letter to the editor

Letter to the Editor 9-8-16

From Peter F. Murphy, professor in the English and Philosophy Department I write now in response to the arrival of “The Traditionalist Workers Party” on the Murray State campus. First, I want to thank the Republican Party for allowing groups like this to feel empowered to recruit members in the most public of places. I Read More

Letter to the Editor 4-14-16

There is no factual evidence that Marquise had been considering suicide “for a very long time.” Zero. Had the barest due diligence or minimal investigation been performed, it would have become abundantly clear this was the case. No family members, long-time friends or even Marquise’s pediatrician from birth were contacted to inquire if he’d shown Read More

Letter to the Editor 4-7-16

Recently, I was invited to be a member of a panel of radio station owners, program and news directors and mass communication educators to talk about the future of radio. These were comments I prepared for the event. Fifty years ago, I took the worst job at the coolest radio station in Music City, USA. Read More

Letter to the Editor 3-31-16

Rotary phones. Newsreels. Slide rules. Tube radios. Floppy disks. All obsolete, and for good reason. My $6 calculator is literally a million times more precise and blindingly faster than that $16 slide rule from 1972. It would take $10,000 worth of floppy disks from 1988 to equal the capacity of a $5 flash drive today. Read More

Letter to the Editor 3-17-16

My grandfather was a lifelong Republican from Paducah, Kentucky. Despite never finishing high school, he valued education. He saw his daughters finish college, and later two grandsons. He wanted to pay for my education too, but died of pancreatic cancer before that came to pass. I entered Murray State in the last wave of students Read More

Letter to the Editor 3-10-16

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s controversial move to cut public funding for higher education is an affront to all those affiliated with any of the commonwealth’s colleges or universities. But are we really surprised Bevin has taken this route? Within a month of taking office he has decided to strip any institution deemed unworthy of his Read More

Letter to the Editor 2-25-16

“Honesty … is such a lonely word…” Billy Joel sang back in…well, a while back. And at almost every college and university in the country the word “truth” is almost always in the mission statement and/or prominently engraved on the side of important buildings (i.e.  “In Search of Truth,” etc. Really?). Is that what your Read More

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