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The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The fight for voting student curator is an admirable one

March 8, 2011

Since we realize we’ve beaten discussion on the proposal for a voting student curator to a pulp, we’ll only briefly touch on it here. An amendment to House Bill 174, which created the voting student...

Obama should arm US agencies in Mexico

Taeler De Haes March 8, 2011

President Barack Obama met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on March 2 and March 3 to discuss the relations between the two countries. In their fifth meeting, the two presidents discussed the recent...

Irish dialect may technically be English, but it takes practice

Krystin Arneson March 8, 2011

It doesn’t take a few pints of Guinness for the Irish to be utterly incomprehensible. I hear conversations on the street that I know are in English, but between the rapid-fire muttering and lilting pitch,...

Loopholes allow for illegal immigration

March 8, 2011

As you are well aware, the student visa program, officially known as the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), is a centerpiece of our nation's legal immigration system. This program provides America...

So… why did we vote?

March 8, 2011

For any student who’s ever held a job, the words "minimum wage" probably sound familiar. Obviously, most young workers start out earning this base salary. In Missouri, the minimum wage is $7.25 - identical...

Not-so-pleasant memories of camping

Lindsey Wehking March 4, 2011

You know what would be a good idea? If we spent the night under a tarp with people we hate and then we can all sleep in body bags, fermenting in each other's odor, providing feast for infectious insects...

Campus needs to stand together against sexual violence

March 4, 2011

Tuesday's string of sexual assaults across Columbia and the rape reported outside Laws residence hall have invoked both anger and fear from the student body, but this also provides a new time for discussion...

Washington needs some ‘Show-Me State’ common sense

March 4, 2011

One of the most important parts of my job is visiting with and hearing from Missourians across the state. That's why I love coming home to Missouri every weekend, and it's why I enjoyed a recent opportunity...

Understanding that sleep is rather necessary

Cade Cleavelin March 4, 2011

Sleep studies take place all the time. Pharmaceutical companies, universities, the military and just about every important institution has put in time and money to figure out how people best recharge their...

Right to Work — wrong to pass

Nick Calcaterra March 4, 2011

Missouri State Sen. Rob Mayer, R-25, has dug up an old issue he says was a shallow grave. According to him, Missouri has lost businesses to bordering states, such as Arkansas and Tennessee, for not being...

Right to work laws unhelpful, unnecessary

Steve Pan March 4, 2011

Right to work laws are the biggest misnomer in this nation's history of naming things. What are they? You may be aware of the labor strife going on in Wisconsin, where bag Republican Gov. Scott Walker...

I am what I am: the direct descendent of lanky genes

Alex Pesek March 1, 2011

I am 6-feet, 2-inches tall, 74 inches if you think that way, 188 cm if you're not an American, 160 pounds if I've actually eaten much that day, 32-inch waist if you care, size 13 shoe and incalculably...