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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

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...

I can’t wait to be old

Lindsey Wehking February 25, 2011

"Wahooo," wailed an unidentifiable source from outside the confines of my janky Honda Civic. I was cruising down I-70 last month, in the midst of my 2Pac sing-along to "Brenda's Got A Baby" when I was...

Free market deals with racists without violating free speech

Nick Calcaterra February 25, 2011

Rand Paul, R-Ky., has said on multiple occasions he disagrees with points in the civil rights act that affect private businesses. Naturally he has received a considerable amount of criticism for his opinions,...

Getting numb in the face of innovation

Cade Cleavelin February 25, 2011

There’s a [clip][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk] floating around of comedian Louis CK appearing on Conan, talking about how ridiculous people are because their misplaced sense of entitlement...

Why the legal drinking age needs to be changed

Brad Grim February 22, 2011

I know what you are thinking: here is another ignorant kid who wants to lower the legal drinking age in order to have easier access to alcohol. I am not proposing lowering the drinking age just to oblige...

Columnist De Haes masks Islamophobia with generalizations

Alex Pesek February 22, 2011

In a Forum section full of letters, columns and editorials calling for concrete action and advocacy against racism and minority marginalization, it’s tragic that my fellow columnist Taeler De Haes chose...

Walker, hold your ground in Wisconsin

Taeler De Haes February 22, 2011

Moving from protests in the Middle East, we are now looking at protests in the Middle West in Madison, Wis. More than 70,000 protestors have gathered outside the capitol for over a week now. This riot...