Story by Bailey Bohannan, Staff writer When the Spring 2016 semester began, maintenance problems across campus were brought to students’ attention and have not yet been solved because the weather has not permitted. Students approached Robert Gomez, Student Government Association senator for Franklin Residential College, about maintenance problems they noticed around campus. “Usually, what they come to Read More
Story by Brianna Willis, Staff writer In September 2015, CNN iReport published a story titled “Hoverboards are the Hot New Trend of 2015.” In the months following, many celebrities such as Justin Bieber, who is credited as the initiator of the trend, Wiz Khalifa, Jamie Foxx and others were photographed riding on these new inventions. Many Read More
Story by Mary Bradley, Editor-in-Chief Police are looking for suspects who fired gunshots into an off-campus house on the north side of Murray around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to a safety bulletin sent to the Murray State community. No injuries have been reported and the Murray Police Department is investigating the incident. Public Information Officer David Howe Read More
New tobacco free regulation seems to reduce, but not eliminate, smoking on campus Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer, and Mikayla Marshall, Staff writer Through the first two months of Murray State’s tobacco free policy, some students say they have noticed less smoke but parts of campus remain littered with evidence that people still are lighting up on the Read More
The fifth and sixth sexual assaults in 2014-15 came to students’ attention within the past week, as “timely warnings” from Public Safety and Emergency Management arrived to students’ email inboxes. With one occurring in the fall, and one just two days ago, discussions and concerns of the assaults have once again arisen on and off 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
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. It seems that students, faculty and staff have been on their toes since the Board of Regents passed a motion for a smoke-free campus at Murray State. After the board’s Dec. 14 meeting, President Bob Davies sent a campus-wide email with Read More
