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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

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...

Freshman tales: An unwelcome introduction to roommate life

Taylor Wanbaugh April 5, 2013

I have a belief that some people’s lives are simply a scrapbook of awkward moments. These people are (thankfully) generally a rarity. The average 19-year-old can’t say that they’ve broken their foot...

‘Secret Admirers’ page promotes over-sharing, potential harassment

April 5, 2013

2013’s trend in collegiate social media seems to be anonymized over-sharing, and our campus has not been immune to it. First a Facebook page for compliments in the MU community blew up, then one for...

Decoding the ‘queer alphabet soup’

Shannon Greenwood April 5, 2013

Last week’s Supreme Court hearings on the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8 brought a huge spotlight to the LGBTQ community. With that spotlight came a wave of inclusivity by individuals...

With high level of federal waste, White House closure is avoidable

Grace Hase April 5, 2013

For more than 200 years, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C., has been the house of the American people. That is, until it became the Obamas’ private family home last month with no active tours....