Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising For some of us, the end of the fall semester could not have come any sooner. For others of us, it is too late. For almost all of us, it is a welcome respite. If you are at all like me, you find yourself in a state of regret: Read More
Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising This is the season of Thanksgiving. I had intended to visit the library to do a great deal of research so that we could all appreciate this holiday, but I ran out of time. You know how it is. In any event, I am confident that my memory, bolstered by Read More
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
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
Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising I write today in defense of the clerk. By “clerk,” I mean to refer to those people who file, answer phones, take money, keep records, give receipts, answer idiotic questions, open up and lock up and make things run as they should. “Clerk” comes from Greek and Latin words referring Read More
Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising “Start with the end in mind,” said Dr. Stephen Covey. That’s good advice. When Personkind decided to go to the moon, we decided to go in a rocket. It wouldn’t be over until some human jumped off a ladder and disturbed the dust on the moon’s surface for the first Read More
Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising College students come to campus seeking answers to their questions about life, love, beer, careers and the nature of the universe itself. All their questions deserve answers or, at least, the best guess the professors can provide. Most teachers will tell you they don’t get enough questioning – that modern Read More
Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising. Welcome to Week One of the 92nd year of Fun and Required Attendance in Murray, the Friendliest Town in Calloway County. The first classes held at Murray Normal School were actually held at the city High School on Main Street on Sept. 24, 1923. When President J. W. Carr arrived Read More