Dear Editor,   Lying is something we are all taught at a young age to be a bad thing, but currently in the state of Missouri, verbally lying about your identity to a law official has no consequences....

The rise of technology has no doubt changed the way we live. Most of us grew up using a computer from a pretty early age, and it is increasingly shaping the way we interact with one another. People now...

We are all snobs at MU. According to Rick Santorum, so are our encouraging parents for that matter. In late February, Santorum did some impressive regressive pandering to an audience more than willing...

Last week three bills to appoint a student curator with voting power to the UM System Board of Curators failed in the House. One remaining active bill in the Senate would require the Board of Curators...

The Missouri Students Association passed a resolution supporting a change to the M-book's non-discrimination clause to include gender expression, declaring student support for the much-needed initiative. The...

The newest controversy surrounding the Missouri area is, as many have heard, the honoring of Rush Limbaugh at the State Capitol. Some of you might be just hearing about the controversy surrounding this...

Once every four years, each school in the University of Missouri System has the distinction of a non-voting student representative from its campus on the Board of Curators. Last month, UM-Kansas City...

Professor Steve: Hello, class. Today’s lecture topic is a good one. Let me just show you this video here on the old projector. Me: Oh god. Professor Steve: Let me see, here. Let me just, uh … Okay...

Running across the MOVE column "Jane Eyre: Prude n' proud" by Claire Landsbaum really changed my week, mostly because I had to get angry about it. Connecting classic literary works to the present day,...

The controversy about contraceptives has continued for more than three weeks now with no end in sight.  The American people are so frustrated and annoyed with the situation that they have started agreeing...

Sometimes I feel I’m part of a very small club of people who’ve actually set aside time to ask whether American libertarianism is ridiculous after all. You don’t have to remind me how cool and self-affirming...

Dear Maneater editorial board, A friend (a member of your staff, in fact, who shall remain unnamed) recently sent me an article by Emma Woodhouse ("Grindr lovin', had me aghast," March 2, 2012). In this...