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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

Obama must act to satisfy progressives

Anthony Agbabiaka January 25, 2013

_The West Wing_, written and produced by Aaron Sorkin, is one of the most prolific TV series based on the American political system. Even today, the issues addressed in the series are incredibly relevant....

Pinterest: a world worth understanding

Megan Pearl January 25, 2013

The women of Pinterest have created a space in the [dark world](http://www.4chan.com) [of the](http://www.reddit.com) [Internet](http://www.lolcats.com) for romantic photos, elaborate desserts, D.I.Y....

2013 brings hope for LGBTQ progress

Shannon Greenwood January 25, 2013

The presidential election last November brought instrumental advances for the LGBTQ community and its allies. With the reelection of President Barack Obama, the U.S. will have another term with the only...

Mexico’s brighter dawn

Bell Johnson December 7, 2012

“Sí se puede” isn’t just the famous line from a Disney Channel original movie; it means so much more. It’s a motto by which Mexico has been striving to achieve for the past couple decades. The...

Costas was wrong on Sunday

Ben Turner December 7, 2012

As a columnist, I get paid to share my opinions on politics. However, I'll be the first one to admit that sometimes people should keep their opinions to themselves. Such was the case on Sunday night,...

Victoria’s big flaw

Stephanie Hiquiana December 7, 2012

When my little brother was four years old, he and my dad had a nightly routine where they would do some father-son bonding in front of the TV right before bedtime. One night, likely sometime in December,...

Profit versus prosperity: our nation’s real climate change dilemma

Hayden Lewis December 4, 2012

We’re students, not economists, but if you had to choose, do you think our global economy should serve as an instrument for short-term profit or one for long-term prosperity? Hopefully most of us would...

Republicans need to declare ceasefire in War on Women

Ben Levin December 4, 2012

Does anyone remember when Rush Limbaugh labeled Sandra Fluke a slut? Does anyone remember when five males and zero females walked into the Republican hearing on birth control one month later? In April,...

Wikipedia needs students’ help to sustain independence

Mara Somlo December 4, 2012

Let’s admit it. Where would we be without Wikipedia? Known as “the lifesaver” in terms of writing paper and “unscholarly” when referenced by professors, it is a universally viewed website among...

The Middle East powder-keg

Bell Johnson November 30, 2012

Anyone who has ever walked across thin ice can attest to how fragile it is, and how terrifying watching the ice splinter around your feet as you walk across can be, because everyone knows that it could...

Straying from the straight and narrow track

Stephanie Hiquiana November 30, 2012

On Thanksgiving, I took some serious time to think about what I’m truly thankful for this year. The first things to come to mind were the clichés: my family, friends and health. After those general...

Pink unicorns are real, Mr. Norquist

Ben Turner November 30, 2012

In 1954, while recovering from back surgery, then-Sen. John F. Kennedy began to write a book. It was a study of eight U.S. senators and their then-unpopular decisions that they thought were right for America....