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Parking on campus proves problematic

Story by Bailey Bohannon, Contributing writer More than 100 parking spots have been eliminated from the limited reservoir of parking made available at Murray State because of the construction of the  Engineering and Physics Building on 16th Street, according to an email from Jason Youngblood, assistant director of Facilities Management. Combined with the more than 100 Read More

Resident discipline in residential colleges lagging

Murray State residential college residents say disciplinary action needs to be further enforced to increase respect on the residential side of campus. Each of the eight residential colleges are composed of hundreds of students. Within the residential colleges, issues resulting from intoxication, roommate incompatibility and irresponsibility create a community of upset residents when dealing with Read More

Don’t stand so close to me

I’m a huge fan of The Police. No, not actual police officers, but the 80s English rock band. One of their biggest hits was “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” a ballad about the social and emotional struggles of a teacher who was in a romantic relationship with a student half his age. He faces Read More

Football stopped at EIU

Head Coach Chris Hatcher said his team was plagued by problems Saturday as it fell 48-26 to the Eastern Illinois Panthers in Charleston, Ill. “Plagued by an inability to hang onto the football,” Hatcher said. “Plagued by a couple costly penalties. And plagued by our inability to stop the run.” The Panthers came out on Read More

Cell phone service disappears, leaves students disconnected

For many people in Murray, Sept. 8 was a step back in time. Students and community members were forced to resort to home phones and word-of-mouth to communicate. Cathy Lewandowski, senior public relations manager for AT&T, said AT&T customers in Calloway County may have experienced issues with wireless and wireline services Sept. 8 and Sept. Read More

Downtown Murray suffers after building disasters

Twenty-six businesses were affected by the downtown Murray disasters of 2014, according to a summary by the Murray-Calloway Chamber of Commerce. These events include a building collapse, a partial roof collapse and a fire.   BUILDING COLLAPSE Gatlin Building, a 21,000 square-foot structure built 135 years ago, collapsed Feb. 22. The National Trust for Historic Read More

Student parking heavily populated

  Parking on campus is a controversial issue for Murray State students. With the increase in cost of parking permits and the rising fines for parking citations, students’ frustration seems to be growing as the number of parking spaces seems to be shrinking. Francie Ray, parking supervisor for Public Safety and Emergency Management, said there Read More

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