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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

Defining racial statuses with emoji

Loretta Lee March 10, 2015

As you all might have heard, Apple announced its project that will feature more options of emoji for its users on its latest upgrade. I use emoji very often when texting friends and family. It is a fun...

Forget about FOMO

Jordan Smith March 10, 2015

We’ve all been there before: It’s a Friday night, you’re sitting around in your comfies watching your sixth consecutive episode of "Breaking Bad," about to rip open a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos,...

Ferguson: A ticking time bomb

Lily Cusack March 10, 2015

On Wednesday, March 4, the U.S. Justice Department released two revealing documents surrounding the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, that took place last year. The first 86-page report was the department’s...

Dealing with stress

Jordan Smith March 3, 2015

Ah, stress. My dear friend. Stress is like that one lurking uncle whose main objective is to ask you what you plan to do with the rest of your life who somehow always gets stuck next to you at the Thanksgiving...

Great news for students from China

Loretta Lee March 3, 2015

As announced towards the end of 2014, China and the United States have agreed on extending U.S. visas’ validity for Chinese individuals coming to America. Not only will students coming to the States...

MU creating more opportunities for women

Jalen Mosby March 3, 2015

Between some positions recently being filled on campus by women and the amazing production of the Vagina Monologues held on Feb. 22, I am in in feminist heaven. MU hired a new provost and executive vice...

Attempts to “patriotize” AP U.S. History cross the line

Lily Cusack February 25, 2015

Earlier last week, a legislative committee in Oklahoma voted to ban history. The bill in question, House Bill 1380, prohibits the funding of Advanced Placement United States History courses in Oklahoma...

Exercise your emotions (literally)

Jordan Smith February 25, 2015

My fellow couch potatoes, Sadly, there’s no more denying it: Working out benefits you in an alarming number of ways, and with all the new forms of exercise out there, we’re running out of excuses...

Cold weather could help you be more productive

Jalen Mosby February 25, 2015

It has been freezing in Columbia recently. Temperatures in Columbia and all over the country are extremely low and don’t seem to be rising any time soon. It’s a miserable time for all of us, but we...

Don’t let the bad boys win the game

Brittany Emond February 25, 2015

“‘Cause you know I love the players, and you love the game.” These words, beautifully written by my favorite person in the world, Taylor Swift, hold very true for girls everywhere. There is an undeniable...

Family expectations shouldn’t override your passions

Loretta Lee February 25, 2015

A Facebook post that I saw a couple days ago had me thinking about something almost all of us face: expectations. It is one of the reasons why we go to college. Our teachers worked hard teaching us in...

UNC shooting can be a lesson for MU

Jalen Mosby February 18, 2015

Three students at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus were shot dead last week. Investigators still don’t know if the shooting was a hate crime or an isolated incident over something...