Jill Smith Staff Writer jsmith194@murraystate.edu The Office of Development announced three fundraising campaigns as part of Murray State’s Centennial Celebration. Executive Director of Development Tina Bernot said the Centennial Celebration needed a giving component, so the Office set three goals for the fundraising campaigns. “The first [goal] is we want to recruit 100 new members Read More
Story by Lindsey Coleman, News Editor Julie Boeker/The News In the past year, teams of students have been working tirelessly to raise funds for one of the nation’s worthiest causes: finding cures and saving children who are cancer patients at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. On Feb. 23, 131 students participated in Up ‘til Dawn, Read More
Story by Bailey Bohannan, Staff writer Despite a competitive election for governor this fall between Republican Matt Bevin and Democrat Jack Conway, Murray State Republican and Democratic activists aren’t working for either of the campaigns. Both the Bevin campaign and Conway campaign have internship opportunities for students to work in areas of fundraising and communications. But unlike Read More
Story by Courtney Scoby, Contributing writer A student organization working to improve the quality of water across the planet is making waves on campus. WAVE, an organization affiliated with Living Waters for the World, raised $1,000 last semester to go toward water purification systems in locations all over the world that lack access to clean water. Read More
The maintenance crew for the Murray-Calloway County Parks System has been cut in half as the months turn colder and their funding dries up. Tab Brockman, parks director for the parks system, said normally they would have only laid off one or two employees but the cutbacks saved the park board thousands of dollars. “We’ve Read More
The Curris Center ballroom turned into a throne for royalty Thursday night as queens and kings performed at the Murray State Drag Show. Through the strobe lights and blaring music, performers took the stage with sass and ferocity. Jody Cofer Randall, LGBT program coordinator, said a lot goes into planning a show this size. “It Read More
Lambda Chi Alpha held its annual Watermelon Bust Saturday and proved once again that Greeks are not afraid to get down and dirty to help the community. In a mud pit spanning several dozen feet, Panhellenic sororities competed for the Watermelon Bust overall winner title by participating in several events such as tug of war, Read More
Though the “Ice Bucket Challenge” seems to have slowed down, raising awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is not a dying trend. Six hundred people arrived at the CFSB Center Saturday to participate in the Walk to Defeat ALS. The event set records for the CFSB Center with the biggest turn out its had since Read More