Daniella Tebib News Editor dtebib@murraystate.edu During the Faculty Senate’s last meeting of the semester on Tuesday, Nov. 10, members discussed Provost Tim Todd’s change to scheduling, the Confederate monument and the role of the Instructional Assessment System. Role of IAS The Faculty Senate drafted resolution FSR-19-20-7 to discuss the role of IAS in instructional evaluations. Read More
Column by John Muenzberg, Lecturer of philosophy When Mississippi passed House Bill 1523, they legalized discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. They also legalized discrimination against unwed mothers, sexually-active senior citizens and women who wear pants. Similar laws were proposed in North Carolina, in which it was passed, and Georgia, in which it Read More
Column by John Muenzberg, Lecturer of philosophy This summer Kim Davis, the county clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, has attracted national attention for her refusal to issue marriage licenses. While she refused to issue licenses to any couple, she stated that her refusal was due to a religious objection to same-sex marriage. Yet having a religious objection Read More