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Tuition proposal petition to go to Board of Regents

Story by Mikayla Marshall, Staff writer Student groups across campus plan to go to the Board of Regents meeting in December with petitions filled with student signatures opposing the proposal to charge higher tuition for each credit hour taken beyond 12 in a semester. Although this proposal would affect only students enrolled beginning Fall 2016, these groups Read More

Shots fired off campus

Story by Mary Bradley, Editor-in-Chief Police are looking for suspects who fired gunshots into an off-campus house on the north side of Murray around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to a safety bulletin sent to the Murray State community. No injuries have been reported and the Murray Police Department is investigating the incident. Public Information Officer David Howe Read More

AlcoholEDU causes scheduling concerns

Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer University administration has received complaints about its policy of placing administrative holds on the accounts of students who did not complete the AlcoholEDU Literacy Program, which will postpone spring scheduling. Tim Todd, interim provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, confirmed that he has been made aware of concerns regarding these Read More

Next moves by state to shape tuition

Story by Bailey Bohannan, Staff writer With the Kentucky governor’s race is quickly coming to a close, and with it comes the question of the state budget for the next two-year term. Murray State’s leaders say they are concerned about what the next budget for public universities will be. The next governor after being elected Nov. 3 Read More

Murray State to potentially open daycare

Story by Courtney Scoby, Staff writer A survey was sent out recently to faculty, staff and students with children to assess the interest in the opening of an on-campus daycare facility. The President’s Task Force on Daycare, which was appointed by Interim President Tim Miller in late 2013, sent out the survey Sept. 22.  The University Faculty Read More

Faculty forum addresses methods of teaching diversity

Story by Lauren Epperson, Staff writer Jesse Martin, sophomore from Paducah, Kentucky, recalls sitting through classes his freshman year that required a large amount of group discussion. “I was in a sociology class last year and one of the topics that was brought up was the issue of race and gender. Obviously, it got a little heated,” Read More

Residential colleges to begin offering free laundry

Story by Kayla Harrell, Staff writer The university is changing its laundry cost policy to free for on-campus students. David Wilson, Director of Housing, said the five-year contract of paying quarters for laundry ended recently with the current appliances.  Kelly Tyner, sophomore from Fishers, Indiana, said she is glad the contract is up. “It is a pain Read More

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