I have been waiting since 1999 for this day to get here. I waited in the Mill Creek Elementary lobby area to get shots for kindergarten orientation. I waited in Gentry Middle School’s gym to find out...

A friend extends a piece of paper to me. It’s a note passed in class (we’re too old-fashioned for texting). As I grab it, the paper slides against my fingertips and slices my finger right open. Paper...

I've taken many plane trips in my lifetime. Continental and international, short and long, great and terrible, I've been there. However, on my trip from Seattle, Wa. to Minneapolis, Mn., a new type of...

The sun gives us many wonderful things such as heat, light and energy. One of the things that people may take for granted is the ultra violet ray. Oh, the sweet UV rays that cause cancer also give us...

The first design senior Collin Sees came up with was just for himself. They were a 15-dollar pair of Common Ked Champion shoes, but to Sees they turned into a blank canvas. When he first bought the shoes,...

I was born and raised in Columbia, Mo. I can count how many home football games I’ve missed on one hand. I love Mizzou sports. My parents must have raised me right because I consider anything and anyone...

Steven Spielberg has debatably been in a rut. With poorly acclaimed films like “The Terminal” (2004), “War of the Worlds” (2005) and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (2008),...

One of the worst kinds of person in the world is the backstabber. The backstabber comes in many different forms and varieties, and each backstabber has his own story that leads to the eventual betrayal....

This October a Missouri team stepped up big and claimed a title. It was a big title. It was the World Series. Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard about the St. Louis Cardinals winning in seven...