The famous author H.P. Lovecraft once stated, “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” The Sept. 11 attacks sparked...

Planned Parenthood demonstrators echoed their frustration with interim Chancellor Hank Foley in Speakers Circle on [Monday, Nov. 30,](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/12/1/planned-parenthood-given-two-more-days-find-privil/)...

**"So what happened at MU?"** A lot. So much happened at MU I couldn't possibly tell you all the ways that my freshman year was messed up. It all began with one brave graduate student who was fed up with...

On Friday, Nov. 27, a man opened fire a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He shot and killed a police officer and two civilians, while injuring nine others, [including four other...

These past couple weeks have been tumultuous. After winning the ultimate victory of UM System President Tim Wolfe's resignation and the surprise of former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin’s resignation shortly...

I was too young to remember what happened during 9/11. Sure, I have fuzzy memories of the day like many of my peers. But I do not remember the fear. I do not remember watching the TV as 3,000 people died...

During Monday’s protests on Carnahan Quad, student protesters and faculty members clashed with reporters, notably a student photographer, over the protesters’ right to privacy. They attempted to restrict...

To whom it may concern: This past week has been emotional for us all; Jonathan Butler's hunger strike and the Concerned Student 1950 movement have stirred up a lot of dialogue at MU. His strike has propelled...

The world runs on communication. We talk, call, tweet and text every day. Silence seems to have completely disappeared from our society. Seeing this, when I had the opportunity to return to the practice...

“Stop worrying so much.” This advice is both annoying and infuriating. When you are trying to achieve anything — be it winning a competition, finding a girlfriend/boyfriend, getting a job or passing...

When I was younger, I never used the word nigga. My dad told me that using this word was perpetuating the oppression we suffered from the hands of white men, and it was too close to the word nigger. When...

Sex is far too complex to be given a single definition. For instance, since I identify as a heterosexual woman, the fundamentals of sex for me are much different than for a homosexual man. However, sex...