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...

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...

Behind every great man there stands a great woman. In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m giving a shout out to all the first ladies. Having your entire private life scrutinized by the entire population...

This year, five student-athletes, including basketball forward Laurence Bowers and football wide receiver T.J. Moe, joined the ranks of the Mizzou '39, MU's annual award representing the university's founding...

City Council approved a proposal for a security camera to be installed downtown at the intersection of Tenth and Cherry streets. Thankfully this camera will be funded by a donation from Keep Columbia Safe,...

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....

On Friday, Feb. 3, the university saw yet another racial incident in a residence hall on campus. Fliers were posted in a residence hall corridor in an effort to advertise a pseudo-event. These fliers,...

Me: Hey, Steve, I see we’re incidentally walking directly at each other on the sidewalk. One of us should move. Oncoming Steve: Nah. Me: You don’t understand. We’re going to collide. Okay, here,...

I chair Four Front, a council comprised of minority student organizations, and I work closely with the student-run inclusivity initiative, One Mizzou. In case it isn't obvious, diversity is my jam. February...

The Labor Department released unexpectedly sunny job numbers last week, reporting that the economy added 243,000 jobs in January. The report crushed predictions that early 2012 would bring only a modest...