Smut. That's all I could think when reading Brooke Carter's article about oral sex. What benefits did your readers get out of reading that article? Was it a tasteful analysis of the Esquire article,...

Surprised. It’s the least I could call myself over the past few months, after watching paper after paper and article after article berate Gov. Jay Nixon over the higher education budget cuts. How did...

When the Class of 2015 arrived on campus last August, MU struggled to find housing for incoming freshman and returning students on campus. At a university scrambling for funds, an 83.6 percent acceptance...

When the state legislature passed its version of the budget in spring, it had restored all of Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposed budget cuts to higher education. Saying the budget was balanced, the legislature...

The 2008 recession can teach us a lot, but many Americans refuse to take the time to learn. It's not rocket science. If you've turned on the news in the last three years or heard someone rant about the...

As college students, we all need technology to function, but some of us crave it. Whenever one of my professors doesn’t use Blackboard, students get annoyed because the system makes accessing study materials...

Throughout my childhood, I didn’t always see eye-to-eye with those in positions of authority. I wasn’t what you would call a “bad kid,” but often times I found myself questioning the need for certain...

As children, we were always told not to be in a hurry to grow up. “Enjoy being young while it lasts,” they would say. But now I’ve reached a sort-of youthful limbo where there’s no benefit to...

When the U.S. Space Shuttle Program ended last summer, many Americans bemoaned the fact we now stood to lose our nation's position as an international leader in space exploration. However, after a privately...

Factions of both typical American political persuasions wrestle with the importance of religion in the lives of political candidates. Republican evangelism discomforts progressives, but progressives must...

MU’s decision to shut down the Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute was, unsurprisingly, met with opposition from professors and alumni. These individuals have a vested interest in the program,...

After a federal investigation unearthed billing fraud within the department of radiology in the School of Medicine, two doctors stepped down and School of Medicine Dean Bob Churchill announced he is retiring...