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Editor's Letter

Editor's Letter: Bleeding hearts and clean clothing

Instead of aiming for a destination of perfection, we should strive to stay on a path of continual improvement. The question to ask: “Is today better than yesterday?” A group of MU students aim to make tomorrow better than today. By bringing sweatshop-free clothing to the MU Bookstore, they aren’t eliminating sweatshops, but they are giving us options to take a step in a better direction.

Editor's Letter: Electric dreams

Kurt values his childhood Fisher Price radio. David Lile values his time as the a.m. voice of Columbia. Tune in to this week's issue of Vox.

Editor's Letter: Planting the seed

Editor Kurt Woock gets a head start on the food issue as he shares some facts about how much food Americans consume and how much they spend. Hint: It's a lot. So where does it all come from? Read on.

Editor's Letter: Two is better than one

Vox editor Kurt Woock reflects on the significance of "two" and how the dynamic duos in this week's feature prove it.

Editor's Letter: Tiger Transformation

You might not get teary reading Vox this week, but you will find stories about Columbians who are busy creating.

Editor's Letter: Women in Uniform

“Men and women in uniform” is a curious stand-in for firefighters, police officers or members of the military. Isn’t clothing, like a book cover, something we shouldn’t use to label what’s inside? Using the phrase with other professions quickly becomes ridiculous.

Classifying a crisis

Invasive species are invading Missouri, and this week's feature hopes to heighten awareness about the ongoing struggle to eradicate them

Editor's Letter: Less is More

When the Great Depression hit, my Dad’s parents were just younger than I am now. I remember sitting at their dining room table when I was 7 or 8 and watching with puzzlement as my grandma poured two dozen leftover peas into a mustard yellow Tupperware container, which was probably 25 years old.

Editor's Letter: Why Didn't I Think of That?

Talent without creativity shows skill but is rarely memorable (think karaoke). Creativity without talent is usually a mess (think kindergarten). Sometimes it’s hard to get the two in the same room together, but when everything clicks, cool things happen.

A last-minute shuffle to talk to DGB

The No. 1 football recruit in the nation talks to Vox about his favorite movie, his love of stars and why he wants his jersey to read "15."

Editor's Letter: MU's softball superstar

As of noon yesterday, the world’s population was 7,026,581,981. That might seem like a big number. It is. If everyone on Earth were stacked up head to toe, the column would stand 7.3 million miles tall — enough for 15 round trips to the Moon.

Editor's Letter: True/False mission control

Check Vox all weekend for all your True/False needs.

Editor's letter: On getting lost

Our editor, like this week's feature author, ventures into the unknown. Unlike our feature author, he does it quite on accident.

Editor's letter: Previewing the spring preview

Previewing a preview might seem comically meta. Why stop there: Should we preview the preview of the preview? Well first, it’s better than reviewing the preview. And, all joking aside, it might be a little bit helpful.

Editor's letter: Cigarettes in the media

This week’s feature and cover story is different. A five-page photo essay shows life in a Columbia smoke shop. One striking aspect of these photos is their beauty, which stands in contrast to the grisly pictures seen on anti-smoking billboards, commercials and ads. Are they too beautiful? Even deceptive? Tell us what you think.

Editor's letter: Going Pro

Editor's letter: Getting crafty

Editor's letter: Goodbye, for now

As those of you who have read my editor’s letter throughout this semester (Hi, Mom) might have learned, I tend to get emotional about unconventional things. My socks fitting correctly. My friends’ birthdays. Barbie dolls. I do, however, get emotional about normal things, too. One of those things is goodbyes.

Editor's letter: Joplin stands strong in the midst of pain

It was like taking a scoop of sand off the beach. Five days after the May 22 tornado hit Joplin, I joined a group of volunteers to clean up debris and help families try to salvage what they could from their homes.

Editor's Letter: Real World: Columbia

Vox editor Alison Jung has always been hooked by reality TV shows. From The Bachelor to Jersey Shore, Alison watches everything reality.