President Randy Dunn has spent the semester teaching professionalism and management skills to the students in his Youth and Nonprofit Leadership class, leadership and support systems in youth and human service organizations. Dunn decided to teach the class because he felt he was lacking the close connection he once had with students. He said his Read More
Murray State students are feeling the pressure. According to the National College Health Assessment, stress is the No. 1 factor affecting students’ overall mental health. According to the 2010 survey, 88.6 percent of students who participated said they feel overwhelmed from the stress of school. The data collected showed 46 percent of students said academics Read More
The University is inviting students to participate in the 2012 National College Health Assessment. The survey is sponsored by the American College Health Association and distributed to students by Health Services. Judy Lyle, health educator and staff nurse for Health Services, said the survey is a way of gathering data from students across the nation Read More
Assistant News Editor Haley Russell compiles Police Beat with materials provided by Public Safety. Not all dispatched calls are listed. April 5 •3:58 a.m. A caller reported they possibly heard a female scream in the Roy Stewart Stadium area. The Murray State Police checked the area.?The officer reported no contact was made. •2:58 p.m. Read More
Jeremiah Johnson, senior from Hopkinsville, Ky., is campaigning for a second year as SGA president. There have been six repeat SGA presidents since SGA was formed in 1936. Frank Vittetow, David Curtis, J. Eddie Allen, Brian Van Horn, Todd Earwood and Kara Mantooth are the only students to serve more than one year as SGA Read More
On University lawns and on bulletin boards in buildings across campus students will see fliers and boards advertising students running for positions in the Student Government Association. Chase Brasher, senior from Paducah, Ky., said he made a Facebook event to inform students he was running for SGA president and he announced it via Twitter. “I Read More
Chase Brasher, Dylan Gerlach and Jeremiah Johnson are the three men running for president of the Student Government Association for the 2012-13 school year. Brasher, senior from Paducah, Ky., said he is running for SGA because he wants to make a difference with the students of Murray State. “I look at the campus and the Read More
Racer Escorts, a service offered by Racer Patrol, have doubled in the spring semester. In the fall semester, there were 26 escorts; this semester, with two weeks less than the fall, there have been 56 escorts. David Devoss, chief of police for the Murray State Public Safety, said the reason there has been such an Read More