Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising It’s summertime. Summer, for most of us, means an end to school for a brief respite. It does not, however, mean an end to learning. It’s not even a break in the road. Whether you’re off to a high-powered internship in New York or a summer of part-time work (for Read More
Column by Allison Borthwick, Opinion Editor I recently wrote a paper for my mass communications law class about minority ownership of media – or, rather, the lack thereof. Unfortunately, this is one of those things some people, including myself, are blind to unless it’s pointed out to them. It’s like when you buy a new car and Read More
Column by Kaylan Thompson, Graduate student from Murray She’s telling me about all the students who don’t know what to do and, while my head is nodding and mouth is smiling, my brain is thinking that was me. The professor I’m talking to continues to describe what I’m taking upon myself to name: student disillusionment. stu-dent dis-ill-u-sion-ment (noun) Read More
Column by Allison Borthwick, Opinion Editor There is no true way to prove my existence. Everything I have ever said or done during the 21 years and two months I have “been” could be a fabrication of my imagination – or yours. I don’t know if I am real. I don’t know if you are real. I Read More
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
Campaign season, while it lays out the groundwork for the future of a politician, marks the beginning of dirt-digging and scathing review of a candidate’s past. Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State turned Democratic presidential hopeful, has been the target of skeptics (understandably) for her use of a private email server to conduct public Read More
We’re all familiar with the one-sided conversation that happens between professor and student. (Some) professors have a zero-tolerance policy for late work. Assignments are due when they are due, and not a day later. If you miss class and cannot be here to complete class work or turn in your homework, they require the signatures Read More
As defined by Murray State’s official website, a residential college is “a small, faculty-led community of students where there is an incredible opportunity for personal growth and educational development.” The definition is probably true, as far as it goes. What the definition doesn’t tell you is that most of the benefit is shared equally between Read More