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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

Doubted in beginning, Frank Haith has excelled

March 20, 2012

When Frank Haith was introduced as coach of the Missouri men's basketball team, few had belief in his abilities and many scoffed at his lack of reputation. Some students even protested his hiring on the...

Missouri needs prescription drug monitoring

March 20, 2012

A pharmaceutical-related death occurs every 19 seconds in America, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency. Prescription drug abuse is a prevalent problem and as one of only two states in the nation...

Vote for Romney in Saturday Republican caucus

March 16, 2012

After Missouri’s embarrassing primary election fiasco in February, when it hosted a “beauty pageant” because the state government failed to comply with Republican National Committee rules, the time...

Student curator needs voting power

March 13, 2012

Last week three bills to appoint a student curator with voting power to the UM System Board of Curators failed in the House. One remaining active bill in the Senate would require the Board of Curators...

M-Book update more than necessary

March 13, 2012

The Missouri Students Association passed a resolution supporting a change to the M-book's non-discrimination clause to include gender expression, declaring student support for the much-needed initiative. The...

Smoking ban needs to be pushed harder

March 9, 2012

The decision to plan for and institute a campus-wide smoking ban has been a long process, and at this point, whether or not students support a campus-wide smoking ban is now irrelevant. The smoking ban...

Take up MU Students Against Sweatshops initiative

March 9, 2012

In only its first semester as a student organization, the MU chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops managed to convince the MU Bookstore to purchase $50,000 of merchandise from Alta Gracia, a company...

One Mizzou missed an important opportunity

March 6, 2012

One Mizzou. What a great slogan. That's basically all One Mizzou is: a slogan, a sweet-sounding hashtag for Twitter, a short convenient catchphrase for banners. Two words, but relatively no meaning. We're...

Time for MU to raise standards

March 2, 2012

Whether it’s searching aimlessly for a seat in the student center, trekking to and from the AV 14 parking lot or waiting in 40-minute lines at Plaza, every single student on this campus has felt the...

Once again, Rucker best choice for RHA president

February 28, 2012

On-campus residents need to look no farther than the incumbent candidates, President Chris Rucker and Vice President Caleb Krenning, when voting for the next Residence Halls Association president and vice...

New movement for MU football is a positive one

February 24, 2012

MU will officially become the 14th member of the Southeastern Conference on July 1, but official membership is only the beginning of a new era for MU football. To usher in this era, coach Gary Pinkel...

Cutting of faculty positions must be based on right criterion

February 24, 2012

With recent cuts to higher education-funding from the state government and national economic instability, now is not an easy time to be a university official in charge of balancing the budget, especially...