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Don’t take the internet at face value

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

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Net neutrality

The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. When you log on to YouTube or Instagram, one expects these apps to load instantly. No buffering or delay, just entertainment the moment you need it. Barring spotty Wi-Fi, this isn’t too much to ask. This is largely thanks to the Read More

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Hart Residential College’s Wi-Fi loses reliability likely because of Netflix and similar streaming websites Story by Bailey Bohannan, Staff writer Students who are residents of Hart Residential College are complaining about the lack of Internet stability for social, personal and academic reasons, but the problem lies in their own overuse, university officials say. The college head of Hart, Read More

Don’t be a negativity elitist

Column by Hallie Beard, Junior from Louisville, Ky. Do me a favor: log into Facebook or Twitter and take a quick gander at your feed. Ignoring the abundance of list pieces about twentysomethings and BuzzFeed GIF reels, take inventory of how many destruction-related articles you see, shared by your friends or yourself. Whether they’re about the destruction of Read More

A rambling rant on communication technology

Column by Kevin Qualls, Professor of mass communications The Internet is slow today (Tuesday). Interacting with colleagues and students in the very same building is frustrated because somehow, somewhere a fragile fiber optic cable was broken. We depend on web-based applications for almost everything.  Teaching and learning, getting a prescription refilled, filing taxes and even making a phone Read More

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