Maneater Editorial Board: Anyone who’s written an opinion column for a newspaper or magazine can attest to a simple fact: It’s not as easy as it seems.

As someone who wrote opinion articles...

The UM System Board of Curators unanimously voted to increase in-state tuition 3 percent and out-of-state tuition 7.5 percent to cover inflation. Let’s say this up front: Yes, a tuition increase, to...

With our university’s move to the Southeastern Conference come many changes to make sure MU will fit in with the SEC's culture. The possibility of Tiger Town is one of the biggest changes. The proposed...

The regrettably large and record-breaking amount spent on political campaigns in 2008 totaled $5.3 billion. More than $2.4 billion of said spending came from the Obama vs. McCain presidential race alone,...

“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...