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Superheroes may be cause for concern

Superheroes may be cause for concern

April 20, 2020

For generations, children have looked up to superheroes of every kind. Marvel, DC Entertainment, Image Comics, they’ve all produced characters that we...

COVID-19 effects the environment too

COVID-19 effects the environment too

April 9, 2020

The coronavirus is a pandemic, so it doesn’t come as a surprise that the focus of its effects is on people. Where else should the focus be? Perhaps...

Seniors talk effects of online

Seniors talk effects of online

April 9, 2020

Megan Reynolds Opinion Editor [email protected] Murray State’s shift to online instruction has affected all students, regardless of...

Beshear is Kentuckys dad and were okay with that

Beshear is Kentucky’s dad and we’re okay with that

March 26, 2020

Gov. Andy Beshear has earned national renown and praise for his handling of COVID-19 in his state. For the past couple of months, the novel coronavirus...

Minimum wage value is plummeting

Minimum wage value is plummeting

March 11, 2020

One of the main reasons the minimum wage is failing to be a successful, living wage is that it has not been adjusted for inflation. In other words,...

Minimum wage is the new living wage

Minimum wage is the new living wage

March 5, 2020

As the minimum-wage-earning community grows and diversifies, it also takes on a new banner: the living wage. A living wage, as defined by the Merriam-Webster...

Eroding minimum wage is cause for concern

Eroding minimum wage is cause for concern

February 27, 2020

“Nickel and Dimed,” a production presented last week by the University’s department of global languages and theatre arts, confronts the idea of the...

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Anti-Chinese sentiment spreads faster than coronavirus

February 19, 2020

What do AIDS, ebola and the novel coronavirus all have in common? All have been accompanied by some sort of prejudice toward a group of people. For...

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Trump pushes to end PSLF program

February 19, 2020

Among 45 million Americans, the student debt crisis is currently at $1.6 trillion.  Let me say it again in a different way: 45 million Americans collectively...

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Can Mitch McConnell lose in Kentucky?

February 17, 2020

Dylan Doyle Contributing Writer [email protected] George Orwell’s magnum opus “1984” concerns itself with an authoritarian political...

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Flyers at Wellness incite controversy

February 17, 2020

Dress codes have been a hot button topic for the rising generation for almost as long as those who comprise it have been in school. Many universities,...

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‘1917’ sparks talks of war glorification

February 6, 2020

Megan Reynolds Opinion Editor [email protected]   “1917” is a World War I film released on Christmas Day of 2019 and, under...

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