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...

Unlocking security in dorms is not as simple as turning a key and locking exterior doors. After a string of thefts, vandalism incidents and assaults, all main doors in residence halls will require swipe...

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...

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...

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...

Although Ryan Ferguson’s case did not represent an exoneration, it has caused many Missourians to question their confidence in the criminal justice system. Had the reforms proposed by the Integrity of...

Wednesday marks the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. As a senior at the University of Missouri, I can’t remember a time that access to safe and legal abortion was not the law of the land. Don’t be...

Every year, about 12,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and about 4,000 American women die of the disease. January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. To start the year off right...

To the Mizzou family, I wanted to take a moment to express how impressed I was with the Missouri fan base in Atlanta for the SEC title game. I attended the game (Auburn alum) and met many good Mizzou...