Is Asking for college course offerings political? The student newspaper at Murray State University thinks so. The Jackson Purchase News made an open records request to Murray State University regarding course offerings and content for the spring 2025 semester. Brian Timpone, co-founder and owner of Metric Media made the request and said they “want to know what colleges are teaching these days to our young people. We’re very curious, especially state-funded colleges like Murray State … we want to know if they’re actually teaching, teaching you something, or if they’re trying to propagandize you with nonsense.” It’s a reasonable request of a public institution which should be transparent and cooperative. Most taxpayers would like to know what their tax dollars are supporting as well.