Feminism: The F-word a lot of people are still really afraid to use. I remember the moment it really sunk in for me. This word I use to describe myself is not one others relate to. I was in my Freshman...

It’s fairly common knowledge that colloquial language reinforces biases, stereotypes or similar systemic constructions that influence people in negative ways. For example, take childish comments like...

Like many other students here at MU, I was encouraged (forced) to take multiple general education courses. Also, like many other students here at MU, I somewhat resent that requirement. Now that my fourth...

Racial code words are about as American as apple pie. A black person is considered “well-spoken” by those who don’t expect a black person to be intelligent. President Barack Obama was called the...

Somewhere during the last cross-country trip I’ll ever make to college, my mind went blank, and all I could think about were the headlights of someone I’ll probably never meet. They belonged to...

At the end of last semester, something important caught my eye. You might have noticed it, too, while filling out your course evaluations. The form sheets were different. In “Section 1: Student Information,”...

Ladies and gentlemen, here we are: the beginning of the spring semester. At the end of this semester, I will officially be halfway through this horrific murder show that is college. In case you don’t...

A living wage is the minimum amount of income necessary that a person must earn in order for them to obtain necessary, basic needs. But, in many cases, a city’s minimum hourly wage is not enough for...

The colossal entity of music holds many purposes. William Shakespeare called it the food of love. Jimi Hendrix called it his religion. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow called it the universal language. But what...

Amid the hundred-dollar nosebleeds and a never-ending parade of prostitutes, Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” has proven to be quite the polarizing force among film critics and general...

Maybe it’s time we take a step back from over-analyzing magazine covers. In the past few months, there has been a laundry list of fashion-magazine cover photos that are supposedly controversial because...

Why is it so difficult to get in and out of Columbia? Over Thanksgiving break, I became more aware of this problem after experiencing Boston’s ubiquitous, easy-to-use transportation system. It can be...