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...

Tuesday's non-biding primary election has been referred to as a “beauty contest” throughout the country. Maybe it’s a beauty contest for the candidates, but for Missouri, it’s just a downright...

Gov. Jay Nixon has proposed a 12.5 percent cut, about $55 million, to higher education in Missouri. The proposal, if passed, would mark a 25 percent decrease in state support for higher education over...

With the big Jan. 31 Florida primary over, Mitt Romney has stayed ahead in the Republican race, winning the state and keeping himself as a favorite of the Republican candidacy. Although Mitt is now the...

My old high school debate teacher taught me that one of the keys to persuasion is making concessions. Without giving the opposition any validation you’ll only isolate your audience and make your point...

Quarter billionaire and chronic flip-flopper Willard Mitt Romney is the conservative voter’s best bet in this year's presidential race. Romney, a man whose failed Senate bid, a mere four years as governor...

There are a lot of stereotypes of engineers, some negative, few positive, but the image most people see when they think of engineers is overwhelmingly of a male. It’s not really far from the truth. Although...

I’ve become attached to an acronym that I usually claim as my own creation: TFD. “Total fucking disaster.” It’s useful for describing exams, dates and car accidents. Why do you need to know this?...

On Tuesday, former governor Mitt Romney won the Florida Republican Primary for President of the United States by a margin of 14 percent, solidifying his status as frontrunner for the 2012 GOP presidential...

Mitt Romney is the Barack Obama of the Republican Party, and I mean that in the least complimentary, most insulting way imaginable. But not the Obama of 2008. Heavens, no. There is no Republican equivalent...