Raleigh Hightower Lifestyle Editor rhightower@murraystate.edu Murray State alumnus Phillip Dishon has embarked on an award-winning entertainment career, drafting several critically acclaimed horror scripts. Dishon graduated from the Murray State Honors College with a major in journalism and electronic media and a minor in creative writing in 2007. Though Dishon later studied film production in Miami, Read More
Dionte Berry Editor-in-Chief dberry11@murraystate.edu Murray, Kentucky, is home to a growing art scene, and artist and educator Anne Beyer has picked the Murray area as a place to grow her art and further her career, creating her own space in the art community. Beyer is a Michigan native who received her bachelor’s degree in visual Read More
Hannah Foote Contributing Writer hfoote@murraystate.edu The Department of Global Languages and Theatre Arts will perform the musical comedy, “Company,” this weekend starting Thursday night in the Robert E. Johnson Theatre on campus. Associate Professor of Theatre Daryl Phillipy is directing the show. Aside from “Company,” Phillipy also directed “The Importance of Being Earnest” during the Read More
Raleigh Hightower Lifestyle Editor rhightower@murraystate.edu The Murray State Mock Trial team has once again overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and brought home several awards in the virtual American Mock Trial Association Regional tournament. The competition was hosted on Zoom by Colorado College and the United States Air Force Academy on Feb. 26 and 27. Some other Read More
Ava Chuppe Staff Writer achuppe@murraystate.edu As part of the spring reading series, the creative writing program hosted author and former faculty member James Han Mattson on March 3. Mattson is the author of the novels “The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves” and “Reprieve,” and he discussed the latter novel at the Faculty Hall event. This Read More
Dionte Berry Editor-in-Chief dberry11@murraystate.edu As tax season is well underway, Murray State accounting and finance students are offering tax preparation services to the local community. Through the IRS sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program not only is the service provided for free, but it gives student volunteers key experience in their job field. Denise Read More
Raleigh Hightower Lifestyle Editor rhightower@murraystate.edu Art and Design students in Art 399, professional practices in art, have contributed a wide variety of art pieces to the Professional Blend XII exhibit. The Professional Blend exhibit is hosted every semester by the Department of Art and Design to provide students with an introduction to the professional world Read More
Ava Chuppe Staff Writer achuppe@murraystate.edu The spring film lineup for Cinema International is underway and will continue until April 23. So far this semester, the program has shown “The Green Knight,” “Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams,” “Harriet” and “Vatel.” Therese St. Paul, associate professor of French, has been the Cinema International director for six years, Read More