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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Dear Maneater Editorial Board: I’m writing in response to the editorial “Provost must be a voice for faculty, students.” The editorial expressed that the Provost should be an advocate for faculty...

Before you begin to even conceive some sort of notion in your mind that everyone involved with the MU4MikeBrown initiative is a “thug”, “ignorant” or “extreme radical” in any way, let me point...

Dear Readers, Having sex with someone is a lot like sharing your first secret. After all’s said and done and the glass of water has been fetched, there's still all of this pleasant oxytocin and dopamine...

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, is a deadly disease that kills millions of people every year. [According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)](http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/whatishiv.html),...

MU has been searching for a new provost since [Brian Foster retired from the position in January](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2013/9/25/provost-brian-foster-announces-retirement/). The provost serves...