Max Dike

Mizzou Grad // Copy Editor for @farmdaily // Journalist? // // Previously @comissourian (2023-2025) // Midwest Enjoyer

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

We are four months into the new semester and I've been busy at the @CoMissourian. Catch up on my clips here:
https://t.co/pgLVVL6tFj

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

@cmneapac Hi, I'm Max Dike with the Columbia Missourian, I was at the board meeting on Monday. I had a few questions about the exchange teachers program, would you be interested in getting in touch?

[Sarah Rubinstein (she/her) @sarah_rubin16]

Last night, CPS board engaged in tense discussion before ultimately approving a valet service for international teachers. Read more about it & other items voted on in the meeting @CoMissourian w/ @MaxDike430 & @SaraRoseGeorge https://t.co/ZvlrVVT0wL

[Sarah Rubinstein (she/her) @sarah_rubin16]

Columbia School Board member Katherine Sasser has just announced her resignation, effective tomorrow. In her tearful speech, she called Columbia “a special place.” More to come @CoMissourian

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

Fourth graders from Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary School and other Columbia elementary schools got a special hands-on outdoor learning experience today when they participated in Missouri River Days. Read all about it here:

https://t.co/RwGkeuD19u
@CoMissourian

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

In case you missed it: The Columbia School Board has picked some specific areas to monitor and improve in in its governance of CPS. Read my and @sarah_rubin16's story on that and more here:

https://t.co/i6fxQkxQyf

[Sophie Chappell @SophieChappell2]

For those that might just be tuning in, I’m with @CoMissourian at the watch party for School Board candidates Chuck Basye and John Potter. These are the latest updates. Basye is now in fourth place, Potter is still in seventh.

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

@ihapp_1 🙋‍♂️

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

The big Curriculum Management Solutions Inc. audit was presented at the Columbia School Board meeting last night, among a good deal of other business. Read my and @sarah_rubin16's write-up of it here:
https://t.co/KMzMKc6CNh

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

Columbia's True/False Film Fest saw an increase in ticket sales for the second consecutive year, following the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more here: https://t.co/tXX9cPp8qy

@CoMissourian

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

The Boone County Pachyderms hosted a forum for CPS Board candidates last night and @SophieChappell2, @katietaranto1 and I were there to cover it. Take a look at our write-up here:
https://t.co/fyVz98CrVv

@CoMissourian

[Columbia Missourian @CoMissourian]

Do you love Judy Blume books? Her stories are beloved by millions — but they're also some of the most banned books in the country. If you're a current or former Judy Blume reader in the Columbia area, shoot us a DM. We'd love to chat.

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

Got to see my first CPS school board meeting last night with @katietaranto1 and Sarah Rubinstein, who wrote a great piece about some of the public comment at the meeting, among other things. Read all about it here:
https://t.co/fN6hRZKQxI

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

ICYMI: Columbia's True/False Film Fest made a pair of announcements regarding the films and people being featured at the Fest in March. Read about it here:
https://t.co/z6kF16aAR9

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

47 years ago today, Leonard Peltier was arrested for the murder of two FBI agents. Today, people gathered in Columbia demanding his release. Read my article about it here:
https://t.co/dh671bPM27

[Sofi Zeman @sofiaazeman]

Columbia Public Schools and the Columbia School Board violated state statute by not initially accepting former state Rep. Chuck Basye’s filing for candidacy, Judge Hasbrouck Jacobs ruled Monday.

TBD: Whether he will appear on the April ballot.

Story to come @CoMissourian

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

Mike Sleadd is a local artist and art professor at Columbia College exhibiting his work at the Sidney Larson Gallery one more time before retiring this spring.

Read more about it here:
https://t.co/qSqf8QA5xy

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

I'm finishing up my first shift at the @CoMissourian this afternoon, as part of my Reporting/Writing I class at the University of Missouri. Very excited for the opportunity to cover local news and I'll be linking my work here as it's published!

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

It’s just about 8 pm, the listed end time for Living Windows in the District. I hope you enjoyed following along! I’ll leave you with a shot of the well-decorated tree outside the United Methodist Church on 9th Street. Happy Holidays! #HolidaysInTheDistrict

[Max Dike @MaxDike430]

A snow-capped holiday village is under attack by a creature with a dinosaur head (??) at Yellow Dog Bookshop. Quite the disaster. #HolidaysInTheDistrict