President Bob Davies emphasized the University’s wellness goals involved in the tobacco-free policy during a town hall meeting Wednesday afternoon. Davies discussed the origins and educational goals of the tobacco ban. A large portion of the meeting was dedicated to explaining how policy violations will be handled. The president noted that the Tobacco-Free Implementation Steering Read More
Are you thinking about lighting up on campus? Think again. In an effort to emphasize health and wellness, the Board of Regents voted to make Murray State a tobacco-free campus. Since the decision was made in December 2014, the question is no longer whether going tobacco-free is the right move, but how to enforce this Read More
Following recent appeals made by Kentucky and three other states, the issue of whether it is constitutional to ban same-sex marriage in the U.S. may finally be heard by the nation’s highest judicial power, the Supreme Court. On Nov. 6, in a 2-1 vote, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the right for Read More
A new policy, preventing students from smoking between the front doors and benches of Regents Residential College, will go into effect in the coming weeks. The resolution was formed after several residential advisers received complaints from students about people smoking near the doors. “Often if it’s raining, smokers will stand right by the door, where Read More