With the passing of March, Women’s History Month draws to a close, sticking the excited babble around feminism back in the closet until next year when March rolls around again. As much as the world talks a big game about equality, we are failing epicly at making that into a simple truth. From scientific discoveries Read More
Story by Keenan Hall Staff writer khall16@murraystate.edu Before entering the OVC Indoor Championships, freshman Ashlyn Oren made Murray State history by becoming the third Racer to be named the OVC Indoor Freshman Athlete of the Year. Oren jumped to second in the conference in the high jump after reaching a 1.70m jump at the Samford Read More
By Brianna Willis, Assistant Features Editor Most people who know me, or read my columns, know that I am a history major. I love history so much that my friends send me pictures of a lobby with historic memorabilia in it and I genuinely tear up. It has become worse the last few months as Read More
Story by Brianna Willis, Assistant Features Editor A crowd of students, faculty and staff gathered in Faculty Hall to listen to David Pizzo, associate professor of history, give a presentation on the Armenian Genocide. As the desks filled, people began sitting on the floor or standing against the wall. Tracey Newport, senior from Mayfield, Kentucky, represented Amnesty Read More
Column by Brianna Willis, Assistant Features Editor Next December, I will be graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in history. I would like to preface the rest of this column by saying first and foremost, thank you. Thank you to every teacher, regardless of subject matter, who ever took an interest in me and pushed me Read More
Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising This is the season of Thanksgiving. I had intended to visit the library to do a great deal of research so that we could all appreciate this holiday, but I ran out of time. You know how it is. In any event, I am confident that my memory, bolstered by Read More
Spring Break has come. This long-standing seasonal event is actually a relatively new arrival on the list of University traditions. We rarely pause to think about its origins. So happy are we to hit the snow-lined trail to the Tennessee border that points south. Very, very south. In fact, Read More
(WITH VIDEO) – Imagine waking up in the morning and going where no woman has gone before, paving the way for the future and inspiring people for ages to come. One can only imagine what was going through the head of the first black student at Murray State the first day she walked to class Read More