John Walker Opinion Editor I did something I haven’t done in a long time this week. I went to the library and checked out a stack of books. It’s been some time and I realized there was much I wanted to read before Spring Break. Luxury reading is one of those pleasures for which I Read More
Zachary Siegel senior from Defiance, Mo. I liked the dialogue that was presented this last week in The Murray State News about the sale of alcohol within the city limits. The primary argument against Grow Murray appears to be the “threat” of increased DUIs.
Chris Morehead alumnus from Paducah, Ky. On March 1, 2012 the Murray State Alliance hosted its biannual drag show. The event was amazing; it hosted several local drag queens and a few drag queens from out of town. However, a new issue brought itself into light. At the show it was announced several times, that Read More
Reese Hawkins senior from Princeton, Ky. Grow Murray has succeeded in their petition to bring the issue of sales of packaged alcohol to a vote. I raise my glass and say “cheers!” To their detractors, I also say “cheers.” Because that’s the great thing about drinking, you can choose not to.
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Murray State News. Last week the Board of Regents decided to bury the President’s plan for a new library. If readers remember, the plan relied on the potential introduction of a new fee for students. After a stiff reaction from both this Read More
John Walker Opinion Editor There is a trend lately in the newsroom for those few of us who have the privilege to write our own columns to create lists. It’s almost become so bad I was thinking of referring these fellow column writers to freelance for cracked.com. All that aside, I have decided this week Read More
Todd Broker lecturer in College of Business It is very important for the people of Murray and the Murray State campus community to realize that the Keep it Out of Murray petition is, and has been, a response petition both times it has been circulated. If Keep it Local (2009) or Grow Murray (2012) would Read More
Devin Griggs junior from Benton, Ky. Picture a President faced with a weak economy and confrontational Congress as he seeks re-election. The President has to deal with a controversial foreign war, oil price shocks and the all-encompassing issue of trade. The opposition is divided between ideological purists on one side, pragmatists in the middle and Read More