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Letter to the Editor 9-14-17

Written by Kenneth Ashlock, Associate Director of the Office of Student Disability Services, addressed to The Murray State News We felt it was necessary to write this letter in response to the article “Students seek solace in furry friends on campus,” which appeared in the Aug. 24 edition. The features editor, Emily Williams, interviewed Kelsey Ross, Read More

Emotional support animal increase on campus

Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer According to a 2014 survey by American College Health Association and National College Health Assessment, 32.6 percent of students felt depressed and 54 percent had feelings of overwhelming anxiety. Because of this, the need for emotional support animals – using an animal as a therapeutic way of coping with Read More

Pet therapy offered to students

Story by Abby Siegel, Staff writer When Skipper strutted into the crowded Curris Center, all attention snapped to him. A stream of smiling students wanted to know his name and pat him on the back. All he had to do to get a passerby to stop was to sit and give them his puppy-dog eyes – or Read More

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