The fight for LGBT equality in Missouri has not been very grand or spectacular. There have not been miraculous breakthroughs such as legalizing same-sex marriage, nor has there been a very large backlash...

Arguably the most remarkable film of 2014, “Obvious Child,” is now available on iTunes. This is the part where I command you to stop paying faithful homage to journalism (for a few hours), put down...

Now, it may seem unlikely to you all, but I have been on many dates. I would say that, in my lifetime, I have been on anywhere from five to six dates. I learned a lot on those dates — mainly that dating...

I’d like to begin this week by apologizing for offending people in last week’s column. I did not mean to criticize sexual assault victims, as my entire passage was about how we should not ever blame...

Dear Plaza, Adding more seating does not make eating there faster. Changing the direction of the entry line does not make eating there faster. Fixing the food prep process does. It's pretty easy to just...

As men we should look to our daughters, our sisters, mothers and grandmothers and ask them whether or not they should make 77 cents on the dollar compared to men because [according to the White House](http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/equal-pay#top),...

Within the span of four issues of The Maneater, we’ve had to talk about City Council’s lack of representation of students twice. Clearly, there is a problem. Columbia City Council voted in May to...

The editorial The Maneater posted Sept. 16 was shameful enough. They were rightly criticized for it in the Letter to the Editor that was posted Sept. 23. If the paper had apologized, addressed its wrongness,...

American royalty. Yes, on the heels of the Scottish vote for independence that left the Queen happy after her request to not be the last queen of Scotland, perhaps the closest person to an American queen...

Maybe it’s just been a while. Maybe that long distance relationship is starting to wear on you with the whole lack-of-penis part. Or maybe sex has just lately seemed like an unnecessarily sweaty workout,...

The media is, essentially, your life. Everything you encounter or discuss in a typical day (TV shows, movies, songs, clothes, ideals, etc.) can usually be traced back to originating from the media. You...

I graduated high school with a class of 143 students. We all knew each other and saw the same faces every day, but then I came to Mizzou where my freshman class was listed as over 6,000 students and the...