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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

Monolingual Americans stunt globalism

Jessie Staley September 4, 2016

Foreign language education in the U.S. is severely insufficient. In some systems, children are taught the same material year after year until they get to high school and have the opportunity to take advanced...

Student government shapes national political understanding

Regan Huston September 4, 2016

With the presidential election just a few months away, everyone who can legally vote is anxious to cast their opinion in this controversial election. If you’re a freshman like myself, this will be your...

Homesickness isn’t about home. It’s about the anxiety of independence

Emmett Ferguson September 4, 2016

It’s been almost three weeks here at MU and everyone is starting to settle in. Schedules are becoming routine, people are finding their niches, and the first load of laundry is, hopefully, getting done....

Time to put down the phone and start talking to each other

Kurtis Dunlap September 4, 2016

In 2007, Apple sold 72 million iPhones. That number has increased every year since, and during the first fiscal quarter of 2016 alone, they sold just over 74 million. There is no denying technology has...

Trump, not Clinton, displays bigotry and blatantly panders to minorities

Tess Vrbin August 30, 2016

It’s fairly normal for presidential candidates to trade criticisms and even insults on the campaign trail. But a recent exchange between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, in which they accused each other...

Voters revolt against spineless GOP establishment

Chris Vas August 30, 2016

Countless former GOP leaders and sitting members of Congress are refusing to support their nominee for president. What these Republicans fail to mention while they are bashing Trump is that they essentially...

Obama’s bathroom policies reach too far

Chris Vas August 24, 2016

The U.S. is facing many major issues in the final year of President Barack Obama’s term. The threat of the Islamic State is growing, the national debt continues to crawl toward $20 trillion, and home...

As a new year starts, students hold the power

Kurtis Dunlap August 23, 2016

During these past few summer months, we had the opportunity to digest the campus unrest that occurred last year. We saw the local and national media buzz slowly disappear. But after being away for a couple...

Sorority women go through more than you’d think

Emmett Ferguson August 23, 2016

Everywhere you go on campus you can see them. You can’t walk outside your residence hall without seeing them. They travel in ranks. They are uniform in attire. Singular in their shared goal, they emulate...

Character judgment, not political correctness, is hurting society

Tess Vrbin August 22, 2016

This fall, America is facing two massive tests. One is of course the presidential election, in which we must decide who we want to run our country. The other and arguably more important one is whether...

Media treats female and male Olympians differently

Hannah Wente August 22, 2016

At the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, women have broken records, given legendary performances and brought home medals to the U.S., but it seems as if the focus is on their marital status, makeup and bodies...

Guest column: MSA President Sean Earl on a “fresh start” for MU

August 21, 2016

Fellow Tigers, Congratulations on being a part of the proudest family in the Southeastern Conference! At the University of Missouri-Columbia, we strive to promote a campus culture of Respect, Responsibility,...