With the emergence and rapid growth of digital media distribution, the days of going to the store to rent or buy a movie (or book, music album, or video game) are numbered.

Would we pay for an offense budget? Probably not. Will people keep signing up and heading off as long as we call it defense? Most definitely.

I would like to take to task an opinion article written by Gabriel McLaughlin published Jan. 19 in Missouri State’s The Standard. In it, McLaughlin questions whether taxpayer resources should be given to Haiti without the citizens voting on it and whether we should even maintain our relationship with Haiti at all.

by Zach Becker
It is time to declare a ceasefire. The war on drugs is a classic case of the solution being a bigger problem than the problem itself.
Now, before you attack me, let me state that I have never tried nor ever intend to try any drugs. This is not the ranting of some pot [...]

by Zach Becker
As the campus community continues to react to the startling resignation announcement by MSU President Michael Nietzel, one can’t help but wonder what role the upcoming budget crisis had in his decision.
In any case, we need the leader of our college to have his or her full attention and energy directed toward the [...]

by Victoria Branch
I realized something last weekend.
We as college-aged Americans are no longer specific or personal enough when it comes to introductions.
We don’t know who the people we’re being introduced to really are.
For example, while at a party a few Saturdays ago, I noticed a young sir introduce a girl he was with as his [...]

by Jason McGill
Welcome to the discussion! Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning or just picked up The Underground for the first time, thank you. You’re the reason we do what we do.
Since you’re reading an alternative newspaper, I don’t have to convince you of the sorry state of the news media.
If they aren’t [...]

by Zach Becker
Like a lot of people in Springfield, I watched last night’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The episode featured the total destruction of a local family’s run-down 800 square-foot home and the construction of a brand new 3,300 square-foot home. The eight-person Hampton family seemed worthy and appreciative of the very generous gift and [...]

In a cooperative spirit of altruism, where we analyze the problems we are each facing, we can be real peace builders by addressing the causes of conflict rather than the symptoms of injustice.

Millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars are going to feed the junk food addictions of our nation’s poorest. And this is for the food stamp program designed to help “low-income people and families buy the food they need for good health,” according to the USDA website.