At 2:10 p.m. on October 22, 2012, customers at the Five Star Marathon purchased the first case of beer in the city of Murray. After much deliberation earlier that year on July 17, the residents of Murray voted to allow packaged alcohol sales. Now, more than a year later, the city has seen increased revenue Read More
After enacting approximately $5 million in cuts to Murray State’s budget this year to balance its deficit, the University will now incur unforeseen additional expenses resulting from state-mandated pension contributions and health insurance costs. As announced by Interim President Tim Miller in an email to the University body last Thursday, Murray State will most likely Read More
The first few seconds of an album really says a lot about the rest of the record. It sets a mood. It sets a tone. The first few seconds are essential to the listener, as they will quickly make their decision about said album. MGMT’s self-titled third album starts off with the track “Alien Days” Read More
Men’s tennis fell in its first competition of the new season, gaining valuable confidence it will try to carry forward. Head Coach Mel Purcell chose four returning athletes for the annual Southern Intercollegiate Championship hosted by the University of Georgia. While the team didn’t win a match at the major competition, it did face off Read More
With fluctuating temperatures during the transition of summer into fall, choosing what to wear can become a difficult process. Luckily, the arrival of the pocket T-shirt made it just in time. While lightweight and comfortable, these shirts are also very trendy. Each T-shirt can be fitted with a pocket to add extra flare to a Read More
On Monday at around 11:39 a.m., officers responded to an accident in front of the Curris Center parking lot at the intersection of Chestnut Street and Gilbert Graves Drive. Jamie Delaney, freshman from Dover, Tenn., was struck by a Mama Nancy’s cab while on a crosswalk. The driver, Alicia Woods of Murray, was traveling west Read More
Requests by students for counseling services have doubled in comparison to last semester – in the first four weeks of school. So far, 90 students have sought assistance from counseling services, compared to 48 students in the entirety of last semester. Fifty-one students requested assistance from counseling services in the first two weeks of the Read More
Last July, the city of Murray voted to go wet, the first successful vote on making sales of packaged alcohol legal within city limits after a series of unsuccessful attempts in the years prior. And boy, has it ever changed Murray. At the end of last year’s fall semester, you could count on one hand Read More