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Our View: We need to destigmatize monkeypox

Sydney Harper Opinion Editor sharper16@murraystate.edu For the past two years, COVID-19 has spread through our world, killing over 6 million people. Although many people believe the spread of the virus is slowing down, another virus emerged earlier this summer: monkeypox. The virus began its 2022 outbreak in the U.S. after a traveler returned from Canada Read More

Our view: Where is the justice?

Jakob Milani Sports Editor jmilani@murraystate.edu   On Nov. 17, 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all five counts for the killing of two men and the injuring of another in August 2020. Rittenhouse faced five different charges, including first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety. The Read More

Superheroes may be cause for concern

For generations, children have looked up to superheroes of every kind. Marvel, DC Entertainment, Image Comics, they’ve all produced characters that we wanted to be someday. Today we beg the question, were we misled in our idolization? Those characters in comics and movies, T.V. shows and video games, do they deserve to be as adored Read More

Minimum wage value is plummeting

One of the main reasons the minimum wage is failing to be a successful, living wage is that it has not been adjusted for inflation. In other words, the minimum wage is eroding. Erosion, a word we normally attribute to rocks and science classes, is now being brought to the economic table.  Now, in part Read More

Minimum wage is the new living wage

As the minimum-wage-earning community grows and diversifies, it also takes on a new banner: the living wage. A living wage, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “a wage sufficient to provide the necessities and essential to an acceptable standard of living.” This begs the question, “what is an acceptable standard of living?” So let’s Read More

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