Murray State’s Public Safety department did not handle the situation that occurred Tuesday night correctly. A decade ago, alerting students three hours later may have been acceptable, but today it is not. The campus should have been alerted and put on lock down immediately. No one in the library was informed as to what was Read More
“Don’t be on your phone,” my manager said to me in a hurried fashion. “They’re watching us right now, and I don’t want to have to get yelled at.” So went a night at my part-time job a few weeks ago. I hadn’t actually been on my phone, but my manager was giving me, and Read More
As of the writing of this letter, Murray State is still bringing in Mitch McConnell to give the keynote address at the 2013 Spring Commencement exercises. I would like to thank those responsible at Murray State for bringing in a recognized leader like McConnell to speak at this event. We won’t all agree with his Read More
By this time next month I will be an official alumni of Murray State. In the four years I have spent here I have come to love and appreciate my time here. I have friends I will not ever forget and an education that will carry me to a bright future (fingers crossed). The day Read More
A shot wasn’t heard ‘round the world Tuesday night, but it might as well have been. At approximately 10 p.m. four unknown black males approached a student outside Regents Residential College and pointed a gun at the student before fleeing the area. No one was hurt, and no shots were fired. But if you were Read More
So the legendary Bob Dylan played to more than 3,000 admirers – young and old – at the CFSB Center last Saturday evening, and he did not disappoint. His cracked 71-year-old vocal chords made it hard to decipher some of the lyrics to songs that may not have been familiar unless fans had purchased or Read More
I am still surprised that we, this including food production and service professionals and academic mentors, came up with the idea of having a hot wing-eating competition. The notion of having students overeating to health-threatening limits and making it appear as an accomplishment that turns individual taking part in such a performance into achievers, makes Read More
When the smoke cleared May 1, 1886, 11 people had died in Chicago’s Haymarket Square. More than 100 were injured, and more than 100 were placed under arrest by Chicago police. What had begun as a peaceful rally for the establishment of an eight-hour workday had ended in tragedy as an unknown person threw a Read More