Story by Breanna Sill, Staff writer University students participated in the second ‘Freezin’ for a Reason,’ hosted by Alpha Sigma Alpha. While the temperature neared the 40 degree mark on Nov. 12, that didn’t stop 170 people from taking a plunge in some ice cold water to raise money for Alpha Sigma Alpha’s philanthropy at the second Read More
Story by Kelsey Grapperhaus, Staff writer There’s a first for everything, and for the Beta Nu chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha, or ASA, it was hosting the first ever Dating Game at Murray State Saturday on Lovett Auditorium’s stage. The previous fall philanthropy, which consisted of a dodgeball tournament between fraternities, sororities and any other organization on Read More
Story by Bailey Bohannon, Contributing writer The formal Sorority Recruitment at Murray State in the fall of 2015 will go down in history because of one sorority sister: Alexis Cain. Cain, freshman from Murray, became the first woman with Down Syndrome to join a sorority at Murray State on Sunday, Aug. 16. Of the six sororities Read More
Despite the bitter cold, intramural flag football players were out on the field Tuesday night. Alpha Sigma Alpha lost to Kappa Delta 13-6. At the beginning ASA had a solid defense but couldn’t hold back KD’s A team who soon took the lead. Natalie Hoesli, junior from Owensboro, Ky., made the first touchdown of the Read More
Murray State’s first Campus Plunge took place at the Alpha Gamma Rho house Nov. 6. Students and faculty showed up to get dunked in ice–cold water for a good cause. Alpha Sigma Alpha and AGR hosted the event to raise money for Special Olympics Kentucky. Registration began at 7 p.m., and the opening ceremony started Read More
Alpha Sigma Alpha and Alpha Gamma Rho will host Murray State Campus Polar Plunge at the AGR house Nov. 6. The cost to register for the plunge is $50 minimum and the event is only open to Murray State students, faculty and staff. All proceeds will benefit Special Olympics Kentucky. The pool will be set Read More
Dr. Seuss, teeter-totters, hula-hoops, snow cones and barbecue were all present on campus Friday for Alpha Sigma Alpha’s spring philanthropic event, Teeter for Tots. Held in front of the Carr Health Building, the 24-hour event began Friday at 8 a.m. ASA had three large teeter-totters going constantly in two-hour shifts for the entire 24-hour period. Read More
Alpha Sigma Alpha has begun fundraising for the annual Western Kentucky Polar Bear Plunge and Polar Plunge 5K run which will take place on Feb. 16 in the Kentucky Dam Village state resort park. This will mark the seventh year ASA has contributed to the plunge in support of one of their national philanthropies, the Read More