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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Right-to-work legislation not right for Missouri

Brad Grim March 1, 2011

Thousands in protest of the recent budget proposal by Republican Gov. Scott Walker are entering their third week outside of the Capitol Building in Wisconsin. In an effort to combat Wisconsin’s multibillion...

Our wish list for the UM System caucus

March 1, 2011

In the coming weeks, a caucus consisting of politicians from across the political spectrum will bring UM System issues at the state level to the forefront in Jefferson City. Fifty-nine members, many of...

DUI: To blow or not?

March 1, 2011

With Mardi Gras and Spring Break coming up everyone knows cops go looking for drunk drivers, but arrested individuals are unaware of what rights they actually have. If arrested for a DUI, fight it, because...

Exploring Irish, American cultural similarities after crisis

Krystin Arneson March 1, 2011

Last night was a huge night here in Dublin — for the city, but also for the country. It was Election Night, which comes once every five years. The party in power up until today is largely accredited...

I can’t wait to be old

Lindsey Wehking February 25, 2011

"Wahooo," wailed an unidentifiable source from outside the confines of my janky Honda Civic. I was cruising down I-70 last month, in the midst of my 2Pac sing-along to "Brenda's Got A Baby" when I was...

Free market deals with racists without violating free speech

Nick Calcaterra February 25, 2011

Rand Paul, R-Ky., has said on multiple occasions he disagrees with points in the civil rights act that affect private businesses. Naturally he has received a considerable amount of criticism for his opinions,...

Review board should provide real check on police power

February 25, 2011

The wheels of bureaucracy have been a-turnin’ within the Columbia Police Department and the Citizens Police Review Board, and, as usual, nothing seems to be moving. In the review board’s latest case,...

Understanding the Board of Curators

February 25, 2011

It was once a rumor for months. Murmurs of a tuition increase and an increase of fees spread across the media like wildfire. "The University of Missouri plans to raise tuition," they said. "Curators prepare...

Stand up, stay informed

Ryan Schuessler February 25, 2011

A crowd of protesters shouting in both English and Arabic dominated the scene at Speakers Circle on Wednesday, showing support for the uprising underway in Libya. The protest, facilitated by the Muslim...

Getting numb in the face of innovation

Cade Cleavelin February 25, 2011

There’s a [clip][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk] floating around of comedian Louis CK appearing on Conan, talking about how ridiculous people are because their misplaced sense of entitlement...

Contextualizing racist acts shows that we are all victims

February 22, 2011

I want to believe that most members of the MU community felt outrage, disgust and/or sadness when they heard about the racist graffiti incident, just one year after the trauma of the cotton ball incident....

Escapades in the Irish countryside

Krystin Arneson February 22, 2011

We stopped off on the left-hand side of the road, leaning our rented bicycles against an old, crumbling stone wall. Leslie got the map out of the canvas backpack I’d been carrying for the past two hours,...