Mason Galemore Contributing Writer mgalemore@murraystate.edu Everyone has a story, but Patricia Eskridge, a 60-year-old non-traditional senior, has a unique story filled with resilience and redemption. After receiving double brain surgery, Eskridge said her biggest regret if she had died would have been not receiving her doctorate degree, so she chose to attend Murray State to Read More
Story by Maggiann Ackerman Staff writer mackerman@murraystate.edu Senior Dacia Brown has excelled in her final season on Murray State’s volleyball team, but she couldn’t have gotten to where she is now without the support of her family. Believe it or not, Brown actually discovered volleyball late in life after realizing basketball and cheerleading weren’t her Read More
On one Friday evening, Terry Walsh sat down to eat dinner with his daughter and her family at Joe’s Place in Herrin, Illinois. By the end of the dinner, the group learned something that would change their lives thanks to Ancestry.com. Walsh’s father, Charles left the family when Terry was just three months old. Besides Read More
Column by Gisselle Hernandez, Assistant Features Editor As the end of the semester looms ahead like the monster some of us fear (or the saving grace some feel can’t come soon enough), the awareness of the running clock leads my heart to a place more than a 1,000 miles away in an itty bitty Third World Read More
Column by Allison Borthwick, Opinion Editor You may not know me. You may not know anything about me. But you’re reading this column anyway, and at the end of it, you’ll know about two people who made me who I am. For me, right now, that is all that matters. My name is Allison Marie Borthwick. My Read More
Story by Mallory Tucker, Staff Writer Family and football often go hand in hand, as success in both comes from similar attributes – attributes like hard work, dedication, chemistry and faith in your own abilities. For Jonathan Jackson and Shea Jackson, family, football and hard work are daily norms. Jonathan’s on-field message easily relates to his family Read More
Behind President Bob Davies is a support team that never leaves his side. Aside from the faculty and staff that help Davies organize parties, attend events and stay sane through all of it, his wife, Cindy and daughter, Katie are always with him behind the scenes. From All Campus Sing to Davies cooking breakfast during Read More
For the Therrell family, football is more than a game. It’s not even a way of life – it seems to be the air that they breathe. This is good news for Racer fans because the Murray State football team is infused with the passion of not just one or two, but three Therrells this Read More