Kennedy on Columbia
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It’s hard to think of a more important topic for civic conversation than the relationship between our police department and our minority, especially…
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The destructive effects of the Concerned Student 1950 protest at our university two years ago are obvious and quantifiable. Enrollment is down. State…
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If you know Gary Smith and Mary Anne McCollum at all, you know their commitment to our university.That’s why I paid attention last week when they made an…
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A 20-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday in a student-housing complex in south Columbia. The same night, four young people were shot and injured…
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William Wiebold, the incoming chair of our university’s Faculty Council, began his first address to the fall general faculty meeting Wednesday with a…
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You’ve read, I hope, the Missourian’s excellent coverage this week of the “climate survey” that was conducted a year ago to assess attitudes and behaviors…
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Metaphor: “A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another.” (Webster’s New World Dictionary of the English Language)Example: The Tigers of…
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It was certainly no surprise that Republican Sara Walsh won Tuesday’s special election in the legislative district that covers southern Boone County and…
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I voted against the constitutional amendment that passed last year requiring a valid photo ID for voting in Missouri elections, beginning with the local…
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It’s one of the best things we do as a community, feeding our hungry neighbors.I hope you read the Missourian report Thursday in which Jiwon Choi…