In 1970 Marvin Gaye recorded the now classic Soul/R&B song, “What’s Going On?” In 2014, it’s a question that still begs an answer. Having witnessed...

There is time enough to learn more before you graduate in May, especially if it’s not May of 2014. There’s also time to unlearn some things. That’s...

As I was packing the car, I looked at the items I felt were necessary for the journey I was about to begin. I placed checkmarks by each thing: backpack,...

If you’ve ever taken a finance or accounting class you might be familiar with the acronym ROI. ROI stands for Return on Investment. In the finance and...

In the midst of selecting a new president and reviewing our failure of last year’s budget, I’ve had to hear the words “transparency” and “honesty”...

There are people who will spend their whole lives looking under rocks and checking every corner for who they believe is their “soul mate.” This word...

Spring Break has come. This long-standing seasonal phenomenon is actually a relatively new arrival on the long list of university traditions. We...

Perhaps Kentucky’s most famous living writer, Wendell Berry, has created in his Port William stories a rural community of folks trying to make sense...

Last week’s The Murray State News Faces and Places series installment featured Cash Willis, senior from St. Louis, Mo., and his preaching to the Monday...

Myspace used to rule a lot of people’s lives. The ones of us who chose to openly admit it, though, are very few and far between. Once I discovered...

When I was a kid, I once told a lie. This was a world-class whopper. Lies were not very good strategies for bonding in my family; although our mother...