A campaign for students that raised more than $71 million officially closed Oct. 12, three years after its introduction. The Hold Thy Banner High campaign raised approximately $11 million more than the originally intended $60 million goal. The initial charge of the project made it the largest fundraising operation in the University’s history. Prior to Read More
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has opened proceedings this month which will lead to the creation of a new area code in western Kentucky, which will be applied to all, or a portion of, the current 270 area code. In August, the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) notified PSC area code 270 was Read More
Oct. 11 4:41 p.m. A caller reported theft of property to officers at Public Safety. Officers took a report for theft by unlawful taking from a motor vehicle. 8:04 p.m. A caller reported theft of property from the Carr Health Building. 11:48 p.m. A caller reported a suspicious person in the rear parking lot Read More
A little over a month has passed since Murray State sophomore Zay Jackson struck two pedestrians in Walmart’s parking lot with his vehicle following a verbal dispute. On Oct. 12, Jackson plead guilty to two counts of wanton endangerment. A plea bargain was reached whereby Jackson will spend 30 days in jail on weekends and Read More
From time to time, my students come to me bearing gifts, gifts that any history professor would appreciate. One student brought to me a copy of an old family letter, a description of a great great great grandfather’s experience in the trenches on the Western Front in World War I. Another student brought to me Read More
What’s done more to make this country a great place to live than anything else? A lot of folks would say “individual liberty,” “a free market economy,” or maybe they’d go with something like “equality of opportunity.” The big elephant in the room in American politics, the driving force behind every positive change in our Read More
P.Z. Myers, a prominent and outspoken speaker and blogger in the rapidly growing secular non-belief movement gave a rousing and informative lecture on the conflict of religion and science Monday night. Many of you saw the posters out on the Quad or at the Curris Center before some charmingly intolerant and probably religious person(s) took Read More
I am writing to express my anger and frustration about the brave American troops that continue to be forced into harm’s way for absolutely no good reason! I am 53 years old and I clearly remember the very many protests during The Vietnam War. There were literally millions of people that had grown to detest Read More