_The diary entries you are about to read depict the experience of a 19-year-old female MU student on her first summer home from school. **Warning:** The experiences described in the following are extremely...

In the United States, the only commodity that has outpaced inflation is education. A bachelor’s degree is now becoming mandatory even for menial jobs. It often leads students into low-paying jobs and...

With the LGBTQ community shattering quite a few glass ceilings lately, be it Jason Collins or Robbie Rogers, it’s high time the straight populace does something that it isn’t used to doing – checking...

Dating is complicated. College is a time to experiment, meet new people and potentially find that person you can see spending the rest of your life with. But let me tell ya, the path isn’t a bed of roses....

University Bookstore, which has been operating under that name and serving as an essential academic provider for MU students since 1899, announced its rebranding as The Mizzou Store last week. The name...

If you’ve been following the gun control debate during the past few months, there’s a good chance you’ve seen the thought-provoking ads put out by the lobbyist organization Moms Demand Action for...

The summer before I moved here to start my freshman year, I did a Google search to find out if Columbia was a gay-friendly city. Coming from Nebraska, the “we bleed red” ideology can apply both to...

If you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig. And that's exactly what MSA is doing with their new CATS program. The program, which rewards students for attending events, is a poor attempt by the MSA...

As a graduating senior, I am happy to be ripped off by Mizzou one last time. Today, the ripoff is the "Grad Pack." Basically, Mizzou is forcing me to buy my cap and gown in a bundle package that includes...

I think we can all agree this is not a great year to be a Republican. Between losing their bid to unseat President Obama, the continual failures of Speaker Boehner and the antics of the Tea Party, it’s...

A haiku commemorating minimum-wage teenage jobs: _Wait, this check is all? It’s borderline slave labor. Tacky uniform._ I think I have potential to make it big in the poetry world after this glorious...

Study abroad is a huge part of the MU experience. It’s an opportunity like none other — a chance to greatly expand your world by spending several months in some of the most exciting places on Earth....