March 23 12:08 p.m. A caller reported damage to their vehicle in the CFSB Center parking lot. Officers were notified and a report was taken. 5:29 p.m. An officer conducted a traffic stop on Gilbert Graves Drive for speeding. A verbal warning was given. March 24 3:10 p.m. A person required a vehicle check in Read More
Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer President Bob Davies announced today in an email to Murray State faculty and staff that Renae Duncan, associate provost for undergraduate education, will take over as interim provost and vice president for Academic Affairs effective April 1. As part of this transition, Davies wrote that Robert Pervine, associate provost Read More
Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer Since the activation of the LiveSafe app in August, Public Safety and Emergency Management has received more than 700 tips from the app, but only 14 call box activations since the beginning of the academic year. Roy Dunaway, interim police chief and director of emergency management, wrote in an email that Read More
Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer After months of speculation about plans for 16th Street, Murray City Council passed a resolution to ensure safer road conditions for pedestrians and traffic. The plan is to convert 16th Street into a boulevard-style road with fewer crosswalks and a hedgerow to prevent jaywalking. “As a council, we want to make Read More
Story by Alicia Steele Staff writer President Bob Davies has decided on a new interim provost, who is to be named before Spring Break, after Tim Todd announced last week that he will leave the interim provost role and return to his post as College of Business dean. Adrienne King, vice president of Marketing and Outreach, Read More
Story by Kelsey Watznauer, Chief Copy Editor Republicans from across the region met for the West Kentucky Lincoln Reagan Dinner in the Curris Center Ballroom on Saturday in celebration and preparation for the primary and general elections to come. Sen. Rand Paul headlined the sold-out event alongside several local Republican candidates. Paul’s main focus was the budget, Read More
Because of an editor oversight, Housing’s Best of Murray win was not printed in our March 10 edition. We apologize for the error. Congratulations to all winners and thank you to those who voted! By Alicia Steele The housing department was voted “best place to work on campus” by the Murray State community because of its Read More
Story by Cody Hall, Contributing writer As 20th century geneticist and evolutionist Theodosius Dobzhansky said, “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution” – a concept Murray State biology professors and students reinforced at a celebration last week. Murray State celebrated Charles Darwin’s 207th birthday on March 10 with a Darwin Day event Read More