Story by Ciara Benham, Staff Writer A bill that would allow universities in Kentucky to opt out of the state pension plan was passed by the House State and Local Government Committee. House Bill 358 was passed on Feb. 21 in an attempt to resolve issues that pension plans cause in university budgets. This piece Read More
Story by Alexis Schindler, Staff Writer Murray State encouraged students to help other students with financial needs through the revamped version of the Dunker’s Challenge Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded based on the student’s need and how much is donated to the fund. A new addition to aid the scholarship fund is the #DunkersChallenge Campaign. Read More
Story by Adam Redfern Staff writer aredfern@murraystate.edu The Racers’ tennis team dropped its fourth game of the year against Kennesaw State when they lost the match 2-4. Doubles started the day and Kennesaw State beat junior Anja Loncarevic and Sophomore Stasya Sharapova 4-6. Senior Amina Hadzic and junior Sara Loncarevic lost a close one in Read More
Story by Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Murray State baseball had its opening home series of the season against Miami University and went 1-2 in its three games. Game 1: In its first home game of the season Murray State baseball was unable to halt Miami University’s offense, falling 14-4. The Redhawks kicked the game Read More
Story by Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu With a four-point deficit entering the third quarter, zero turnovers and 4-5 shooting from beyond the arc, Murray State turned a 28-16 fourth quarter into an 82-74 victory to remain in a tie for sixth place in the OVC. The Racers kicked off the game jumping out to Read More
Story by Blake Sandlin Editor-In-Chief bsandlin1@murraystate.edu If Saturday’s showdown with Southeast Missouri State taught us anything, it’s that Tevin Brown is still a flamethrower. The freshman guard knocked down five 3-pointers for the Racer basketball team en route to a 103-67 thrashing of the Redhawks. Brown’s dominance didn’t come unaccompanied, however. Four other Racers pitched Read More
Staff report Readers submitted these photos capturing flooding across Murray-Calloway County on Saturday.
Sophomore guard Ja Morant and junior forward Darnell Cowart combined for 52 points in an 85-75 win over a hot UT Martin squad Thursday night. Murray State snapped the Skyhawks’ four-game win streak in order to remain tied for first place in the OVC with Belmont, and improve to 22-4 (13-2) on the year with Read More