keywords (character style)
Keyword and page — Franklin Heavy,
9/9, all caps
The indent should be removed from the
first line of the jump following the jump
line unless the text starts on a new paragraph.
The jump line should be placed in its
own text box so it does not interrupt
the flow of the story in its box. That’s
important when text is exported for the
Web and for archiving.
The jump should be force justified, meaning there is to be no space
between the word and the right edge of
the text box.
Bdy-Jump:
Franklin Book, 9/9
Jump Keywords (character style)
Keyword and page — Franklin Heavy,
9/9, all caps
Text wrap 0p3 from body text
China: Hu now controls
both party, government
CONTINUED from page 1A
to lead the military, and many
say he will retain influence in
retirement as the new power
brokers find their political
way.
Hu’s ascension came in an
overwhelming vote by the
rubber-stamp legislature, the
National People’s Congress,
which vaulted him into office
2,937 to 4. The election was
primarily illusion: Hu was
anointed years ago by the late
leader Deng Xiaoping, and his
appointment as Communist
Party chief in November all but
assured him the presidency.
He completed his rise as
other members of his political
generation took their places
alongside him.
Hu now controls both party
and government, the two most
prominent posts in China. But
though he appears on the government’s evening news most
every night, the man whose
name will probably be synonymous with his country’s destiny for years to come, remains
— to the world and to his people
Jump head tips
The jump head should summarize what happens
in the section of the story appearing on the jump.
At the very least, it should be different from the
headline on the front.
O
Jump heads should read just like normal headlines, but the keyword cannot be the subject of the
headline. For example, “China: agrees to education
reforms” would be incorrect.
O
O
Do not repeat the keyword in the jump headline.
O
Capitalize the first word after the colon.
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Typography — Cutlines & Credits
74
Underphoto cuts:
Most cutlines should take this format. Readers typically expect to find the caption under a photo.
Photo-Cutline:
Franklin Demi,
9.5/10.5
1 pica of space
3 pts. of
space
BETH SCHLANKER/Missourian
Travon Bryant goes after a loose ball during Wednesday's 60-58
Tiger win against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Conference Tournament.
Tigers edge past Cowboys
to advance in tournament
Sidesaddle cuts:
PhotoCredit:
Franklin
Book, 7/7,
flush right.
All caps
name,
upper/lower
Missourian
or wire
service.
Although underphoto cutlines are generally preferred, sidesaddle cutlines will sometimes work best. They
can allow for larger photos and headlines, especially in shallow modules. At the same time, they can create problems of excessive or trapped white space, especially when used with dominant photos. Change the
justification of the cutline and credit to both be ragged right. (Occasionally, ragged-left cutlines will work
on the left side of photos. They can be hard to read if too long, so proceed with caution.) Try to use soft
returns (Shift-Enter) to make the lines somewhat equal in length. Put the photo credit on the bottom. Align
the cutline either with the top or bottom of the photo, whichever option creates free white space instead
of trapped white space. A sidesaddle cutline should take up most of the height of the photo. The minimum
width on sidesaddle cutlines is 5p. Watch for bad line breaks and adjust the width if necessary. Sidesaddle
credits don’t take a backslash between the name and the media outlet.
Travon Bryant
goes after a
loose ball during
Wednesday's
60-58 Tiger
win against
Oklahoma in
the Big 12
Conference
Tournament.
Missouri will
face Kansas at
7 p.m. today in
Kansas City.
BETH SCHLANKER
Missourian
9 pts. of space
Ganged cuts:
Use the space. The last line of a multi-line
cutline should be at least two-thirds as long
as the top line.
O
Read what the photographer has provided
before allotting space.
O
For MISSOURIAN AND AP FILE PHOTOS,
the credit should read Missourian file photo or
The Associated Press file photo.
O
If the photo is a COURTESY PHOTO (or
handout), it should read Photo courtesy of
NAME IN ALL CAPS.
O
Tell the reader what can’t be seen in the
photo. The cutline for a photo of a boy eating
an ice-cream cone need not begin with “A boy
eats an ice-cream cone at ...”
O
NOTE:
do not
use slash
Ganged cutlines, or multiple cutlines grouped together,
should be used with care. When it’s necessary or it
works for the design, use the format below.
ABOVE: Travon Bryant goes after a loose ball.
LEFT: Ricky Clemons plays despite a broken hand.
Photos by BETH SCHLANKER/Missourian
Cutline tips
When all the photos in a package have
the same credit, give one credit under the
dominant photo that says Photos by NAME IN
CAPS/Missourian. It is also customary to pull
out the photo credit when pulling out a byline.
O
INDESIGN TIP: To access caption
information, go to Window>Links. Click on the
link for your image, then under the top-right
arrow menu, choose Link File Info.
O
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75
Typography — Pullquotes, Q&A
Be careful with the placement of quotes. They should be used thoughtfully and only when there is a
meaningful quote worth pulling out. For example, if the best quote in a sports story is a coach saying, “We
won the game,” don’t use it as a pullquote. Pullquotes get double quotation marks. The following pages offer
suggestions on the placement of pullquotes.
Standing alone in empty space:
“Columbia
is a very
sophisticated
wine market.
This is a
white-collar
area, and there
are people that
collect wines
seriously.”
Hyphens
Hyphens are not
allowed in display type. If your
pullquote has
hyphenated words
in it, use a soft
return (Shift-Enter)
before a particular
word to bump it
down to the next
line.
PAUL VERNON
Proprietor of
Top Ten Wines
Blurb-type:
Franklin Demi
Cond, 14/15.5
Blurb-who: Franklin
Med Cond, all caps,
10.5/10.5
Blurb-Why
w/rule below:
Franklin Book
Cond, 8.5/8.7
With a mug:
“He is
either in
Afghanistan
or some
other
country
or dead.”
DONALD
RUMSFELD
Comments on the
whereabouts of
Osama bin Laden
Above the fold, above a photo:
1 pica between
mug and quote
BlurbtypeNoRuleAbove:
Franklin Demi
Cond, 14/15.5
Blurb-who: Franklin
Med Cond, all caps,
10.5/10.5
Blurb-Why
w/rule below:
Franklin Book
Cond, 8.5/8.7
Quote displays such as this one will sometimes benefit from a larger point size.
Try 18. Be sure to increase the leading as well and to take off the rules.
“The hardest part would be translating it
to the students who had never worked at this size.”
NED VAIL, mural coordinator
Q&As:
Q
A
Q
A
How does the Missourian format stories written in
question-and-answer format?
Just like this, with an italicized question and
roman answer. All copy is ragged.
How about spacing?
Put an extra return above each question to separate each pairing. And if your question is just one
line, put an extra return after it so the big Q and A
line up properly.
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
Typography — Pullquotes cont.
76
Pullquotes can be inset into type, but this should be done cautiously. The narrow column of text created by
the pullquote might result in awkward hyphenation and spacing. Also, the runaround on the pullquote box
can lead to justification problems at the end of the leg of type. When done properly, however, a pullquote can
effectively break up a gray block of type and add another entry point to a page. Use a 0.5 pt. 100% black rule
under inset pullquotes. Ask a teaching assistant or paginator if you have any difficulties or questions.
Inset into a wide leg of type:
When insetting a pullquote into text, make sure there is at
least 8p9 of body copy to the side of the pullquote. Also, the
majority of body copy should not have anything jutting into
it. The pullquote should be narrower than the section of text
wrapping around it. So if your pullquote is taking up more
space than the body copy, the quote needs to be resized or
moved. When insetting a pullquote, the Blurb-Why gets a
0.5 pt. 100% black rule beneath it. There is an entry in the
stylesheets that automatically puts the rule where it needs
to be.
Take note
The rules for insetting pullquotes into text are the same
for infoboxes. Infoboxes inset into text need at least
8p9 surrounding them, and there is a stylesheet for
InfoBox-Type w/rule below for when infoboxes are set
into text. The only difference is that pullquotes can
sometimes “float” low in a story, but infoboxes usually
need to be at the top or bottom of a story.
“A pullquote
inset into
type like this
should be
at least 6p3
wide.”
WHO SAID IT
Why we should care
At least 8p9 of text
should be left flowing
around the pullquote.
A pullquote should be
at least 6p3 wide.
Blurb-Why
w/rule below
Dealing with 11p-wide columns:
An 11p-wide column is too narrow to
inset a pullquote into, so there are a
couple of options.
Taking up a whole column:
Split over two legs:
“Make sure there are
no distracting elements
nearby that could
confuse a reader.”
“Make sure to
leave plenty of
text above and
below.”
WHO SAID IT
Why we should care
WHO SAID IT
Why we should care
Spread over two columns:
“A pullquote or blurb can be used like a deck,
split over the top of two columns.”
WHO SAID IT
Why we should care
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77
Typography — Overlines & Catchlines
Overline:
When no display type for a 1A or 1B standalone photo or centerpiece photo is above the fold,
use an overline above the main photo. With a centerpiece, a pullquote or lead-in can be substituted.
Franklin Heavy, 24/11, flush left, all caps
PHOTO-OVERLINE
1 pica space
between photo
and overline
NAME IN ALL CAPS/Missourian
Cutline goes here, just like normal. Cutline goes here, just like normal.
Cutline goes here, just like normal. Cutline goes here, just like normal.
Headline, deck and story go here just like normal.
Overline
tips
If using an overline
with a centerpiece,
the story will still
take a headline
and deck. It can be
challenging for copy
editors to write
three pieces of
display type like
these, so the
overline should play
more off the photo
and let the headline
and deck tell what’s
in the story. It’s
also a good idea
for the overline to
clearly identify the
topic of the story.
The position of the
overline should
match the headline
(e.g., if the head is
centered, then
center the overline).
Catchline:
When using a standalone photo anywhere except as a centerpiece on page 1A or a section front, place a
catchline underneath the photo between the credit and the cutline. A catchline serves as the headline for the
photo and cutline — just a few words.
Secondary
standalone photos
are surrounded by
a separate picture
box with a 0.5 pt.
border. There is
1 pica of space
between the box
and the elements
inside.
In standalone packages,
the credit goes in its
normal spot and the cutline
goes in a separate box
below the catchline.
PHOTO-CATCHLINE
NAME IN ALL CAPS/Missourian
Cutline goes here, just like normal. Cutline goes here, just like
normal. Cutline goes here, just like normal. Cutline goes here.
Franklin Heavy, 18/18,
flush left, all caps
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Typography — Infoboxes
78
Infoboxes work well for lists of information that would be difficult to present in the body of the main story.
Infoboxes also allow the designer to highlight important information, such as the time and place of a meeting,
so that scanners can find that information quickly. City editors will often send this information over as a
second file, but copy editors and designers can help by keeping an eye out for material in the story that will
work well in an infobox. In addition, designers can find supplemental material to add to the package.
InfoBox-Hed:
Franklin Demi,
16/17
Use a 1 pt. black
rule under inset
infoboxes.
Need help?
Take two aspirin
and call George in the
morning.
O
— Source: Someone
who knows
Place 3-line
hed here,
here as well
InfoBox-Tagline
w/rule below:
Franklin Demi,
8/8
A 6p3 infobox
could be set into
a column of text
like this one. They
follow the same
spacing rules as
pullquotes.
Head right here
An infobox goes well-anchored
at the top of a column.
For a multi-line head: Put each line in its
own paragraph, then remove the space
between the grafs using paragraph spacing.
Subhed goes here
A list item goes here just like
this here and here.
A list item goes here just like
this here and here.
Infobox-subhed:
Franklin Heavy, 9/11
InfoBox-Type w/rule below: Adds a 0.5 pt.
rule. Put the last graf in this style.
LISTINGS TEXT
Listings text should be used for long lists of information
where economy of space is important and making each individual paragraph accessible is less important.
WHEN TO USE: In the Sunday paper, for Crime Watch, marriage listings, births, honor rolls, Weekly Planner calendar
WHEN NOT TO USE: Infoboxes with stories (unless they’re
really long lists), honors, anything written in narrative form
Listings text:
Franklin Medium, 8/9.2
The rules for infobox
placement are the same
as for pullquotes.
Two-line hed here,
here as well please
An infobox should look like it has an even
9 pts. of spacing around it. The usual
runaround for InDesign is 1p6 on top,
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news@columbiamissourian.com
By BRYAN UTTER
Too many cooks spoil the
news@columbiamissourian.com
broth, but this time the SierToo many cooks spoil the
ra Club believes it’s too many
broth, but this time the SierRepublicans that have spoiled
ra Club believes it’s too many
the Clean Water Commission.
Republicans that have spoiled
Information
theCommission.
Sierra Club
the
Clean Water
received
through
Sunshine
Information
theaSierra
Club
Law
requestthrough
revealeda that
four
received
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ofLaw
the commission’s
seven
memrequest revealed
that
four
bers
arecommission’s
Republicans,seven
said memKen
of the
Midkiff,
conservation
chairman
bers are
Republicans,
said Ken
ofMidkiff,
the Sierra
Club’s Ozark
chapconservation
chairman
ter.
Missouri
states
that
a
of the
Sierra law
Club’s
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chapmaximum
of three
ter. Missouri
law Clean
statesWater
that a
Commission
can
be
maximum ofmembers
three Clean
Water
from
any singlemembers
political party.
Commission
can be
An
amendment
passed
by
from any single political party.
lawmakers
in 2002 passed
increased
An amendment
by
the
number of
lawmakers
in commissioners
2002 increased
from
six to seven.
The limit
the number
of commissioners
onfrom
political
affiliation,
six to seven. however,
The limit
was
not
increased.
on political affiliation, however,
Midkiff
said the law is clear.
was
not increased.
“My
opinion
is that
the
Midkiff
said the
law isifclear.
CWC
does
not meet
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opinion
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tory
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CWC
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should
be ...
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no CWC.
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composition
three
Republicans,
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be three and
Democrats,
three Republicans, and some-
one who is either an independent or a member of another
one who
is either an indepenparty,”
he said.
dent
a member
of another
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there’s
no CWC,
then
said.
itparty,”
could he
invalidate
all of the
“If there’s
no CWC,
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taken since
the CWC
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could
invalidate
of the
was out of statutoryallcompliactions
taken
since
the
CWC
ance,” he added.
was out of statutory compliMidkiff said he is unsure how
ance,” he added.
long the commission has been
Midkiff said he is unsure how
out of compliance, but he estilong the commission has been
mated that it’s been “at least a
out of compliance, but he estiyear.”
mated that it’s been “at least a
Jessica Robinson, spokesyear.”
woman
for Robinson,
Gov. Matt spokesBlunt,
Jessica
said
commission
members
were
woman
for Gov.
Matt Blunt,
appointed
“withinmembers
the confines
said commission
were
ofappointed
the law.” “within the confines
Commission
Chairman Thoof
the law.”
mas
Herrmann,
of Ballwin,
Commission
Chairman
Thoexpressed
uncertainty
about
mas Herrmann,
of Ballwin,
the
commission’s
political about
comexpressed
uncertainty
position.
the commission’s political com“I don’t know that that’s the
position.
case,”
he said
when
of the
“I don’t
know
thattold
that’s
the
Sierra
Heofsaid
case,” Club’s
he saidfinding.
when told
the
the
public
should
be concerned
Sierra
Club’s
finding.
He said
about
commissioners’
political
the public should be concerned
affiliations
“only
in
complying
about commissioners’ political
with
the legislature’s
of
affiliations
“only in change
complying
the
law.
with
the legislature’s change of
“The
the
law. declaration of party
affiliation
is loosely interpret“The declaration
of party
ed,
I think.”is loosely interpretaffiliation
Commissioner
Jan Tupper, of
ed,
I think.”
Commissioner
Jan Tupper,
of
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MU
MU center
center hopes
hopes
to
to boost
boost transfers
transfers
By looking at criteria,
By hopes
lookingitatcan
criteria,
MU
MU hopes it can
ease
transition.
ease transition.
By DAN MICHEL
By DAN MICHEL
news@columbiamissourian.com
news@columbiamissourian.com
Each year, more than 1,000
Each transfer
year, more
thanmany
1,000
students
to MU,
students
transfer
to MU, many
from
two-year
institutions.
To
from two-year
institutions.
To
increase
that number
and to
increase
that
number
and
make transferring here easier,to
make
easier,
the
MUtransferring
College of here
Education
thecreated
MU College
of Education
has
a research
center
created
a research center
tohas
monitor
community-college
to monitor community-college
admissions.
admissions.
The Center for Community
The Center for Community
College Research will gather
College Research will gather
information on transfer stuinformation on transfer students and how they are intedents and how they are integrated
grated into
into four-year
four-year proprograms.
grams.
“It’s
“It’simportant
importanttotounderstand
understand
how
students
feel
how students feelabout
abouttheir
their
transfer
to
MU
and
to
gain
transfer to MU and to gain
insight
insightfrom
froma atransfer
transfer stustudent’s
dent’sperspective,”
perspective,”said
saidBarBarbara
baraTownsend,
Townsend,director
directorofofthe
the
center.
center.
The
Thecenter’s
center’sgoals
goals include
include
gathering
gathering research
research on
on how
how
totobest
bestfacilitate
facilitatetransfer
transferstustudents’
dents’needs,
needs, how
how they
they are
are
affected by credit-transfer sysaffected
credit-transfer
systems
and by
how
they fare after
temstransfer.
and how they fare after
they
they
MU transfer.
Provost Brian Foster
MUproviding
Provost Brian
said
uniqueFoster
and
said providing
unique
and
advanced
access to
education
advanced
to to
education
for
transferaccess
students
MU is
transfer
afor
huge
goal. students to MU is
a huge goal.
“We’re making a large effort
“We’re making
a large
to articulate
better
with effort
comto articulate
better
with said.
community
colleges,”
Foster
munity
colleges,”
Foster
“Our
efforts
are in
placesaid.
to
“Our efforts
are in toplace
to
provide
broad access
higher
provide
broad
access
to
higher
education in Missouri and to
education
in
Missouri
and
to
support transfer students as
support
transfer
students
as
much as possible.”
much as possible.”
MU is the only public fourMU is the only public fouryear institution in the state that
year institution in the state that
has not adopted the “42-hour
has not adopted the “42-hour
block”
program, a statewide
block” program, a statewide
standardized
standardized set
set of
of requirerequirements
ments for
for students
students looking
looking to
to
transfer
transfer to
to aa four-year
four-year proprogram.
gram. Instead,
Instead, MU
MU has
has sepaseparate
rate articulation
articulation agreements
agreements
with
with each
each community
community college
college
inin Missouri
Missouri and
and admits
admits each
each
potential
potentialtransfer
transferon
onaacase-bycase-bycase
casebasis.
basis.
This
This can
can potentially
potentially make
make
the
thetransition
transitionmore
moredifficult
difficultfor
for
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Commission’s
political ties
draw scrutiny
SPOT CHECKS UPDATE OFFENDER REGISTRY
Sierra Club discovers
membership doesn’t
comply with state law.
By BRYAN UTTER
ADAM WISNESKI/Missourian
Michael Painter, a Boone County Sheriff’s Department deputy, checks a name and address for the Boone County sex
offender registry at an apartment complex on Old 63. The manager said the apartment has been vacant since Nov. 30.
State, county maintain
disparate offender lists
Investigation finds
inaccuracies and outdated
addresses listed in Boone
County and state registries.
By BENJAMIN POSTON
news@columbiamissourian.com
In Boone County, it’s anyone’s guess
where a significant number of registered
sex offenders really live.
Almost 12 years after Missouri passed
Megan’s Law, which implemented a mandatory registry to protect minors from
rape and molestation, a sampling of the
addresses of Boone County’s 255 registered sex offenders indicates that one in
three do not live where they’ve told state
authorities they live.
Meanwhile, one in four offenders do
not live at the address listed in the county
registry.
“(The state registry’s) inaccuracy is
very frustrating to the public, and I’ve
had the same frustration,” Boone County
Sheriff’s Department Detective Andrea
Luntsford said. “I get calls from people
saying ‘I live at this address, and (the
registry) says there is a sex offender
here.’”
A Missourian investigation has found:
■ The Missouri State Highway Patrol
and the Boone County Sheriff’s Department have different methods for maintaining their offender registries, resulting in discrepancies.
■ Sex offenders who are exempt from
registering continue to be punished publicly for crimes that occurred more than
a decade ago, the constitutionality of
which is being challenged in a lawsuit by
a prominent Kansas City attorney.
■ Spot checks and phone calls reveal
that offenders listed homeless shelters,
motels and friends’ homes as places of
residence even though they never lived
there or stayed there for only a short
time and then moved.
■ Of the incorrect addresses in the state
registry, many were old. Some apartments listed had been vacant for months,
neighbors said. Some mobile homes were
abandoned with doors swinging open,
discarded beer cans littered throughout.
One example among the numerous inaccuracies in the state and county registries
is the case of David Blount. Deemed an
offender for the attempted sexual assault
of a 13-year-old girl in 2001, Blount listed
St. Francis House of Hospitality shelter, located at 913 Rangeline St., as his
address. A St. Francis House volunteer,
however, said Blount has never stayed
there, because the staff consider him
dangerous. If Blount had lived at St.
Francis House, which is located near
Field Elementary School, it would have
violated the Missouri law stating that
offenders cannot live with 1,000 feet of
a school or day care. Blount is listed as
noncompliant in the state registry, but is
not listed as such by the county.
Boone County’s system
The county has maintained its online
sex offender registry since 2003 and is
one of 26 counties in the state with an
online registry. As of the second week of
December, more than 25,000 people this
year had visited the site, which includes
the name, address, offense type, victim
type, map and photo of registered sexual
offenders living in the county.
Luntsford is the offender registration
coordinator for Boone County. She gathers from callers tips on noncompliant sex
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The state’s registry is “more accurate today than it was several years ago, because there
are more checks and balances in place. The onus and responsibility falls on the offender. ...
The counties do a very good job with the limitations that they do have.”
CAPT. TIM McGRAIL,
Missouri State Highway Patrol, who is in charge of the criminal records and identification division
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Too many cooks spoil the
broth, but this time the Sierra Club believes it’s too many
Republicans that have spoiled
the Clean Water Commission.
Information the Sierra Club
received through a Sunshine
Law request revealed that four
of the commission’s seven members are Republicans, said Ken
Midkiff, conservation chairman
of the Sierra Club’s Ozark chapter. Missouri law states that a
maximum of three Clean Water
Commission members can be
from any single political party.
An amendment passed by
lawmakers in 2002 increased
the number of commissioners
from six to seven. The limit
on political affiliation, however,
was not increased.
Midkiff said the law is clear.
“My opinion is that if the
CWC does not meet the statutory definition, then there is
no CWC. ... The composition
should be three Democrats,
three Republicans, and some-
one who is either an independent or a member of another
party,” he said.
“If there’s no CWC, then
it could invalidate all of the
actions taken since the CWC
was out of statutory compliance,” he added.
Midkiff said he is unsure how
long the commission has been
out of compliance, but he estimated that it’s been “at least a
year.”
Jessica Robinson, spokeswoman for Gov. Matt Blunt,
said commission members were
appointed “within the confines
of the law.”
Commission Chairman Thomas Herrmann, of Ballwin,
expressed uncertainty about
the commission’s political composition.
“I don’t know that that’s the
case,” he said when told of the
Sierra Club’s finding. He said
the public should be concerned
about commissioners’ political
affiliations “only in complying
with the legislature’s change of
the law.
“The declaration of party
affiliation is loosely interpreted, I think.”
Commissioner Jan Tupper, of
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MU center hopes
to boost transfers
By looking at criteria,
MU hopes it can
ease transition.
By DAN MICHEL
news@columbiamissourian.com
Each year, more than 1,000
students transfer to MU, many
from two-year institutions. To
increase that number and to
make transferring here easier,
the MU College of Education
has created a research center
to monitor community-college
admissions.
The Center for Community
College Research will gather
information on transfer students and how they are integrated into four-year programs.
“It’s important to understand
how students feel about their
transfer to MU and to gain
insight from a transfer student’s perspective,” said Barbara Townsend, director of the
center.
The center’s goals include
gathering research on how
to best facilitate transfer students’ needs, how they are
affected by credit-transfer systems and how they fare after
they transfer.
MU Provost Brian Foster
said providing unique and
advanced access to education
for transfer students to MU is
a huge goal.
“We’re making a large effort
to articulate better with community colleges,” Foster said.
“Our efforts are in place to
provide broad access to higher
education in Missouri and to
support transfer students as
much as possible.”
MU is the only public fouryear institution in the state that
has not adopted the “42-hour
block” program, a statewide
standardized set of requirements for students looking to
transfer to a four-year program. Instead, MU has separate articulation agreements
with each community college
in Missouri and admits each
potential transfer on a case-bycase basis.
This can potentially make
the transition more difficult for
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Family receives special delivery in early hours of Christmas Day
By GWENDOLYN HEASLEY
W
news@columbiamissourian.com
hile most of Columbia spent the wee hours of
Christmas morning sleeping and awaiting the
arrival of Santa Claus, Kelly and Joe Eddy were
awaiting the arrival of their second child. Abigail Renee Eddy, 8 pounds, 3 ounces, was born at 3:17 a.m.
at Boone Hospital Center.
Kelly Eddy was baking last-minute Christmas cookies for
Santa when she went into labor on Christmas Eve. When
they arrived at the hospital, they were the only expectant
parents in the maternity ward.
“We had the whole nursing staff to ourselves,” Kelly Eddy
said. “We got lots of attention. I particularly liked the anesthesiologist.”
Abigail’s first visitors were Kelly Eddy’s mother and stepfather, Debbie and Gary Thomas, and Kelly Eddy’s sisters,
Leslie and Beth Randall, all of Columbia.
“They arrived in the middle of the night,” Joe Eddy said.
“Kelly’s sisters were wearing Santa hats from Victoria’s
Secret.”
The Eddy’s 3-year-old son, Justin, arrived with his paternal grandparents later on Christmas Day. He graciously left
his unopened gifts from Santa at home. He’s waiting until
the whole family returns home to open them.
The nurses embraced the festive mood and put Abigail
into a homemade Christmas stocking. They also adorned
her with a cap that read “Special Christmas Delivery.” The
Eddys, along with extended family, ate a Christmas potluck
dinner in their hospital room.
Brother Justin has spent his time exploring the hospital;
he’s especially fond of the elevators, the curtains and the
free lollipops. Justin was also born at Boone Hospital Center
and recently attended a class there on becoming an older
sibling.
The Eddys had expected Abigail to arrive before Christmas, so her timing had a few joking about a name change.
“There were some last minutes suggestions for Merry or
Carol,” said Kelly Eddy, “but we stuck with Abigail.”
The Eddys were relieved that Abigail arrived in time to
show off her holiday-themed gifts such as the plaid Christmas dress that her great-grandmother, Anne Elber, bought
for her.
“Boone Hospital is definitely the most unique place we’ve
spent Christmas,” Joe Eddy said. “It’s a special thing to be
born on Christmas.”
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Political spin can make
sorting out the issues difficult for voters — especially in
this election, where the spin
is acknowledged as
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But five associations
have tried to make
it easier for constituents to decide on
Nov. 2 by endorsing
the candidates each
deems best when it comes to
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re women better
investors?
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conclusion of a study
by Terrance Odean, who compared investment returns for
men and women during his tenure as an economics professor
at the University of CaliforniaDavis. He studied the trading
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150,000 individual accounts
where clients
make their
own investment decisions without
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By BRUCE money
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WILLIAMS market than
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percent more per year. Single
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year than single men. If you
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percent and 12 percent in a
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20 years. So, these results are
a big deal.
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THURSDAY, December 11, 2008 — Page 3A
Opportunities on upswing for
nontraditional college students
Schools seek ways to help
transfer students fit in.
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Some head to campus after
two years in community college. Others
wait nearly a lifetime, delayed by jobs, kids
and real-world responsibilities. Few find
time for fraternities, football games and
frivolity.
For many new students, the first-year college experience is an academic and social
buffet, a dizzying array of activities and
opportunities to herald the passage into
adulthood. Not so for transfer students, a
growing but largely neglected group whose
needs are as varied as the circumstances
that bring them to campus in the first
place.
That’s starting to change. With more students opting to start their higher education
at affordable community colleges and the
stagnant economy sending even more lateblooming learners back to school, campus
administrators now realize that catering to
transfers and other nontraditional students
makes academic and financial sense.
“Recruitment is great. We bring in new
students and get them engaged,” said Melissa Hattman, director of transfer services
and articulation at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. “But transfers are like the
forgotten college students.”
With an average student age of 27 and
more than 75 percent of its 12,500 undergraduates starting their college careers
elsewhere, the largely commuter St. Louis
campus is one of the most prominent transfer-heavy schools around. There is a student
union study lounge and resource center,
peer mentors to help ease the transition,
even an honor society specifically created
for transfers.
“It’s the perfect school to go back to in
my category,” said Scott Tapp, 34, a senior
public policy major who earned his high
school equivalency degree in 1990 and has
spent the past 18 years in the workplace.
“Campuses are realizing how
valuable these students are.
They are very mature students
who come in and add a lot to
the culture.”
MARC CUTRIGHT
North Texas associate professor of higher education
“There were more people in my age range
than 18- or 19-year-olds, especially in evening classes.”
Tapp, the father of a newborn daughter,
continues to work as a computer industry
and financial services consultant. He is
active in student government and spends 20
hours a week at his campus job in the transfer services office.
Among his peers, such campus involvement is largely the exception. The 2008
National Survey of Student Engagement,
an annual Indiana University study that
examines student life on campuses across
the country, found that transfer students
on average interact less with faculty, are
less likely to collaborate with classmates,
participate in campus activities less often
and are less likely to seek career counseling
and advice.
More than 40 percent of the students at
769 colleges and universities who responded
to the survey were classified as transfer
students.
“These are students who fall through the
cracks,” said Bonita Jacobs, an associate
professor of higher education at the University of North Texas and executive director
of its National Institute for the Study of
Transfer Students.
At North Texas, which this year admitted
4,000 transfer students, 150 of those students live together in a special dormitory
wing set aside for transfers. In February,
college and university presidents across the
state gathered for a “Texas transfer success
summit.”
“Campuses are realizing how valuable
these students are,” said Marc Cutright,
also a North Texas associate professor of
higher education. “They are very mature
students who come in and add a lot to the
culture.”
At the University of California-Santa Barbara, an annual infusion of 1,500 transfer
students led officials to create a four-credit
“transfer success” course, which builds on
similar efforts at UCSB and elsewhere that
until now were aimed primarily at traditional first-year students.
Students learn effective study habits and
stress management techniques. They are
taught how to cultivate relationships with
professors and hear from other transfer students who successfully made the transition.
“Freshmen make all the same mistakes,”
said Britt Andreatta, a UCSB assistant dean
of students who oversees first-year programs and teaches the transfer course. “But
they’ve got three years to recover.”
Hasmik Gushchyan, a 20-year-old junior,
is enrolled in Andreatta’s course after
receiving an associate’s degree from Los
Angeles City College.
The course has not only helped with the
move to a larger campus, it has also offered
Gushchyan a built-in social network.
“It’s all transfers, so you can relate to
everybody in there,” she said. “People who
have been here since freshman year, they’ve
already established a group of friends. It’s
harder to find those connections (as a transfer student).”
Andreatta predicts that the belated focus
on the needs and challenges of transfer students — whether community college graduates, adults returning to school after years
or decades or those at a new institution
but still on the four-year plan — will only
increase.
“They’ve always needed our help. But the
timing wasn’t right,” she said. “We’re just
starting to scratch the surface now. I suspect in the next five years, we’re going to
see some real changes in direction.”
GPS devices keep Jesus in manger
Security companies
hope to deter thieves
from nativity scenes.
By ERIC GORSKI
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — When Baby
Jesus disappeared last year
from a Nativity scene on the
lawn of the Wellington, Fla.,
community center, village
officials didn’t follow a star to
locate him.
A GPS device mounted inside
the life-size ceramic figurine
led sheriff’s deputies to a nearby apartment, where it was
found face down on the carpet. An 18-year-old woman was
arrested in the theft.
Giving up on old-fashioned
padlocks and trust, a number of
churches, synagogues, governments and ordinary citizens are
turning to technology to protect
holiday displays from pranks
or prejudice. GPS, or global
positioning system, devices use
satellite signals to determine
geographic locations on land
and at sea.
About 70 churches and
synagogues eager to avoid
the December police blotter
jumped at a security company’s
offer of free use of GPS systems and hidden cameras this
month to guard their mangers
and menorahs.
Others, like the Herrera family of North Richland Hills,
Texas, took matters into their
own hands. Upset after their
teeter-totter was stolen, the
family trained surveillance
cameras on their yard and was
surprised when footage showed
a teenage girl stealing a baby
Jesus worth almost $500. Police
have obtained the tape.
“They took the family Jesus,”
said Gloria Herrera, 48, a
Catholic. “How can anybody do
that?”
For two consecutive years,
thieves made off with the baby
Jesus figurine in Wellington,
a well-off village of 60,000 in
Palm Beach County, Fla. The
ceramic original, donated by
a local merchant, was made in
Italy and worth about $1,800,
said John Bonde, Wellington’s
Famed
diamond
sells for
record
price
NATION & WORLD
The latest news from our wire services
Bailout beneficiaries
funded conventions
WASHINGTON — Financial
giants that are now being bailed
out by the government spent
millions underwriting the Democratic and Republican conventions in the summer, just weeks
before coming to Washington
begging for multibillion-dollar
handouts.
In all, major corporations,
labor unions and individual
millionaires dumped $118 million into the nominating conventions for Barack Obama
and John McCain, according
to reports from the Campaign
Finance Institute and the Center for Responsive Politics.
Among the corporate contributors:
■ American International
Group Inc. gave $1.5 million.
The government is now providing AIG a $150 billion financialrescue package.
■ Citigroup, receiving tens of
billions in bailout funds, spent
$600,000.
■ Goldman Sachs, the recipient of $10 billion in bailout
money, spent $505,000 on the
political conventions.
Friendly fire incident
kills 6 in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.
Special Forces killed six Afghan
police and wounded 13 Wednesday in a case of mistaken identity by both sides after the police
fired on the Americans during
an operation against an insurgent commander.
A U.S. military statement said
police fired on the American
forces after the troops battled
and killed an armed militant
in the city of Qalat, capital of
the southern province of Zabul.
The Americans returned fire on
the police but only later learned
their identities. An Afghan
civilian was also killed in the
exchange.
Court weighs liability
of Cabinet officials
WASHINGTON — Supreme
Court justices voiced concern
Wednesday about including
former Attorney General John
Ashcroft and current FBI Director Robert Mueller in a lawsuit
that claims prisoners detained
after the Sept. 11 attacks were
abused because of their religion
and ethnicity.
Yet the court offered no clear
indication that it was prepared
to order Ashcroft and Mueller
removed from a lawsuit filed
by Javaid Iqbal, a Pakistani
Muslim who spent nearly six
months in solitary confinement
in New York in 2002.
The case will help determine
when Cabinet officers and other
J. PAT CARTER/The Associated Press
The GPS device located in the Baby Jesus at a Wellington, Fla., community center helped
officials track down an 18-year-old girl who had stolen the figurine. More than 70 churches have
taken advantage of a security company’s offer to place tracking devices in nativity figures.
director of operations.
So last year, officials took
a GPS unit normally used to
track the application of mosquito spray and implanted it in
the latest replacement figurine.
After that one disappeared,
sheriff’s deputies quickly
tracked it down.
Sensing opportunity in that
kind of success story, New
York-based BrickHouse Security is offering up to 200 nonprofit religious institutions a
free month’s use of security
cameras and LightningGPS
products it distributes.
Chief executive officer Todd
Morris said the idea was born
after a few churches asked
about one-month rentals instead
of longer contracts that are the
norm. The first 20 or so applications came from synagogues,
he said.
Rabbi Yochonon Goldman
of Lubavitch of Center City, a
Philadelphia-area branch of the
Chabad Lubavitch movement,
signed up even though his pre-
vious biggest scare involved the
wind knocking down a menorah.
“People are very securityconscious, and this is simply a
precaution,” said Goldman, who
will put a GPS on one menorah
and a camera on another. “It’s
sad, ... but it’s the reality we’re
faced with.”
As members of a minority
religion, Jews are probably hit
harder when their religious
symbols are vandalized, said
Deborah Lauter, national civil
rights director for the Anti-Defamation League.
“If Baby Jesus is removed,
it tends to be seen as a prank,”
Lauter said. “Vandalism or
theft of a menorah is just more
sensitive. You feel like you’re
really being targeted for your
religion.”
The league identified 699 incidents of anti-Semitic vandalism
in 2007, consistent with recent
years.
So far in 2008, Baby Jesus
has appeared in several police
reports. At First United Methodist Church in Kittanning,
Penn., a baby Jesus was stolen
and replaced with a pumpkin.
In Eureka Springs, Ark., someone who absconded with a plastic baby Jesus from a public
display last week also took the
concrete block and chain that
was supposed to act as a deterrent.
Previously, stolen Jesus figurines have also been defaced
with profanity or Satanic symbols.
The incidents raise a question: Is stealing Baby Jesus
harmless juvenile fun, or antiChristian?
“I suspect most of it is childish pranks,” said attorney
Mike Johnson of the Alliance
Defense Fund, a conservative
Christian legal group. “Clearly,
there are adults with an agenda
to remove Christ from Christmas. But they tend to occupy
themselves with the courts and
courtroom of public opinion.”
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER
its pre-sale estimate — was the
most ever paid for a diamond
at auction, Christie’s spokeswoman Alexandra Kindermann
said.
Christie’s said the diamond
was purchased by King Philip
IV of Spain in 1664 and included
in the dowry for his teenage
daughter. Although she died
relatively young, the diamond
remained with her husband and
passed through a succession of
heirs.
The gem got the Wittelsbach
name after 1722, when Leopold’s granddaughter married
Charles of Bavaria, a member
of the Wittelsbach family.
Maximilian IV Joseph von
Wittelsbach, Bavaria’s first
king, included the diamond in
his royal crown. The diamond
made its last state appearance in
1918 in the aftermath of World
War I. It was offered for auction
in 1931, but didn’t sell and vanished from the public eye.
The diamond only resurfaced
in 1962, when a jeweler recognized its significance and
refused a request to re-cut it.
The Associated Press
LONDON — A rare blue diamond handed down through
generations of German royalty
sold for a record-breaking 16.4
million pounds, or $24.3 million, at auction Wednesday in
London, Christie’s said.
The Wittelsbach Diamond,
a 35.56 carat cushion-shaped
gem, has often had its color and
clarity compared to the famed
Hope Diamond, now on display
at the Smithsonian Institution
in Washington.
The price — nearly double
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high-ranking officials can be
sued over allegations that lowerlevel government workers have
violated people’s civil rights.
Iqbal, since deported from the
United States, says Ashcroft,
Mueller and others implemented
a policy of confining detainees
in highly restrictive conditions
because of their religious beliefs
or race.
Solicitor General Gregory
Garre argued on behalf of
Ashcroft and Mueller that nothing in Iqbal’s complaint ties the
allegedly discriminatory acts of
lower-level officials to his clients.
Britain announces
Iraq withdrawal date
BAGHDAD
—
Britain
announced Wednesday it will
withdraw all but a few hundred
of its 4,000 soldiers from Iraq
next year, ending a mission that
was unpopular at home and
failed to curb the rise of Iranian-backed Shiite militias in the
south. The decision comes as
the United States is weighing a
drawdown in its nearly 150,000strong force.
The British announcement,
which was expected, signals a
conclusion to the role of the second biggest troop contributor to
the multinational coalition after
the United States. More than
45,000 British troops took part
in the March 2003 invasion that
overthrew Saddam Hussein.
In London, the Defense Ministry said all but a few hundred
of the 4,000 soldiers, most of
them in the heavily Shiite south,
would be gone by June.
Gene could be linked
to high-calorie diet
NEW YORK — Scientists
may have figured out one reason some people reach for the
french fries instead of an apple.
It could be a gene that’s been
linked to an increased risk of
obesity.
A study of children found
those with a common variation of the gene tend to overeat
high-calorie foods. They ate 100
extra calories per meal, which
over the long term can put on
weight, said Colin Palmer, who
led the study at the University of
Dundee in Scotland.
The findings don’t mean that
everyone with that version of
the gene will eat too much and
become obese, he said. They just
might have a tendency to eat
more fattening foods.
Palmer said the results support the theory that childhood
obesity today could be connected to the widespread availability and low cost of high-calorie
foods. The research is published
in today’s New England Journal
of Medicine.
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COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN
FRIDAY, December 5, 2008 — Page 5A
STATE VIEW
State’s mass transit significant but not a top priority
T
he question of the state transportation agency’s priorities is not without merit, but unless we cool our
love affair with the automobile, we
can’t recommend a realignment of priorities.
Pete Rahn, director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, addressed the legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation
Oversight in late November and reiterated his
warning that the state’s progress would grind
to a halt without an infusion of money.
His address prompted Sen. Joan Bray, DUniversity City, to complain that MoDOT’s
emphasis on roads and bridges comes at the
expense of mass transit.
We understand her concern, but — as Rahn
pointed out — 98 percent of all trips taken in
Missouri are by automobile. And that means
smooth roads and sound bridges are a priority
of 98 percent of travelers.
The automobile is the most convenient
method of travel. We can leave from our
home and arrive nearly at the door of our
destination. Little planning is required and no
timetables are needed. We believe mass transit must remain in the equation, but MoDOT’s
priorities today are in line with the wishes of
Missouri travelers.
— Jefferson City News-Tribune
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accuracy and fairness are fundamental to good journalism.”
SINCE 1908
WALTER WILLIAMS, FOUNDING DEAN,
MISSOURI SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
General
Manager
Daniel S. Potter
Executive
Editor
Tom Warhover
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NATIONAL VIEW
Bush’s pardons
should address
true inequities
U
nless the Christmas spirit
inspires him to change
course, George W. Bush
will end his presidency
having issued only about half the
number of presidential pardons
bestowed by Bill Clinton. Bush
may, as some critics charge, be too
parsimonious in exercising this
prerogative of presidents. On his
way out of the White House, Clinton cleansed the criminal records
of a motley collection of friends,
cronies and political supporters.
Now it’s Bush who must use his
pardon power or lose it. Last week,
the president issued 14 pardons to
mostly obscure federal offenders
and shortened the sentences of two
others. Bush now has issued 171
pardons, compared with Clinton’s
396. The White House won’t identify which of the pardons, if any,
were recommended by the Justice
Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney, which has exacting
requirements for clemency applications. But most of them, including
one for a Missouri farmer who
unintentionally poisoned three bald
eagles, seem reasonable.
Still, Bush’s second term isn’t
over, and an array of prominent or
notorious offenders are hoping that
the president will rise above principle and spare them prison time or
wipe their criminal records clean.
Some are former government officials, such as Rep. Randy “Duke”
Cunningham, who pleaded guilty
to accepting bribes from defense
contractors, and I. Lewis “Scooter”
Libby, whose sentence for perjury
was commuted by Bush last year.
Then there are offenders whose
cause is being championed for
political or ideological reasons. Politicians in Israel perennially have
sought clemency for Jonathan Jay
Pollard, a former U.S. Navy analyst sentenced to life in prison for
spying for that country. Television
commentator Lou Dobbs has made
household names of Ignacio Ramos
and Jose Alonso Compean, former
U.S. Border Patrol agents who
were convicted of shooting a fleeing drug smuggler and trying to
conceal their actions. There also is
speculation that Bush might issue
a blanket pardon for CIA agents
who could face criminal charges
for engaging in or approving the
torture of suspected terrorists.
The pardon power is designed to
redress injustices the judicial system is unable to remedy or, as with
Jimmy Carter’s pardon of Vietnam-era draft resisters, to restore
domestic tranquillity. If Bush
wants to spare himself the obloquy
rightly visited on Clinton, he will
say no to any pardon based on partisanship, powerful connections,
populist propaganda or celebrity.
The pardon power also shouldn’t
be used to indemnify lawbreaking
in the cause of the president’s policies.
There may be other cases
equally deserving of Bush’s compassion, though the pardon power
always will fall short of rectifying
inequities in the law that must be
addressed by Congress. What matters is that Bush reject the Clinton
precedent and say no to claimants
who seek mercy on the basis of
whom they know or worked for.
— The Los Angeles Times
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Bleak budget leaves
no one off the hook
T
he trouble with news is that so
much of it is true. If I’ve said that
before, my excuse for repetition is
this week’s headlines.
“Nixon will face big budget shortage” was on the Missourian’s front page
Wednesday. Inside that day’s paper was
an Associated Press story headlined
“Report fails 49 states for education
costs.” Missouri is one of the 49 to flunk.
In Tuesday’s Maneater, the top story was
“Missouri Promise faces grim budget
realities.” Then the bomb. From the Missourian’s Web site on Thursday: “University leaders asked to envision budget cuts
of up to 25 percent.”
Twenty-five percent? That can’t be serious. It turns out, however, that the chairmen of the legislative budget and appropriations committees are deadly serious.
Last week’s sermonette was an expression of relief at not being responsible for
drafting our university’s budget in these
uncertain times. This week’s news forces
the realization that, really, nobody’s off
the hook. We might not have the burden of
planning the budget, but none of us — students and wannabe students, parents, university employees and retirees, citizens,
taxpayers — will escape the effect of the
recession and state government’s response
to it.
Wayne Goode, adviser to the governorelect, former legislator and perhaps Missouri’s most experienced budget builder,
warns that the revenue shortfall for the
current fiscal year, which stands now at
$342 million, reminds him of the Great
Depression. Mr. Goode, as I’ve observed
him over the years, is not given to hyperbole.
Now take a moment to reflect on how
our rulers in Jefferson City have responded to less apocalyptic downturns in the
recent past. Gov. One-Term Bob Holden
withheld appropriated funds from the public schools. The Boy Governor, our current
one-termer, slashed the Medicaid roles.
The university’s appropriation is still
below what it was in 2001.
Already, the Republicans who control
the legislature have warned that there’s no
money even to restore the Medicaid cuts,
let alone support new programs.
So Governor-elect Jay Nixon’s “Missouri
Promise” — his plan to provide scholarships for community college and university educations for good students who can’t
afford college now — seems almost certain to be a promise unkept. And that’s just
one of those “grim budget realities.”
For our university, the grim realities
suggest that “Compete Missouri,” the
three-year program of salary increases
intended to raise faculty pay from the bottom to the middle of our peers, loses the
competition for diminishing dollars. And
that was the case when the projection was
a mere 5 percent budget cut. At 15 percent
to 25 percent, the range now under discussion, even the system-wide hiring freeze
won’t save nearly enough to satisfy our
legislative masters.
Administrators are banking on another
enrollment increase next fall to produce
some of the income the legislature won’t
deliver. The economics of that are simple.
If you have 20 or 200 students in a classroom, there’s little or no extra cost for
adding another one or 20. So the tuition revenue, or most of it, goes to the bottom line.
In years past, the university could more
fully counteract the legislature’s stinginess by raising tuition steeply. Hence our
failing grade in affordability and the need
for that Missouri Promise. Senate Bill 389,
which limits the increases to the rate of
inflation as measured by the Consumer
Price Index, took away that option. Legislators didn’t, of course, commit to making
up the difference.
You can see why Mr. Nixon joined the
throng of mendicant governors imploring
President-elect Barack Obama to direct
some bailout money to the states. The feds
can borrow, run deficits and just print
more money. The state is constitutionally
bound to balance its budget.
In a town where the two biggest employers are the university and the public
schools, the budget news is all too true.
Please don’t shoot the messenger.
George Kennedy is a former managing editor at
the Missourian and professor emeritus at the
Missouri School of Journalism.
DOONESBURY
BY GARRY TRUDEAU
GEORGE
KENNEDY
We might
not have the
burden of
planning the
budget, but
none of us ...
will escape
the effect of
the recession
and state
government’s
response to it.
ay it in 140 spaces or fewer. Just try, I
dare you.
I am taking a professional development course in editorial writing, hoping to improve my work in print and online. I
have already experimented with style, reporting and research. And from your responses to
my articles, you pretty much approve.
The language of the press is, in itself, interesting. But mix in the new language of the
Internet and one can find himself in the “dead
zone of definitions.” We all should know what
a Web site is, and many of you either have or
have visited a blog. But have you Twittered?
Twitter.com defines its site as “a service for
friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected
through the exchange
DAVID
of quick, frequent
ROSMAN
answers to one simple
question: What are
you doing?” However,
you are limited to 140
spaces including punctuation.
The goal of today’s
experiment is to write
complete commentaries
in 140 spaces or fewer.
I am used to writing
stories limited to 700
The goal
words, so this is a challenge.
of today’s
Local
experiment
Goodbye, Wendy
is to write
Libby. You did something more important
commentaries
than resurrect a school.
in 140 spaces
You gave Stephens
College back its pride.
or less.
You’ll be missed.
Breathe. Breathe deep and hope you’re not
sitting behind a car belching blue smoke. Missouri needs to pass a statewide emissions law.
Now!
Cyber bullying is a crime. More so when
an adult, who knows better, bullies someone
to death. Here’s another law for legislators to
pass.
It’s finally over! The counting is done.
McCain wins! At least in Missouri. Now, will
the Red and Blue armies cooperate in Jeff
City? Nah.
What’s that painted in the middle of the
street? A bicycle with a pointy helmet? Safest
place in Columbia is now the middle of the
traffic.
Thank you Columbia Orthopaedic Group.
Congratulations Central Missouri Food Bank.
CMFB now owns its roof and can still feed
those in need.
National
Don’t be fooled! $1.49 won’t last. We will see
$4 gas again. Soon. Going back to old habits
will do nothing but accelerate the problem.
Citicorp is laying off 52,000 employees to
save itself. Lost jobs. Less spending. Fewer
Citibank VISAs used. Repeat. It’s a vicious
cycle.
(This is not as easy as it looks. It is like
writing a Japanese haiku and having it make
sense. Just a few more, I promise.)
Now Citicorp is asking for more bailout
money. Is it also too big to fail? In this case,
yes, but it must also change its ways.
It is not the leader but the advisers selected.
With Clinton, Daschle, Holder and Napolitano,
President-elect Obama is choosing wisely.
Why is GM different than AIG? Organized
labor. Don’t force one into bankruptcy and not
the other. Don’t make this war white v. blue
collar.
International
Pirates? Arg! Living and breeding in the
Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, hijacking
supertankers. Where are the Marines when
you need them?
The attacks on Mumbai prove one thing
— No matter how sophisticated your technology, the low-tech guy has the advantage.
The U.S. has repeatedly violated Pakistan’s
borders firing rockets from unmanned drones
killing mostly civilians. Where’s our honor?
Secretary of State Clinton. Hillary or Bill?
As a private citizen, Obama can’t stop the Bill
from joining international debates. Or can he?
During this holiday time, make your
thoughts and prayers to bring all our troops
home. Peace may not come this year, but we
can try.
OK, I am done for now. This was fun. I
would like to know what you think. Twitter me with your opinion — in 140 spaces or
fewer. Thanks.
David Rosman is a business and political
communications consultant, professional speaker and
instructor at Columbia College. He welcomes your
comments at ProfDave1011@netscape.net. Find him
on Twitter at twitter.com/daverosman
Because of Doonesbury’s often
politically charged content, the
Missourian runs it on the Opinion page.
All copy on the
Opinion page
should be in
ragged right
and take a drop
cap in the first
paragraph.
A commentary
is credited to a
person instead
of a newspaper.
It should take
a pullout blurb
under the name
instead of a
byline. Some
columnists will
also have a mug
shot under the
name.
About 800
words will fit
in this column.
Otherwise,
another view or
a letter to the
editor can go
here.
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Letters to the editor:
Put letters to the editor
in 11 percent black boxes
unless there is too little
space on the page. When
editing letters, use a light
touch. It’s OK to correct
for spelling, punctuation
and basic grammar. Do
not rewrite any part of a
letter or you risk changing the writer’s voice. The
same applies for editing
commentaries and Dear
Abby letters.
In letters to the editor, if
a writer makes reference
to a previously published
headline, put the headline
in quotes only if it is the
exact headline as published.
TO THE EDITOR
Hed-Feature
Headlines are
typically two
lines.
Bdy-Byline 2,
change name to
Abby hedders.
Don’t forget to put a
drop cap in the first
paragraph.
Put p9 between the
edge of the gray box
and the type.
11% black
Bush’s growth plan
good for economy
T
From KELLY SMITH, Columbia
he president’s jobs and growth
policies have put the economy on
the road to recovery, but there is
more work to be done. The president has outlined a six-point plan to create
even more job opportunities for America’s workers and to keep America the best
place in the world to do business.
The plan includes enabling families
and businesses to plan for the future with
confidence by making tax reductions permanent, making health care costs more
affordable and predictable, reducing the
burden of lawsuits on our economy, ensuring an affordable, reliable energy supply,
streamlining regulations and paperwork
requirements and opening new markets
for American products and services.
Pullout blurbs:
Every columnist gets a pullout blurb
underneath the name. The pullout should
highlight a key point of the commentary
and serve almost as a deck leading into the
story. Even though they are technically
quotes, they do not take quote marks.
p6 space
OPINION PAGE TIPS
When writing headlines, of course you will be editorializing. However, try to keep it mild. A headline that
says “Bush should take accountability” is a lot better
than one that says “Bush is an oozing slimeball.” See
the difference?
O
Do not edit in a way that changes the writer’s
voice. The people who contribute to the Opinion page
deserve to have their voices heard. Do, however, edit
for spelling, punctuation and basic grammar.
O
When selecting pieces, remember this: Just
because you personally disagree with a columnist’s
position doesn’t mean you should exclude that piece
from the page.
O
MICHAEL
MASSING
I have strong
views, but I
prefer to have
readers judge
my articles
based solely on
their content.
Label-Reverse:
Franklin Heavy,
14/14, white on
black rule, 7p1
wide. To make a
two-line infobox
head, put a hard
return where you
want to start the
second line. Click
on the first line
and change the
“Space after” to
0p. Repeat the
process for the
second line with
“Space before.”
Blurb-typeNoRuleAbove: Franklin
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Life Stories/Area Briefs
Life stories:
All obituaries, whether featurized or standard, are packaged together. If they are featurized, they will look
like a normal story with a byline and headline (and no name at the top). However, most will be written in the
standard form shown below. There should be a feature head that says “Life Stories” that covers the entire
obituary package. Use “Stories” even if there is only one.
p9 space
LIFE STORIES
William “Pete”
Colley
William “Pete” Colley of
Hallsville died Sunday, Oct. 10,
2008, surrounded by family at
his farm. He was 76.
Hed-Briefs:
Mr. Colley was born Oct. 20,
Franklin
1931, in Howard County to BenDemi, 14/14.
jamin and LuCratie (St. Clair)
Include
Colley. He married Gerald
middle
“Gerry” Bailey on June 1, 1955,
names or
in Fayette.
nicknames
Mr. Colley served with the
in the brief
Army during World War II.
head.
He returned to Boone County
in 1964 and later joined the
Jefferson City chapter of the
International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers. He was
also a member of the Red Top
Christian Church.
Although an electrician
by trade, Mr. Colley farmed
on the side. Raising Black
Angus cattle was something
he enjoyed, said his daughter
Leah Rennick.
1p space above Mr. Colley is survived by his
and below
rule
wife; three children, Ben E.
Colley, Sheila Christy and Leah
Rennick, all of Hallsville; three
sisters, Brooksie Shields of California, Mo., Trixie Ramsey of
Moberly and Helen Forbes of
Armstrong; a brother, Marshall
Colley of Harrisburg; and four
grandchildren.
An infant brother, Benjamin Colley, and a sister, Nellie
McConnell, died earlier.
Visitation for will be from 4
to 7 p.m. today and 12:30 to 1:30
p.m. Thursday at Memorial
Funeral Home, 1217 Business
Loop 70 W. Services, conducted
by the Rev. Betsy Happel, will
be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at
the funeral home. Burial will
follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to
Option Care Missouri River
Hospice, 1410 Heriford Road,
Columbia, MO 65202.
— Liz Ludrick
LIFE STORY
TIPS
When designing Life
Story packages, keep in
mind that readers often
clip and save Life Stories.
Try to keep each Life
Story modular instead of
doglegging them around
ads. Also, try to avoid putting all of them in one file
because if the Life Stories
are of varying length,
they will end up doglegging around each other
(the way a briefs package
does). Always ask yourself
what would make the Life
Stories the easiest to cut
out and most attractive to
put in a scrapbook.
O
For more on Life
Stories, see the city
desk procedures section.
O
Bdy-Tagline: Franklin
Demi, 8/8
Another obituary
If obituaries are stacked on
top
of each other, put a 1 pt.
If obituaries are stacked on
top of each other, put a 1 pt. black rule between the obitublack rule between them.
aries.
Area briefs:
Area briefs follow much the same style as nation and world briefs; the feature head and taglines are the key
differences. A briefs package should include no fewer than three briefs, each 3 inches long. When there are
two or fewer briefs, either run them as small stories with small headlines (18 to 24 pt.) or find some state
briefs to fill out the package.
p9 space
AREA BRIEFLY
Student wins Mo.
citizenship award
Hed-Briefs
Rock Bridge High School
senior Lucinda McRoberts has
been selected to receive the
2007 Missouri Award for Outstanding Achievement in Citizenship. McRoberts is one of 15
high school seniors in Missouri
to be given the award.
The award is given to high
school seniors who were nominated by their high school prin-
cipals or teachers as demonstrating strong leadership and
academic skills as well as showing strong community involvement.
McRoberts is the president of
the Rock Bridge Student Council and is a core leader for Rock
Bridge Reaches Out, a school
volunteer organization. She is
also an intern for Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia.
— Stephen Kempf
Bdy-Tagline:
Franklin Demi,
8/8
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The principles for designing sports are the same as for news. Here are a few things specific to sports.
League capsules:
Local roundups:
Use roundups to cover a multitude of games
that are not local or important enough to warrant their own story. Think of it as sports
briefs. Each roundup takes a feature head on
top identifying the conference or league: “Top
25 Football,” “American League,” “NHL,” etc.
Each brief is set off with a score. The headline
should be based off the first brief. The deck,
if there is one, should be based off the second
brief.
These packages are built much like league capsules but use a different subhead style. Use the
feature head “Extra Points” above it.
p9 space
Bdy-Subhed:
Franklin
Heavy, 11/11
If space
requires you
to do multiple league
divisions in
one story,
put the
division in
Bdy-Subhed,
all caps, centered.
Then, take
off the space
before the
next subhead.
MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL
Gobble
silences
Twins
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Jimmy
Gobble pitched a six-hitter for
his first career complete game
and Joe Randa went 4-for-5
with a home run for Kansas
City in the Royals’ 12-3 victory
against the Minnesota Twins
on Sunday.
David DeJesus hit a two-run
home run, and the top five batters in Kansas City’s lineup
each had two RBIs in the Royals’ first win in nine games at
the Metrodome.
Red Sox 6, Rangers 5
BOSTON — Curt Schilling
pitched into the ninth inning for
his major league-leading 18th
win, David Ortiz hit his 35th
home run, and Boston held on.
The Red Sox, who had their
10-game
winning
streak
snapped Saturday, completed a
9-1 homestand and stayed 21/2
games behind the New York
Yankees in the AL East.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Astros 10, Pirates 5
HOUSTON — Mike Lamb
went 4-for-5 with a home run
and four RBIs to lead Houston
to its ninth straight win.
EXTRA POINTS
p9 space
Hastings
too much
for Cougars
Bdy-Byline 2
Abby hedders.
Include the colon
in the header.
Staff and wire reports
The Columbia College soccer
team lost 2-1 on Sunday at No. 2
Hastings (Neb.) College.
Hastings (1-1) opened the
scoring with five seconds left
in the first half and doubled its
lead early in the second half. J.
P. Irrera scored the lone goal
for the Cougars (2-2), who were
ranked sixth in the NAIA preseason poll.
Steve Williams allowed two
goals on six shots to take the
loss. The Cougars countered
with five shots.
HICKMAN FOOTBALL: Coach
Gregg Nesbitt said quarterback
Blake Tekotte tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his
right knee. The injury, which
Score bugs:
Put the sport as the head of the score bug, and always
put the winner’s score first. Use nicknames instead of
schools or cities. Tighten the score bug to make it as
narrow as possible. Keep a close eye on the text wrapping around the score bug to make sure the wrap is
legible. When using a score bug in one column, place
it at the edge near the top of the story. In two or more
columns, it usually works best to straddle the score
bug over two columns. For score treatments on big
stories, turn to page 95.
By MARK LONG
InfoBox-Hed
InfoBoxSubhed. Take
out the space
before the second line.
The Associated Press
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The
Jacksonville Jaguars finally got off
to a fast start. They still needed
another frantic finish.
Hobbled and
hurting, Byron
Leftwich directed a 67-yard
Jaguars
22 touchdown drive
Chiefs
16 and hit Cortez
Hankton with
45 seconds left to lift the Jaguars to
a 22-16 victory against the Kansas
Football
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Sports Pages continued
Fan Fare, also known as the agate page, is a heavily formatted page of statistics, box scores and schedules.
The actual sports agate is in the For the Record section on page 2B. Although many stylesheets have been
set up with the tabs preset, there’s no getting around the fact that this is a labor-intensive job.
FOR THE RECORD
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BASEBALL
Agate-Head
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Agate-Subhead
Agate-Tabs
NBA/MLB
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Agate-Tabs
Baseball
Linescore
Agate-Tabs
Baseball
Batters
Agate-Tabs
Baseball
Pitchers
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East Division
W L
New York
14 3
Boston
12 5
Baltimore
7 9
Tampa Bay
6 11
Toronto
6 12
Pct
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.438
.353
.333
(Washburn 1-2), 3:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 3-0) at Minnesota (Lohse 2-1), 3:05 p.m.
Texas (Lewis 2-0) at Oakland (Lilly
1-0), 7:05 p.m.
GB
—
2
6½
Monday’s Games
8
Toronto at Boston, 10:05 a.m.
8½ N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 12:05
p.m.
Central Division
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox,
W L Pct GB
1:05 p.m.
Kansas City
13 3 .813 — Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.
Chicago
11 6 .647 2½
ROYALS 9, TIGERS 2
Minnesota
9 8 .529 4½
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Cleveland
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Seattle
10 7 .588 — CPena 1b 4 0 1 0 Beltran cf 3 1 0 0
Oakland
10 8 .556 ½
DYong dh 3 0 1 0 MiSwy 1b 4 0 1 0
Anaheim
8 9 .471 2
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Texas
7 11 .389 3½ Monroe lf 4 0 0 0 Ibanez lf 4 1 2 2
Halter 3b 4 0 0 0 Harvey dh4 0 0 0
Friday’s Games
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Kansas City 4, Detroit 3, 11 inInge c
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N.Y. Yankees 11, Minnesota 4
Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland 3
Detroit
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Seattle 8, Anaheim 2
Kansas City005 004 00x — 9
Oakland 9, Texas 0
Saturday’s Games
E—MiSweeney 2 (2). DP—Detroit
2, Kansas City 1. LOB—Detroit
Kansas City 9, Detroit 2
5, Kansas City 3. 2B—Tucker (3),
Boston 7, Toronto 2
Randa (5), Berroa 2 (5), DiFelice
Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 7
Chicago White Sox 12, Cleveland 3 (1). 3B—Higginson (1). HR—Relaford (1). SB—Ibanez (1).
Oakland 12, Texas 2
IP H R ER BB SO
N.Y. Yankees 4, Minnesota 2
Detroit
Seattle at Anaheim, (n)
Knotts L,0-2 2 1-35 5 5 2 2
Sparks
3 1-3 6 4 4 0
Today’s Games
Tampa Bay (Bierbrodt 0-1) at Balti- 3
Spurling
1 1-3 0 0 0 0
more (Daal 0-2), 12:35 p.m.
1
Toronto (Halladay 0-2) at Boston
Ledezma
1 1 0 0 0 0
(Fossum 1-1), 1:05 p.m.
Kansas City
Detroit (Maroth 0-4) at Kansas
Affeldt
3 4 2 2 0 2
City (Asencio 1-0), 1:05 p.m.
ALopez W,3-0 5 1 0 0 0 2
Cleveland (Davis 1-2) at Chicago
White Sox (Buehrle 2-1), 1:05
Bukvich
1 0 0 0 1 0
p.m.
Umpires—Home, Tim Welke First,
Seattle (Franklin 1-1) at Anaheim
Chuck Meriwether Second, Gary
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Cederstrom Third, Mark Wegner.
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CLEVELAND
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BPhllps 2b30 0 0
Burks dh 4 0 0 0
Spncer lf 3 0 0 0
Selby lf 1 0 0 0
KGarca rf 4 0 1 0
Laker c 4 1 0 0
Blake 3b 4 1 1 1
Hafner 1b3 1 2 2
JMcDld ss4 0 0 0
Totals
11
CHICAGO
ab r h bi
DJmnz 2b5 1 4 3
Grffnno ss51 0 0
Thmas dh5 1 2 0
MOrdz rf 4 1 1 1
Dubach rf0 1 0 0
Knerko 1b51 2 1
Lee lf
42 2 4
Crede 3b 5 1 2 2
Rwand cf 2 2 0 0
Olivo c 4 1 3 0
Paul c
00 0 0
34 3 6 3 Totals 391216
8p10.5
columns
with
5 pt.
gutter
Cleveland 010 001 001 — 3
Chicago 601 110 03x — 12
E—KGarcia 2 (3), THafner (3),
BriAnderson (1), Stewart (1). DP—
Cleveland 2. LOB—Cleveland 7,
Chicago 7. 2B—Bradley (9), THafner (4), Thomas (3), Konerko (2),
Crede (4), Olivo (2). HR—Blake (1),
THafner (2), MOrdonez (3), Lee (3).
IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland
Andrson L,2-25 11 9 2 1 1
Mulholland 2 3 0 0 0 2
Myette
1 2 3 3 1 0
Chicago
Stewart W,1-16 5 2 1 3 3
Glover
1 0 0 0 0 0
Wunsch
1 0 0 0 0 2
Koch
1 1 1 1 0 1
HBP—by BriAnderson (Rowand 2).
Balk—BriAnderson.
Umpires—Home, Mike Everitt First,
Hunter Wendelstedt Second, Larry
Young Third, Charlie Reliford.
T—2:33. A—18,907 (47,098).
YANKEES 4, TWINS 2
NEW YORK
ab r h bi
ASrano 2b51 2 0
NJhnsn 1b20 0 0
JaGbi dh 3 1 0 0
MINNESOTA
ab r h bi
JJones lf 5 1 2 0
CGzmn ss40 0 0
Mohr ph 1 0 0 0
SPORTS TODAY
ARENA FOOTBALL
Dallas at Chicago: 2 p.m. TV: KOMU
The agate page has one column that
is 13p wide and six columns that are
8p10.5 wide with 5 pt. gutters.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
The example shown is only a sampling
of the agate stylesheets. The best way
to learn them all is through practice.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
O
p5 space
Missouri at Baylor: 1 p.m.
Radio: KTGR
O
Agate-TV type.
Bold team
names and
media.
Philadelphia at Atlanta: Noon TV: TBS
Florida at N.Y. Mets: 12:10 p.m. TV:
WPIX
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh: 12:30
p.m. TV: WGN
Arizona at St. Louis: 1 p.m.
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
Sports Pages continued
For big games, a little score bug might not seem like enough.
With centerpiece or lead treatment, feel free to try these above-the-headline
formats. The first is for game previews. The second is for results.
Keep the logos the same distance from the type, and center them vertically.
Missouri vs. Colorado
Saturday, 1 p.m.
Memorial Stadium, Columbia
Missouri 6
Colorado 5
TIGERS POUNCE BACK
Cdeck goes here and
here and here and
here and here here.
By JOE KAY
The Associated Press
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lam velissectem quisit, sum er
sequamet alit augiatem ip ea
con henim digna acincip estrud
mod tet at. Duipsum modionsed
do conum volestrud dolore modolore magna augiatum dio etuerat. Duipit autpat. Duismod et
praestie feu feugiat. Laore vel
in vel duipit ad el eum zzrillu
ptatin venibh el ipit utem venim
veriliquamet autpat augiat. Ut
eugiat. Per sim quatincin eu
faccum nummy nullam ing ent
alit ero dolore delissed tate fac-
Or, if you don’t
have logos, go
with this one.
A smaller option would be
something like this, which
would most often go to the side
of a horizontal package or at
the top of a leg of type. Run the
score and logos with statistics,
quotes or other pullout material.
cum velent at. Ut irillam quisi
blan veliqui smodolore consed
dolor sequisi eugait dolor si.
Nit volobortie doloboreet, sed
dolore tatie consed modio con
utatie tat, quam aut exeriure
vel elit ad enis nim velesed erciduis nim volorper in essi bla
autatum iliquat.
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FOOTBALL
Missouri 6, Colorado 5
Missouri 6
Colorado 5
Stat 1: Interesting info goes here
and here and here and here.
Stat 1: Interesting info goes here
and here and here and here.
Stat 1: Interesting info goes here
and here and here and here.
95
Floorboard
HEADLINES
The floorboard has many elements. Usually, the copy desk TA will be responsible for putting it together.
All heads are Hed-Briefs and all type is Infobox-Type. The 1A template and news library have examples of
deeper formats to tease to the Saturday and Sunday papers, and designers should feel free to adjust these
elements when news dictates. The bar code and paper information must stay in the bottom-right corner.
Index
Headline goes here
Outside today
Getting it right
Text goes here like this.
goes here like this. Text
here like this. Text goes
like this. Text goes here
this. Text goes here like
Text goes here like this.
Today: Text goes here like this.
Temp: XX°
Tonight: Text goes here like
this.
Temp: XX°
Page 2A
The Missourian’s policy is to check all local
stories for accuracy before publication. If
you are a source of information, and we
don’t double-check it with you, let us know.
If you spot a mistake, let us know that, too.
Call Tom Warhover at 573-882-5734.
Text goes here like this. Text
goes here like this. Text goes
here like this. Text goes here
like this. Text goes here like
this. Text goes here like this.
— The Associated Press
Abby
6A
Calendar
2A
Classified
5B
Comics
6A
Life Stories 10A
Lottery
2A
Nation
Opinion
Second Front
Sports
Stocks
World
3A
7A
8A
1B
2A
4A
Our 101st year/#XXX
2 sections
XX pages
6
54051
90850
Headlines:
Weather:
The Headlines box takes a brief, usually from the
wire. The box is 19p wide. The headline is Infoboxsubhed, 16 pt. Put the tagline in Franklin Demi.
Put the time of day in bold. The box
is 11p6 wide.
HEADLINES
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
96
Headline goes here
Text goes here like this.
goes here like this. Text
here like this. Text goes
like this. Text goes here
this. Text goes here like
Text goes here like this.
Text goes here like this. Text
goes here like this. Text goes
here like this. Text goes here
like this. Text goes here like
this. Text goes here like this.
— The Associated Press
Outside today
Today: Text goes here like this.
Temp: XX°
Tonight: Text goes here like this.
Temp: XX°
Page 2A
Corrections:
Index:
If there are no corrections, use the policy that
is on the template. If there are corrections,
change the head to say “Correction(s).” Try to
fit all corrections on the front, but the corrections can continue on page 2A.
The index will change as features
end up on different pages. The box
is 12p5.4 wide.
Getting it right
The Missourian’s policy is to check all local stories
for accuracy before publication. If you are a source of
information, and we don’t double-check it with you, let
us know. If you spot a mistake, let us know that, too.
Call Tom Warhover at 573-882-5734.
Bar code:
Be sure to check the distribution sheet for the number of
sections and pages. The bar
code goes underneath.
Our 101st year/#XXX
2 sections
XX pages
6
54051
90850
3
Index
Abby
Calendar
Classified
Comics
Life Stories
Lottery
7A
2A
5B
7A
6A
2A
Nation
Opinion
Second Front
Sports
TV
World
3A
5A
6A
1B
8B
3A
3
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
Photos — Borders & Sizing
97
Borders:
All Missourian photos should have a 0.5 pt. solid black border. This is thick enough to define the boundaries of a photograph yet thin enough so as not to distract from its content.
In this example, the negative space in the photo
bleeds into the white of the page. The boundaries
of the photo are unclear.
In this example, the border is just enough to give
the photo a boundary.
Sizing and resizing:
It is important to remember that not all photos work at all sizes.
In the example at right, the
faces become difficult to
read at such a small size.
A good idea is that faces
should always be at least
the size of a dime.
In this example, the background is so dark that any
contrast in the photo is
lost at a small size. Again,
a photo that is too small
leads to illegibility.
Always
check to
make sure
the picture
fits in the
box drawn.
Do not crop
a photo
without
input from a
photo editor.
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
98
Photos — Dominance
The Missourian always strives to have a dominant photograph on all open pages. Although the size
required for dominance will vary on inside pages with ads, a good rule of thumb is that there should
be one photo (or graphic/illustration) that if oriented horizontally will be at least four columns wide
on a broadsheet page. All other art on the page should be small enough so as not to compete with the
dominant art yet vary in size to provide contrast. It is often said that the largest visual element should
be at least twice as big as any other.
6-72-2 headline goes right here
2-54-3 hed
goes here
here please
Lede photo
Mug
shot
NAME
Nice headline
goes here pls
Secondary photo
Deck goes here and here pls
3-42-1 hed goes just here
2-36-2 hed goes
here and here herey
Graphic
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
Photos — Dominance cont.
Just as the size required for
dominance can vary depending
on the available space on a
page, the size required for
dominance can vary depending
on the content of a photograph.
The photo above, with its large
amount of negative space and
small subject, would need to
be relatively large to dominate
a page. The photo at right
could be smaller but still be
dominant.
DOES SIZE MATTER?
Of course it does, and rarely could
it be said that a photograph is too
large, especially sports photos. But
the No. 1 photographer complaint
regarding the design and copy desks
is not that photos are run too small
but that cutlines are cut too short.
And when cutlines are cut to fit a
spec, errors are too often the result.
Don’t assume it is worth cutting one
line from a three-line cutline to get
one more inch of a 15-inch story onto
a page. And if there is a discrepancy
between a story and a cutline, check
with both the city editor and the
photo editor. Don’t assume the story
is correct.
99
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
100
Mug Shots
Basics:
Missourian mug shots are 5p6 wide and 8p deep. The subject’s face should fill the frame, just about ear to
ear. Using just a name with a mug shot is acceptable if the person’s name or face is recognizable, but it’s
preferred to have a cutline.
GARY
PINKEL is
the football
coach and
will be for
some time
to come. He
took MU to a
bowl game.
Photo-Cutline: Franklin
Demi, 9.5/10.5, ragged
right. Mug shots should
get a cutline. The
subject’s name should
come first and should
be in all caps. Mug
shots do not take photo
credits.
When placing
a cutline under
a mug shot, put
p3 between the
photo and cutline, just like
in other photos.
You can also run
just the name if
a caption is not
necessary, as
with a Life Story.
GARY PINKEL
is Missouri’s
head football
coach and will
be for some
time to come.
The gutter between
the photo and the
cutline is p9.
Placement:
Put a mug shot where it does not obstruct the reader’s ability to follow the story. Here are some options.
Above one leg of type with a sidesaddle:
MU Health Care names director
JIM ROSS
will
oversee the
hospitals
that are
owned by
MU Health
Care.
By AMANDA J. BURKE
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
A North Carolina leader of health
care systems has been named executive director of MU Health Care, MU
officials said Monday.
Jim Ross, president and chief operating officer of University Health
Systems of Eastern Carolina, begins
April 1.
“I’ve already learned about the
Tigers and the black and gold,” he
said Monday evening from his Greenville, N.C., home.
Ross will oversee the administration of hospitals and clinics owned or
operated by MU. Health Care. That
includes University Hospital, Children’s Hospital, Columbia Regional
Hospital, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center,
Missouri Rehabilitation Center and
University Physicians.
Ross’s responsibilities will also
include the Capital Region Medical
Center, Cooper County Memorial
Hospital and Rusk Rehabilitation
Center.
His annual salary has been set at
$350,000.
During Ross’s 13 years of leadership at University Health Systems of
Eastern Carolina, the system grew
from one hospital to six. Before that,
he was senior vice president at St.
Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston
and vice president of Methodist Hospitals of Dallas.
“At all three of the places I worked,
we were able to put together a team
of outstanding leadership,” Ross
said. “Administrators, physicians
and nurses came together to resolve
problems and build programs.”
UM system President Elson Floyd
said Ross will play an important
role in selecting MU Health Care’s
leadership team. MU Heath Care
anticipates hiring a chief financial
officer and a chief medical officer
by spring.
Former MU Health Care managers John O’Shaughnessy and Keith
Weinhold stepped down in September
2002, and the Hunter Group, a Florida
management company, took control
to address financial problems.
Under Hunter’s direction, MU
Health Care saw a profit of $8.4 mil-
p9 between mug and cutline; a p9 runaround should be on
the bottom of the photo and the cutline.
Above a narrow
column with a
sidesaddle cutline:
JIM ROSS
will
oversee the
hospitals
that are
owned or
operated by
MU Health
Care.
Director
named for
MU health
system
p9 between
mug and
cutline, p6
between mug
and headline.
This is best
for 11p-wide
columns.
By AMANDA J. BURKE
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
A North Carolina leader of
health care systems has been
named executive director of
In its own half column with a cutline underneath:
Inset into a column:
MU Health Care names director
By AMANDA J. BURKE
JIM ROSS will
oversee the
hospitals and
clinics owned
or operated
by MU Health
Care.
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
A North Carolina leader of health care systems has been named executive director of MU
Health Care, MU officials said Monday.
Jim Ross, president and chief operating officer of University Health Systems of Eastern
Carolina, begins April 1.
“I’ve already learned about the Tigers and the
black and gold,” he said Monday evening from
his Greenville, N.C., home.
Ross will oversee the administration of hospitals and clinics owned or operated by MU
Health Care. That includes University Hospital,
Children’s Hospital, Columbia Regional Hospital, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Missouri Rehabilitation Center and University Physicians.
Ross’s responsibilities will also include the
Capital Region Medical Center, Cooper County
Memorial Hospital and Rusk Rehabilitation
Center.
His annual salary has been set at $350,000.
During Ross’s 13 years of leadership at Uni-
p9 between mug
and text box
versity Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, the
system grew from one hospital to six. Before
that, he was senior vice president at St. Luke’s
Episcopal Hospital in Houston and vice president of Methodist Hospitals of Dallas.
“At all three of the places I worked, we were
able to put together a team of outstanding leadership,” Ross said. “Administrators, physicians
and nurses came together to resolve problems
and build programs.”
UM system President Elson Floyd said Ross
will play an important role in selecting MU
Health Care’s leadership team. MU Heath Care
anticipates hiring a chief financial officer and a
chief medical officer by spring.
Former MU Health Care managers John
O’Shaughnessy and Keith Weinhold stepped
down in September 2002, and the Hunter Group,
a Florida management company, took control to
address financial problems.
Under Hunter’s direction, MU Health Care
saw a profit of $8.4 million in the last fiscal year.
MU Health Care
names director
By AMANDA J. BURKE
With legs that
are at least 15p
wide, mugs may
be indented.
Use this format cautiously.
Make sure that
the text wraps
neatly around
the photo and
cutline and that
the margin stays
consistent.
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
A North Carolina leader of health care
systems has been named executive director of MU Health Care, MU officials said
Monday.
Jim Ross, president and
chief operating officer of
University Health Systems
of Eastern Carolina, begins
April 1.
“I’ve already learned
about the Tigers and the
black and gold,” he said
Monday evening from his
Greenville, N.C., home.
JIM ROSS
His annual salary has will oversee
the hospitals
been set at $350,000.
and clinics that
During Ross’s 13 years of are owned or
leadership at Health Sys- operated by MU
tems of Eastern Carolina, Health Care.
the system grew from one
hospital to six. Before that, he was senior
vice president at St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hospital in Houston and vice president
of Methodist Hospitals of Dallas. “At all
three of the places I worked, we were
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
Graphics
101
Information graphics can be as small and simple as a locator
map, such as the one at right, or a large, complex construction
that brings together maps, charts and diagrams and acts as
the dominant art on the page. Unlike photos, however, graphics
cannot be resized by the page designer because they regularly
include type that could be rendered illegible. Consult the artist
or graphics editor if a different size would work better with your
design; you might be able to negotiate a change. Also, a graphic
need not be just another box on your page. By participating in the
planning of the graphic, you could end up with something that
is more fully integrated into your page design. Also, note that
graphics boxes do not take borders.
Health editor: Brian Wallstin | tel. 884-0009 | e-mail wallstinb@missouri.edu
“Canada cannot be the drugstore for the United
States of America. Two hundred eighty million
people can’t expect us to supply drugs to them
(at) controlled prices within our pricing regime.”
CANADIAN HEALTH MINISTER UJJAL DOSANJH
speaking last week about his government’s plan to ban the bulk sale
of medicines to the United States to protect Canadian drug supplies,
as quoted in The Washington Post
NEWSUNDAY MISSOURIAN !
GRAPHICS
WORKFLOW
You can think of a graphic
as a sidebar to a story
because, like a story, it
must go through a series of
proofs before it ever makes
it onto your page.
1. When a graphic is complete, the artist will give the
designer a proof that can
be measured for the page.
That proof then goes to the
Rim.
2. The copy editor who
reads the accompanying
story should also proof the
graphic. The proof then
goes back to the designer,
who takes it to the artist.
3. The artist makes any
needed changes and prints
a second proof for the news
editor.
4. The news editor then
does a final check of the
graphic. If any changes are
made at this stage, the
artist will print a final clean
proof of the graphic. When
satisfied, the news editor
will sign off on the graphic
and return it to the artist.
5. The artist then exports
the graphic as an EPS file
into the Graphics/Ready for
Page folder and as a GIF
file into the Graphics/Ready
for Web folder. Do so as
you would a picture.
Note: It is the designer’s
responsibility to make sure
the graphic is proofed in a
timely manner.
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
102
Sunday — Basic
The Sunday edition of the Missourian is an extended tabloid. Basic design principles, such as white space,
balance, hierarchy, etc., are the same as for broadsheets, but there are a few key differences in structure.
Body copy:
Body copy is the same as daily — Olympian, 8.9/9.7 — but the Sunday paper uses only ragged-right type.
Briefs:
This headline format
is for longer briefs
Some briefs will look just like briefs in the daily paper. When a
brief is a few inches long and broken into several paragraphs,
it gets a brief with the daily style of Hed-Briefs.
THIS HEADLINE IS FOR BRIEFS
THAT ARE JUST ONE PARAGRAPH:
We strive to keep briefs extremely short — one paragraph.
When we succeed at that, the headlines are written as intros
into that paragraph. They are smaller and all caps, and their
length can vary. Use the character style called
BriefHedNewSunday for these headlines. They're all caps,
followed by a colon. They can be one or two lines, and body
copy can start directly after the colon.
That one is a paragraph style.
Regular old body copy, with a HedBriefs. Brief goes right here like this
right here. Brief goes right here like
this right here. Brief goes right here
like this right here. Brief goes right
here like this right here. Brief goes
right here like this right here.
This is a character style. Just highlight the headline text and find
BriefHedNewSunday. Brief goes
right here like this right here. Brief
goes right here like this right here.
Brief goes right here like this right
here. Brief goes right here like this
right here. Brief goes right here like
this right here.
Labels:
LabelHed 22
LabelHed 42
LabelHed 72
LabelHed. Use label heads in lieu of the page topper to
apply to just one section of a page. Labels come in three
sizes: 72 pt. (for 5 Ideas), 42 pt. (for Top Performers) and
22 pt. for everything else. The font is Franklin Demi,
50 percent black. The rule is part of the stylesheet.
LABEL SUBHED
LabelHedSubhed: Franklin Medium,
22/22, 50 percent black, all caps. Use this
with LabelHed large. Place the subhead
directly underneath the rule. Adjust as
necessary for descenders in the label
head.
DESIGN STYLE GUIDE
Sunday — Basics continued
Page toppers:
103
Section front sells:
L O C A L N E W S
H I G H S C H O O L F O O T B A L L
With few exceptions, every page should have a label
in the folio that indicates what that page’s content
is, such as “High School Football,” “Boone Life,” etc.
The font is Franklin Book Condensed, 20/25, tracked
out to 450, centered across the top of the page. The
second word, if there is one, is 50 percent black,
100 percent brick or 100 percent Missourian Blue,
depending on the page.
Like much of our type, this style is set to optical
kerning, which means the kerning will be different for each letter pair. If there are more than two
words, alternate the colors and increase the kerning
by 100 between the words. Do this by putting your
curser between the words and typing +100 in the
kerning box on your control menu.
Please pay attention to make sure the page topper
matches the content on the page.
On the cover, standard, non-centerpiece teases will usually run in two sizes:
9 pt. and 12 pt. They’ll have bold lead-ins
or headlines, which can be found under
character styles for each size.
The sells are the same typeface as our
body copy, in two larger sizes with extra
leading.
You may deviate from these sizes in
centerpiece packages or with other special treatment.
SMALL SELL HED 15PT
Sells on section fronts can run in two
sizes. This is SELL 9 PT in this paragraph.
BIG SELL HED 18PT
Sells on section fronts can run in two
sizes. This is SELL 12 PT in this paragraph.
Did You Know:
Some pages use briefs in the ear, or upper corner.
LabelHed22
Did you know?
EarHed:
HEADLINE HERE
Franklin
Text goes here
Demi, 12/14.5,
all caps
InfoBox-Type
Play!:
Agate runs throughout the Play section instead of all on one
page. It looks like this.
Agate-head: Franklin Demi
Cond, 14/12, white on a
black rule
Agate-subhead: Franklin
Heavy, 8.5/8.5
Agate-subsubhead:
Franklin Demi, 6.25/7
Agate-text:
Franklin Book, 6.25/7
COLLEGE TENNIS
Score bugs:
Score bugs in the Play section are
now done just as they are in the daily
paper. Put the sport as the head of
the score bug, and always put the
winner’s score first. Use nicknames
instead of schools or cities. Tighten
the score bug to make it as narrow as
possible. Keep a close eye on the text
wrapping around the score bug to
make sure the wrap is legible. When
using a score bug in one column,
place it at the edge near the top of
the story. In two or more columns,
it usually works best to straddle the
score bug over two columns.
InfoBox-Hed
MISSOURI 8, NEBRASKA 0
agate subsubhead
agate text
Infoboxsubhed. Take
out the space
before the second line.
FOOTBALL
Jaguars
Chiefs
22
16
Reporters
Copy editors
Designers
Sports desk assistants
(paid students)
Sports editors:
Greg Bowers
Grant Hodder (asst.)
Digital data manager
Noah Medling
User support analyst:
Rob Weir
Production
supervisor:
Bruce Moore
Photographers
Photo editors
(photo desk
management
students)
Asst. photo directors
(paid students)
Photography
director: Abby Pheiffer
Managing editor:
Jeanne Abbott
Executive editor:
Tom Warhover
OTHER POSITIONS/PEOPLE TO KNOW
Reporters
Assistant city editors
(paid students)
City editors:
Liz Brixey
Katherine Reed
John Schneller
Laura Johnston
Jackie Borchardt
Scott Swafford
Senior city editor
Advertising and
circulation
General manager:
Dan Potter
Publisher: Dean Mills
Missourian librarians:
Nina Johnson
Steve Clayton
Infographics staff
Graphics desk
assistants
(paid students)
Graphics editor
Mary Nguyen
Newsroom
coordinator:
Cheri Cherry
MISSOURIAN HIERARCHY
Paginators:
Ron Jensen
Eddie Cook
News editors
Maggie Walter
Laura Johnston
Jake Sherlock
Mary Lawrence
Director of sales
and marketing:
Jack Swartz
Copy editors
Designers
GTAs/TAs (paid students)
Design editor
Joy Mayer
News desk
104
INDEX
105
MISSOURIAN
GUIDELINES
GUIDE TO MIDMISSOURI
accuracy check . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
anonymous sources . . . . . . . . . 7
city desk procedures . . . . . . . . . . 9
O answering the phone
O calendar
O honors/awards
O Life Stories
O odds and ends
conflicts of interest . . . . . . . . . . 5
copy desk procedures . . . . . . . . 11
crime stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
O at-large suspects
O dangerous words
O hot information
O person of interest
O suspect vs. perpetrator
Boone County government . . . . 36
O boards/commissions (47-48)
O government (40)
city of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
O boards/commissions (43-46)
O buildings (39)
O government (39)
O hierarchy (42)
O officials (39, 40)
communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
council meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
elected officials . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
familiar sources . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
parks and trails map . . . . . . . . . . 49
school district map . . . . . . . . . . 50
schools, lower & higher ed . . . . 51-59
O MU & higher ed (57-59)
O public schools
M elementary (51-53)
M high schools (54)
M middle/junior high (53-54)
O private schools (55-57)
Life Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
O addresses
O ages
O cause of death
O courtesy titles
O dates
O Dr.
O euphemisms
O funeral homes
O funeral services
O inurnment
Omemorials
O morticians
O mother's maiden name
O parents
O preceded in death
O religious leaders
O services
O suicides (8)
O survivors
Missourian hierarchy . . . . . . . . 105
naming victims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
preferred terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
sports style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
O baseball/softball (37)
O basketball (37)
O Big 12 Conference (36)
O football (37)
O points of style (36)
O swimming (37)
O team names (36)
O track (37)
suicide reporting policy . . . . . . . . 8
DESIGN ENTRIES
area briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
art headlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
blurbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 91
body type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
bylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
catchlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
c-decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
centerpieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
core typefaces . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 71
corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 96
cutlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
O ganged cutlines
O sidesaddle cutlines
O underphoto cutlines
datelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
design and photo philosophies . . . 62
drop caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
drop-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
flags & page toppers . . . . . . . . . . 81
floorboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
headlines . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
O hammer heads (67)
O head hierarchy (66, 68)
O sidesaddle heads (66)
head specs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
hyphenation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 75
infoboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
jump heads, lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
letters to the editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Life Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
magazine lead-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
mug shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Opinion page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
O letters to the editor (91)
O pullout blurbs (84, 91)
overlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
page 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
O A Thousand Words (88)
O calendar (87)
O columns (82)
O corrections (87, 96)
O lottery (85)
O masthead (85)
O Smart Money column (86)
O teases (81)
O weather (85)
photo credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
photo design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97-99
pullouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 91
pullquotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-76
Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
refers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
section front sells . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
sourcelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Sunday pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
O briefs
O labels
O page toppers
O section front sells
Sports pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93-95
O agate (94)
O league capsules (93)
O local roundups (93)
O score bugs (93)
O sports logos (91)
taglines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
T-decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
teasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
wire pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
O briefs