When we discuss equality, we have to remember to do so in its entirety. Usually, we talk about the equality we can measure in tangible goals. Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? Done. Find the Defense of...

What a week this has been for black people. Last Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, upheld a Michigan ban on affirmative action in higher education. The court ruled voters can ban affirmative...

Dear Frank Haith, It’s not us. It’s you. Twelve days ago, you left Mizzou basketball and went to work as the head coach at Tulsa. After three years of a committed relationship with Mizzou, you’re...

Three years ago this week, news broke that Osama bin Laden had been killed, and the best night of college ensued. That night, I found myself in the middle a riot of the American spirit in Greek Town....

Human bodies are strange things. They’re the only medium we have of expressing thoughts into the physical world, and yet we sure do talk a lot of shit about them. I am confident that there are people...

_Editor’s note: Todd Natenberg is a former associate editor and columnist for The Maneater and 1991 graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism. Today, Natenberg serves on the Mizzou Alumni board of...

Last month, during the Academy Awards, comedian Ellen DeGeneres took a selfie. Not a “first, let me take a selfie” type of selfie; no, DeGeneres took what has become known as a group selfie. The host...

When I first began this column over a year ago, style was left up to me. I remember having a conversation with my then-editor about which acronym we should use in my columns — LGBT or LGBTQ. At the...

Last Saturday, I went for a run on a perfect day, and I ended up seeing all I’ve ever needed to see on this campus. I didn’t run around campus, just the center of it. Stankowski Field is the epicenter...

As I’ve often commented on, seeing girls and women in positions of power, in popular media and in literature is really important. Every budding feminist needs her own set of feminist role models to help...

As a former member of the staff of [The Current](http://thecurrent-online.com/), the student newspaper of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, I am dismayed to learn that the Student Activities Budget...

To anyone reading this who hasn’t attempted to earn a college degree in an age where your life’s worth is based on what you know, who you know, how little sleep you get at night, and a certificate...