It was a different night but a similar story for the Racers, Thursday night as they headed to Cookeville, Tenn. to take on the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. Murray State started strong, scoring the game’s first eight points. Tennessee Tech began to find it’s groove, however, and took the lead at the 4:52 mark of Read More
Dining Services has made many changes to Winslow Dining Hall and the Thoroughbred Room since last semester. Paula Amols, director of Dining Services and Racer Hospitality, said many more changes will be implemented in the year to come. “We changed the section of the T-Room we call ‘chicken world’ this semester,” Amols said. “The staff Read More
Former men’s basketball guard Zay Jackson was robbed at gunpoint in Hopkinsville, Ky., during the afternoon of Jan. 17. Paul Ray, public information officer at the Hopkinsville Police Department, said Jackson called 911 after the incident. “He went to another location to call us,” Ray said. “He actually went to a convenience store.” Officers met Read More
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges accredit Murray State every 10 years. The University is required to develop a Quality Enhancement Plan, a plan of action for improving student learning, as part of the reaccreditation. The theme for Murray State’s new QEP is the application of knowledge and skills in a Read More
The academic tagline of Murray State, Your World to Explore, is being phased out and in its place, requiring about a year of transitioning, will be Take Your Place. In February of 2009, University Communications created focus groups consisting of faculty, staff and students and conducted research that involved interviewing more than 300 people. The Read More
Traditions at Murray State are what makes the University so unique. One of the longest-running traditions in the South will be cherished again with the music department’s 76th production of Campus Lights. This year, the brothers of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and sisters of Sigma Alpha Iota will be producing “The Drowsy Chaperone” in Lovett Read More
Does the act of writing remain a mystery to you? Do you cringe at the thought of those book reviews, research papers and essays that must be turned in this semester? Sometimes I sit down in my writing cabin and the words flow. Now, whether the words make sense, or whether they tell the tale Read More
Take your place. Three words with a variety of meanings to a variety of people – and three words with which Murray State students will become very familiar with as the University phases out its existing tagline, Your World to Explore. Your World to Explore, only four years old, will die a quiet, gradual death Read More