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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...

Canvas deadline will hurt students’ school-life balance

Canvas deadline will hurt students’ school-life balance

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor November 14, 2024

Murray State wants to help us by changing our due date times but didn’t consider asking faculty or students how they felt about this. By the winter...

Column: Democrats take massive L

River Murt, Staff Writer November 14, 2024

Donald Trump’s presidential victory is a moment of uncertain, undefinable triumph for the populist’s voter base. Then mythical unease, unprecedented...

Kentucky shows interesting divide

Kentucky shows interesting divide

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor November 14, 2024

The results from this election were completely unexpected. Nearly every poll going into this election night showed Harris beating Trump or Democrats beating...

Vote "No" on Amendment 2

Vote “No” on Amendment 2

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor October 31, 2024

If you want to take tax dollars away from our public schools, then you should vote “yes” on Amendment 2.  During the upcoming election, Kentucky...

Go vote: It's your civic duty

Go vote: It’s your civic duty

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor October 17, 2024

Eighty Million. The right to vote  is something all American citizens have. However, some choose not to exercise their right to vote. Only 66% of eligible...

Vice presidential debate: a return to norms

Vice presidential debate: a return to norms

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor October 3, 2024

The vice presidential debate happened Tuesday and helped explain the platforms that both parties are running on and prove to us that we can still return...

Power outage sparks concerns

Power outage sparks concerns

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor September 26, 2024

Murray State recently experienced a wide-sweeping power outage across the residential side of campus. Backup generators were offline for around eight hours,...

Presidential debate: Is this the best we got?

Presidential debate: Is this the best we got?

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor September 12, 2024

The first presidential debate went the way most people expected it to go with both candidates arguing and insulting one another. While a few good points...

A day of infamy: 23 years later

A day of infamy: 23 years later

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor September 12, 2024

Twenty three years ago, the United States was attacked by terrorists. These attacks would lead to the deaths of 2,977 innocent people and affect the lives...

Station 74: Shoes up or shoes down?

Station 74: Shoes up or shoes down?

Nate Hunt, Opinion Editor August 20, 2024

Murray State bought Station 74 for $16 million earlier this year. Station 74 is an apartment complex across the street from the main campus which offers...

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