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The Maneater

After last semester, MU students can handle whatever comes our way

Elane Edwards January 19, 2016

MU faced one of the most soul-searching semesters it has ever seen this past fall, and with the 2016 Spring semester starting, we continue to be faced with trials challenging the MU students, administration...

Fighting Islamophobia starts with dispelling ignorance

Hunter Bassler January 19, 2016

The famous author H.P. Lovecraft once stated, “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” The Sept. 11 attacks sparked...

Foley isn’t another Loftin

Elane Edwards December 9, 2015

Planned Parenthood demonstrators echoed their frustration with interim Chancellor Hank Foley in Speakers Circle on [Monday, Nov. 30,](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/12/1/planned-parenthood-given-two-more-days-find-privil/)...

George Smith’s letter is is par for the course for an anti-Semite

December 1, 2015

With all the hatred lately around campus, there is absolutely no purpose in running a letter from anti-Semite, anti-Israel "so-called" professor George Smith. His letter drips with hate and intolerance....

Labor rights can work alongside a free press

December 1, 2015

I’ve been surprised by the reluctance of journalism graduate students — many of whom serve as graduate assistants — to sign cards authorizing a union election for graduate workers. Reluctance is...

In the aftermath of terror, Congress must recognize the importance of Planned Parenthood

Lily Cusack December 1, 2015

On Friday, Nov. 27, a man opened fire a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He shot and killed a police officer and two civilians, while injuring nine others, [including four other...

The many questions endured by students during Thanksgiving break

Kennedy Jones December 1, 2015

**"So what happened at MU?"** A lot. So much happened at MU I couldn't possibly tell you all the ways that my freshman year was messed up. It all began with one brave graduate student who was fed up with...

MSA, BEC need to institute election reform

December 1, 2015

After an election season mired in controversy, this year’s Missouri Students Association presidential election have finally drawn to a close. The election summarized in one word? Fiasco. Numerous violations...

This is not a moment, it’s a movement

Kennedy Jones November 17, 2015

These past couple weeks have been tumultuous. After winning the ultimate victory of UM System President Tim Wolfe's resignation and the surprise of former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin’s resignation shortly...

The fight against terrorism is global

Lily Cusack November 17, 2015

I was too young to remember what happened during 9/11. Sure, I have fuzzy memories of the day like many of my peers. But I do not remember the fear. I do not remember watching the TV as 3,000 people died...

The episodes of race baiting at Speakers Circle are disgusting

November 17, 2015

Dear Editors: Recent episodes of race-baiting at Speakers Circle disgusted me, as they did many at Mizzou. I am referring specifically to the sign-carrying outsiders who taunted our students and told...

Anti-Zionism is not the same as anti-Semitism

November 17, 2015

The Nov. 12, 2015, issue of The Maneater has an article by Allyson Sherwin entitled “Anti-Semitic acts not new to MU.” The article describes abhorrent anti-Semitic acts, including drawing of a swastika...