David Ferguson measures rain. Not everywhere, as the agronomy professor’s detailed log books have been replaced with more precise weather stations at most University farms, but still at the most recently added land to the Murray State collection, Ferguson or a graduate student will run outside and check a classic weather gauge, eyeing the Read More
In a letter reported on by public radio station WKMS earlier this morning, part owner and CEO of C. A. Jones Management Chuck Jones has stepped down from his leadership role at the company. The management firm, which has come under recent scrutiny after Jones was named in a federal complaint earlier this year, controls Read More
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Murray State News. Chances are if you work on campus, you got an email in your inbox over the summer that informed you the on-campus job policy had changed. The initial policy announced was if a student had more than one Read More
Our rapidly increasing and accessible scientific knowledge is encroaching further upon religious claims about how our world works. The recent flap in the Kentucky legislature over evolution being too highly represented in the questions on the ACT is but one example of the inevitable clash between religion and science. State Sen. Ben Waide (R-Madisonville) indignantly Read More
Thanks to recent events, we are forced to examine our bizarre society. When Chik-Fil-A’s CEO spoke out against marriage equality, no one was surprised. The issue at hand was how he was spending his money. You can do whatever they want with your money. Using your money to ruin someone else’s happiness because you can’t Read More
We have now completed the second week of the fall 2012 semester at Murray State. For years now, the first day of class for any of my university history courses has been given over to the reading of a poem. In fact, the first thing that we do as a class and the last thing Read More
As Republicans gather to nominate Mitt Romney for the White House this week in Tampa, I’d like to offer them a modest proposal of my own. The Republican Party should adopt a pro-business platform. Isn’t the Republican Party already pro-business? Although Republicans love to claim that they support policies that help businesses grow and thrive, Read More
Almost 95 percent of University students receive some form of financial aid, usually coming in the form of Federal Work Study, scholarship obligations, student employment or other campus career opportunities. In order to maximize earning power and help afford the rising costs of education, many students sought employment in multiple departments or conducted research. So Read More