The Murray State News

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...

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...

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...

Our View: AI Can Not Replace the Brain

Jordan Parrish, Opinion Editor • August 24, 2023

The use of AI-generated text within higher education has just begun, and universities are struggling with how to address the issue of AI writing tools...

Our View: LGBTQ+ students deserve to feel safe at school

Will Groves, Opinions Editor • February 16, 2023

Kentucky schools once again have found themselves as the target of Republican politicians in the new legislative session. The Kentucky State House...

Our view: Lawmakers aim to ban TikTok under weak privacy guise

Dionte Berry, Editor-in-Chief • January 26, 2023

In the social media hierarchy, TikTok is one of the fastest growing social media platforms and the most recent platform to find its way into political...

Our View: AP Style fails to reflect the society it serves

November 11, 2021

Journalism is, by definition, a representation of its readers, and the language journalists use should be inclusive of those readers. As journalists,...