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Graduate student Jonathan Butler uses a megaphone to encourage others to stand and chant during a "day of action" in August 2015, celebrating graduate students and draw attention to their demands in Traditions Plaza on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Mo. Butler began his hunger strike on Nov. 2 to call attention to racial problems at the state's flagship university.(Photo: Daniel Brenner, Columbia Daily Tribune, via AP)
Wolfe's resignation is just the first step on a long journey
A faculty group had announced plans for a walkout. Football players were on strike. Protesters' calls for Tim Wolfe's resignation were deafening. They said he hadn't done enough to combat racism on campus. As the University of Missouri spiraled deeper into crisis, Wolfe announced he would step down as president<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of the Show Me State's flagship university. Even though you might<span style="color: Red;">*</span>be just hearing about the unrest at Mizzou, it's been brewing for months. In addition to the football players' strike, there was a grad student's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>high-profile hunger strike and other non-violent protests that gained national attention through social media and the hashtag #ConcernedStudent1950. (You can catch up with our<span style="color: Red;">*</span>timeline of events here.)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Now that Wolfe resigned, the football players — who took to Twitter after Wolfe's announcement<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— are headed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>back to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>practice. And late Monday afternoon,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>university Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin announced<span style="color: Red;">*</span>he will step down at the end of the year.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>But even so, everyone agrees there's more work to be done to heal the fractured campus that students say is a hostile environment for black students, who make up about 8% of the school's undergraduate population.
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Tim Wolfe resigned as president of the University of Missouri System amid criticism of his handling of racial incidents on campus.
SeaWorld kills off killer-whale shows as attendance numbers tank
After watching attendance slump<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in the wake of the 2013 documentary Blackfish, SeaWorld Entertainment<span style="color: Red;">*</span>says it will<span style="color: Red;">*</span>end killer-whale shows at its San Diego property. In case you didn't see Blackfish, the film<span style="color: Red;">*</span>raised questions about the treatment of orcas and their interactions with trainers at SeaWorld's parks, igniting a public outcry that was followed by mounting<span style="color: Red;">*</span>regulatory pressure on SeaWorld. "We are listening to our guests," said CEO Joel Manby on Monday. "We're evolving as a company; we're always changing."
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SeaWorld Entertainment's CEO announced during the company's investors meeting Monday that the killer whale shows at SeaWorld San Diego will be phased out of the park as early as next year. USA TODAY
Last of the ships lost to 1913's 'Great Storm' found on the floor of Lake Huron
It's the discovery of a lifetime. A diver's dream.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The 436-foot steamship Hydrus had been lost in Lake Huron for more than 100 years —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>since the Great Storm of 1913. The November<span style="color: Red;">*</span>storm was the worst ever recorded on the lakes<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and so ferocious it earned the name<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the “White Hurricane." The Hydrus was one of eight ships lost to the storm on Lake Huron,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and it was the last found. Veteran shipwreck hunter David Trotter had it on his wanted list for 30 years<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— and now he and his<span style="color: Red;">*</span>crew have<span style="color: Red;">*</span>found it.
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Shipwreck hunters complete the quest of finding the Hydrus, a 400-foot steamship that's been lost for over 100 years in Lake Huron.
The only heartwarming story about a misfired email that you'll read all day
Thad Livingston has never been to or met anyone from Mount Juliet Elementary School in Tennessee. And he lives about 800 miles away in Eastampton, N.J. But now he has a lot of friends in Mount Juliet. It all started when Livingston was somehow included on an email that fifth-grade teacher Emily Lupton sent to parents. Instead of trashing it, Livingston responded. When he learned the school asked parents for 20 used computer mice, Livingston shipped 30 brand-new ones to the class. Since then, Livingston's generosity and the students' gratitude has bloomed into a Random Acts of Kindness Challenge among students. "Just doing those tiny things can make a person's day happy;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>it makes them feel special," says<span style="color: Red;">*</span>student Lillian Weiss.
Mount Juliet Elementary School has started a Random Acts of Kindness Challenge for students in honor of its "New Jersey grandfather" Thad Livingston.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Andy Humbles, The Tennessean)
Obama's finally on Facebook<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— and no, you can't be his friend
The White House launched the POTUS Facebook page Monday with a video showing Obama giving a tour of his backyard — which, as he points out, is also a national park.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"Hello, Facebook! I finally got my very own page," Obama said in a post. "I hope you’ll think of this as a place where we can have real conversations about the most important issues facing our country – a place where you can hear directly from me, and share your own thoughts and stories."<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Obama will no doubt use the page as an extension of his press office<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— maybe a status<span style="color: Red;">*</span>update on the Netanyahu meeting? —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>but he also promised, "You can expect some just-for-fun stuff, too." Videos of Bo and Sunny? Yes, please!
President Obama's Facebook page.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Facebook)
If you only read one thing tonight:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>An investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity ranked all 50 states based on their ethics laws aimed at preventing corruption.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>How does your state rank?
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Breathtaking fall colors and beautiful blue skies frame Manhattan in October. Swipe through more wonderful reader photos from Your Take contributors.
The pylons from the old pier in the Brooklyn Bridge Park lead the eye across the East River toward Manhattan, captured on Oct. 25, 2015.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Brian Scottberg, Your Take)
Oh, Volkswagen.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Volkswagen is offering gift cards and dealership credits to U.S. owners of cars equipped with software that cheats emissions regulations<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— obviously an attempt to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>rehabilitate<span style="color: Red;">*</span>its battered image.
Have you seen it? A breed of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>werewolf kittens is taking over the Internet. No, really.
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ICYMI.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Starbucks' holiday cups are leaving some people with a bad taste in their mouths.
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This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY.
Contributing: Covey Son,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Aamer Madhani,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Gregory Korte, Nathan Bomey,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>USA TODAY; Tom O'Toole, USA TODAY Sports; Lindsey Deutsch, USA TODAY Network; Rose Schmidt, USA TODAY College; Nina Mandell, For the Win;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jim Schaefer, Detroit Free Press;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Andy Humbles, The (Nashville) Tennessean;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>AJ Perez, Special for USA TODAY Sports; the Associated Press
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