Opinion

SGA, it’s time to vote

The staff editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Murray State News. The Student Government Association decided not to vote this week on whether or not to hold a student referendum regarding the president’s plan making students pay for part of his proposed library.

Letter to the Editor: 11.18.11

Dan Thompson non-student from Murray, Ky Scanning The Murray State News and being a big fan of “Prairie Home Companion,” I naturally read the column by Mr. Walker titled “Prairie Home Reality.” While I would not disagree with most of what Mr. Walker said, most of what he said had nothing to do with the Read More

LGBT center needed

The staff editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Murray State News. Recently a petition has started to circulate with the intent of creating an LGBT Center on campus. This being a more conservative region of the state may have some asking why such a center would be needed here. Every Read More

Jaywalking: Radical roots

John Walker Opinion Editor This week I attended the second Roots concert ever hosted on campus. Without a doubt it is one of the highlights of this semester. Being able to hear everything from fiddle, tin flute and stand up base is enough for any fan of acoustic music. And while sitting there and listening Read More

Letter to the Editor: 11.18.11

John Crabtree Center for Rural Affairs States are doing better than the federal government at enrolling people in high-risk insurance pools, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. As of April 30, the 27 states that operate their own high-risk pools had enrolled 15,781 individuals with pre-existing conditions that were previously unable to Read More

Letter to the Editor: 11.18.11

Caleb Johnson junior from Bowling Green, Ky. (This letter is a resonse to the article titled “Local election turnout tops at 27%, county officials say” in the Nov. 11 edition of the The Murray State News.) Earlier this month the population of Kentucky sent a strong message to its leadership. Yes, I am talking about Read More

Forgotten, but not gone

The staff editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Murray State News. Today marks the 92nd Veterans Day in the United States, also know as Remembrance or Armistice Day in many other Anglo countries. The name change may not seem so significant, seeing as Americans have always tried to be a Read More

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