Greek life members reinforce empowerment, living up to values Story by Breanna Sill, Staff writer Marquise Braham was a freshman at Penn State University-Altoona when he committed suicide after being hazed by his fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa, said Evan Ditty, Coordinator of Greek Life and Student Leadership Programs to a crowd of Greek life members. Braham Read More
Story by Cody Hall, Contributing writer Murray State students will join a rally with other university students around Kentucky to protest budget cuts proposed by Gov. Matt Bevin. Students plan to meet at 10 a.m. Feb. 25 at Kentucky State’s stadium parking lot. From there, they will march onto the State Capitol’s front yard with professional Read More
Story by Bailey Bohannan, Staff writer The Christian Faculty Network will be hosting a multiple speaker event, at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Curris Center Ballroom about the reliability of the Bible. Murray State Professors Murphy Smith and Katherine Smith will be speaking at this event; “Is the Bible Reliable? Evidence from Archaeological and Historical Read More
Story by Tierra Reese, Staff writer Three residential colleges — Springer-Franklin, White and James H. Richmond residential colleges — are searching for new college heads and accepting applications until March 11. The position of a college head helps students assigned to the residential colleges by providing advising and overseeing the residential colleges’ programming, said Don Robertson, vice Read More
Story by Mikayla Marshall, Staff writer The Dr. and Mrs. Gary Brummer Colloquium Series in Psychology welcomed Daniel Simons Thursday, Feb. 11, to present “Missing What’s Missing.” The presentation revolved around the idea that the human mind misses more details than the average person may think. The experiences humans have on a daily basis can be misleading, Read More
Story by Cody Hall, Contributing writer A steel plaque sits outside Jesse D. Jones Hall to commemorate William Kelly’s pneumatic iron process, naming it a National Historical Chemical Landmark. On May 11, 2015, the American Chemical Society granted Kelly’s pneumatic iron process for refining iron as a National Historic Chemical Landmark. It is the first National Read More
Check out a few photos from the Presidential Lecture held last Monday. For a video, check out our coverage on TheNews.org.
Feb. 10 8:30 a.m. An officer conducted a traffic stop at the Howton Agricultural Engineering Building. A citation was issued for failure to wear a seatbelt, failure to have a driver’s license in possession and disregarding a stop sign. 8:57 a.m. An officer conducted a traffic stop near Lee Clark Residential College. A citation was Read More