Public education and the advancement of forward thinking should be a priority for our state government, but we continue to see evidence that this is not the case in Missouri. [In a recent decision, the...

During the Board of Curators’ December meeting, newly-appointed chairman [Don Cupps declared 2015 “the year of the student.”](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2014/12/12/curators-discuss-university-leadership-alternative/)...

On Dec. 15, Columbia City Council voted 6-1 to pass Tobacco 21, a bill limiting tobacco sales in Columbia to persons over the age of 21, into law. Almost immediately, efforts to stifle the law began —...

MU Health Care recently announced starting on Jan. 1, it will no longer hire nicotine users. While current employees will not be affected by the new policy, future applicants will be asked whether or not...

During the [“Ferguson Listening Session”](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2014/12/2/students-implore-administration-take-proactive-act/) Monday evening, students criticized the delayed response...

MU has been searching for a new provost since [Brian Foster retired from the position in January](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2013/9/25/provost-brian-foster-announces-retirement/). The provost serves...

Gov. Jay Nixon expects a grand jury to make its decision in whether to indict the police officer responsible for the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, before the month’s end. The ongoing...

One month ago, [we discussed why undergraduate students deserve affordable, close-to-campus housing](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2014/10/15/student-housing-expansion-must-stop/), but we did not...

The Missouri Students Association represents 26,996 undergraduate students at MU. MSA controls a $1.6 million budget, advocates for students on city, state and national levels and helps optimize the student...

MU is [ranked 16th on the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of the top 30 green-power-using schools](http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top30ed.htm), and yet we are perpetuating a serious environmental...

McKee Gymnasium was built in 1922. Yankee Stadium began construction that same year. Since then, Yankee Stadium has been renovated regularly, seriously remodeled, demolished and completely reconstructed....

Seeing as the majority of our editorial board are living off campus, we feel there is an issue which needs to be discussed. The Odle family, who own and operate Brookside student apartments and townhomes,...