We've all seen it in some classes. On the first day of the semester, every seat is filled with students, and then it slowly gets emptier until it reaches a steady state of about one-third of class attendance...

If you read my columns online — or last week’s at the very least — you’ve likely seen the backlash “If I did it: academics and Adderall” received. Within a day, there were already 10 comments,...

April 22, 1970, celebrated the first Earth Day. The brainchild of Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wisc., Earth Day was said to have marked the beginning of the environmental movement in North America. Soon after...

Steve the Teacher: Okay class, let’s split off into partners and do Exercise 2. We’ll go over it after you guys are done. Me: Oh dear god please no. At this point, starting guns fire in the distance,...

With each passing day, I become increasingly suspicious that nearly everyone with a solid partisan opinion regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the health...

Last week I expressed my excitement for this campus’ commitment to condemning those who do things that are unacceptable, such as utilizing homophobic slurs in widely circulated publications. I was concerned...

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed strict [limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303404704577307524051798192.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection)....

When science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors at MU talk about their plans for the future, they rarely discuss involvement in the creation of public policy. Most I have spoken with would...

In the April 10 issue of The Maneater, Kristen Powers wrote a column condemning the use of drugs as “study aids.” She wrote of its supposed illusionary effectiveness and offered up alternatives that...

Well it finally happened. Now that Santorum dropped out, America will have a flip-flopping, neoconservative, universal healthcare supporting, one-term governor of Massachusetts on the Republican ticket. This...

Tuesday, April 10, 2012: the day Rick Santorum dropped out of the GOP race and effectively handed over the Republican candidacy to Mitt Romney. Now this is kind of awkward for me because just last week...

Group of Steves: (chitter chatter) Me: Hey guys, I see that you’ve formed a circle discussion at this party. Group of Steves: (chatter chitter) Me: Can I chat with you guys? Group of Steves: (chitter...