This one is for all the girls out there who think Dove’s recent marketing campaign is empowering women. It’s time to take a stand against Dove’s manipulative advertising campaigns and talk about...

Last time we wrote to Mizzou Athletics, calling them to be more transparent in disciplining their athletes, we told them the ball was in their court. Mizzou Athletics has since taken said ball and scored...

Here we go again. After what one would have assumed to be [another incident](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2014/1/11/green-beckham-arrested-again-drug-charges/) with marijuana, Missouri football...

Last week, I joined hundreds of people in Jefferson City to attend the Rally for Women’s Lives event. This march and rally centered on several issues that impact women, including pay equality and reproductive...

“Put molly all in her champagne, she ain't even know it. I took her home, and I enjoyed that she ain't even know it,” sings rapper Rick Ross. These lyrics, quoted from Ross’ “U.O.E.N.O,” landed...

I’ve found a place in Ellis Library I like to call my own. It’s a wooden desk next to a window in the corner of one of the creepy stacks. It’s not much, but it feels special. Back home, I have a...

Dear Editor, By now most everyone has read or heard about the Grain Belt Express, the extremely high voltage transmission line proposal from Clean Line Energy Partners of Houston, Texas. They claim it...

If you’re like me and not savvy when it comes to economic issues, you might be wondering what the deal is with this gender pay gap business. President Barack Obama [has launched an effort](http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/04/08/presidential-memorandum-advancing-pay-equality-through-compensation-data)...

On this campus, people are analyzing literature, speaking foreign languages, studying quantum mechanics and so much more. All that learning must take a hell of a lot of observation. But are we really...

For a long time, I believed in the concept of independent music. I believed in the power of an “indie” band (meaning “without a record label”) coming from nothing and succeeding based solely on...

This week, my home is being torn to the ground. It’s a green house next to a community garden. It’s on the northern-most end of Ninth Street. One straight line connects it to college. The house is...

The Missouri Public Health Advocacy Coalition (MoPHAC) was started by a group of MU Master of Public Health students in 2012, and this year, the coalition is taking National Public Health Week to the Missouri...