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Human Immunodeficiency Virus does not discriminate against anyone – and college students are no exception. Since World AIDS Day on Sunday, Murray State has worked to increase awareness of testing for the prevalent infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 50,000 people are infected with HIV each year. One in four Read More

Van Horn elected president of ACHE

Brian Van Horn, dean of the Center for Continuing Education and Academic Outreach, was elected president of the Association for Continuing Higher Education at its annual meeting and conference earlier this month. The Association for Continuing Higher Education began in 1939 as the Association of University Evening Colleges. Now it has become an organization dedicated Read More

Photo contributed by Adam Tignor /// Anna Tignor, senior from Washington, Ill., came home to her neighborhood devastated by a recent string of tornados that hit the Midwest.

WHAT WE LOST – Death, destruction affect students hours away

Students anxiously followed Sunday night’s storms that tore through the region, leaving several dead and many without homes – concerned for friends and family members. Hundreds of homes were destroyed from the storms that ravaged the Midwest Sunday night, including Anna Tignor’s, senior from Washington, Ill. She was driving back to Murray after her grandmother’s Read More

Food truck receives positive remarks

The Pony Express is the only food truck operated by any Kentucky university and has received a mostly positive reception from its customers. Kensie Wagner, senior from Evansville, Ind., visits the Pony Express nearly every Monday when it is stationed behind the Oakley Applied Science Building where she works. She said it is convenient for Read More

Students celebrate culture, global college education

With a 21 percent increase this past year of Chinese students studying abroad in United States universities, international education has sparked interest in students globally and locally. Students of many countries spent the week learning and exploring global cultures through Murray State’s annual International Education week, hosted by the Institute for International Studies. The week Read More

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