Diets. _Shudder._ Diets have gotten a pretty bad rap in the past several years, and frankly, it’s about time. There has been a major cultural shift from dieting with the goal being weight loss to permanently...

Do you know that we are still in the year of 2014? According to the Chinese Lunar New Year calendar, there is still a week until we step into the year of 2015. It might sound crazy as we are already two...

Russia recently launched a new offensive into Ukraine following months of unrest after the country annexed Crimea last year. [Russia has sent troops and weapons over the border into Ukraine](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/russias-new-invasion-of-ukraine-should-lead-the-west-to-reassess-its-strategy/2015/01/21/4c146368-a0de-11e4-903f-9f2faf7cd9fe_story.html)...

With the new year fully underway, you’re probably already feeling full to capacity with classes, jobs and a dwindling social life. But try fitting something new into your schedule: giving back. Volunteering...

There are two different kinds of holidays out there. There are holidays like Christmas, which almost everybody seems to love whether or not they celebrate it. Then there are holidays like Valentine’s...

It’s Black History Month, and thankfully, MU has a lot to offer for students who want to get involved. It is important that all students, regardless of race, take advantage of the events and attend. All...

Public education and the advancement of forward thinking should be a priority for our state government, but we continue to see evidence that this is not the case in Missouri. [In a recent decision, the...

Back when I was studying in a very small private college in Pennsylvania, we did not need to worry about student housing. Before a semester ended, we got to choose our preference for where we wanted to...

Nobody likes rejection. It’s like having the word “ugly” or “unworthy” plastered onto your forehead. It can diminish any sense of self-confidence you have. Point blank, rejection sucks. And it’s...

On Jan. 29, the Senate passed a bill that has been circulating around the government for several years now: the Keystone XL Pipeline Project. [TransCanada, the company that would be conducting the project,](http://keystone-xl.com/about/the-keystone-xl-oil-pipeline-project/)...

If you’ve been feeling down lately, it could be caused by a combination of things: school, relationships and just general stress. But one of the biggest things you can tackle immediately is your diet....

It looks like some of my prayers have been answered. For the first time in the school’s history, [a race relations committee has been established at MU](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/1/28/berkley-hudson-brings-lifes-work-race-relations-co/)....