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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

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Universities must abandon legacy admission privilege

Tierney Kugel January 31, 2023
Legacy admissions are a highly problematic practice in college admissions, and as conversations about the abolition of affirmative action surface, we must advocate for the abandonment of legacy consideration.

COLUMN: Insensitive serial killer craze plagues Netflix

Sophia Anderson January 26, 2023
The Good Nurse,” “The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” and similar retellings of serial killers’ lives unethically profit from victims’ trauma.

COLUMN: Progressives are Democrats’ winning ticket in elections

Sterling Sewell December 12, 2022
Democratic leadership should take note of progressive wins in the recent midterm

COLUMN: Republican representative, Mark Alford favors the party over the planet. 

Molly Gibbs December 12, 2022
After Jan. 3, Missouri’s environment will not be protected by newly elected congressmen Mark Alford.

COLUMN: Online academia has blurred the lines between student’s personal and academic lives

Anna Bain December 11, 2022
Students are having a hard time setting boundaries between their schoolwork and other aspects of their lives. Here’s what we can do about it.
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COLUMN: It’s time to voice the unspoken etiquette of slang.

Sterling Sewell November 13, 2022
Slang impacts how we use language so it’s important to be mindful of how to use it, when to create new terms and when to remove terms from the vernacular.
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OPINION: There’s nothing ‘pro-life’ about the anti-abortion messages in Speakers Circle

Savvy Sleevar November 13, 2022
An open letter to Mizzou Students For Life: Abortion care is already illegal in Missouri. Stop twisting the knife with insensitive propaganda.

It’s time for MU to stop accepting SAT, ACT scores altogether

Tierney Kugel November 8, 2022
As standardized testing scores decline and continue to generate economic inequality and stress for students, the need to remove ACT and SAT test-optional policies increases.

Candidates fighting for environmental policy deserve your vote

Molly Gibbs November 3, 2022
Missouri needs to elect representatives that will enact climate action — Valentine, Truman and Burnett will do just that.

In defense of the midafternoon nap

Story by Savvy Sleevar October 26, 2022
While sleep deprivation in college may be widespread, it is important for students to rest, even if that means taking a short nap in the afternoon. Napping can improve concentration and mood, among other health benefits.
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COLUMN: Implicit or otherwise, MU currently opposes bodily autonomy and needs to change course.

Kyle Maki October 11, 2022
MU needs to accept the demands of Mizzou students in support of bodily autonomy, and their failure to issue a statement on the Dobbs decision speaks volumes.
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Unions resist exploitation — it’s time for MU students to promote a labor-empowered future

Tierney Kugel October 11, 2022
The right to unionize is essential to resisting workplace exploitation, making it necessary for younger generations to promote labor organizing, especially in Missouri, a state that suppresses labor efforts.