Emily Shepherd Contributing Writer eshepherd2@murraystate.edu Andy Beshear unveiled his budget to raise teacher salaries and reinstate the teacher loan forgiveness program and teacher’s scholarship program. The budget also covered topics such as children’s health care, Kentucky’s aging infrastructure, funding for teachers’ pensions and the increase of government workers’ salaries. The Kentucky Education Association is supportive Read More
Kentucky’s education system pushes the importance of a higher education with 60 percent of students enrolled in college after graduating from public high schools, according to the 2016 Kentucky High School Feedback Reports. This somewhat contrasts with former Gov. Matt Bevin’s unpopular stance of wanting to make Kentucky a center of engineering and manufacturing in Read More
Megan Reynolds Editor-in-Chief mreynolds12@murraystate.edu Breanna Harris Contributing Writer bharris17@murraystate.edu Emily Shepherd Contributing Writer eshepherd2@murraystate.edu College affordability In their recent gubernatorial campaigns, both Gov. Matt Bevin and Governor-elect Andy Beshear highlighted their concerns over college affordability in Kentucky. College affordability was a hot topic in the gubernatorial election, and rightfully so, as Kentucky was recently ranked Read More
Daniella Tebib News Editor dtebib@murraystate.edu Emily Shepherd Contributing Writer eshepherd2@murraystate.edu Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear will square off in the first of five televised gubernatorial forums on Thursday, Oct. 3, in Paducah, Kentucky. The event, hosted by the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce and WPSD-TV, will air live on the NBC affiliate Read More
Story by Ashley Traylor, News Editor College students from around Kentucky, including Murray State, took to the steps of the capitol on Feb. 6 to stress the importance of higher education funding. The Rally for Higher Education is hosted by the Kentucky Board of Student Body Presidents and held annually in Frankfort, Kentucky. Student Government Read More
Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer Murray State held the Presidential Lecture, “We have a dream. Are we living it?” that featured speeches from three Murray State alumni. MarTeze Hammonds, Walter Bumphus and Jerry Sue Thornton discussed diversity and inclusion in higher education. Hammonds and Bumphus agreed society is living the dream, but Thornton said Read More
Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer In light of budget cuts to higher education, students from nine universities took a stand against Gov. Matt Bevin and defended higher education at the Capitol Rotunda Feb. 13. Bevin decided on a 4.5 percent cut to higher education last fiscal year, in which the Kentucky attorney general, Andy Read More
Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer Student body presidents from Kentucky’s public universities planned a rally for higher education to take place Feb. 13 in Frankfort at the capitol rotunda. Clint Combs, Murray State’s Student Government Association (SGA) president, said the purpose of the rally is to prioritize education by advocating to stop future cuts Read More