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COLUMBIA - Nearly 2,000 registered participants flooded MU on Wednesday as the School of Journalism began its three-day centennial celebration. Attendees included Sidney S. Smith, of the class of 1932, and visitors from Renmin University in Beijing, which hosted journalism students during the Olympics.
In the morning, the Missouri Press Association held its Centennial Golf Classic at the A.L. Gustin Golf Course. Richard Ditter, Robert Martin, Bill Gartner and Jon Tips were the first-place foursome.
- Ted Farnen, left, honors Missouri's dean of the journalism school Dean Mills on a the success of 100 years of educating students. Farnen is chief of staff for Missouri State Senator Chuck Graham and graduated from MU in 1987.
- Truman the Tiger descends from the ceiling of the Mizzou Arena on Wednesday night during the Journalism School Centennial's barbecue bash. After speeches from Chancellor Brady Deaton and Dean Mills, "Freedom Sings" performed.
- Officer Todd Henderson licks his fingers clean after eating what he said were the best ribs he ever had. Mike Mills, far right, began preparing the meat for the journalism school's Centennial celebration at midnight and still had the energy to converse with 1969 MU grad Lowell Fox, an independent contractor for Forbes magazine, outside the Mizzou Arena on Wednesday evening.
- Missouri's Tiger logo was embedded in ice during the opening ceremony for the journalism school's Centennial celebration on Wednesday evening at the Mizzou Arena. The evening's menu was created by MU alumna Sarah Copeland who now works with Food Network as a recipe developer.
- A look back at the Columbia Missourian newsroom through the years.
- AUDIO: Wednesday night marked the kick off of the Missouri School of Journalism centennial celebration. Listen to the sounds of the evening and the people who came from near and far to enjoy the fun.
- VIDEO: The Missourian celebrates its 100th anniversary with a look back at some of its famous alumni and an eye forward on how we're training journalists today. (Please note: This video is about 9:35 in length and will take a little while to load).
In Reynolds Alumni Center, the school held a symposium with the authors of the book "Journalism - 1908: Birth of a Profession." It included a roundtable discussion led by Gail F. Baker, the dean of the College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Participants mulled over the role of journalists in political debate and the place of citizen journalists in the profession.
"It was very productive, and the scholars, the chapter writers, really brought a different perspective to the discussion," Baker said.
Sophomore Megan Granger, who works on the KOMU Web site, said she was interested in the discussion of the role of citizen journalists. "It was interesting to hear graduates that have come back and are working with this new idea. It actually is real," she said.
The journalism school finished the first day with a barbecue bash and "Freedom Sings," a musical celebration of First Amendment rights. The brainchild of USA Today editor Ken Paulson, "Freedom Sings" is a compilation of songs that have been censored or called for social change.
Pitmaster Mike Mills said he served about 850 people at the sold-out dinner, and more filled the floor of Mizzou Arena for the show. In every row, alumni reminisced about their days at MU, happy to reconnect with old friends.
Perhaps Dean Mills, dean of the journalism school, summarized the tone of the day when he introduced the speakers for the symposium.
"I'm very happy to welcome you all back home," he said.
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