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Good advice

Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising By the end of next week, the entire student population of Murray State (including the campuses in Paducah, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Henderson, Dubuque, Regensburg,  Beijing, Seoul, Belize and the Ross Ice Shelf) will be registered in classes for Spring 2016. Well, that is the theory. In practice, many students will not Read More

Understanding terror

Column by John Muenzberg, Lecturer of philosophy   On June 17, 2015, nine people were killed in an Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The suspect in the case allegedly told police he committed the act to try and ignite a race war. Angry about race relations, he went into a church with a Read More

Watch your ear

Column by Hallie Beard, Junior from Louisville, Ky. Growing up, your mother may have told you to “watch your mouth,” scolding you for saying something inappropriate. I’ll bet, though, that no one ever told you to watch your ear. Logically, to watch your ear is to pay close attention to not only what you hear, but what you Read More

No fear: a season of eating

Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising We are approaching the Season of Eating. It begins with Halloween, then Thanksgiving, and then extends itself to pre-Christmas gatherings and parties (one part flour, one part sugar and one part shortening), then Christmas, then New Year’s Day, then Super Bowl Sunday with its acres of carbs, fats, etc. It’s Read More

Facebook’s Evolution from the Original Social Network

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

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