Written by Rachel Wood, contributing writer Over the past few weeks, I’ve taken the time to revisit young adult books, both from my own adolescence and more recent publications. It’s not something I would normally do – between books for class and keeping up with new publications, there isn’t much spare time to re-read young Read More
Column by Rachel Wood, Contributing Writer A few weeks ago, things got a bit heated in the young adult literature publishing realm. As most people know, it’s a huge deal to get your book on “The New York Times Best Sellers” list, especially if you are a new author. It’s basically free advertising; it tends Read More
Story by Lindsey Coleman, Staff writer As Bellarmine Ezumah, professor of mass communications, prepared for her upcoming Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program at Uganda Martyrs University, she realized her old textbooks might be a great donation, so on Jan. 28, she reached out to her colleagues through email in the Journalism and Mass Communications Department, Read More
With a little more free time on your hands this summer why not sit down with a good book? There’s one for each category including new release, classic novel and major motion picture. So take the opportunity to check out these books. We know you’ll be hooked. New Release It’s been two years the last Read More
In March 2010, tragedy struck then Murray State student Galileo Simmons and her four brothers Picasso, Luciano, Michael and Gauguin. With the news of Freeda Simmons-McMillan’s death in a vehicle accident, the Simmons family continued moving on knowing it is what their mother would want. In an effort to finish a nearly life long project Read More
Rachel Clifford Staff writer Former Murray State professor, Wayne Bell has written a book titled “My Tenure Biennium,” a memoir about the two-year process through which he acquired tenure. “Most people have a tenure year, in which they go through an intense procedure and if anything goes wrong, you have a second year to Read More