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Column: Let’s do better

River Murt, News Editor May 10, 2025

Before jumping into the heat of what I have to say, I ask you to read this lengthy column in its entirety. There is a job offer at the end. It's important. Thank...

Do you mine crafting some etiquette?

Do you mine crafting some etiquette?

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor April 24, 2025

The release of “A Minecraft Movie” has become a sensation around the world, with the film generating nearly $150 million in its first weekend, surpassing...

'Best Of' The Murray State News

‘Best Of’ The Murray State News

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor April 3, 2025

With the “Best Of” edition of our newspaper making its debut this year, The News would like to present our opinions of what are the “Best Of” for...

Who should mount the presidential saddle?

Who should mount the presidential saddle?

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor March 7, 2025

Murray State is in the process of choosing a new president. The Board of Regents Presidential Search Committee narrowed the candidate pool to four candidates...

Murray State left without power, students feel powerless

Murray State left without power, students feel powerless

February 22, 2025

Murray State has experienced yet another power outage, and the backup systems have failed to work once again, similar to how they didn’t work last semester. After...

Rising costs jeopardize consumers

Rising costs jeopardize consumers

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor February 13, 2025

Price increases have been happening for many years, but lately everything feels almost too expensive. The price of most goods is a reason for unreasonable...

Column: My challenge to the president

Column: My challenge to the president

River Murt, Staff Writer February 13, 2025

Donald Trump has done many things since he was inaugurated for his Grover Cleaveland-style second term as president of the United States. Things widely...

Trump's executive orders undermine our government

Trump’s executive orders undermine our government

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor February 6, 2025

Trump has been back in office for almost two weeks now and has made many drastic decisions. When Trump was re-elected, he said he would fix the country...

OPINION: Are you worried yet?

OPINION: Are you worried yet?

MacKenzie Rogers, Lifestyle Editor February 6, 2025

When President Donald Trump was re-elected in November, I, like many, worried about what his second term would bring with his many promises revolving around...

TikTok ban sets a bad precedent

TikTok ban sets a bad precedent

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor January 23, 2025

TikTok is one of the leading social media platforms in the United States, but legislation was recently passed to ban the app and remove access for 170...

Dear Santa, Murray State needs you

Dear Santa, Murray State needs you

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor December 5, 2024

Dear Santa, I’ve been a good little Murray State student this year and so I deserve big gifts this year. I’ve never written you a letter before,...

Professor urges campus community to report worrying viral trend rhetoric

Professor urges campus community to report worrying viral trend rhetoric

Ray Horton, English Professor November 14, 2024

In James Baldwin’s novel “Giovanni’s Room,” a book I teach nearly every semester in my survey of American literature since 1865, a character named...

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