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Rethink Your Drink releases results

Story by Abby Siegel, News Editor The results from the Rethink Your Drink campaign indicated Calloway County citizens decreased their sugar intake by 102 pounds during the challenge, said Susan Burkeen, Murray-Calloway County Wellness Consortium Obesity Workgroup coordinator. The Rethink Your Drink campaign was part of Lighten Up Calloway, a five-year obesity fighting challenge, intended to educate Read More

#CultureofRespect: Sexual assault campaign taken online

Story by Da’Sha Tuck, Staff writer Murray State’s Women’s Center joined the #CultureofRespect campaign, an educational movement aimed at promoting behaviors and approaches to discourage sexual assault, this month. The Women’s Center also invited students, faculty and staff to get involved through the #CultureofRespect Facebook page. After joining, students could post pictures or videos saying what a Read More

Rethink Your Drink campaign fights obesity

Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer Calloway County Wellness Consortium Obesity Workgroup developed Lighten Up Calloway, a five-year challenge series to target obesity. Murray State took part in the first initiative, “Rethink Your Drink” to educate students about the harmful effects of sugar consumption in beverages. Kentucky is the seventh most obese state in the United Read More

Clinton, Grimes visit Paducah for campaigning

With the heated Nov. 4 Senate election two weeks away, Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes brought former President Bill Clinton to western Kentucky to a crowd of 1,750 Tuesday. Clinton reinforced many of the themes Grimes highlighted during her challenge to U.S. Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, including bringing more jobs to Kentucky, raising Read More

LGBT campaign focuses on transgender students

The Respect My Identity campaign officially kicked off in September with a program, “A Radically Candid View on Transgender Equality,” which featured Mara Keisling, director of the National Center for Transgender Equality. After advocating for transgender issues on campus for the past several years, Murray State’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Programming Office has chosen Read More

University initiative raises $71.7 M for students

A campaign for students that raised more than $71 million officially closed Oct. 12, three years after its introduction. The Hold Thy Banner High campaign raised approximately $11 million more than the originally intended $60 million goal. The initial charge of the project made it the largest fundraising operation in the University’s history. Prior to Read More

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