I’m an English major, but aside from the curriculum and technical requirements of that, I obnoxiously fit the romantic characteristics that come with the territory. I vicariously seek the oldest, most...

Historic events happen in the middle of normal life. You were in your car driving from work; you were sitting around and happened to flip to a news channel. Although developing global stories and events...

As the country reflects on 9/11, and the costs and the successes and the reasons for waging the war on terror over the next several days, it should not forget the Pakistani government’s complicity in...

I bring to you a shallow philosophical anecdote: The pants I buy are not extravagant or expensive, or in any way remarkable. I get them off the same shelf in the same department store in the same mall...

It was my 10th birthday when my yearning for walkie-talkies was finally realized, of course only after my parents became tired of me putting me in peril to prove their necessity to my safety. Right after...

Despite my relentless criticism of the government, I do love my country. There is no other place on earth with as many opportunities, not to mention a ridiculous standard of living. As many politicians...

In an attempt to innovate the classroom experience with enhanced interactivity between course content and media, MU's Department of Space Planning and Management updated a room in Strickland Hall in fall...

In case you missed it, a digital debacle ensued on MU’s Facebook page after unwise comments from many, most notably Missouri State Representative Kathie Conway. The original posting was promoting MU...

As waters continue to rise in Southeast Missouri and thousands of people are evacuated from their homes, United States Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., made the following statement about the flooding and...

As we ease into our roles in our own democracy, we generally acquire storybook understandings of how representative government works. The general convention we assume is that if we want things put into...

As if we needed more alarming statistics in a post-recession economy, student loan debt has recently surpassed collective credit card debt in the United States. Even more worrisome, student loan debt...

Sen. John Ensign, R-Nv., finally resigned Friday after the Senate Ethics Committee voted last week to continue to probe Ensign based on allegations he had an affair with campaign aid Cynthia Hampton in...