When a university outsources a service, it means it is looking to an outside company to take over that service. For example, Murray State has outsourced dining services, health services and now portions of facilities management. Sodexo, Primary Care and SSC—these are all corporations that have taken over segments of work for the University. So, Read More
Board of Regents approves tuition increase The Board of Regents recently approved tuition, housing and dining cost increases for the 2019-20 school year. Murray State tuition will increase by 1 percent, coming to 42 extra tuition dollars per semester for in-state students and $126 for out-of-state students. Housing fees will get a 2 Read More
Story by Bailey Bohannan, Staff writer Returning Murray State students will face a tuition increase in Fall 2016, but the specifics of the new tuition model haven’t been decided yet. Davies said two different tuition models have been proposed for current and returning students when he presented at the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting and the University Read More
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew announced April 20 that Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. There’s just one small catch: Jackson won’t actually be removed. Jackson – a slave owner infamous for his involvement in Read More
Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising There is much talk these days about running things like a business. Most of it is wrong. In Kentucky, the governor wants to run the state more like a business. Like any good businessman who finds himself in arrears, he has looked first at some of his biggest expense Read More
Column by John Morris Most people in the world dream of being the superstar athlete with their name in the lights and plenty of money to spare. Some people may ask if athletes deserve all of this fame for just playing a sport. It may look simple, but those who do this on a daily basis Read More
The first batch of parking passes were ordered without specified dimensions, costing Public Safety and Emergency Management $14,000. The second order was another $9,000. By Bailey Bohannan, Staff writer Murray State spent more than $14,000 this year on parking passes that were too big for drivers to use safely and had to be replaced. The first round Read More
Column by John Morris, Staff writer What do most people want to think about when they think economics? Oil what’s the trade market like or what’s the stock market like? What lucrative company is bringing in the most money? The question they should ask is what’s the sports market like. The question most overlooked is about the Read More