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The Maneater

Making New Year’s resolutions stick

Jordan Smith January 20, 2015

January is well under way, people, and that can only mean one thing: we’ve all broken a few resolutions already. But the great thing is, that’s completely okay. One of the main reasons why people...

Evaluating the true enemy in the Paris shootings

Lily Cusack January 20, 2015

Terrorism recently became the pressing issue worldwide once again. On Wednesday, Jan. 7, two gunmen, Cherif and Said Kouachi, [entered the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30708237)....

Take advantage of MU students’ diverse experiences

Loretta Lee January 20, 2015

When you walk around the campus, you see different faces. You might sit in the same class with one or two students coming from another country. More and more students from around the world come to MU year...

Leave the little things behind

Brittany Emond January 20, 2015

Often, I see girls being the epitome of a “crazy girlfriend.” Of course, crazy can be defined in many different ways, and people never fail to redefine it in their own absurd manner. The “crazy”...

Tobacco 21 deserves swift repeal

January 20, 2015

On Dec. 15, Columbia City Council voted 6-1 to pass Tobacco 21, a bill limiting tobacco sales in Columbia to persons over the age of 21, into law. Almost immediately, efforts to stifle the law began —...

How to survive a ‘Winter Wonderland’

Benjamin Brown December 9, 2014

December is upon us. The air is brisk, our breath is visible, and the grass is frosted in the mornings. It is time to stand by the window in a sweater and sip coffee while little specks of white dance...

America’s discriminatory blood restriction

Lily Cusack December 9, 2014

This past week, [according to The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/02/fda-blood-donations-gay-bisexual-men), a group of advisers met for two days to discuss the ban enforced by the...

Confessions of an anonymous sex columnist

Edna Smith December 9, 2014

Happy endings are arguably what this column has been about all semester, but this particular ending of my time with The Maneater is rather sad. You’ve let me jabber about vibrators, grill my roommate...

MU Health Care’s nicotine-free policy an unnecessary overreach

December 9, 2014

MU Health Care recently announced starting on Jan. 1, it will no longer hire nicotine users. While current employees will not be affected by the new policy, future applicants will be asked whether or not...

Why you should sext

Edna Smith December 3, 2014

We’d been apart for six months, and our text conversations were going the way of summer’s leftover hot dog buns, sitting forgotten in my cupboard: stale. Stale! We were two young 20-somethings. We...

All of us are responsible for campus culture

December 3, 2014

During the [“Ferguson Listening Session”](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2014/12/2/students-implore-administration-take-proactive-act/) Monday evening, students criticized the delayed response...

How to be a professional procrastinator

Benjamin Brown December 3, 2014

Thanksgiving break made me realize a lot of things. I remembered how thankful I am for my family, I rediscovered my love for homemade noodles and I learned that I would go to great lengths to avoid homework. I...