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COLUMN: The value of a feminist education

Audrey Novinger • February 13, 2024

My friends, family and peers often ask me what I study as a women’s and gender studies student.

Op-ed: We will not wait for the next school shooting

Andrew Sun and Alexander Denza, UNC Chapel Hill March for Our Lives • January 29, 2024

The following op-ed was signed by more than 140 student leaders and published simultaneously by more than 50 student newspapers at public and private universities across the country.

COLUMN: What I learned from deleting TikTok for a month

Annie Goodykoontz • January 28, 2024

Like many other college students, I can (un)proudly say I am addicted to TikTok. That’s not an exaggeration — I spend approximately six hours on the app over the course of a week, according to my Settings app.

COLUMN: The August heat wave is a direct result of climate change. We need to do something about it.

Annie Goodykoontz • December 4, 2023

College students often feel as though it’s impossible to be environmental on campus. That has to change. As an incoming freshman from Phoenix, Arizona, I thought I had a pretty good idea...

COLUMN: Sustainable Halloween Tips

Audrey Novinger • October 31, 2023

Collective consumer action is necessary to change Halloween’s mass consumption model.

Two Decades of MU Homecoming: A Columbia Native’s Perspective

Isaac Lewis • October 20, 2023

From nostalgic parades to evolving traditions, a lifelong Columbia resident reflects on the nuances and shifts of MU’s celebrated Homecoming festivities over the past nineteen years.

COLUMN: I broke my ankle. The pain wasn’t the worst part.

Laine Cibulskis • October 13, 2023

How being temporarily injured changed the way I thought about accessible infrastructure As a mostly recovered obsessive compulsive who's still retained some germaphobic habits, I love pressing...

COLUMN: Mizzou’s Gaming and Esports Lounge is More “Esports” Than “Gaming”

Preston Smith • September 28, 2023

Mizzou’s Gaming Lounge in Southwest Village is great for competitive gamers, but not much else.

Three factors that caused the Chiefs to lose to the Lions in week one

Pranav Sriraman • September 14, 2023

The Lions offense scored less points than the Chiefs offense, yet the Chiefs still ended up losing the game as a result of their offense.

Head football coach Eli Drinkwitz’s viral soundbite exposes one of the many dark sides of conference realignment

Quentin Corpuel • August 13, 2023

After several Division I schools changed conferences in less than 72 hours, Drinkwitz entailed a powerful message at the podium on Saturday

EDITORIAL: Affirmative action ban will have dire consequences for MU

Tierney Kugel, The Maneater Editorial Board • July 3, 2023

The 2023-24 Editorial Board stands with students impacted by the recent SCOTUS decisions on affirmative action and student debt relief, which unjustly restrict access to higher education for marginalized students.

EDITORIAL: Missouri emergency rule restricting access to gender affirming care will negatively affect MU students

Tierney Kugel and Molly Gibbs, The Maneater Editorial Board • April 27, 2023

The 2022-23 and 2023-24 Editorial Boards of The Maneater see the recent emergency rule restricting access to gender affirming care as an unacceptable attack on the rights of transgender people in Missouri.