Last night marked the first time the new Columbia City Council members met, and saying they aren't off to a good start is being generous. Several measures were discussed, including a proposal to increase...

The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill banning protests near funerals an hour before to an hour after a service. The legislation was drafted and passed in response to a protest at the St....

Since birth, the world has been chipping away at the confident, self-asserted fetus I once was. Coming out four days late and flinging my umbilical cord everywhere like I owned that mother-fucking hospital,...

When German voters went to the polls on September 27, 2009, to hand the Social Democrats their biggest defeat in the history of post-War Germany, they literally had all day to vote. Those less-enthused...

It seems that all of our industries have regulation problems. Despite what you believe to be the cause, the regulations installed by our government have been letting big problems slip through the cracks....

When you think of transportation, you might typically think of roads and bridges. But transportation is much more than that. Transportation is our connection to safety, work, business and family. "Transportation...

Under the redistricting proposal currently moving through Missouri’s state legislature, the City of Columbia stands to lose its staunchly Republican Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer. Considering the bill was...

It’s become refreshingly beautiful outside in the past few weeks. The birds chirp and flit about in their springtime gaiety; the trees bless the fresh earth with a new snow of spring blossoms, and have...

In meetings with our reporters and editors, executive members in the Office of Greek Life insist that improving relations between the Greek Life students, who make up about 28 percent of MU's student body,...

The funny thing about exercise in Dublin is that girls don’t do it. Yesterday, I stopped halfway through my daily jog for a stretch break. I lifted my left leg up to fit my foot between the railings...

During the course of the semester, diversity has routinely come up as a topic of concern on campus and in the community. We foamed at the mouth when that dreadlocked kid spray-painted unmentionables on...

The United States is known for having a strong military devoted to the safety of our citizens, and this is one thing that should never be underfunded. Only the economically ignorant would argue that unnecessary...