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Editorial: The fight's not over yet

It's been a week since the Missouri Senate upheld Gov. Matt Blunt's veto of the student curator bill, and we are still pissed off. For 12 years, UM system students ...

Column: 'Blind Fury' brings hope

By Dieter Kurtenbach

I've checked every legal site on the series of tubes known as the Internet and alas, it seems that this glimpse of a miracle that I saw early Sunday morning ...

Column: Fashion, fascinators exemplify femininity

By Gwen Daniels

I would like a fascinator, please. A fascinator: an oh-so-feminine headpiece dripping with baubles, a modern fashionista's alternative to a retro bride's blusher veil, a whimsical grown-up take on a ...

Column: National education in students' hands

By Sam Urkov, sauzp5@mizzou.edu

As many of us turn our attention to the presidential race, it is important to remember that change doesn't have to begin with our government. While our government can be ...

Column: There will be blood

By Charles Austin

As Americans, we love violence. America is the birthplace of "Kill Bill," "Grand Theft Auto" and gangster rap. We're habitual war-starters and our vice president shot an old man in ...

Editorial: BEC should follow constitution

The MSA Board of Elections Commissioners found that a provision in their bylaws could be in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution - and right now, they're ...

Editorial: New police chief should seek citizen input

The Columbia Police Department is working with a consulting firm to select a new police chief, and at this time they're soliciting input from Columbia residents about what they'd like ...

Guest Column: Missourian must find new business model

By Brian Foster, Provost, fosterbl@missouri.edu

Broad discussion has occurred - in the press, among MU faculty and students, among MU administrators and among journalism alumni - about the current financial challenge facing the Missourian. Since ...

Column: 'Everyone Poops' example for openly talking about farting

By Jacob Houska

At some point in her life, Oprah bit down on her lip, closed one eye and ripped a massive fart. If she hasn't done that before, then I've been right ...

Column: MU police profile Tupac, rap lovers

By Spencer Engel

The other night, I was riding down Rollins Road in my black Toyota Camry listening to the polished lyrical flow of the latest Nas album. About halfway down the street, ...

Column: Stereotypes unfairly judge everyone

By Andrea Fuhrer

This past summer, following my freshman year of college, my boyfriend of two and a half years asked me to marry him. And I said yes. Committing to one person ...

Editorial: Give us 500 Pulitzer Prize winners, not Fortune 500 status

At his first press conference as the new UM system president, Gary Forsee announced plans to increase financial productivity throughout the system by turning acquired research and learning from our ...

Letter to the Editor: Student curator bill

While most of you went home for the summer, the Associated Students of the University of Missouri had to finalize a couple things that we lobbied for that the Missouri ...

Column: Ed Hochuli doesn't believe in titles

By Dieter Kurtenbach

I watched week one of the National Football League season and the only thing I realized is that human cloning needs to happen now. It's the only way to save ...

Column: The politics of music

By Charles Austin

Almost all music written about politics displays no knowledge of actual political discourse whatsoever. Green Day's American Idiot was, I think, supposed to be "political." But there seems to be ...

Column: Twitter not just for self-absorbed

By Gwen Daniels

"Writing my column and eating Chewy Chips Ahoy with extra-crunchy peanut butter! 5:06 p.m., Sept. 6, 2008." Several times a day, my friends' cell phones vibrate with a special notification, ...

Editorial: Student votes make a difference

With campaign season in full swing, we at The Maneater have politics on our minds. MU students - we hope you feel the same.Here in Missouri, your vote counts, and ...

Column: Olympics inspire columnist to compete

By Andrea Fuhrer

There's just something about the Olympic Games.It's that time of the summer when slow chants of "U-S-A" ring in your ears and political campaign ads are outnumbered by McDonald's commercials ...

Column: Add fat to cigarettes to help smokers quit

By Jacob Houska

If reading this will mean anything to you, it's probably already too late. So turn the page. Read about the latest thing the administration is doing that we should be ...

McCain unrealistic on issues of choice

By Brian Roach, Vice President, MU College Democrats

Thirty-five years after the historic Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, the issue of a woman's right to choose is still seen as a point of contention by many ...