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New Orleans: The party city through unfiltered eyes

MacKenzie Rogers, Lifestyle Editor • November 14, 2024

There were many firsts with my trip to New Orleans, Louisiana for a journalism conference. I have, like many, ventured into bigger cities before, like...

Choctaw culture: A history of perseverance

Bri Hunter, Editor in Chief • November 14, 2024

Tradition keeps cultures alive. Languages keep cultures alive too. The Native American culture has been long preserved through museums, pow-wows, advocacy...

Signing Off: Anderson talks about impact of being adviser

April 29, 2021

Dr. Stephanie Anderson Faculty Adviser sanderson37@murraystate.edu I made a decision in the spring of 2000 that changed my life forever. I decided...

Gauging Gage: Student-athletes can profit off of their likeness: Here’s what the NCAA isn’t telling us

October 31, 2019

Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu On Tuesday, Oct. 29, the NCAA’s governing board voted unanimously to allow student-athletes...

Gauging Gage: Amateurism is coming to an end in the NCAA

October 17, 2019

Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu According to bylaw 12.02.11 of the 2019-20 NCAA Division I Manual “A professional athlete...

Gauging Gage: Referees are people too

April 9, 2019

Story by Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Recently I worked at an AAU basketball tournament in Paducah, Kentucky, covering...

Just keep doing it

September 5, 2018

Story by Adam Redfern Staff Writer aredfern@murraystate.edu Nike released its 30th annual “Just Do It” campaign Monday, and this could be...

Not that great

September 13, 2016

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor As a senior in college, I’m fully aware of what it means to be disappointed in myself. Like plenty of...

Born in the U.S.A: Trailer trash like me

January 17, 2013

In the column-writing business, you get a lot of mail from your “secret admirers.” Whether they’re mad about what you’re saying, how you’re saying...

A Professor’s Journal: Office hours from a professor’s point of view

January 17, 2013

In the life of a college professor, a portion of each week is taken up in what is referred to in academe as “office hours.” If not in class, we...

Liner Notes: Bringing sexy back

January 17, 2013

My love for Justin Timberlake started around the time I saw ‘Nsync in concert. I won`t get into how good that particular concert was (make fun of...

Born in the U.S.A: Finishing the job

December 6, 2012

One hundred forty-seven years ago, a new birth of freedom was proclaimed with the passage of the 13th Amendment, ending slavery and setting the United...

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