Gage Johnson Editor-in-Chief gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Students want to let their voices be heard as the General Election nears, but two students who live in Springer-Franklin Hall on campus feel as if their First Amendment rights are being infringed upon. As many across the country do, Ashlen Grubbs and a male student who wishes to remain anonymous Read More
Gage Johnson Editor-in-Chief gjohnson17@murraystate.edu On Saturday, Sept. 12, democratic Kentucky Senate candidate Amy McGrath will make her way to the Higgins House in Murray to host a voter registration event from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. geared toward students. The retired U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel will focus on registering people to vote, how to Read More
Paige Bold Contributing Writer pbold1@murraystate.edu Kentucky’s democratic primary is quickly approaching on June 23 and the Sunrise Movement Murray hub endorsed senate candidate Charles Booker with a banner drop on campus. On Saturday, June 13, the organization participated in the banner drop as a part of a series of drops happening for Charles Booker at Read More
Dylan Doyle Contributing Writer ddoyle2@murraystate.edu George Orwell’s magnum opus “1984” concerns itself with an authoritarian political party wielding the full power of a surveillance and misinformation state to dominate the general populace with a constant bombardment of intentionally falsified and contradictory versions of reality. A mere two years ago, Donald Trump’s nightmare quotation at the Read More
Do we have freedom of speech in the land of the free? “What kind of question is that?” you might ask. America is known for its free press and free people, who have the right to tell anybody, even the President of the United States, to go straight to hell. You might be able to Read More
Chris Wilcox Staff writer Local Murray resident and businessman Hal Kemp, Democrat, announced he will be seeking election for Kentucky’s 5th District House seat in the Kentucky General Assembly. Melvin Henley, who currently occupies the seat, announced on Dec. 19 2011 he is retiring. Henley declined to comment for this report. Henley’s career includes serving Read More