Ciara Benham Staff Writer cbenham@murraystate.edu Two nursing students are hosting a presentation on colon cancer and a showing of “Black Panther” to honor the late actor Chadwick Boseman and educate the Murray State community on the cancer. Partnered with a representative from the Kentucky Cancer Program, senior nursing students Kaitlyn Foster and Sydney Edge have Read More
Ciara Benham Staff Writer cbenham@murraystate.edu While simultaneously running for state representative, a Murray State graduate has been named assistant principal at Paducah’s new Career and Technical Education Center. Corbin Snardon, who received his master’s degrees in school counseling and education administration from Murray State, earned the assistant principal position at the Paducah Innovation Hub. The Read More
Ben Overby Contributing Writer boverby2@murraystate.edu Buddhist monk Tsering Phuntsok visited Murray State on Monday, Sept. 28, to speak about compassion and Buddhism. Phuntsok has been a Tibetan Buddhist monk for 34 years and has been visiting Murray State for 11 years. He works and resides in Dharamsala, India, the exiled home of the Dalai Lama. Read More
Cady Stribling Features Editor cstribling1@murraystate.edu Iris Snapp Contributing Writer isnapp@murraystate.edu Alumnus and professor of history Brian Clardy recently had his article “Blood at the Root: A Historiographical Commentary on Lynching in America” published in “The Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society.” With a history of its own, the scholarly article has been in the Read More
Contributed by Ashli Craig, Molly Dowell and Mallory Unverfehrt 1. Racer One ‘This year’s Racer One horse Vegas is sassy, energetic and the perfect visual for social distancing. “If we measured in length, I would guess Racer One would be about 6 feet long,” said Bailey Blackburn, a member of the Racer One team. Horses, Read More
Ciara Benham Staff Writer cbenham@murraystate.edu In March, freshman Azzie Cunningham marched with more than 40 members of Congress for the Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage. Cunningham joined civil rights activists including the now late Rep. John Lewis, Ruby Bridges and Brian Stevenson, lawyer and renowned author of the book “Just Mercy,” in Alabama for the event. Read More
Dionte Berry Staff Writer dberry11@murraystate.edu To have an article published on Google Scholar is a prestigious accomplishment, and Murray State assistant professor of marketing Ismail Karabas has had multiple articles published about business and service. One of Karabas’ works on Google Scholar is his dissertation at Washington State University, “New Directions in Service Failures,” which Read More
Cady Stribling Features Editor cstribling1@murraystate.edu These two Murray State students would be lying if they said they didn’t enjoy performing in the production of “The Commedia Pinocchio” this past weekend with the Playhouse in the Park. “The Commedia Pinocchio” is an adapted story of Pinocchio performed in commedia dell’arte, a unique style of theater from Read More