Ciara Benham Staff Writer cbenham@murraystate.edu In March, freshman Azzie Cunningham marched with more than 40 members of Congress for the Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage. Cunningham joined civil rights activists including the now late Rep. John Lewis, Ruby Bridges and Brian Stevenson, lawyer and renowned author of the book “Just Mercy,” in Alabama for the event. Read More
Story by Breanna Harris, Contributing writer Seven Murray State faculty members were on the Nov. 6 ballot, and four of these faculty members were elected to office. Board of Education Shawn Smee, director of recruitment, was elected to Murray’s Independent School District Board of Education with 21.75 percent of the votes. After the election, Smee Read More
Written by Dylan Doyle, Contributing writer I will be frank: in recent months, the ruling party in our nation has poisoned our body politic. You are tired of hearing about it. You are burnt out on the 24-hour news cycle which is always covering a new or evolving scandal. You want to retreat into your Read More
Murray State student Wesley Bolin announced his candidacy for Congress from Kentucky’s First District. Bolin, 25-year-old Democrat and history major is the son of history professor Duane Bolin. He also works full-time in Pogue Special Collections Library. Bolin plans to take a leave of absence from his job at Pogue after the primaries, so he Read More
Rep. Ed Whitfield of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, held a town hall meeting attended by residents of Murray and Murray State students, administrators, and professors. Whitfield, who graduated from the University of Kentucky, was first elected to Congress in 1994. Winfield Rose, a political science professor at Murray State, said Whitfield has been an asset to the Read More
Austin Ramsey News Editor U.S. Sen. Rand Paul formally helped kick off U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield’s campaign for re-election with a meet-and-greet and town hall style meeting with voters in Murray Jan. 11. The two Republicans addressed a packed Murray Room in the CFSB Center first to introduce Whitfield’s bid for re-election in the morning, Read More
