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Troubling reasons why

Troubling reasons why

April 20, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor There will always be a conversation happening about how media affects its viewers – especially young ones –...

Timely disappointments

Timely disappointments

April 13, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor Once every few days, weeks or months, we all receive those sobering emails from campus safety labeled “Timely...

Unabashed gratitude

Unabashed gratitude

April 6, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor There’s nothing I love more than getting to meet or encounter an author in person, though it can sometimes...

Longing for the struggle

March 30, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor Most old souls would probably agree there’s a charm to the technologies of the past, even with all their glitches,...

A dead man writing

March 14, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor This week, The New Yorker released a previously unpublished story called “The I.O.U.” by the great late F....

Deserve versus desire

Deserve versus desire

March 7, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor When I have nothing else to do, I think about the meaning of words and how we use them as modern speakers. While...

An impending sense of doom

February 28, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor This week, “Twister” star Bill Paxton died from surgery complications. Paxton was worried about his surgery,...

Plan your own way

Plan your own way

February 21, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor For elementary students, college students and working adults alike, it seems there’s a year-round pressure...

Lending a hand

Lending a hand

February 14, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor In news this week, we’ve got a story on the cost of being an international student. Through working in...

Change needed

Change needed

February 7, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor Since coming to Murray State as a freshman, my main critical question about this town has remained the same:...

Trump followed through

Trump followed through

February 3, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor During the election season, there was a Maya Angelou quote that circulated around Facebook walls and opinion sections,...

Diversify this

Diversify this

January 24, 2017

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor My favorite lie about college is that it’s a time when students are constantly enlightened by new philosophies...

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