Dionte Berry Contributing Writer dberry11@murraystate.edu To spread positivity during these trying times Murray State senior Mirinda McClure posted pandemic themed graduation photos on Facebook. “I wanted to spread some positivity surrounding graduating during a pandemic, instead of spreading more sadness,” McClure said. The pictures were posted on an Andy Beshear meme page where they caught Read More
Cady Stribling Features Editor cstribling1@murraystate.edu Within a day, Murray State alumnae Rose and Rossetta Jackson gathered volunteers together in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to bring a building full of senior citizens essential supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, their Adopt-a-Grandparent program has enough support to assist senior citizens in three different homes. It began when Rossetta, 2010 Read More
Cady Stribling Features Editor cstribling1@murraystate.edu Every year, students in the music business program have enriched the Murray State community by putting on Lovett Live, a performance where the audience gets to sit on stage with the artists while they play. Although classes and campus life have moved entirely online, these students are now working to Read More
Cady Stribling Features Editor cstribling1@murraystate.edu Distinguished alumni deserve recognition for their prominent accomplishments, like Felecia Dixon Henderson, graduate of 1983, who went on to become the first Table Stakes coordinator for the Maynard Institute. The Maynard Institute, located in Emeryville, California, is a nonprofit organization that helps train and place minority journalists in newsrooms across Read More
Grant Dillard Contributing Writer gdillard@murraystate.edu Murray State senior art major Eriko Whittaker has been accepted into the highly competitive Fulbright Student program to research in Germany next year. Whittaker was supposed to leave in September, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic she is now set to leave in January 2021. During the application process last Read More
Cady Stribling Features Editor cstribling1@murraystate.edu In a press release on Friday, April 24, Gov. Andy Beshear issued an executive order that outlines how Kentucky will go about primary elections, special elections and local elections scheduled for June 23 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beshear and Secretary of State Michael Adams came to an agreement Read More
Dionte Berry Contributing Writer dberry11@murraystate.edu After campus closed, many events were canceled including the Career Services’ Etiquette Dinner, which would have taught students dining and networking skills. The dinner was going to include formal instruction and a five-course meal and would have been held in the Curris Center Ballroom. Director of Career Services Matthew Purdy Read More
Grant Dillard Contributing Writer gdillard@murraystate.edu The Murray Police Department lit the police station green in support of Murray and Calloway County to honor those directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sergeant Andrew Wiggins from the Murray Police Department reminds the community that the MPD is there for them during this time. “To show our unity Read More