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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

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...

Escapades in the Irish countryside

Krystin Arneson February 22, 2011

We stopped off on the left-hand side of the road, leaning our rented bicycles against an old, crumbling stone wall. Leslie got the map out of the canvas backpack I’d been carrying for the past two hours,...

When will the conflict end?

Cade Cleavelin February 20, 2011

We like to see the sciences as pure pursuits; undertakings not affronted by the pangs of bias and slander that curse the rest of the world's endeavors. The sciences are looked upon as noble, rich frontiers,...

Challenge race issues, don’t just let them sit

Steve Pan February 18, 2011

When we talk about fixing racism in the United States, I’m strongly reminded of the missteps the city of Dubuque, Iowa took in the early 1990s to “diversify” their city. Like most Midwestern cities,...