Playing six matches in nine days, women’s tennis overcame fatigue to get off to a perfect conference record over Spring Break. In their first four conference victories, the Racers have dropped only one of 28 matches they have played so far. While the lone loss came from senior Carla Suga in the conference opener against Read More
After coming back from Spring Break, the three nationally-affiliated Greek councils at Murray State competed and united for Greek week. Re’Nita Avery-Meriwether, director of Student Life and the Curris Center, said the All Greek Assembly was a huge success and that everyone seemed to enjoy it. Rachel Ross, freshman from Murray and a member Read More
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers snapped Murray State softball’s four-game winning streak with a score of 3-2 Wednesday. The Racers began their winning streak with a pair of wins in a doubleheader March 22 at Tennessee State. After losing six consecutive games, Murray State posted a shutout in game one with a score of 3-0 and Read More
Brandon Cash || Staff writer bcash1@murraystate.edu This week, the Reserve Officer Training Corps organization at Murray State continues to prepare for its annual Best Racer Competition in April. The event is a fundraiser for nonprofit organizations where students compete in a series of 10 different events ranging from a zombie attack to tire flipping. Read More
The Kentucky Senate chose to abolish the 2.5 percent cut to higher education as proposed by Gov. Steve Beshear in January. The Kentucky Senate passed its first draft of a two-year state budget with a vote of 53-46 Moore, making approximately $1.51 billion in cuts from the House’s budget proposed last week. Among the cuts Read More
Pencils are a commodity easily forgotten about. Not all students can take such a simple tool for granted. Omicron Delta Kappa has organized a pencil drive to get this essential tool for students in Corazol, Belize for the past four years. “A quality education begins with the right tools, as basic as they may seem,” Read More
Soon after most students left Murray State to start their Spring Break, the University was again repopulated by western Kentucky Republicans attending the annual Calloway County GOP’s Lincoln-Reagan Dinner. Approximately 300 people gathered in the Curris Center for the part-dinner, part-fundraiser, part-call-to-action, which featured Texas Gov. Rick Perry as the keynote speaker and was attended Read More
Leather couches, ceiling lights, fog machines, crew and audience members filled the stage Tuesday night as rising star Briana Tyson performed with her band in Lovett Auditorium. Tyson and her band were welcomed onto the stage by local radio station Froggy 103.7, who also broadcasted the entire show. Tyson’s show was a part of the Read More