The Night Owl, a local hookah lounge and snack bar, is in the process of laying out a new business plan after police were called to the business on two occasions. During their March 20 meeting, the Board of Zoning and Adjustments requested for Night Owl owner, Tung Dinh, to put together a new business Read More
March 21 2:35 a.m. A tamper alarm was activated at the Arther J. Bauernfiend College of Business Building. Central Plant was notified. 4:11 p.m. A caller reported being locked out of an apartment on the 1000 block of College Courts. The housing office was notified. March 22 8:37 p.m. A caller reported a suspicious Read More
Monday kicked off the newly revamped Greek Week for Murray State fraternities and sororities. Seventeen organizations collected cans for Needline of Murray Tuesday. These groups are part of College Panhellenic Council, Interfraternity Council and National Pan-Hellenic Council. A total of 7,771 cans were collected for Needline, surpassing the original goal of 1,000. Alpha Omicron Pi Read More
Rep. Ed Whitfield of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, held a town hall meeting attended by residents of Murray and Murray State students, administrators, and professors. Whitfield, who graduated from the University of Kentucky, was first elected to Congress in 1994. Winfield Rose, a political science professor at Murray State, said Whitfield has been an asset to the Read More
Murray State’s campus will be visited by four potential provost candidates to fill Bonnie Higginson’s soon-to-be vacant position. The candidates are current Murray State associate provost of graduate studies, Jay Morgan; Charles McAdams, dean of the college of arts and sciences at Northwest Missouri State; Bahman Ghorasi, current executive director of Fenn Academy and Fenn Read More
Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter blew up with student responses after the March 15 Board of Regents meeting where a vote was made to not extend President Randy Dunn’s contract. Student Regent and Student Government Association president Jeremiah Johnson voted to not extend Dunn’s contract at the Board meeting. Johnson and six Read More
Members of Murray State’s Faculty Senate gathered after their special meeting Tuesday to begin the process of forming a local chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Led by Faculty Senate President Kevin Binfield, the gathered faculty voted quickly on who would be president, vice president, treasurer and secretary of the new organization as Read More
Murray State’s Office of Multicultural Affairs bestowed Sherron Jackson with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The award honors African Americans for contributions to their communities and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. “To have someone say that the work that I did somehow touched the lives of others in a positive way is a humbling experience,” said Jackson, Read More