Although it is widely known that black people make up a large fraction of urban, low socioeconomic neighborhoods, it is remarkable how many white people assume that's how every black person grows up. Although...

By all accounts, Alison Parker and Adam Ward were young and full of energy. They brought a lively vibe to all of the stories they covered for WDBJ News in Roanoke, Virginia. Their human-interest pieces...

Did you know MU has over 6,200 graduate students this year? Well, we do, and while some members of our administration might have forgotten, the graduate students themselves surely have not. It’s been...

As a freshman, I’m definitely looking forward to the independence of college. Especially considering all the student protests and demonstrations going on around university campuses in the past year,...

This summer, the news has been bombarded with the 2016 presidential election. It seems that there has been little other news besides what the candidates are doing and what they have said. Many people,...

Entering MU as a freshman, I have certain reservations about the diversity here. In my opinion, a school in need of a diversity initiative is a school that has a diversity problem, no matter how large...

It has been 70 years since one of the greatest devastations of the 20th century. By the end of World War II, the United States was willing to do just about anything to end the brutal war. Just two years...

June 26 is perpetually proving to be a productive day for LGBTQ rights. Two years ago on the same day, the Supreme Court struck down the third section of the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s...

Summer Welcome comes with a host of emotions — the nerves of an incoming freshman are high and the excitement is even higher. Going into Summer Welcome, I was informed by students who had attended before...

For the first time in our history as a nation, we will have a women printed on our currency. June 17 marked a historic day for women as United States Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that Alexander...

This year marked the 26th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 in Beijing, China. During the protests, university students took it upon themselves to call for democratic reform from the...

A surge of optimism burst from Stotler Lounge on June 20 following the Chancellor’s Summit on Sexual Assault. More than 250 students, faculty, administration and alumni gathered to work toward policy...