MU, Alpha Phi Omega host Boy Scout Merit Badge University
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Boy Scouts of America has specific requirements to become an Eagle Scout. One of those requirements is to earn 21 merit badges.
The Merit Badge University event offered 36 different classes to earn merit badges. According to the Boy Scouts of America website, there are more than 100 merit badges overall.
The event kicked off with a ceremony on Tiger Plaza near Cornell Hall with announcements, the Pledge of Allegiance, a recitation of the Boy Scout oath and an MIZ-ZOU cheer. The Scouts were then broken into groups based on classes they signed up to attend.
This is the first Merit Badge University hosted by Alpha Phi Omega, one of MU’s largest service organizations and a national co-ed service fraternity.
The fraternity is affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America because the fraternity's founder, Frank Reed Horton, was an Eagle Scout, said Andrew Lovewell, an MU senior and Beta Eta Mizzou Chapter president. He has been an Eagle Scout since 2007.
Source: Columbia Missourian
John Lennon's tooth sells for more than $31000 at auction
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(CNN) -- The tooth fairy's trash became another man's treasure Saturday when a discolored molar that once belonged to John Lennon was put up for auction.
The winning bid came in at 19,500 pounds (U.S. $31,200), according to auction results posted online.
Michael Zuk, a Canadian dentist, is claiming responsibility for the winning bid. Omega Auction House, which sold the tooth, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Saturday.
Lennon gave the tooth to Dorothy "Dot" Jarlett when she worked as his housekeeper at his Kenwood home in Weybridge, Surrey, according to her son, Barry. Jarlett, who was employed between 1964 and 1968, developed a warm relationship with Lennon, her son said.
"She was very close with John, and one day whilst chatting in the kitchen, John gave my mother the tooth (he had been to the dentist to have it removed that day) and suggested giving it to my sister as a souvenir, as she was a huge Beatles fan," he said. "It has been in the family ever since."
Source: CNN