Students advocate for climate change
Dionte Berry Contributing Writer dberry11@murraystate.edu The Advocating for Respect Culture organization and the Murray Environmental Student Society met in the Curris Center on Wednesday, Jan. 29 to discuss the effects of climate change and how it can be combated on a local level. President of ARC Lily Grieve, junior biomedical sciences major, often teams up with other organizations Read More
New Sunrise Movement launched by student
Ciara Benham Staff Writer cbenham@murraystate.edu On Jan. 29, Ashlen Grubbs held a Sunrise Movement launch party with the help of Tyler Hill from the Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition to kick off the creation of a climate change movement at Murray State. Grubbs, sophomore, is heading a local chapter of a national political organization called the Read More
Cable on Campus: Save it for the students who use it
SpectrumU TV, the cable streaming service provider for Murray State, certainly has its benefits for those students who utilize it. Supplied for people living in the residential colleges, SpectrumU TV is a great way for students to come together to enjoy live sports, entertainment and news. Murray State works hard to provide various types of Read More
FAFSA creates draft chaos
College students descended into a frenzy over the draft after a U.S. airstrike killed a top commander of Iranian forces on Friday, Jan. 3. Following the airstrike, social media spread fear in the form of misinformation and memes about college students packing their bags for World War III. College students in particular were concerned about Read More
Changes on Campus: Old Richmond, Speed Tables and Starbucks… oh my!
Along with the new decade, the campus has undergone many changes right in time for the start of the semester. It was impossible to miss the large vacant space where Old Richmond Hall once stood as students moved back into their dorms. Perhaps students noticed the white tarps in the Curris Center or drove over Read More
Letter to the Editor 11/14/19
In the past, there were a lot more trees and forests. Trees use photosynthesis to pull CO2 out of the air, and trees contain a huge amount of carbon. Presently, there are fewer trees around the world, so trees are not pulling as much CO2 out of the air now. Our oceans contain a lot Read More
Public schools prompt students toward college
Kentucky’s education system pushes the importance of a higher education with 60 percent of students enrolled in college after graduating from public high schools, according to the 2016 Kentucky High School Feedback Reports. This somewhat contrasts with former Gov. Matt Bevin’s unpopular stance of wanting to make Kentucky a center of engineering and manufacturing in Read More