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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.

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.

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.

The dreaded ‘sophomore slump’ warrants flexibility from students and robust support from universities

Story by Savvy Sleevar • October 11, 2022

As students reach college ‘middle years,’ they deserve to lean on their university for support during periods like the ‘sophomore slump’.

MU Athletics doesn’t do enough to support its biggest fans: Cheerleaders

Story by Molly Gibbs • October 11, 2022

MU cheerleaders lack the proper resources to excel in their sport, the University has the power to increase scholarships and extend benefits to improve cheers standing.

A reckoning with Residential Life: My experience with harassment as a former RA

Katie Taranto • September 27, 2022

MU must be more upfront with residential advisors about single rooms and make suites more secure for all students.

Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan supports an educated lower class

Anna Bain • September 20, 2022

Biden’s loan forgiveness plan is the helping hand lower class college graduates desperately need

OPINION: Student debt relief should be a bipartisan cause for celebration

Molly Gibbs • September 20, 2022

Politicians manufacture outrage rather than celebrate the elimination of federal student loan debt, despite the policy’s popularity among Americans and potential to help citizens with low incomes.