Board of Regents approves tuition increase The Board of Regents recently approved tuition, housing and dining cost increases for the 2019-20 school year. Murray State tuition will increase by 1 percent, coming to 42 extra tuition dollars per semester for in-state students and $126 for out-of-state students. Housing fees will get a 2 Read More
LGBTQ issues have been a controversial topic for decades now; Safe Zones have given more comfort to a community that seems to be under constant fire. In the past, faculty who’ve gone through the Safe Zone training haven’t had too much required of them. It was like in high school when you sat through one Read More
With the passing of March, Women’s History Month draws to a close, sticking the excited babble around feminism back in the closet until next year when March rolls around again. As much as the world talks a big game about equality, we are failing epicly at making that into a simple truth. From scientific discoveries Read More
Murray State will once again be separating the theatre and global language departments. In 2017, the department of modern languages and the department of theatre arts merged due to low enrollment. As the student population of language and theatre majors rose, more opportunities were being limited and taken from the students due to the combination Read More
The Murray State Faculty and Staff Insurance and Benefits Committee proposed to add lactation rooms to future buildings and renovations on campus to the University Administration in January of this year. Many of you read the word “lactation rooms” and reread it to ensure that you read it right; that is what it says – Read More
Society views mental health with a hypocritical eye, pretending that “it’s okay to not be okay” when, in reality, it’s still something people won’t admit they fear. As much as Murray State would like to be an outlier in that fact, it simply isn’t. While many opportunities are offered on campus for those suffering from Read More
Aaron Thompson, the new president of the Council of Postsecondary Education, spoke to the Murray State community Tuesday evening on his Listening Tour. Thompson’s Listening Tour is a statewide tour of Kentucky universities in which he asks the community, faculty, and students what they would like to see change in their school. Focusing on topics Read More
Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration have brought a new storm down upon themselves as they suggest controversial new changes to Title IX. Trigger warning: this article contains mentions of rape and sexual harassment. Those of our readers who have suffered these encounters should know that they have our support and are encouraged only to Read More