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Take time for yourself

Column by Nick Erickson, Assistant Features Editor With just over two months left of my college career, I had hopes that by this time I would be at ease and optimistic at how smooth my remaining days were going. Unfortunately, that is not the case and I’m finding myself more on edge than ever before. Read More

Nick’s Notes: Hesitancy

Column by Nick Erickson, Assistant Features Editor After overcoming a period of writer’s block, it can be truly remarkable to look at something that was once only a conscious thought of yours, now staring back at you from a piece of paper. Despite roughly four years of studying journalism, English, poetry and creative writing on Read More

Introspection and ice storms

Column by Nick Erickson, Assistant Features Editor It’s common knowledge for Kentucky natives that we don’t typically get much snow here, let alone copious amounts of it. When the slightest hint of a snowflake hits radars, it often sends the public into panic and ensures kids an early release from school, at least in my Read More

The beginning of the end

By Emily Williams, Features Editor My last first day of school is quickly approaching. After eighteen years of being a student, of turning in assignments, sitting in lecture halls and regurgitating information onto a sheet of notebook paper or a scantron, I will graduate from Murray State and conclude my education experience. I will take Read More

Shower thoughts

By Nick Erickson, Assistant Features Editor As odd as it may sound, I sometimes dread showering. While I love the feeling of taking one, I loathe the thoughts that can accompany them. When I’m not singing, I’m overthinking. More specifically, I’m over-analyzing my actions and interactions from yesterday and stressing about what tomorrow could bring. Read More

Life Lessons in Sports

Column by Mark McFarland, Sports Editor What can sports teach the world? One of the things that to mind is friendship. Teammates are always there for each other and friends are always there for each other so naturally the two go hand in hand. When athletes play sports in high school and college they are Read More

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