Last year, when "a folding error" caused the release of letters with students' Social Security numbers visible through plastic on the envelopes, we thought those behind the scenes would have gotten their...

As many readers know, Tuesday marks President Barack Obama's second State of the Union Address. Those who follow politics remember last year, when Rep. Joe Wilson, R-Sc., yelled at our president during...

The MU Libraries Undergraduate Research Paper Contest seeks to recognize and reward outstanding research conducted by undergraduate students at MU. Any undergraduate in any discipline is invited to enter...

The quality of our lives, is often reduced to, pluses and minuses. We hear, “I’m having a bad day” or “This is a good day.” Many times have I heard, “The more things change, the more they stay...

Public transportation, in general, is the great democratizer, but airports have a larger range of classes and a much wider variety of people than almost anywhere else you can find. The average person (belonging...

Now that the 112th Congress of the United States has been in session for three weeks, it is time to look at the progress of newly revamped Republican representation in their quest to usher in a new conservative...

If hobo scrotum cannot jolt writers block, really what can? I was double fisting caffeinated beverages in my preferred pretentious coffee joint trying to figure out how to kick-start my reign as columnist....

We have grown up in a country divided by two loosely defined parties. While some Americans can demonstrate their loyalty to their respective partisan core beliefs, any American government class will show...

You might notice something different about today's issue of The Maneater. Since 1955, this newspaper has served as the student voice for the University of Missouri - Columbia, and, in that time, The Maneater's...

If you follow The Maneater on Twitter, frequent UM system Board of Curators meetings or simply stay up-to-date on Missouri politics, you’ve probably heard a tuition hike for the UM system is on the horizon. It’s...

An article appeared today regarding a tuition increase for the UM system in which Chancellor Brady Deaton "said some students bypass MU because tuition isn't high enough. He says for many, cost equals...

Back in 2009, the Obama administration voiced the desire to move the space flight industry to the private sector. NASA would still exist as a research institution and developer of technologies, but private...