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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

‘Facebook vigilantism’: How to Facedown

Lindsey Wehking March 11, 2011

Instant messenger bullying is so last decade. Yes, I will admit I used to frequent Internet chat rooms because nothing pulls you out of funk like belittling and degrading random strangers via the persona...

Bad policies, or bad people?

Steve Pan March 11, 2011

Last year, the United States elected a host of idiots and buffoons to national and state offices. Nationwide, the country has been overrun with right wing lunatics that would make Reagan look like a bleeding...

Mainstream tech isn’t the only or best option

Cade Cleavelin March 11, 2011

I hate to admit it, but I am indeed one of those poster child Apple sellouts who carries a needlessly expensive MacBook Pro and a glossy (and needlessly expensive) iPhone 4. I wouldn't do it but for the...

I have never been a Barack Obama supporter

Nick Calcaterra March 11, 2011

I have never been a Barack Obama supporter. Ever since the rumors of his proposed presidential campaign, he was just another Democrat to me. Hell, I was in favor of Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic...

Obama should arm US agencies in Mexico

Taeler De Haes March 8, 2011

President Barack Obama met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on March 2 and March 3 to discuss the relations between the two countries. In their fifth meeting, the two presidents discussed the recent...

Irish dialect may technically be English, but it takes practice

Krystin Arneson March 8, 2011

It doesn’t take a few pints of Guinness for the Irish to be utterly incomprehensible. I hear conversations on the street that I know are in English, but between the rapid-fire muttering and lilting pitch,...

Not-so-pleasant memories of camping

Lindsey Wehking March 4, 2011

You know what would be a good idea? If we spent the night under a tarp with people we hate and then we can all sleep in body bags, fermenting in each other's odor, providing feast for infectious insects...

Understanding that sleep is rather necessary

Cade Cleavelin March 4, 2011

Sleep studies take place all the time. Pharmaceutical companies, universities, the military and just about every important institution has put in time and money to figure out how people best recharge their...

Right to Work — wrong to pass

Nick Calcaterra March 4, 2011

Missouri State Sen. Rob Mayer, R-25, has dug up an old issue he says was a shallow grave. According to him, Missouri has lost businesses to bordering states, such as Arkansas and Tennessee, for not being...

Right to work laws unhelpful, unnecessary

Steve Pan March 4, 2011

Right to work laws are the biggest misnomer in this nation's history of naming things. What are they? You may be aware of the labor strife going on in Wisconsin, where bag Republican Gov. Scott Walker...

I am what I am: the direct descendent of lanky genes

Alex Pesek March 1, 2011

I am 6-feet, 2-inches tall, 74 inches if you think that way, 188 cm if you're not an American, 160 pounds if I've actually eaten much that day, 32-inch waist if you care, size 13 shoe and incalculably...

Right-to-work legislation not right for Missouri

Brad Grim March 1, 2011

Thousands in protest of the recent budget proposal by Republican Gov. Scott Walker are entering their third week outside of the Capitol Building in Wisconsin. In an effort to combat Wisconsin’s multibillion...