At a recent meeting, Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton remarked to the Citizens Police Review Board that his department has been using forfeiture funds — money seized from illegal activity, such as drug...

It almost goes without saying, but I would be remiss if I didn’t first note the commonsensical: Our bodies need water to survive. After all, the average human body is made up of [more than 60 percent](http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/propertyyou.html)...

Alert: It is now safe to stop caring about politics. Thank God, right? That gross amount of turkey you stuffed in your face last week probably settled on a belly full of politics. State, national, local...

The MU Reynolds Journalism Institute recently received another generous endowment from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. The $30.1 million gift ensures the institute will continue its focus on journalistic...

In 1988, Michael Dukakis lost the white vote by 19 points and won 111 electoral votes. Last week, Barack Obama lost the white vote by 20 points and won 332 electoral votes. The Republican Party’s grasp...

There has not been a Clery release in 18 days, but that should not imply MU has become any safer. In fact, only a small portion of the campus has been notified of our latest suspect, who has reportedly...

When it comes to living more sustainably, people are bound to be reluctant, and understandably so. After all, it’s decidedly essential in light of our climate crisis. But what kind of hippie-weirdos...

In the past three weeks, four incidents of trespassing in Lathrop and Jones halls have been reported. All of the incidents involve one or more men entering a woman’s room uninvited. In each instance,...

All it took were three words made up of 11 letters, and a promise was created for a brighter future. “We the people” is a phrase familiar to everyone in the U.S. and the world. The Preamble to the...

Proposition B, which would have raised Missouri’s cigarette tax to 90 cents from 17, failed Tuesday night. But it wasn’t by much — 49.2 percent of voters supported the tax increase. If anything,...

According to the CIRCLE Analysis of National Exit Polls, the youth vote went up from 18 percent of the total electorate in 2008 to 19 percent in Tuesday's election — something few polls predicted. That...

When I walked out of the Hampton Inn on Tuesday, I felt a small sense of empowerment. I had just voted in my first presidential election. As I clutched my long-sought-after “I voted” sticker, I thought...