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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

Our shared guilt for mass shootings lies in culture

Anthony Agbabiaka April 12, 2013

The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting was just another tragedy in what has been a long line of tragedies caused by gun violence in this country over the last few years. Many politicians have called for more...

Religious offense is no reason to discriminate

Shannon Greenwood April 12, 2013

Last week, the Texas A&M University Student Senate passed a bill that would allow students to opt out of funding of the school’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center for religious purposes....

Freshman tales: A walk to remember

Taylor Wanbaugh April 12, 2013

There is no way for me to explain sorority Formal Recruitment, or “Rush Week,” while still even slightly maintaining my sanity. To put in simple terms, it’s a bunch of college girls running around...

Students are stakeholders, and City Council must hear us

April 12, 2013

Chances are you regularly travel on Providence Road, which serves as the western border of campus. Obviously, you’re not alone — it’s a main artery of the city, and it can be a nightmare, particularly...

U.S. justice system can perpetuate wrongful convictions

Grace Hase April 12, 2013

Imagine being sentenced to death for a crime you didn’t commit. Each day, you wake up and place your feet on the cold concrete floor of your confined jail cell. You put on your state-issued uniform and...

If anonymous compliments are sexy, we should re-evaluate sexy

Alex Pesek April 12, 2013

Oh, Mizzou, we’re so misguided about sex. It’s an ugly, cold Friday and I’m sitting here watching the Mizzou Secret Admirers page implode. The administrator posted this morning asking whether the...

Don’t blame ‘hookup culture’ for broader social ills

Alex Pesek April 9, 2013

Are you oversexed? If so, please tell me how, because it seems harder to get laid right now than concerned adults and other do-gooders want to believe. After all, we’re apparently living in a “hookup...

The simple truth: rape culture must end

Sarah Suerig April 9, 2013

The month of April marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month. There are many issues brought to light at this time that generally get brushed under the rug because sexual assault is an unpleasant topic to discuss....

American dialogue suffers from crazy opinions

Jamie Ras April 9, 2013

I tend to be a bit stubborn. Even when I was a young child, I preferred doing things my own way. No matter how many times my parents tried to make me wear presentable-looking clothes when we went out in...

Teenager’s pouty op-ed gives weight to ‘millennial entitlement’

Megan Pearl April 9, 2013

From one privileged ass to the next: Cut it out! Last week the Wall Street Journal published [an op-ed from a teenager](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324000704578390340064578654.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs%3Darticle),...

Vile anti-abortion display harms many, benefits none

April 9, 2013

This week, the organization Mizzou Students for Life partnered with the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform to bring a large display called the “Genocide Awareness Project” to Lowry Mall for a second year....

Why I’ll miss Brother Jed

April 9, 2013

When Jed Smock takes his familiar spot at Speaker’s Circle intermittently in the spring and fall, a crowd almost always gathers almost revolted by his hellfire-inspired evangelicalism. The atheists and...