With each passing day, I become increasingly suspicious that nearly everyone with a solid partisan opinion regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the health...

Last week I expressed my excitement for this campus’ commitment to condemning those who do things that are unacceptable, such as utilizing homophobic slurs in widely circulated publications. I was concerned...

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed strict [limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303404704577307524051798192.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection)....

A recent bill introduced in the Missouri General Assembly sets up a priority list of representatives with the legal authority to make medical decisions for a loved one who has been rendered incapable of...

We previously expressed our support for a proposed library fee in a January [editorial](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2012/1/27/student-fees-done-right/). We think a relatively cheap student fee is...

House Bill 1267, which would require all youth in foster care above the age of 15 be given a visit and consultation to a Missouri state university, state community or technical college before exiting the...

It seems as if overarching, ineffective approaches are a theme this issue. The Columbia Police Department recently adopted a new policy manual. This manual brings new requirements for police officers,...

Dear readers, Among the 50 states, Missouri ranks forty-seventh in state funding for higher education per student. That means that only in three states do public universities receive less financial support...

When science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors at MU talk about their plans for the future, they rarely discuss involvement in the creation of public policy. Most I have spoken with would...

In the April 10 issue of The Maneater, Kristen Powers wrote a column condemning the use of drugs as “study aids.” She wrote of its supposed illusionary effectiveness and offered up alternatives that...

Well it finally happened. Now that Santorum dropped out, America will have a flip-flopping, neoconservative, universal healthcare supporting, one-term governor of Massachusetts on the Republican ticket. This...

Tuesday, April 10, 2012: the day Rick Santorum dropped out of the GOP race and effectively handed over the Republican candidacy to Mitt Romney. Now this is kind of awkward for me because just last week...