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The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Department of Justice needs to fold

Nick Calcaterra April 22, 2011

After months of ineffective debate and politics, the government is finally getting work done. Beginning with a classic budget masterpiece, our public officials are getting back into the grind of screwing...

Politics shouldn’t define LGBT community

Alex Pesek April 19, 2011

You’ve seen them: bejeweled and underwear donned, dancing wildly on parade floats, waving their flags in summer breezes. Yes, they who infiltrate your suburban sensitivities, who shove sexual politics...

Guinness, Jameson are ‘institutions’ in Dublin

Krystin Arneson April 19, 2011

Most people hear the word Dublin and, almost immediately, the city’s rich literary tradition, beautiful urban parks and diverse musical culture springs to mind. Just kidding. Most people hear Dublin...

Government shouldn’t force health on children

Taeler De Haes April 19, 2011

The Chicago Public School District's Little Village Academy Middle School banned kids from bringing their own lunches. They may only eat what the cafeteria provides them, and some kids are refusing to...

Missouri funeral protest ban is right call

Brad Grim April 19, 2011

The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill banning protests near funerals an hour before to an hour after a service. The legislation was drafted and passed in response to a protest at the St....

Lindsey’s self-esteem trajectory

Lindsey Wehking April 15, 2011

Since birth, the world has been chipping away at the confident, self-asserted fetus I once was. Coming out four days late and flinging my umbilical cord everywhere like I owned that mother-fucking hospital,...

A civic holiday?

Steve Pan April 15, 2011

When German voters went to the polls on September 27, 2009, to hand the Social Democrats their biggest defeat in the history of post-War Germany, they literally had all day to vote. Those less-enthused...

Private regulation exposes business to the public

Nick Calcaterra April 15, 2011

It seems that all of our industries have regulation problems. Despite what you believe to be the cause, the regulations installed by our government have been letting big problems slip through the cracks....

Debate season is back on – oh how we’ve missed you

Cade Cleavelin April 15, 2011

It’s become refreshingly beautiful outside in the past few weeks. The birds chirp and flit about in their springtime gaiety; the trees bless the fresh earth with a new snow of spring blossoms, and have...

‘One Mizzou’ puts patriotism over cultural pluralism

Alex Pesek April 12, 2011

During the course of the semester, diversity has routinely come up as a topic of concern on campus and in the community. We foamed at the mouth when that dreadlocked kid spray-painted unmentionables on...

You can’t put a price tag on security

Taeler De Haes April 12, 2011

The United States is known for having a strong military devoted to the safety of our citizens, and this is one thing that should never be underfunded. Only the economically ignorant would argue that unnecessary...

Dublin streets sans joggers, girls embrace their size

Krystin Arneson April 12, 2011

The funny thing about exercise in Dublin is that girls don’t do it. Yesterday, I stopped halfway through my daily jog for a stretch break. I lifted my left leg up to fit my foot between the railings...