Dionte Berry Contributing Writer dberry11@murraystate.edu To spread positivity during these trying times Murray State senior Mirinda McClure posted pandemic themed graduation photos on Facebook. “I wanted to spread some positivity surrounding graduating during a pandemic, instead of spreading more sadness,” McClure said. The pictures were posted on an Andy Beshear meme page where they caught Read More
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. It’s no secret our personal information is not always as personal as we would like it to be. At times it seems strangers on the other side of the globe know us better than we know ourselves. The recent revelations regarding Read More
Written by Bob Valentine, Contributing writer It is official: We are living distracted lives in a distracted world. There, doesn’t that make you feel better? It explains a great deal about what is happening all around us, even if we’re not terribly aware of what exactly is going on. In the last few days, the Read More
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board It’s always easy to ruin a good day if you have your cellphone handy. Pull up Facebook or Twitter and it won’t take long to find something which offends you so deeply you absolutely have to sound off about it. Hobby Lobby Read More
Story by Connor Jaschen, Features Editor Alpha Sigma Phi brought a 21st century redesign to the age old philanthropy event concept with their new fundraising Facebook page, the Alpha Sig Philanthropy Challenge to benefit the Rape, Assault and Incest National Network, or RAINN. This event consists of a Facebook group where students from all over Murray Read More
Column by Taylor Grace Suiter, Senior from Brentwood, Tennessee “Back when I joined Facebook there wasn’t a ‘like’ button. If you thought your friend’s status was funny, you had to have the gumption to type out ‘Hahahahahha YAAAAAS!’ We didn’t even have a share button. It was a different time back then.” – Me, in the future, maybe. Read More
This is the second story in our social media series. The features writers at The News will report on how students and professors are using social media and how they can use the sites to best of their ability. Everyone today has some kind of social networking site. Although preferences vary between Facebook, Twitter Read More
Social media has been integrated into the every day lives of both students and professors. But what is the proper etiquette when it comes to friending one another on social networking sites? Using social media can sometimes cause controversies. Some of these might include accepting a friend request on Facebook from a professor. Everyone has Read More