To the Editor,   I am sometimes embarrassed by our university's newspaper.  On more than one occasion, I have been reading a story to find it abruptly ends with no visible conclusion because of space. ...

“The Missouri Student is dead,” pronounced MU sociology major Joe Gold in 1955, after he was chosen as editor-in-chief of the fraternity-run tabloid. Gold wrote a new, fierce editorial policy for the...

One week ago, the Obama Administration modified ObamaCare so that religion- affiliated hospitals, universities and charities would not have to provide or pay for contraception. Cries rang out from sea...

Me: Todd, did you see Nina again this weekend? Todd: Yeah, she stayed over Friday. Inattentive Steve: What?
Me: Oh, Todd got with Nina again. Inattentive Steve: Oh. Todd: I really need to stop. I think...

Shakespeare once said, “This above all: to thine own self be true...” Stop! As much as I enjoy being pretentious as fuck, let’s try toning it down a bit, shall we? The late, great artist Michael...

After Rick Santorum’s victories in a handful of, albeit negligible, primary elections last Wednesday, many state and national tracking polls plot him near and even surpassing Mitt Romney in support. As...

Recently Congress has deliberated on suggestions for cuts to the United States Postal Service system, which is presently losing billions of dollars each year, with a $3.3 billion loss in its 2012 fiscal...

Dear University of Missouri students, First and foremost, I would like to thank you for all of your letters I received in response to Governor Nixon’s proposed budget. I have received hundreds of letters...

I’m writing this letter out of deep concern for the too great of an emphasis placed on “race.” I truly hope this letter to the editor stirs up conversation, awareness and a new frame of thought. I...

Women’s suffrage, women’s service in the military and moreover the whole gamut of family planning have at one point been opposed by conservatives. More specifically, social conservatives have stood...

This month it was announced that five killer whales were suing to emancipate themselves from the world of wetsuit clad trainers, hoops and hourly show times, arguing they are protected under the 13th Amendment....

Since its inception, hip-hop has been marred with controversy. Granted, most new forms of music are met with confusion and resistance, but not quite like hip-hop. Punk music and heavy metal might have...