_Tess Vrbin is a sophomore journalism student at MU. She is an opinion columnist who writes about national politics for The Maneater._ For months, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has asserted...

When CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Friday that Donald Trump pulled a [“political rickroll”](http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/09/16/jake-tapper-fact-checks-trump-ath-sot.cnn) on the media, it wasn’t...

_Hunter Gilbert is a freshman at MU. He is an opinion columnist that writes about rights and tech for The Maneater._ Edward Snowden has been referenced with multiple titles: traitor, coward, hero, patriot. Snowden...

NBC News anchor Matt Lauer made several mistakes when he moderated last Wednesday’s commander-in-chief forum, a discussion with the two major-party presidential nominees about foreign policy. Since then,...

If you take a moment to observe your surroundings while in the student section of a college football game, several things are guaranteed to be there: students screaming and stomping, a fight over a free...

Football season is back, and the excitement that rushes through campus every Saturday is immense. The traditional love and spirit of football season inspires fans to support our Tigers. My freshman self...

On Aug. 26, Colin Kaepernick decided to not stand up during the national anthem before the San Francisco 49ers game against the Green Bay Packers. Some have argued that he does not have the right to do...

Black Lives Matter is an organization that has gained national attention recently for illegally shutting down highways with their marches and making extremely aggressive anti-police statements. While it...

Fear of the freshman 15 abounds in college dorms. The perfect body you sculpted in high school is disappearing. The ability to eat egregious amounts of food without gaining weight may be lost. Nobody wants...

As Labor Day passed this week, I found myself thinking about why we have it at all. Labor Day is not only a day off of school and work. Labor Day is a legitimate federal holiday for the little things we...

Last Wednesday, I received an angry tweet from someone regarding [my column from last week.](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/8/30/trump-not-clinton-displays-bigotry-and-blatantly-p/) The person...