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Column: A 'major' cause for concern

By Ryan Beck

Colleges have a major problem. It’s not global warming or the economy or even the war. It’s a different type of problem: a “major” problem. Everyone knows that majors are ...

Editorial: Fancy buildings never taught us anything

Seniors have been sent off, final exams are next week and the academic year is coming to a close. We’d like to send our best wishes to the class of ...

Column: How finals bring friendliness

By Elizabeth Eberlin

I have approximately two hours to write this column before I should return to what passes for normal in my life this week: studying furiously for four tests while working ...

Column: My domestic incompetence

The fridge is like a disappointing friend in my life. You expect quality. Diverse, substantial content. An ordered interior that can offer comfort and sustenance when I need it, whether ...

Letter to the Editor: The Maneater's editorial policy

By Joel Gold

A letter from Joel Gold, founding editor of The Maneater: A newspaper has a personality of its own. That personality dictates the editorial policy, and the writers, from the editor ...

Editorial: Pass 'student curator' bill now

For 12 years, the UM system’s students have struggled for a voice and a vote for the student representative to the system’s governing board. Now that we’ve finally convinced the ...

Editorial: Student voice has weight

We editorialized against the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative a few issues ago: we hoped people would continue to educate themselves, and when the time came for the issue to get ...

Guest Column: Political activism starts now

By Glenn Rehn

In my five and a half years at MU, I’ve been involved in two presidential primaries, a presidential election, a U.S. Senate race, a City Council election and numerous other ...

Column: A heart-to-heart talk with Friesen

By Dan Friesen

Well, children, it looks we’ve come to the end of another semester together. We’ve gone through a lot: There were some ups and some downs. I wrote a few quality ...

Fated to sit on the sidelines

By Hannah Hayes

I’m not an idiot, but for some reason ever since I arrived college I’ve had a hard time proving that. I fancied myself a Max-Fischer-with-a-solid-GPA type in high school, but ...

Why George Bush is smarter than al-Qaeda

By Charles Austin

A few weeks ago I watched “Deal or No Deal” for the first time ever. Not because it’s a good show (it’s actually the single worst game show ever invented), ...

Editorial: CPD needs review board

There have been a few fairly serious crimes in Columbia in the past year that, despite occurring in front of dozens of people in very public places, have produced few ...

Letter to the Editor: Director clears up allegations of Res. Life seeking campus-wide smoking ban

By Frankie D. Minor, Director of Residential Life, University of Missouri

After reading your editorial in the April 25 edition, I implore you to correct and clarify the statements made about the Pershing smoking policy. Your editorial asked “someone” to listen ...

Letter to the Editor: Representative defends abortion bill

By Robert F. Onder, M.D., J.D., State Representative, R-Lake St. Louis

Your April 29 editorial “Abortion bill intrusive” concerned my House Bill 1831. This legislation, passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 113 to 33, strengthens Missouri’s abortion informed consent law ...

Column: Smoke and mirrors from Res. Life

By Elizabeth Eberlin

I hate being told what to do and always have. Being told in no uncertain terms that I have to do something ticks me off like nothing else, especially if ...

Column: Tax cut won't solve gas prices

By Ryan Beck

Three dollars and 50 cents a gallon ... This is upsetting for a number of liquids: milk, orange juice, or fitness water. The thing is though, I don’t buy 20 ...

Column: The ABC's of trivial pursuits

By John Hendel

After the past week, I’m beginning to think this election has reached the depths of trivial. Barack Obama successfully fended off the latest in a series of small and genuinely ...

Editorial: Greektown: the city's issue

For years, the Greek community has complained they feel ignored when it comes to safety issues. Past Missouri Students Association presidential candidates have promised to work with the City of ...

Editorial: Abortion bill intrusive

Recently passed House Bill Nos. 1831 and 1472 are two of the most offensive, intrusive pieces of legislation we’ve read in a long time — even worse than the midwifery ...

Editorial: Please, no Mo. voter ID

We’ve heard every argument against the voter identification law in Indiana, which was recently reaffirmed in a positive decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. We agree with most of them ...