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Sex Edna: Education is vital to a healthy and happy sex life

Edna Smith February 14, 2017

Sex education in schools, if present at all, does not even scratch the surface of the sexual universe. There is so much out there, from positions to toys to BDSM and so on. There is a whole world of possibilities,...

Know Before You Go: Ben Folds and a Piano perform at The Blue Note

Know Before You Go: Ben Folds and a Piano perform at The Blue Note

Cassie Allen February 14, 2017

The “Capable of Anything” Ben Folds is “Rockin’ The Suburbs” at The Blue Note on Feb. 21. ####The lowdown Folds will be performing at The Blue Note on his tour, Ben Folds and a Piano. The doors...

Women in STEM at MU continue to break down barriers

Women in STEM at MU continue to break down barriers

Kaelyn Sturgell February 14, 2017

When Kate Peiffer sits in class and looks around, she senses something missing. As a junior civil engineering major, she’s mastered substituting numbers for words in lecture notes, but she has yet to...

Column: Confessions of a modern-day woman

Column: Confessions of a modern-day woman

Michelle Lumpkins February 14, 2017

As I grip my keys with my thumb hovering over the panic button, I feel my heart thumping against my chest. Subconsciously, my mind recites my parents’ habitual reminders to never wander alone and to...

University-sponsored charter schools have mixed success

University-sponsored charter schools have mixed success

Zia Kelly February 14, 2017

Public charter schools have been an alternative for K-12 students in Kansas City and St. Louis since 2000, and as of a state policy change in 2012, the overwhelming majority of them are operated by higher-education...

Three slates begin MSA presidential campaigns

Three slates begin MSA presidential campaigns

Emily Gallion February 13, 2017

The MSA Board of Elections Commissioners announced three president and vice president slates, Tori Schafer/Riley de Leon, Nathan Willett/Payton Englert and Josh Stockton/Shruti Gulati, Monday morning. Schafer/de...

News at the ZOU: Feb. 13 Quiz

News at the ZOU: Feb. 13 Quiz

Kyle LaHucik February 13, 2017

What has happened at MU and in Columbia this week? Are you an avid reader of The Maneater, or do you get your news from somewhere else, or both? Test your knowledge here to find out how attuned you are...

Social Justice Symposium teaches advocacy, awareness, activism

Magdaline Duncan February 13, 2017

At the Social Justice Symposium, which took place last Saturday, around 120 participants gathered in the Student Center for the free, day-long conference designed around the three core aspects of social...

G#’s Musical Radar: Feel the love with this Valentine’s Day playlist

G#’s Musical Radar: Feel the love with this Valentine’s Day playlist

Grant Sharples February 12, 2017

There are plenty of flowers and chocolate to go around this time of year, but a lot of people tend to forget another romantic component: music (for various festivities). Don’t worry about it, though,...

For the Love of Movies: ‘Get Out’ is a cringe-worthy success

For the Love of Movies: ‘Get Out’ is a cringe-worthy success

Nick Corder February 12, 2017

Jordan Peele, one of the two mainstays of Comedy Central duo _Key & Peele_, had to know he was branching into deeper waters when he approached a socio-political horror story. _Get Out_, Peele’s debut...

Protesters face off at Planned Parenthood rally

Sam Forbes February 11, 2017

An anti-Planned Parenthood rally outside the Columbia clinic drew hundreds of protesters and counter-protesters Saturday morning. The event, which was planned by anti-abortion groups 40 Days for Life...

MSA Full Senate passes several amendments to the BEC handbook

MSA Full Senate passes several amendments to the BEC handbook

Fiona Murphy February 10, 2017

MSA passed several amendments, including a decrease in infraction fees, to its Board of Election Commissioners Presidential Election Handbook during full Senate on Wednesday night. Last year’s handbook...