Story by Mary Bradley, Editor-in-Chief With the approval of the Strategic Initiatives plan, the 2015-16 budget, new freshman admission standards and the transition of the provost, the Board of Regents began to shape the upcoming academic year and beyond during its quarterly meeting June 5. SEAL OF APPROVAL While discussing the Strategic Initiatives plan Read More
The Jesse Stuart room in Pogue Library was a full house Friday as the Board of Regents met to discuss topics such as the Tennessee Valley Authority contract, tuition increases, Waterfield Library renovations and the campus tobacco policy amongst others. UPCOMING CHANGES With last week’s closures fresh on their minds, the regents approved negotiations with Read More
The Board of Regents voted Thursday to make the campus tobacco free, but President Bob Davies, with help from a committee, must iron out details of the new policy before the Regents’ February meeting. The Board also voted to build new sorority housing and raise faculty and staff salaries by 1 percent. But the proposed Read More
A ban on cigarettes and other types of tobacco smoking on campus could be a possibility for Murray State. The Commonwealth of Kentucky bases its smoking legislation on local ordinances and each city or county has the choice of ordinances it places. D.J. Irvine, senior from Paducah, Ky., said he thinks a smoking ban on Read More