March 7 12:21 p.m. A caller reported an accident at the Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business Building parking lot. 1:15 p.m. A caller reported a noise complaint in the mall area. Officers were notified, and the area appeared normal. 1:57 p.m. A caller reported theft of property from the Business Building. Officers were notified, Read More
A familiar business for many will soon be returning to Murray just in time to greet students returning from Summer Break. Ed Hutchins, local entrepreneur and owner of the building that housed Quarter’s Campus Grill, is returning from retirement in order to establish a new restaurant with his son James acting as manager. From 1981 Read More
At President Randy Dunn’s first open forum regarding the budget recommendations, students, faculty and staff filed in the Curris Center Theater to ask questions and voice their concerns. One of the hot-ticket items among students was item number 117, which states: “Only one full-time staff member to advise Greek Affairs, Student Government Association and registered Read More
In light of an upcoming Supreme Court hearing, Richmond College and LGBT Programming held a marriage equality forum, Put a Ring On It last week at Richmond Residential College. The group discussed an announcement by the U.S. Supreme Court, saying it would hear U.S. v. Windsor. The court will hear oral arguments March 27 concerning Read More
As the Study Abroad program is seeing low enrollment for the Regensburg, Germany excursion planned for the fall semester, they are forced to push back the application deadline. Last fall, 18 students were accepted by the Study Abroad office to go on the Regensburg trip. So far, they have only accepted nine applicants for this Read More
Wesley Korir, former Murray State student and Boston Marathon winner, added another victory to his list of accomplishments after recently being elected to Kenya’s National Assembly. Kenyan citizens voted March 4 to elect a president and various other government representatives into office. Korir won the independent seat and represents the Cherangancy Constituency political party in Read More
Parents, school faculty and administrators from all three school systems and citizens of Calloway County met Monday to discuss how to combat bullying in the area. Allan Beane, founder of Bully Free, opened the meeting with a presentation on bullying and its effects on children who become victims. Beane defined bullying as a form of Read More
As I sat in the front seat of my mother’s car on the night of March 19, 2003, I listened intently to the words of President George W. Bush as he announced that American military action had begun in Iraq. I was a week shy of turning 12 and, as far as politics went, all Read More