As the Sochi games have came to a close, the Olympic flame illuminating the faces of Russia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community has already began to slowly extinguish. In a year’s...

In 2014, I shouldn’t have to write this. Hell, in the 21st century, this shouldn’t be a “thing.” Sure, I chuckled back in December when the GOP sent out that [dumb tweet](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/01/gop-rosa-parks_n_4368211.html)...

Ladies and gentlemen, last week I did something I haven’t been able to do in many long months: I turned the heat off in my apartment. All of a sudden, my skin no longer weeps when I step outside, I am...

Sociology has often taken upon itself the task of empirically illustrating a certain point: that women are intentional, capable and strong, if they so choose to be. It might have saved quite a bit of grant...

Once a week, I spend my afternoon at a local elementary school herding third through fifth grade girls around a small track, attempting to teach them important lessons about life and running. As an assistant...

Professional basketball is the ultimate showcase of the black body. Unlike in hockey, there are actual black players. Unlike in baseball, black kids actually still want to play the sport. Unlike in football,...

“I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay.” With those three sentences, Jason Collins became a household name. Across the country the words “NBA center” and “gay” headlined newspapers...

It has been said that we learn about history so we do not repeat it, but it looks like MU is not learning much from what happened at University Village a few weeks ago. [This past week, MU released a...

I have spent seven very long, very difficult and very wonderful years walking the Mizzou campus. As I finish up my graduate programs, I think about my time that I have spent at this university and how...

As Americans, we like to categorize every aspect of our lives. Wrought with stereotypes and cultural ignorance, we expect everyone to conform into our preconceived, often misguided expectations of them....

It’s time to stop pretending like everything is perfect when nothing ever is. I’m not writing this column this semester only because I’m bursting with school pride. I’m writing this because I’m...

The Maneater’s coverage of the Residence Halls Association this year has been, to borrow a phrase from its own piece, “underwhelming at best.” With the promised beat reporter attending rarely if...