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Colorado ballet edit

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Colorado Symphony Orchestra edit

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MU identification edit

I think you must be relying on some out-of-date information. MU since 2007 has been known as just the University of Missouri. It is on the MU style guide which is even linked from our AAU entry. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 16:22, 16 June 2013 (UTC)Reply