To my dearest burrito: I remember the first time we met. It was a late Saturday morning. My boyfriend and I were venturing downtown for brunch. I was hungry and needed something more substantial than...

The Academy Awards are upon us, and that means it’s a great time to examine what 2013 looked like for women in film. There’s a great measuring tool feminists use to see if a film is up to snuff: the...

I wish I were writing to you while running. That’s the only way this can really work. There’s just no simulating the euphoria that surges through your body in the moment when you realize you can do...

I came out in the woods, but really it was in a whisper. It was dark, and I sat on a bridge surrounded by my closest friends. My voice shook when I told them, and when I was done, I was engulfed in a...

Just because mental disorders are becoming less stigmatized and more accepted as an actual disease in our society doesn’t mean it is easy to admit you have one. And just because you’ve revealed that...

We, as the MU community and people of Columbia, need to discuss what happened last weekend at University Village. [Early Saturday morning, a balcony partially collapsed at University Village apartments...

Earlier this month, eight couples, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against the state of Missouri. They claim the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage is discriminatory,...

As the executive director of Athlete Ally and an activist focused on ending homophobia and transphobia in sports, I have been encouraged by all the progress in athletics in the last few years. Jason Collins,...

Music is not subjective. That phrase, those four words, have caused me so much trouble over the course of my music analysis conversations. For making this claim, I’ve been called a hater, an idiot...

"University officials have a moral responsibility to take action on University Village Apartments" Columbia lost a true hero on the morning of Feb. 22, 2014, when a walkway collapsed at University Village...

I was out driving late one night last semester when I wrecked into a memory. I was the only car in sight on College Avenue that fall night, so nobody had to see this but me. I pulled up to the light...

Here at MU, we respect diversity, from race and ethnicity to sexual orientation and gender identification. As proven at Saturday’s “Stand for Sam” counterprotest, we can be One Mizzou. Unfortunately,...