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Zay Jackson charged with assault, jailed after weekend altercation Jonathan Ferris || Sports Editor jferris2@murraystate.edu
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Zay Jackson, sophomore guard from Hammond, La., moves the ball down the lane in a home game against Eastern Illinois last season. Jackson has been charged with two counts of assault after an altercation over the weekend and will appear in court on Sept. 26.
Zay Jackson, sophomore guard on the Murray State men’s basketball team, was suspended from all team activities Monday after he was arrested late Sunday afternoon on two counts of second-degree assault. Murray Police responded to an altercation in the parking lot of the Murray Walmart around 4 p.m. Sunday where Jackson allegedly hit two people with his vehicle. Both victims reported minor injuries. The alleged victims were identified as Jason and Alia Clement, a married couple from Paducah, Ky. In sworn affidavits from both of the Clements, they claimed to have seen Jackson exit Walmart and cause a shopping cart to collide with a parked car. Jason Clement says he made a remark about the incident to
Jackson, who allegedly responded to his remark and then got into his white 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. At the time, Jackson was with an unidentified female. Jason and Alia Clement claim they continued loading groceries into their car when Jackson pulled up alongside them and began conversing with them. Alia told Jason to get a picture of Jackson’s license plate. As Jason stood behind the car taking a picture with his cell phone, Jackson backed into Clement, striking him multiple times. Jason Clement then said Jackson pulled forward and struck his wife, Alia, with his car as well. Jason moved to the front of the car and Jackson quickly accelerated, striking Jason once more and throwing him onto the hood of the car. Jackson continued to drive with Jason on the hood of the car. The Clements said Jason was tossed off the hood as the car approached the tire and oil change area of the
Walmart parking lot near Lowes Drive. Jackson has yet to make a statement on the incident in defense to the Clements’ claims made by the alleged victims. Officers responded to the incident and arrested Jackson at approximately 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Jackson remained in the Calloway County Jail Sunday night and appeared in Court at 9:30 Monday morning. Jackson was initially charged with three counts of first-degree assault, but one of the charges was dropped and the other two were reduced to second-degree assault charges at Monday morning’s arraignment hearing. His initial bond of $20,000 was also lowered to $15,000 at the hearing. Jackson’s preliminary court hearing is scheduled for Sept. 26.
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Board addresses key issues Enrollment, enhancement on Regents’ agenda
Authorities respond to student hit by car Staff Report
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President Randy Dunn, left, and Board Chair Constantine Curris look on during a presentation at the Sept. 7 Board of Regents meeting. from excess interest earned on a previous bond issue.” The board approved the use of the nonrecurring funds.
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Board members heard a proposal to expand the highway directly north of the CFSB Center and Roy Stewart Stadium.
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The University Board of Regents heard updated enrollment numbers at their Sept. 7 meeting, along with several key reports, including a proposed enhancement project on Ky. Hwy. 121. The report from enrollment management indicated an overall increase in students. According to a fall comparison document, 14 days into the semester there was an increase of 417 students from last fall. First time freshmen increased by 94 students. The total enrollment for the fall semester is currently slightly above 10,700 students. Fred Dietz, executive director of enrollment management, said the University has had a 5.9 percent increase since fall 2009. “This is quite an accomplishment and represents a lot of hard work by the entire Murray State community,” he said. President Randy Dunn said he was pleased with the results. In an unofficial survey the University conducted, numbers at neighboring universities either remained unchanged with the new semester or dropped. “One of our strongest regional competitors for regional students, obviously, is SIU Carbondale,” Dunn said after the meeting. “They’re down a thousand, almost. They took a big hit.” Further board discussion highlighted the property transfer and easements for Ky. Hwy. 121 improvements. The Kentucky Department of Highways (KDOH) is proposing to widen Hwy. 121 from 12th Street to Bailey Road. The project will include widening the road to five lanes from 12th Street to the east entrance into the CFSB Center and four lanes with a divided median from the east entrance of the basketball facility to 16th Street. Kim Oatman, director of facilities management, said KDOH had to purchase some land and easements from Murray State in order to do the widening.
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Regents discussed several proposals, including a proposed Ky. Hwy. 121 expansion. “The land that they purchased is small strips of land along the edge of the existing highway,” he said. “The easements are also strips of land next to the highway that will be used for utilities and for the highway construction. Some of the easements are temporary and some are permanent.” Oatman also said Murray State is going to try to work with KDOH to install decorative lighting and signal poles like those on 12th Street in front
of Roy Stewart Stadium Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services Tom Denton said the cost would be approximately $350,000 and the portion of the state proceeds that could be used toward the $350,000 cost would be approximately $150,000. “So we would have a net cost of about $150,000,” he said. “The source of funds would be nonrecurring (not from the operational budget) funds
Policy Actions Josh Jacobs, chief of staff, presented two policy changes to the Board of Regents Policy Manual and recommended the board accept the amended versions of the Faculty Senate and Staff Congress handbooks. Both the faculty and staff handbooks have been under revision for months in an effort to sync policies across the University for the 2014 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools reaccreditation. The intellectual property policy and Council on Postsecondary Education policy were also amended at the Board of Regents meeting. The intellectual property policy was updated primarily to reflect new technology. The original policy, accepted in the 1970s did not specifically define procedures for how the policy would be carried out, how income distribution would be separated or the administration of the policy. Jacobs
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Chelsea Watkins, senior from Paducah, Ky., was struck by a moving vehicle on 16th Street Wednesday morning at at approximately 10:11. The Murray Police Department reported that Clara Beach, 77, of Murray, was traveling south on 16th Street when Watkins stepped into the crosswalk and Beach’s vehicle made contact with her near Calloway Avenue. Murray Police Department Spokesman Sgt. Scott Svebakken said Watkins crossed the street near Alexander Hall during an exchange of classes. Beach, who was driving south toward Main Street, struck Watkins in the crosswalk and immediately stopped her vehicle. MPD Officer Patrick Morris responded to the scene shortly after 10 a.m. and determined that Watkins required medical attention. Shortly afterward, she was transported to the Murray-Calloway County Hospital where she was treated for minor injuries and released, according to an MCCH spokesperson. The report claimed Watkins suffered multiple injuries, though no charges have been filed against either the driver or victim. Beach said she was not injured after the accident. Other responding agencies included the Murray Fire Department, and University Public Safety, but Murray State Police Chief David DeVoss said his officers were only on the scene for backup and did not take part in the investigation. DeVoss said the MPD maintains jurisdiction on city streets in the event of accidents, but those streets are typically under the Murray State Police’s jurisdiction. Although Wednesday morning’s incident occurred on campus, the MPD conducted the investigation, which was completed shortly before noon.
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• 3 p.m. Soccer vs. Alabama A&M, Cutchin Field, open to all • 4 p.m. Planetarium Show; Gold Pond Planetarium, Land Between the Lakes, open to all • 6 p.m. Murray State Muay Thai; Carr Health Building, Martial Arts Room • 7:30 p.m. Cinema International; “Jiro Dreams of Sushi,” Curris Center Theater, open to all • 10 p.m. The Avengers, Curris Center theater, open to all
• 8 a.m. Zumba, Reidland Baptist Church, Paducah, open to all • 12:30 p.m. Family Yoga; The Yoga Room, 150 Lone Oak Rd, Paducah • 5:30 p.m. Laser Light Music Shows; Gold Pond Planetarium, Land Between the Lakes • 7:30 p.m. Cinema International; “Jiro Dreams of Sushi,” Curris Center Theater, open to all • 10 p.m. The Avengers, Curris Center theater, open to all
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• 10 a.m. Blood Drive; Curris Center Dance Lounge, open to all • 4 p.m. High Intensity Cardio Class; Wellness Center, open to all • 5:30 p.m. Cycling class; Wellness Center, open to all • 7 p.m. Wednesday Word and Worship; Curris Center Theater, open to all • 7:30 p.m. Sex Signals; Dating/Sexual Assault Awareness Lecture; Curris Center Ballroom, open to all
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person at Roy Stewart Stadium. The person had permission to be there and the Murray State Police took an information report. 10:40 p.m. A caller reported a robbery at Hester College. The Murray State Police were notified and took an information report.
Sept. 6 10:11 p.m. A caller reported a person acting suspicious outside of Waterfield Library. 10:38 p.m. A caller reported storm damage to a gate at Roy Stewart Stadium. Central Plant was notified. 11:55 p.m. A caller reported a dispute between residents at Regents College. An officer was called to the scene and took an information report.
Sept. 8 11:16 a.m. The Murray State Police arrested Daylann Fitz, freshman from Hickman, Ky., for second-degree robbery. An officer took an information report. 3 :01 p.m. A caller reported a dispute between residents at Regents College. The Murray State Police were notified. 8:03 p.m. Officers reported an intoxicated person in the Roy Stewart Stadium parking lot. The individual was taken
Sept. 7 10:32 a.m. A caller reported a student having a seizure in Faculty Hall. The Murray State Police and Emergency Medical Services were notified. 7:18 p.m. A caller reported a
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• 9:30 a.m. Constitution Day; Collins Center for Industry & Technology Building, Freed Curd Auditorium, open to all • 4:30 p.m. Reading Experience View and Voice; Faculty Hall, Room 208, open to all • 4:30 p.m. International Business Seminars informational meeting; Business Building, Room 252, open to all
Thursday • 10 a.m. Blood Drive; Curris Center Dance Lounge, open to all • 5:30 p.m. Tennis Club; Bennie Purcell Tennis Courts, open to all • 7 p.m. The Art of Belly Dance; Old Fine Arts Dance Studio, open to all • 7:30 p.m. Cinema International; “Pina Bausch,” Curris Center Theater, open to all • 8 p.m. Fencing Club; Carr Health, Room 209, open to all • 9:30 p.m. Music Shows; Hart Coffee Shop, open to all
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5:08 a.m. An officer issued a citation to Ryan Skaggs, senior from Elkton, Ky., for speeding on Valentine and 16th St. and failure to provide proof of insurance. 3:1 3 p.m. A caller reported a theft from a vehicle at Roy Stewart Stadium. An officer took a report for unlawful taking of more than $500. 8:24 p.m. A caller reported a
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12: 28 p.m. A caller reported a vehicle break-in at Franklin College. 4:45 p.m. A caller reported receiving unwanted texts from an unknown person. The Murray State Police were notified and took a report for harassing communications. 10:36 p.m. A caller reported possible drug activity in the
Sept. 11 11:57 p.m. A caller reported a person trying to get on the roof of Hart College by climbing out of a window. Officers were notified and things appeared normal upon their arrival.
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Franklin College parking lot. The Murray State Police issues a citation to Dylan Benson, sophomore from Alton, Ill., for possession of drug paraphernalia. The Murray State Police were notified.
Sept. 11 11:44 a.m. A person reported a possible vehicle break-in at Public Safety. The Murray State Police took a report for theft and criminal mischief. 4:40 p.m. An officer reported a vehicle with the trunk up at Franklin College. An officer contacted the owner and the trunk was secured. 9:14 p.m. A caller reported a broken spotlight and smoke at Wrather Museum. The Murray State Police, Central Plant and the Murray Fire Department were notified. An officer took an information report.
Sept. 12 3:0 8 p.m. A person requested to speak to an officer regarding criminal mischief at Public Safety. An officer took a report for criminal mischief in the third degree. 8:59 p.m. A caller reported possible criminal mischief at Pogue Library. The Murray State Police were notified and took a report for criminal mischief for less than $500. 7:57 p.m. A caller reported stolen property at Franklin College. The Murray State Police were notified. Motorist assists - 0 Racer escorts - 6 Arrests - 1 Assistant News Editor Meghann Anderson compiles Police Beat with materials provided by Public Safety. Not all dispatched calls are listed.
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According to the new policy any person (student or employee) in violation is subject to disciplinary action, including expulsion or termination from the University and all other appropriate legal actions.
Men’s basketball Head Coach Steve Prohm made an appearance at the Sept. 7 meeting.
REGENTS From Page 1 said the revision clearly defines all aspects of the University, faculty, staff and students. He said he anticipates the policy having a comprehensive effect. The CPE policy redefines the way new academic programs can be accepted at the University. Before, the board would approve a program and then it would be sent to the CPE for dismissal or approval. Now, the program will be sent directly to the CPE for a 45day preapproval process before making it to the Board of Regents. Jay Morgan, associate provost, said this amended policy was suggested by the CPE in order to ensure fewer conflicts. If a board approved a program and
the CPE denied that approval for any reason, it looks bad on both agencies. With the new policy, the CPE can strike down a program proposal before the board takes too much time contemplating it. The Regents also approved the NCAA/OVC governing board certification. Phil Schooley, staff regent, said the decision was simple. “If the board doesn’t approve,” he said. “We don’t play.” The certification states the president maintains oversight of athletics. Additional board action included a gun policy the regents passed unanimously. John Rall, general counsel of Murray State, said the new policy prohibits deadly weapons everywhere on campus except inside vehicles, with the exception of uniformed personnel.
Personnel Changes Dunn presented the salary roster, faculty retirements, professor emeritus designation and staff leaves of absence without pay. Professor emeritus designation is meant to commend retired faculty that have had an outstanding teaching career and who have taught at the University, even while retired. Faculty Regent Jack Rose was the only person to comment regarding personnel changes, and he only commented specifically on the salary roster. He said he was disappointed by some of the increases on the salary roster, but that he would limit his discussion. In an interview with Rose on Monday, he said when the board developed the budget earlier in the year he believed they had decided there would be no increases for the faculty or staff. “State statute bars me from voting on salary schedules,” he said. “It doesn’t bar me from comments at the meeting. I believe there were increases that were inappropriate for the time being – some of the raises should have waited. I’m not going to point anyone out to embarrass, and I’m sure most were deserving, but I believed the University salary would stay the same as last year.” At the Building and Grounds committee, the board discussed the acquisition of a property at 913 Waldrop, which Dunn suggested might be used to move the housing office out of the basement of the Roy Stewart Stadium.
JACKSON From Page 1 Jackson remained in the Calloway County Jail until early Monday afternoon when teammate, Latreze Mushatt posted $1,500 bail, 10 percent of the bond. Jackson was released from jail Monday afternoon. Head Coach Steve Prohm and the athletic department released statements on the arrest late Monday evening. Prohm officially announced that Jackson would not be permitted to take part in team activities until further notice. “I was disappointed and surprised to learn of the incident on Sunday involving Zay,” Prohm said. “I will continue to work with the authorities to gather and evaluate the facts as quickly as I can to get a clearer picture of what actually happened.
“There is a standard of conduct I expect from all my players, and from what I know at this point, that standard was compromised.” –Steve Prohm Men’s Basketball Head Coach “Until that time, Zay has been suspended from all team activities. There is a standard of conduct I expect from all my players,
and from what I know at this point, that standard was compromised. “I will support Zay in his efforts to make this right, but I anticipate this matter will take time to fully resolve.” Director of Athletics Allen Ward Zay Jackson said he supports the action Prohm has taken and apologized for embarrassment the incident may have caused the University. “The department takes matters such as this very seriously,” Ward said. “I fully support the manner in which Coach Prohm has handled the incident and the action he has taken on Zay’s involvement with the team. We will continue to monitor the matter closely and make decisions accordingly as additional facts are presented. I deeply regret any embarrassment this has caused the University.” As a freshman, Jackson played a key role in the Racers historic 2011-12 basketball season. Jackson saw action in all 33 of the Racers’ games last season and averaged 4.9 points and 18 minutes per game. Jackson was expected to be a starter on this season’s team. There is no word on Jackson’s status for the opening game Nov. 9 against Brescia.
Walker appears in court again after acquittal in July Meghann Anderson || Assistant News Editor manderson22@murraystate.edu
Jerry Wayne Walker Jr. first appeared in court more than 10 years ago for charges relating to a September 1998 fire at Hester College. Last year, the Paducah man charged with setting the fire and killing one student all those years ago faced nearly a year of court deliberations in a re-trial in which he was acquitted And again on Sept. 7, Walker appeared in Calloway County Circuit Court for six counts of tampering with evidence. Calloway County Circuit Judge Dennis Foust said the court is seeking justice in one of Murray’s most unrelenting cases, as more than a dozen individuals have stood suspect. He said he will have
a ruling on proceeding to trial by Sept. 28. Walker was acquitted for the second time in July in connection with the ‘98 fire. The charges relate to letters used as evidence at the trial in Benton, Ky. The letters are allegedly written by Walker and imply other people were involved with the fire. Retired County Circuit Judge John Daughaday was meant to argue for the defense, but due to health issues Richard Null, Walker’s past defense attorney, took his place. “What the Commonwealth is doing is charging him with something he didn’t do,” Null said. “It undermines what the court does when they don’t agree with the verdict. Everyone knows he was acquitted, everyone knows he is being tried again today.”
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Null said the Commonwealth does not believe the jury’s verdict in July’s two-week trial, which resulted in a full acquittal of all charges against Walker. Commonwealth Attorney Mark Blakenship, said there is nothing personal between him and Walker. He said the defense attorney did not want to try the tampering charges in August because it would have rained on the acquittal. Blakenship brought the tampering charges before a grand jury prior to the trial in August and asked they be added to the case. “I think we are more damaged in the court when we don’t prosecute people who are guilty,” Blakenship said. “No one was trying to trap him into a tampering charge. I keep hearing, Walker
has lived a good life, leave him alone, but that is not the law.” He said he has heard it’s a poor investigation, but he has not heard that Walker is innocent. “I am not ashamed of any offers I’ve made in this case,” Blakenship said. “Double jeopardy would protect him if he apologized for doing it. I’m not asking you to lie, I’m offering outright dismissal with prejudice.” He said he thinks this is Murray’s most historically important case. Null said asking a person to say something they didn’t do is punishment. Said Null: “This is not about closure of Mrs. Minger (the mother of Michael Minger, who died in the 1998 Hester fire) anymore, this is about closing the case.”
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Awareness or confusion? The staff editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Murray State News. This week marks the 38th annual National Suicide Prevention Week. Murray State has seen its share of the tragedy as recently as last Spring in a very public and dramatic case that shook the Murray State community to its core. In response, University officials have made counseling services a focal point and have posted signs and posters across campus, giving students vital information on their services. We applaud this effort to reach out to troubled students dealing with difficulties on campus. The Office of Student Affairs has done a good job of making counseling information avaliable and ubiquitous on campus. We take issue with one poster in particular, which we seem to see more than any other on campus. The poster presents a skyview with the sun shining from one cloud to another; the top of the poster has the word “suicide” with more words below, “It is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Let us help you explore other options.” Maybe we’re being picky, but we feel there are real issues with the poster. The imagery – clouds and the shining sun, seem to present a view of the great beyond – the afterlife. That is not something you want to con-
jure up in the minds of those with suicidal thoughts. The words that follow only compound the problem with the poster. When talking about suicide, would the word “solution” enter into the discussion? Does belittling what the distressed student is feeling or is dealing with as “temporary” really do them any favors? The suicidal thoughts, depression and other issues that many students face are anything but “temporary.” In many cases, suicide is the end result of a series of problems or depressive disorders that consistently plague those who ultimately end their own lives. University officials have their hearts in the right place on this issue, but their heads in the clouds. “It glorifies suicide by putting a sunbeam through the ad,” said Dylan West, junior from Benton, Ky. The imagery and the presentation of these posters to the student body, and especially to distressed students having trouble at Murray State will likely have a neglible or negative effect in students seeking help for whatever problems they may face. We want to make it clear that we support what the Office of Student Affairs is trying to do here, but we would prefer a more thoughtful and considerate approach to this important and painful issue going forward. Students must be made aware of counseling services in ways that help them use them.
The News would like to remember all of those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. May we never forget.
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Two roads diverged in a wood This Fall semester I have the good fortune of teaching both HIS 099 Freshman Transitions and HIS 400 Prof e s s i o n a l Engagement and Senior Seminar. Duane Bolin Students in both Professor of classes are still in the process of History figuring out who they are and how they will spend the rest of their days. I want to speak to you, the reader, through the written word just as I speak to my students in class. Now, in your youth, you have, stretched out before you, the rest of your life. You have decisions to make, both academic and personal. Where will your roads take you? And how will you find the way? C. S. Lewis, the Oxford scholar, Christian apologist, and writer of children’s stories and science fiction novels, found what was for him the narrow road that leads to life, a road less traveled, but only after he had journeyed along for some time. In 1922, long before he wrote “Surprised by Joy,” he began a long narrative poem, which he titled “Dymer.” The poem, published over four years after it was begun, had many favorable reviews, but few readers. A line from the poem, however, came to serve as the title for a published collection of Lewis’s diary entries from the mid-1920s. The collec-
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tion’s title is taken from these lines found early on in the poem:
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
“You stranger, long before your glance can light Upon these words, time will have washed away The moment when I first took pen to write, With all my road before me— yet to-day, Here, if at all, we meet . . .”
Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same,
These were heady days for the young Lewis, and he did indeed have all his road before him. In two years he would take a “First” (at Oxford University, a rare A+) in Classical Moderations (the Greek and Classical writers) and he was then, in 1922, studying for another examination in “Greats” (or Greek and Latin historians and philosophers). He yearned for an Oxford fellowship to teach and write. These were Lewis’ pre-Christian days, and as he wrote in his diary on that beautiful spring April Sunday, sitting in his “bedroom by an open window in bright sunshine” struggling to begin his poem, how could he have known what twists and turns his road would take? Robert Frost, a more accomplished poet, wrote familiar lines about a “road not taken”:
And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.
“Two Roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Along with Frost, C. S. Lewis himself chose a road less traveled and what a difference that choice made for the thousands of us, later readers of The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, “The Weight of Glory,” and all the rest. Just like my students, and just like you and even me at my advanced age, we too have all our roads before us. What choices will we make? Where will our roads take us?
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Give Murray State chance to win big There are plenty of good little FCS Division 1-AA teams in various conferences and leagues. You self-absorbed, egotistical, mindless and delusional dolts clearly embarrassed our, my and your school, its alumni, future prospects, yourselves and everybody connected with athletic department. The sports broadcasters, ESPN and other college sports networks found the scheduling of Florida State in the ACC and Murray State in Ohio Valley Conference pathetic. You finance genius types got your non-conference football payday. Every time ESPN showed us the updated score we puked our collective guts out. What a joke you and your college administration is pretending to be competitive with File Photo the likes of Florida State. The Racer football team gears up for the fall season with a fall practice session at Roy Stewart Stadium Wouldn't you all agree that Murray State program and the students by actually putting was going to get smashed and beaten to a Florida State on the football calendar. It's a pulp all over the field by Florida State? You wonder some of the kids weren't really hurt, subjected your athletes to physical peril, risk, harmed or injured. Actually, they were in danger, derision, scorn and mental health many intangible and tangible ways. issues. Play UK, Louisville or Vanderbilt every I’ve been a loyal supporter of the Universiyear for non-conference instead of thinking ty of Washington and now Pacific 12 since – John Cooper you have arrived in the football or basketball 1973. world. Murray State alumnus My wife graduated from the University of You have no class or character for schedulWashington School of Social Work. She were you trying to accomplish? Who were ing this game. retired from the government as a career you trying to impress? What was your true You are professional and managerial losers senior executive administrator. I retired from motive, inspiration booking this away game but your students and alumni and football the Bank of America as corporate loan & with Florida State? players are winners. business development officer. I worked with Is Southern California, Stanford, Oregon, the Small Business Administration as a disas- UCLA or UW on the future schedule? ter reserve loan specialist, too. How about Michigan, Louisiana State, Ohio The game you all planned or scheduled State, Miami? Putting this game on your some time ago was an un-mitigated disaster schedule is repulsive, disgusting and repreJohn Cooper 69 – 3. hensible. Murray State Why did you schedule this game? What You did more damage to your school and alumnus
“You did more damage to your school, program and the students by actually putting Florida State on the football calendar.”
Remembering the past, moving forward My name is Donald Eugene Robinson. On Oct. 20, 1926 my mother gave birth to her 12th child, that baby was me (Donald), in the town of Harrisburg, Ill. My father was a coal miner of 30 years there. Yes, I remember when gas was 17 cents a gallon. Yes, I remember when bread was 5 cents a loaf. I remember when you could buy a nice pair of shoes for $1.50. I remember when you could rent a whole house for $30 or $50 a month. I remember when my dad worked for the Works Progress Administration fixing roads for $30 every 2 weeks. Then he worked for a farmer for 50 cents a day. I remember when my dad got older and had to retire, Social Security was not started yet and drew what was called the old age pension. He drew $17.50 a month. The grocery man got all of that. Yes, I remember when milk was 20 cents a gallon, and eggs were 10 cents a dozen. I think of what Bill Cosby said when he was
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76 years old. He said that he was glad that he was on the way out instead of on the way in. I feel sorry for the young people. I remember when Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941. I was a 15 year-old young
Hunter Love, Mancil Vinson, and Bro. Jerrel White, of the Memorial Baptist Church. Maybe times will get better, I hope. For now, I’ll tell everyone, this year, I will celebrate my 86th birthday on Oct. 20 – remembering the good old days.
“... I remember when gas was 17 cents a gallon. I remember when bread was 5 cents a loaf ... I remember when you could get a nice pair of shoes for $1.50.”
Rev. Don Robinson non-student from Murray, Ky.
– Rev. Don Robinson non-student from Murray, Ky. man. Oh, yes, I remember just 47 years ago this July, the year of 1965, when I moved to Murray. At that time, the only big place to shop was Uncle Jeff’s, on the southside of Murray. Yes, I remember some of my old buddies, like Robert O. Miller, Guss Robertson,
Cheers to ... cool weather. After an unbearable summer, it’s nice to see sweaters, jackets, and scarves again around campus. Winter will be here before we know it! Is snow too much to ask for this year?
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Jeers to ... midterms looming in the coming weeks. It won’t be long before we have to start cramming for midterms, finals, and everything in between. Thankfully we have a long, promising, two-day Fall Break ... a whole month away ...
Jeers to ... cigarette butts littering the sidewalks. What happened to all of the smokestacks and ashtrays on campus? This is starting to look pretty nasty and tacky all at the same time. Gotta love those budget cuts.
Winds of change The winds of change are blowing in the windy city. On Monday, 26,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) went out on strike for the Devin Griggs first time in a Opinion Editor quarter-century. The men and women of the CTU are striking not for themselves but for the children of the Chicago Public School System, the third largest in the country, who have to deal with not having enough textbooks to go around, class sizes of 35 to 40 students (the largest in the state of Illinois), and chronic under-funding of essential school services. The story is a familiar one for just about every city and small town in the United States. Class sizes have swelled to unmanageable dimensions, funding has been slashed across the board and students lose out on a quality education while teachers are scapegoated by politicians with no answers (or bad answers) of their own for why American education is in the state that it’s in. Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago and former White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama, has been relentless in his attacks on Chicago public school teachers, backed in large part by his handpicked school board (which is full of millionaires and billionaires with no actual educational experience) and Chicago media outlets which jump at the chance to deride teachers as “lazy” or “inept.” Emanuel, like so many in the political establishment, offers solutions that would do nothing to actually improve the quality of education in the city of Chicago. Instead of promising to increase funding for Chicago public schools, he’s made a goal of converting half of the public schools in Chicago to for-profit (but subsidized by the taxpayer) charter schools. In response to weak test scores (which correlate pretty strongly with poverty and lack of resources in schools), he proposes linking teacher pay with how well their students do on standardized tests. The president and otherwise well-meaning politicians continue to say we need to increase accountability and standards to remain competitive in the global economy. We need to introduce charter schools and voucher programs, because public education just isn’t working anymore. Here’s a thought – public education might be suffering in the United States because most schools don’t have enough money. Instead of demonizing teachers, how about we start giving them the tools they need to educate our kids? Devin Griggs is vice president of finances for the Murray State College Democrats. dgriggs@murraystate.edu
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Interfraternity Council Rush began Monday and will end next Monday, Sept. 17. Rush is hosted in an effort to recruit new members to the Greek organizations and to introduce all of the brotherhoods to the prospective pledges.
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Greek brotherhoods host Rush Week Alex Berg || Staff writer aberg1@murraystate.edu
Murray State’s fraternities met in the quad Monday at 5 p.m. to kick off Rush Week. Each fraternity set up its own station in the quad where members could hangout and get to know some of their potential new members. At Rush Week, kick-off events included cornhole games, music and discussion between potential members and actives. The week serves two main purposes for fraternities and students. First, it gives fraternities another chance to recruit new members and, second, it gives prospective fraternity brothers a chance to meet all the fraternities.
Mike Young, assistant vice president of Student Affairs, said recruitment is essential to a fraternity’s survival and success. “For fraternities, recruitment is the life blood of the organization,” he said. “If you are not recruiting new members, you cease to exist.” Although any student is allowed to rush the fraternity of their choosing, they still have to meet a high school GPA of 3.0. If the student is a current or transfer student they must have at least a 2.3 GPA and 12 credit hours. Each fraternity determines if a student is suited for their organization. Austin Reed, freshman from Montecello, Ill., was attending the Rush event and gave his thoughts on the GPA requirement.
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“I am confident in my GPA and I know it will not be an issue for me, especially when I become a member,” Reed said. “Because I know the brothers will keep me accountable and help me succeed.” Last year approximately 175 men registered to rush. This year, more than 200 men registered. When searching for the right fraternity, it is important students keep options and minds open, said Sean Edgin, junior Sigma Phi Epsilon member from Fulton, Ky. “I would advise weighing your options and paying attention to which fraternity you feel most comfortable with,” Edgin said. Seth Hall, senior Sigma Phi Epsilon member from East Prairie, Mo., said students come
check out some fraternities even if they have decided not to join. “Even if you don’t want to go Greek, you should still try it out,” he said. “It is a great way to make friends and network with other students.” The fraternity hopefuls were allowed to meet with as many fraternities as they were interested in, but as Rush Week progressed they were required to narrow down their choices. Vice President Young said the opportunities fraternities present to students are unique. “It is an excellent opportunity for young people to find that sense of family and the groups they can connect with and provide that mentor type environment,” Young said.
Student regent aspires to serve community This is the second installment of a 12-part series profiling the representatives who make final University decisions. Chris Wilcox || News Editor cwilcox2@murraystate.edu
The student Regent of the Murray State Board of Regents holds a vital position on campus. The student is the voice of the students within the administrative governing body. Jeremiah Johnson, graduate student from Hopkinsville, Ky., holds the role of student Regent and Student Government Association president. Johnson is serving his second term in both roles. Johnson said he has always wanted to represent the common man and to have the ability to make others’ lives better. He said a major influence on his aspirations is his mother. “She passed away when I was 9 and it made me really think about all the good she had done,” he said. “She was always working her hardest to make other people’s lives better. I want to follow the lead she established.” Johnson credited two of his high school advisers for making him the public speaker he is today. He said Olivia Clark and Brad Hawkins of Christian County High School had a huge impact on his life. “Without their influences I don’t think I would have ever looked within myself to see the potential of a public speaker or public servant,” he said. Johnson’s career goals include working within the U.S. Department of Agriculture or within higher education, but through his career, he wants his main focus to be on agriculture. “Agriculture has been at the core of my life, all of my life,” he said. “I grew up on a tobacco farm – that’s the reason I could afford college. Agriculture is everything. It’s clothing, food, biofuel and so much more.” Johnson said his passion for agriculture ties in with his passion for others. He said his role as SGA president and student Regent allow him to serve his peers. “Much of the time, people say the board doesn’t care about the students,” Johnson said. “That isn’t true. The board represents the students, faculty, staff and community of Murray State,
but they also must run the University as a business.” He said the board does take his views and opinions to heart, and he has had regents pull him aside to ask him about how the students feel on certain issues. A key issue the students always complain about is the rise of tuition. “The University would’ve gone into the red if we didn’t raise tuition,” Johnson said. “I think if we wouldn’t have raised tuition, we would’ve had to take too much from our reserves. You can only do that so many times before you don’t have any money left to pull from.” The regents gather their information from briefs sent weekly by the president’s office, a copy of The Murray State News, clips from other regional papers and by contacting administrators at the University about campus events. “Most of the time we go through the presJeremiah idents office in answering our questions,” Johnson he said. “Many times we will go to another Student Regent higher administrator position to get answers. The three constituency regents get reports from their people all the time.” Johnson has senators within SGA who report information from each of the academic colleges, residential colleges and other student groups. He said it was his mission to have the best information when he goes to the board to represent the student body. The impact of his position is real, he said. At the beginning of his first term, students made him aware of the new sidewalk in front of the Waterfield Library, and how it could become slippery. Several people fell as a result, he said so he worked with the board and facilities management to get more traction installed. The sidewalk has become less hazardous as a result of their work.
Across campus Safe Zone Project Training
Fazoli’s to open in December
Hart Cafe hosts events
LGBT services is hosting a training session on Sept. 28, which will cultivate Safe Zone initiatives. Nora Spencer, director of LGBT Life at Vanderbilt University, will join attendees and share her perspective on this work. The registration deadline is September 21. For more information, contact Jody Cofer, jcofer@murraystate.edu.
Local company TeCaSe, LLC recently broke ground on a Fazoli's at 507 Rushing Way. It is expected to open in early December. The restaurant will be the first built from the ground up with Fazoli's allnew design. The company is hiring approximately 30 associates in November.
The Thoroughbrewed Cafe in Hart College is hosting several events this semester. There will be a band playing every Thursday evening from 7-10 p.m. throughout the semester. On Mondays and Thursdays the cafe will have a trivia question and the winner will receive a 10 percent-off discount card for coffee drinks.
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Slow out of the gates Andy McLemor / Contributing Photographer
A crowd of 9,848 gathered Saturday evening at Roy Stewart Stadium to watch the Racers take on the Central Arkansas Bears.
Turnovers and missed opportunities cost Racers Edward Marlowe || Staff writer emarlowe@murraystate.edu
It’s only two games into the season, but the Racers are just 3-9 in scoring attempts inside the red zone. The lack of execution has left too many points on the field and not on the scoreboard, lending to an 0-2 record and tough start to the season. The most recent loss was a 42-20 drubbing Sept. 7 at home to the No. 20 Central Arkansas Bears. The loss particularly stung senior quarterback Casey Brockman, who threw three interceptions on possible scoring drives and missed several open receivers downfield for big gains and potential points. “When you miss as many throws as I missed and made as many red-zone turnovers as I made, you just can’t win a game like that no matter who you’re playing,” Brockman said. “You just can’t win a game when you’re playing like that.” The Central Arkansas offense didn’t make it much easier for Brockman and the Racers, as Bears quarterback Wynrick Smothers tossed four touchdowns in the first half, putting Murray State in a deep 28-7 hole early on in the second quarter. Head Coach Chris Hatcher was quick to remove all of the blame from Brockman’s shoulders, pointing to several key factors affecting the final outcome of the game. “We made way too many mistakes and didn’t finish drives,” Hatcher said. “We got behind in a big hole early, we were inconsistent on our special teams which is something that has been plaguing us, but I saw enough good things out of our team that are correctable things in order for us to move forward and I still think we have a good football team.” The mistakes have hopefully been corrected just in time to hit the road and face the Missouri State Bears, who are looking for vengeance from the
last time the two teams met in 2010. In an October Homecoming game, Murray State and Missouri State combined for 131 points, as the Racers escaped with a thrilling 72-59 victory after scoring 27 points in the final frame. Though 5-1 against the Bears, the Racers lone defeat came to Missouri State on the road. Junior linebacker Qua Huzzie, who was named Pepsi Athlete of the Week for his stellar play against Central Arkansas, said the defense hasn’t made many adjustments since week one and the team is just looking for more consistent play on the outside. “They run the spread, so they have a little bit of run and a little bit of pass,” Huzzie said. “They hardly screen, so we’re going to come in and try to stop the run and hope our DBs come in and stop the pass and they have nowhere to go.” Junior running back Jordan Morrow, who scored his first Racer touchdown against Central Arkansas in dazzling fashion using a spin move to juke his defender, said working the linebackers would be key to breaking the defense for a big play. “They run an odd defense, which means the running backs will have to recognize the linebackers walking up two at the line,” Morrow said. “We’ll have to pick up the two linebackers blitzing to protect Casey, and so we’ve been working on picking up blitzes in practice.” “We play a good Missouri State team this weekend, Hatcher said,” a team that has played two good FBS opponents to start the season. It’s kind of hard to tell what they got because, like us at Florida State, they’re just playing some better players. The schedule has not gotten any easier for us, and to go onthe road and play a team of this caliber is going to be a big test again for our team early in the season.” Kickoff is 7 p.m. this Saturday at Plaster Field in Springfield, Mo. The game will be televised on the Racer TV Network and broadcast on the radio at Froggy 103.7 FM.
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Head Coach Chris Hatcher has run the “Hatch Attack” offense since he was a quarterback at Valdosta State.
Offense plays with style and flair Edward Marlowe || Staff writer emarlowe@murraystate.edu
From a distance, the entire offense looks highly intricate and downright confusing at times. Screens. Verticals. Crossing routes. Slants. Stop-and-go’s. Multiple receiver sets. No huddle. Breakneck speeds with breakneck plays designed to keep a defense unsettled and unprepared for the next snap. Known as the infamous “Hatch Attack” around the league and at Murray State, Head Coach Chris Hatcher said his offense is anything but complicated, using unique designs and trickery as tools to confuse defenses into thinking there is more going on than meets the eye. “I like to describe it as basketball on grass,”
Hatcher said. “We’re going to play a very uptempo game and try to get the ball in space to people who know how to score.” A quarterback at Valdosta State in his playing years, Hatcher ran the same offense behind center as he employs now as a coach. Though he has made his own twists and tweaks to the playbook, Hatcher said the offense is a derivative of the “Air Raid” style, typically including multiple wideouts, a running back to the right or left and a shotgun formation for the quarterback. “We want to just push the ball, whether it’s running the ball, throwing short or throwing deep, we’re just trying to attack the open grass on the defense,” he said. “Above all else, it’s a simple scheme and you have to adjust to the talent you have.” While the high-flying offense receives much
credit, Hatcher said one of the most important elements of the scheme is the run game. The multiple wide receiver formations spread out the defense and force out of the box to protect against the pass, giving running backs room to run around the outside and up the middle. “You’ve got to have a running back that can catch the ball, and we don’t care how many carries he gets,” he said. “It really matters how many touches he gets. We want to get him a minimum of 20-25 touches a game. We’ve always had a 1,000-yard rusher because we spread the defense out and make them play sideline to sideline and it just opens up the middle.” Offensive coordinator Mitch Stewart, who also played quarterback at Valdosta State, has been working with Hatcher since they both coached at Georgia Southern. As one of the youngest coordinators in FCS, Stewart has orchestrated top-ranked offenses over the past two years for the Racers. He said the Hatch Attack, along with the Racer athletes, has played a big part in the success. “We’ve been very fortunate to have the quarterback that we’ve got and some guys around him and some guys up front who can protect him,” Stewart said. “We’ve got some good backs and some good wideouts and we’ve been fortunate with it.” By using key personnel and a rotating wide receiver corps, Stewart said this made it possible to keep players fresh and ready on the field for the anticipated long drives and unique plays designed to get the ball to the end zone. Like Hatcher, however, Stewart said it all came down to simplicity and execution. “We’re going to be really, really base,” he said. “We’re only going to do a few things through the course of a game. We’re going to dummy it up so it will look like a bunch, but at the end of the day we’re only going to run 20-25 different plays because we’re going to try and play at a rate of speed that’s going to allow us to do that.” For the Racers, speed is the name of the game.
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Team begins practice for Elizabeth kicks off intramural season with a win, 3B new season, 2B
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I love jerseys. Besides actually watching, this is probably one of my favorite aspects of sports. I love wearing my team’s jersey and showing pride. It is safe to say I have a bit of an obsession. If I had enough money I would love to buy jerseys of everyone on the Chicago Jaci Kohn Cubs and Blackhawks rosAssistant Sports ters. Editor Jerseys can strike up a conversation between strangers. For example, whenever I wear a Cubs jersey around campus I hear people say, “The Cubs suck.” Now I am nowhere near the fashion police. In fact, while I am sitting at my computer writing this column I am wearing basketball shorts and a T-shirt. However, there are some terrible sports uniforms. They are awful. I feel bad for their fans because I would not be caught dead in some of these shirts. Luckily for me, the Chicago teams are very stylish, well, for the most part. Which brings me to number one on my list of sports fashion victims, the 1976 Chicago White Socks. As a side note I planned on using each sport in this list. But, there were so many horrible uniforms and jerseys I figured it would be easier to choose if I just picked one sport. So here is my baseball fashion police blotter. The 1976 Chicago White Socks Now being a Chicago Cubs fan, I may be a little biased, I have hated the Socks since birth. However, when you take a second look at these uniforms, no matter what team wore them, it would still be awful. I mean come on, www.nydailynews.com shorts! Even young boys in pony league get to wear pants. Was the extra 12 inches of fabric too expensive? You can’t forget the collar and kneehigh socks. It’s quite a look. The players look like they should be going to class at a private school. In fact, my school uniform in grade school looks suspiciously close to what the Sox are wearing.
The Pittsburgh Pirates
Cartoons on jerseys are bad and the Pirates are huge offenders in this category. Look at that huge pirate. It almost takes up the entire torso of the player. Frankly, the pirate is just creepy. I guess that’s one way for a team to bleacherreport.com win. Put a creepy pirate on the first baseman’s chest and the player won’t want to come anywhere near you. Also what are the Pirates’ colors? Oh yeah, yellow and black, so where did the red come from? The Washington Nationals Now these uniforms actually aren’t that bad, but if you look close at the word “Nationals” on the player’s chest you will notice something is off. The word is missing the letter O. Now these were not intentional and sports.espn.go.com only two players wore the jersey. After three innings someone realized the blunder and made the players change. I guess one could argue that the button in the middle of the word is supposed to be the missing O. Even though from far away you can’t see the button and it still looks misspelled. Either way it is not good. This is what spell check is for. So, to summarize: Major League Baseball players wear pants not shorts, big ugly cartoons ruin jerseys, use colors sparingly and always spell check. The MLB should hire me as their consultant. jkohn@murraystate.edu
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Rifle While it may take physical strength and mental endurance to compete during the season, Head Coach Alan Lollar looks for more from his shooters than ability alone. “Obviously you look for a certain level of skill,” Lollar said. “They need to be at a certain level to help us as soon as possible. Beyond that I’m looking for someone who can convince me that they’re going to work hard for four years. That they want to be the best they can be. They’re willing to listen to me and work with me to figure out the best way for them to shoot. It’s not necessarily my way, but cooperate and try to find the way that works best and understand that it’s a process and a journey and believe that’s half the fun.” This season the rifle team added four freshman shooters. The Racers now consists of seven freshmen and sophomores and three upperclassmen. “I’m really excited about these freshmen,” Lollar said. “Tessa Howald is from Missouri. She’s a really hardworking, good young shooter who has a good standing position. Like a lot of high school shooters, she didn’t get to shoot a lot of smallbore because of lack of range time, and so she’s making her adjustments from three position air to three position smallbore now, and once she does that, I think she’s going to have a really nice year.” Kaitlyn Wilson is a smallbore shooter from Pennsylvania. She will help the team in both smallbore and air, Lollar said. “Her mental approach to the shot is very tough and I think she’s going to do a good job for us,” he said. Other incoming freshmen include Hannah Harris and Ryan Limpus. “Harris is a hard worker. She does a lot of things well and we’re looking for some big things out of her in the future,” Lollar said. “Limpus is from Tennessee. He hasn’t shot for a couple of years, but he’s shown a lot of improvement over the last year. We’re hoping that with a little more experience and a little more training time he’ll be able to help us down the road somewhere.” With more than two weeks remaining before their first match of the season and with the team returning to the range near the level they ended last season, there’s little doubt the Racers will be more than ready when their season begins. “I’ve been really pleased,” Lollar said. “We came back in pretty good physical shape so that we’re not too sore after work outs. I think it’s going to be a big year for some upperclassmen.
(They) will have to step up into leadership spots maybe a year earlier than they thought they might have had to. It’s time for them to grow up and take their turn now, we’ll see how it goes.” The Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association 2012-13 Preseason Poll, released on Monday, has the Racers ranked eighth in the nation behind schools such as Texas Christian University (1), University of Kentucky (2), and West Virginia University (3). The poll is voted on by 14 different coaches from around the country. The Racers were the second highest ranked OVC team, coming in one spot behind rival Jacksonville State. Led by lone senior Caroline Barber, along with juniors Michael Burzynski and Bill Harvey, the young team will rely heavily on freshmen and sophomores to have successful seasons. The rifle team will strive to continue the tradition of excellence that has been established over the last several decades. They begin their season Oct. 5 against Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss.
“(A rifle) isn’t something you twirl in the air. A lot of people think we do color guard stuff. I have to tell them that’s not what we do.” -Bill Harvey, junior shooter
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After ending last season with a second-place finish at the OVC tournament, the rifle team has begun practicing for the 2012-13 season. The Racers are ranked eighth in the nation in a preseason poll.
Shooters begin practice for new season, ranked 8th in national poll Kyra Ledbetter || Staff writer kledbetter@murraystate.edu
Their target is the size of a half dollar, a black dot small enough to carry around in a pants pocket with a tiny white pin prick in the center. The dot sits in a field of white either 10 meters for air rifle or 50 feet for smallbore. Practice for the Murray State rifle team begins at 5:30 a.m. and requires a kind of patience and focus not present in other sports. “You have to be patient,” said Bill Harvey, junior shooter. “You have to be able to stay calm. It can get frustrating, especially since you’re standing up there for so long and the shots don’t always go where you want them to. You have to be able to relax and breathe and then get focused again.” Even more patience is required to cope with a University largely unaware of the rifle team’s presence, much less its successes. Despite its two NCAA and 11 OVC championships, the rifle team remains one of Murray State’s most winning secrets. “(A rifle) isn’t something you twirl in the
air,” Harvey said. “A lot of people think we do color guard stuff. I have to tell them that’s not what we do.” In addition to preparing for the grueling mental aspect of the sport, shooters also have to be in shape physically. What looks like monotony on one side of the glass takes a physical and mental toll on the other. Maintaining the posture required to hit the white pin prick at the center of their target takes strength and endurance. “You have to build up so much stamina to be able to stand there for that period of time,” Harvey said. “A lot of people don’t know how physically and mentally demanding it is. If you tried to stand up there for an hour and 45 minutes in the same spot, it hurts your back and your legs. It’s more mentally demanding than anything else you could do. We shoot a match on Saturday. We start at eight in the morning and shoot smallbore. You get two hours for that, then you have a 30 minute break and then another hour and 45 minutes for air rifle. So from eight until one o’clock it’s nothing but shooting.”
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The team lost in a shooting frenzy and has yet to earn a win this season. The Racers (0-5-0) returned home Sunday to host the Norse of Northern Kentucky (2-4-0) after a two-game road trip against Western Michigan and Indiana State, dropping both games. Murray State gave up two goals in the first half minutes apart. The first came in the 26th minute when freshman Hanna Pateryn took a pass and blasted it into the back of the net. The Norse scored again fewer than three minutes later after freshman Maria Silbersack netted her first of the game. Murray State battled back before the half cutting the lead to one after freshman forward, Jenna Finke took a header pass from junior forward Shauna Wicker. Wicker took it down the left side of the box and drilled it to the opposite post just beating the Norse goalie, for her second of the season. Freshman forward Megg Hudson tied up the game in the 53rd minute after she recorded her first goal as a Racer. Hudson pushed through the Norse defense to finish off a saved shot from senior defender Jenelle Cunningham. Silbersack gave Northern Kentucky the lead for good one minute later as
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The Racers have two home games this weekend as they face Alabama A&M Friday afternoon and South Alabama on Sunday she put away a rebound off the crossbar for her second of the game. Murray State gave up an own goal in the 74th minute to extend Northern Kentucky’s lead to 4-2. Head Coach Beth Acreman said the team played well but needs to shore up the defense. “There were times in the game when they stuck to the game plan and played well,” Acreman said. “However,
there have been a lot of silly goals that could have and need to be prevented.” The Racers outshot the Norse 24-20 during the game and had a season high six shots on goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Yi Du made six saves in the loss but would come out of the game with an injury, giving freshman Latisha Stevenson her first minutes of the season. The Racers will finish up non-conference play with two more chances to notch a first win this weekend with two games at Cutchin Field. The Racers face Alabama A&M Friday at 3 p.m. and South Alabama Sunday at 1 p.m. Acreman said the team will work this week to regain their focus and mentality. “We’ll use this week to get our minds and mentality right before this weekend’s games,” Acreman said. “Every game is important since we still haven’t gotten that win.” The Racers begin OVC play Sept. 23 at Austin Peay.
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Swift bats, well-placed hits, and superb fielding allowed Elizabeth Residential College to defeat Regents 14-3 in intramural slow-pitch softball Tuesday night. Elizabeth took an early lead in the first few innings. Experience and communication gave Elizabeth an advantage over Regents said senior Greg Deahl who has played for the team for four years. “We led most of the game; it really was because we had good crowd vibe,” Deahl said. “We were all just feeling it tonight.” Great defensive plays by the Elizabeth team and a strong batting lineup gave them an early advantage over Regents with a 6-0 lead after the 1st inning. Deahl said, Elizabeth has practiced a total of three times and scrimmaged once in preparation for its first game. “Right now our challenge is still feeling what position with who, but we are really starting to get the hang of it,” Deahl said. “I have great faith in this team this year. Most year’s returners have set positions, but right now we are still filling in freshmen getting the feel of it and everything.” A well-placed hit by a Regents player in the second inning gave the Rhinos their first run. However, Elizabeth displayed its strong field-
ing experience throughout the game. “I’ve been on this team for 4 years now, and we had quite a few returners this year actually,” Deahl said. “We also have a lot of good freshmen this year too.” The Regents team rallied in the field but was unable to shut down the excellent Elizabeth offense. Deahl was complimentary of the Regents team. “They played well,” Deahl said. “I’m proud of them. They kept their heads up and kept going no matter what happened to them.” During the top of the fourth inning several well-placed balls down the third base line and fielding errors by Regents gave the team the opportunity to score two more runs widening the gap 10-2. It was hard to tell if the players or the fans were having more fun. Elizabeth’s exuberant fan section kept the morale high as Elizabeth led the entire game. “Lizo supports us no matter what, and we support our girls’ team,” Deahl said. “We show up to every game we can, so, it’s good to have them.” Deahl said he thinks this intramural softball season looks promising. “We just want to keep winning and playing well,” Deahl said. “As long as we are playing well, we can’t be mad.” Elizabeth clinched the win 14-3 over Regents after the game was called in the fifth inning.
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Women’s season off to strong start with fourth-place finish Carly Besser || Staff writer cbesser@murraystate.edu
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Junior Delaney Howson from Ontario, Canada was sixth overall and was the top finisher for the Racers.
The women’s golf team is driving their way through the fall season in full force, coming off a fourth-place finish in its season opener at the Chris Bannister Classic. The Racers are now traveling to West Point, Miss., to compete in the Mississippi State Intercollegiate Tournament. The team defeated Jacksonville State, Belmont University, Western Kentucky, Tennessee Tech, Lipscomb University and Northern Kentucky with an overall score of 932. Junior Delaney Howson was the top finisher for Murray State, placing sixth overall, just three strokes off the lead. Behind Howson was senior Alexandra Lennartsson tying for ninth and senior Alli Weaver in 21st place. “Delaney had a very good tournament,” Head Coach Velvet Milkman said. “Any time you have someone finish in the top ten, it’s a great thing. I think all of our players had a very
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good tournament this weekend, which will help us bring momentum coming up.” Now, just one week later, the Racers begin preparations for another competition. The Mississippi State Intercollegiate starting Sept. 10 will host several large schools such as University of Kentucky, University of Arkansas and Kansas State. “It’ll be pretty big competition,” Milkman said. “But we’re very excited to play SEC teams. Just because they’re in the SEC tournament doesn’t mean we can’t compete well against them. You get better when you play against good competition.” The tournament will be held at the Old Waverly golf course in West Point, Miss., a course the team has not competed on. Milkman said she will try to take full advantage of the practice round to get a feel for the course. “That practice round is going to be important,” Milkman said. “We need to get a feel for where we’re golfing and what we need to focus on and adapt.”
A powerful starting drive will give the Racers an upper hand in the competition. Milkman said the team is doing well with longhand game, giving them an opportunity to establish a lead early on the course. “Our driving of the golf ball is very good.” Milkman said. “That plays a huge role in golf. Getting on the correct foot at the beginning of every hole puts us in a good position.” However, the Racers fell short on the putting green at the Chris Bannister Intercollegiate, adding up their stroke numbers and spoiling their strong starts. Milkman said her biggest concern going to West Point is the short game. “We need to continue working on our putting,” Milkman said. “That was a huge weakness for us last week. When you go to any golf course, all the greens are different. We need to be better about adjusting to the surface that we’re playing on.” With their sights set on playing with focus and consistency, Milkman said the Racers are confidently heading into competition.
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After an eye-opening loss in Evansville last week, the Racer volleyball team expects to improve its play this weekend in West Virginia. Murray State will play Cleveland State Friday night and West Virginia on Saturday. Head Coach David Schwepker said the women are well-prepared for the Blue and Gold Classic. “What I expect is for us to go out there and compete,” Schwepker said. “If we do, we’re in good shape.” Out of the two matches the Racers will play, Schwepker is determined to see his team improve from its previous meeting with the Cleveland State Vikings earlier in the season. “Cleveland State won the first tournament we were in; they’re good.” Schwepker said. “I would like to see us do better against them. We need to go five (sets) or win the game.” Murray State won its first set of the season against title-winning Cleveland State, but went on to lose the next two sets at the IPFW (Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne) Invitational. The Racers struggled in their first match, posting a low .170 attack percentage for the game. Kristin Besselsen had the highest percentage at .231. The Vikings had a .273 attack percentage with Jackie Dabbelt leading with .480. Cleveland State only scored 14 more points than the Racers in all four sets. Marie Frease of the Viking offense had 65 kills in her last tournament with a high .565 attack percentage in one set. Currently, the Vikings have a 7-4 record. Attack percentage is calculated by subtracting hitting errors from kills, then dividing by total attempts. Since playing Cleveland State, the Racers have increased their attack percentage and decreased their errors. After playing Cleveland State, Schwepker
said he hopes the Racers will compete well with West Virginia. “This will definitely be a more difficult tournament to win,” Schwepker said. “West Virginia is very good.” The Mountaineers will head into the tournament with a 6-5 record. West Virginia, like Murray State, defeated Radford in the West Virginia Golden Horseshoe Challenge 3-1. When the Racers beat Radford, the Highlanders did not win a single set. At West Virginia, the spotlight has been on Evyn McCoy, sophomore middle blocker, recently named to the Mason Inn Patriot Invitational all-tournament team. She had 21 kills, a .308 attack percentage and 11 blocks in one set. Caleah Wells, freshman middle blocker for the Mountaineers had nine kills and only one error in a recent match while Brittany Sample, a freshman setter, had a double-double with 25 assists and 15 digs. Schwepker said playing in West Virginia will help set the tone for the conference season. “Everything we’ve been doing so far is on track,” Schwepker said. “All of these tournaments have been very productive. We’ll see who does the best so when we start conference play we’ll be pretty set.” Since the LaQuinta Inn & Suites Invitational two weeks ago, Schwepker has been working to improve on some basics with his team. He said some players are still used to getting away with simple mistakes from high school. After the Racers return to Murray from West Virginia, they play Tennessee Tech Friday, Sept. 21 in Racer Arena. Schwepker is looking forward to the first conference game and says he knows Murray State is a strong competitor. ‘We won’t be up against anyone this year and that’s an easy team,” Schwepker said, “Most of us are on the same level, there aren’t Final Four contenders and there isn’t anyone that we can have a one-up on.”
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teamer with elite speed who might have the chance to play the slot as a quick option. By 2003, “Smitty” was second on the team in receptions (88) and yards (1,100) behind “Moose” Muhammed, an eventual Hall-of-Famer. Under the radar for most of the season, Smith saved his best for last, catching 18 passes for 404 yards in the playoffs en route to the Super Bowl. After a broken leg sidelined him the entire 2004 season, Smith has rebounded and stands at 706 receptions, 10,384 reception yards and 59 touchdowns. He remains the top target for QB Cam Newton in Carolina even after 12 years in the NFL, and he has shown zero signs of slowing down. 2. Drew Brees, QB, New Orleans Saints San Diego made out like bandits in the 2001 NFL Draft. After taking LaDanian Tomlinson in the first round, the Bolts found the Boilermaker, Drew Brees, still on the board with the first pick of the second round, and after one year behind Boston College standout Doug Flutie, Brees was ready to spread lightning all across the field. Though small by quarterback standards (he’s only 6’0”, 209lbs.), Brees flourished behind Marty Schottenheimer’s famous “Martyball” offense, connecting with LT and Kent State basketball player-converted-tight end Antonio Gates for pass after pass after pass. In 2005, Brees injured his throwing shoulder, tearing his labrum in the last game of the season. Desperate for a quarterback and afraid he wouldn’t be as effective upon his return, the Chargers cut him loose and drafted Eli Manning (who eventually was traded to the Giants for Philip Rivers). After Hurricane Katrina and a terrible 2005 season, the New Orleans Saints decided to take a chance with Drew Brees, giving him the keys to a Sean Payton offense keen on throwing the ball in multiple wideout formations. Brees has not only met expectations, but has thoroughly exceeded them, breaking the season record for yardage in 2011 and throwing for no less than 26 touchdowns in each of his last six full seasons as a Saint. His prolific passing and his sheer generosity back to the city of New Orleans was enough to win him a 5-year, $100 million contract this off season, as Brees will most likely retire not only as a Saint, but as one of the greatest football players of all time. 1. Ken Griffey, Jr., CF/DH, Seattle Mariners (twice), Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox Junior. The Kid. The Babe Ruth of ‘90s. The youngest player on the All-Century Team. One of the best to ever play the game. I’ll admit it; I cried when Griffey retired from baseball. Grif made a name for himself in Seattle, slashing the gap to cut off fly balls or jumping the fence and robbing batters of precious home runs. Junior was pretty decent at jacking the long ball; despite numerous injuries in his career, Griffey finished with 630 home runs, 1,836 RBI and 11 All-Star appearances, making him one of the most decorated and accomplished players in Major League Baseball history. An automatic shoo-in for Cooperstown, he was a hard worker on the field and no trouble off of it. His goofy and silly nature kept clubhouses laughing as he was always behind pranks and jokes on other players and managers. His smile was always on, especially after a home run, and he always had his cap turned backwards. Once deemed the prettiest swing in baseball, Griffey portrayed excellence both as a professional but also as a role model for children throughout his career. If only I could be as successful. emarlowe@murraystate.edu
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During National Suicide Prevention Week, Murray State welcomed Jamie Tworkowski, the founder of the To Write Love On Her Arms organization. On Tuesday, students filled the Curris Center Ballroom to support the organization’s cause. At 7 p.m., Tworkowski’s lecture kicked off. Student Government Association sponsored the event with the help of the Campus Activities Board. Matt Mauschbaugh, junior from Edwardsville, Ill., and lectures chair for CAB welcomed everyone and introduced the speaker. Tworkowski quickly enlightened the room with his “stand-up comedy” that he swore would not last all night. “Did you guys know that you have a Cracker Barrel across the street from your stadium? If I was stuck between two schools, Cracker Barrel would be the deciding factor,” he joked. Explaining later how music plays a big role in the organization, Tworkowski said it both spreads the word and gets feelings out in the open. Steven McMorran, from the band Satellite, entertained the audience with five songs in order to get those feelings out in the open. When the music ended, Tworkowski began telling his story. It started with a different character, a friend who had been plagued by depression, addiction and selfinjury. Tworkowski explained the need to help his friend, along with seeking treatment for her. Eventually, they began sharing the story via MySpace blogs until it grew to be the organization it is today. The TWLOHA organization was created to present hope and aid those in need of treatment for depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. The goal for the organization not only includes encouraging people all over the world to seek treatment, but also involves educating people about the growing issue of suicide. According to the organization’s website, it also builds community. The group wants the world to get comfortable with
community, where people reach out to one another, stop keeping secrets and build a support system to aid each other from recovery. “The phrase ‘suicide prevention’ doesn’t move me,” Tworkowski said. “Suicide is people, real people. You never know what could save a life, but it’s important we go there and we try.” According to the World Health Organization, the third leading cause of death for people ages 15 to 44 is suicide, but it is the second leading cause of death for ages 10 to 24, just behind vehicular accidents. These statistics do not include attempted suicides which are 20 times more frequent than completed suicides. Somewhere in these statistics fall people who are close to someone: a friend, classmate or family member, who have had suicidical thoughts. In an effort to form community at Murray, the lecture was intended to serve as an eye opener to the students who attended. “We realize that the issue of suicide is relevant on all campuses, and Murray State is not an exception.” Mauschbaugh said. “This event will increase suicide awareness here at MSU and make us realize we can help these people.” The TWLOHA organization has never been to Murray State before. Each year CAB comes together to discuss issues on campus and what they would like to see accomplished. This year, the rising suicide rate among college campuses specifically caught the attention of CAB. “We try to bring in different speakers and groups year in and year out to promote different issues such as alcohol awareness and sex abuse,” Mauschbaugh said. Considering this week is National Suicide Awareness Week, the event seemed like an appropriate opportunity to raise awareness on suicide. “The lecture was very powerful,” Rebecca Allen, freshman from Murray, said. “I wish others would have heard this.” For more information on TWLOHA, visit twloha.com.
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Comedic actor, writer and producer Erik Stolhanske visited campus Monday as a part of the 2012-13 University Lecture Series. The actor, known best for his role of Rabbit in the movie “Super Troopers,” wants to promote his movement for “Irrational Determination and Foolish Perseverance” on campus and throughout the nation. When he began on the Lovett Auditorium stage Monday evening, he told the audience he was missing something. “I was born without a fibula in my right leg,” he said. “I have a fake leg.” As a child, Stolhanske said he was often called names from his peers because of his wooden leg. More than anything, he wanted to be normal and do things that normal kids did without his leg being an issue. “My parents always thought the best way for me to be like everybody else was to go out and do what other kids did,” he said. “And because I grew up in Minnesota, we saw a lot of snow on the ground and so I always wanted to go skating and play hockey and ski.” Stolhanske said it wasn’t easy doing those things with one real leg but he would do it anyway. “My mom would always say, ‘Don’t worry if you fall down, just get back up and keep on going,’” he said. “My mom would remind me that I was just like everybody else that when it became summer time, I really believed her.” Because he was a huge fan of Rod Carew, a Minnesota Twins hall of fame pitcher, Stolhanske would play baseball in the summer. Often times when he would run, his skin on his leg would
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tear and cause him injuries but the inspiration from Carew’s success kept him in the games. “I never remember Rod Carew missing a game because of injury so I would just rub some ointment on it, put a band aid on it and take some Tylenol and get back in the game,” he said. Stolhanske shared his first cast and one of his wooden legs from childhood with the audience and demonstrated how, when he would grow, doctors would add another centimeter or inch of wood to the leg. When Stolhanske moved away for college across the county at Colgate University, he knew that no one would know who he was and that he was missing a leg. So, when Stolhanske began dating and hanging out with friends, he didn’t tell anyone about his handicap. When someone did find out about his leg, he would tell different stories for how he got his wooden leg to save himself from embarrassment. Soon, word got around that he was making the stories up about his leg. “I learned a very important lesson in college, probably one of the most important lessons in life,” he said, “Women talk to each other. No one had ever told me that before.” After recollecting himself and thinking about what his mother had always told him about not worrying about falling down, he made new friends and told them the truth about his leg. He also realized that comedic acting was where his passions lie. When he graduated, he had little support from his family and moved into the city with friends from his comedy group, Broken Lizard. The group worked hard to pay rent and get comedy gigs on the weekends. After getting a speeding ticket from a cop, the group was inspired to create a film that would
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Comedic actor and writer, Erik Stolhanske, tells his story about living with one leg and struggling to success. Stolhanske has been in several major motion pictures including “Super Troopers” and “Beerfest.” eventually become “Super Troopers.” Stolhanske’s hope and inspiration stems from a speaker who visited his high school when he was a teenager. The speaker was a woman named Ivy who had lost her leg to cancer but became a successful model. “I thought (she) was really cool and (she) gave me a lot of hope and inspirations and gave me a reason to believe that I could go do anything,” he said. Since “Super Troopers,” Stolhanske has been featured in “The Sweetest Thing,” “Beerfest” and “The Onion Movie,” along with several other
movies and television shows. Stolhanske is currently working on several projects and continues to be a part of the Broken Lizard comedy group. He also travels to schools to share his story and motivate students to achieve their goals and never give up, even when obstacles are in the way. Said Stolhanske: “Even though you might not have prosthetic body parts, I believe that everybody has a wooden leg of some sort or another. I’m living proof that everyone should realize that your wooden leg is really all in your head and you can pursue your dreams.”
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WII U TO RELEASE IN NOVEMBER Nintendo’s upcoming gaming console Wii U will go on sale Nov. 18. The console will have a starting price of $300 and the deluxe version will start at $350. It will include more memory and new design.
DESIGNER THROWS SELF PARTY Fashion designer Betsey Johnson threw herself a birthday party with Cy ndi Lauper on Tuesday. This was to celebrate her 70 years. The two belted Lauper’s hit “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” during the party with models prancing down a runway wearing Johnson’s designs from past years. The models presented her clothes decade by decade. Celebrities who attended the party included fashion industry professionals and celebrities like like Lil’ Kim. Johnson’s actual birthday was Aug. 10.
KATHY BATES IN RECOVERY “P.S. I Love You’s” Kathy Bates is under recovery from a double mastectomy. Bates announced via Twitter on Wednesday she had been diagnosed with breast cancer two months ago. As a survivor of ovarian cancer for nine years, the actress decided to have the surgery after careful consideration. She will not have to undergo radiation or chemotherapy. Her doctors assure she will be around for a long time.
There was not always an outlet available for students to share personal concerns, such as sexuality, but now Murray State offers the Safe Zone Project for students. The Safe Zone Project is a national program promoting non-discrimination and gives students a safe haven to go for assistance. Jody Cofer, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) program coordinator and undergraduate research and scholarly activities program coordinator, and Dr. Josh Adair, assistant professor of English, are the leaders of the project. “The Safe Zone Project emerged between 2009 and 2010 and it emerged from a group of students that wanted to do something specifically to raise awareness among allies, specifically faculty and staff allies,” Cofer said. Students can go to any Safe Zone throughout campus to get assistance from a faculty member about an issue. “It is really promoting a campus that is inclusive of everyone no matter whatever that difference may be and we’re starting to go there with the Safe Zone Project to really say that this is about difference and about empowering difference,” Cofer said. Judy Lyle, interim association director for health services, serves on the LGBT program advisory committee. She makes sure that students know they have a place to go to when they need comfort. “The most important thing from my perspective is that any student has a place that they can go talk and feel like they can be open about any issue whether it be about their orientation, their color, culture whatever and they can get the proper help that they need in answer to their questions,” Lyle said. A Safe Zone manual was also created for participants to use as a guide when advising students. “In the resource manual there is a section on common problems that allies might get faced with such as the coming out process, problems with parents, transgender people, dealing with faculty that aren’t supportive,” Cofer said.
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LGBT Safe Zones are available at many difference locations across campus. This logo designates Safe Zone. Michael Penner, sophomore from Cynthiana, Ind., is vice president of the Murray State Alliance. He hopes more places on campus will get their area set up for a Safe Zone. “Hopefully once the faculty and staff see that we have over 225 members in the project, we are hoping that more will get on board and join so that they can have a Safe Zone too,” Penner said. Students and faculty can register anytime to become a member by filling out an online form and agreeing to the affirmation statement on the Safe Zone page at murraystate.edu/lgbt. “When we receive those online submissions, the applicant gets a letter welcoming them, directing them to the resources, encouraging training, they get the emblem itself in campus mail and they are instructed to put that somewhere in a visible location,” Cofer said.
University Libraries host annual book sale Hunter Harrell || Contributing writer hharrell@murraystate.edu
Students gathered in front of Waterfield Library Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to browse the collection of books, magazines, movies, comics and CDs spread out on several tables and racks during the University Library’s annual sale. The sale was set up at 10 a.m. and closed at 3 p.m. Items in the sale had been donated to the library but had not met criteria to be included in the collection. “Students can make use of the outdated books,” said Lindsey Futrell, a dean’s office assistant at Waterfield Library. In addition to providing students with extra resources, the sale for the donated books provide the libraries with money to buy new books needed for the next academic year. The items ranged in prices, from as low as 10 cents to a maximum of $5. For example, comics and CDs cost $3 while hardback books cost $1 and magazines
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were only 10 cents. “We don’t make a lot of profit from these, but it’s something.” Futrell said. Students often enjoy the sale because it features collector’s items or valuable resources for classes students are enrolled in. Educational books, videos and magazines arranged by topics or major studies on the tables allow the students to pick extra aids through their courses here at Murray State in which they are most interested. Also, student could purchase a comic, CD, or book from the sale. There are many modern fiction books for students to enjoy, as well as classical CDs, vintage comics, old yearbooks and magazines. One student took a special interest in a 1967 Murray yearbook, specifically the senior class section. “I wanted to see if I could find my dad in a yearbook.” Kristen Oakley, freshman from Murray, said. “I searched through several yearbooks until I found him. When I did, I rushed over, in tears, to buy it. And I’m really glad I did. It’s a good memory.”
Staff report The Murray citywide yard sale, which takes place this Saturday, will bring in bargain hunters from all over the region in the search for whatever they may need. There are currently 56 participants that will be taking part in the yard sale and more are likely to join.
RacerNet holds contests throughout September Shannon MacAllister || Contributing writer
HOLMES IS NEW DESIGN STAR Actress Katie Hol mes previewed her fashion line Holmes & Yang Wednesday during New York Fashion Week. Holmes and design partner, Jeanne Yang, attended the preview show wearing black leather blazers with black stretch pants. Other celebrities who have department-store brands are Lauren Conrad, Heidi K lum, Venus Will iams, Jennifer Lopez and Whitney Port.
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Murray State’s information systems department is currently offering prizes during the “Question of the Day” contest. The contest, designed to raise awareness for the collaborative website, RacerNet.edu, which is maintained by the information systems department, is fulfilling its purpose as more and more people discover the amenities of the self-help site. “We manage the site for the campus so departments can put up articles about things like ‘how do I request a transcript,’ ‘how do I edit my meal plan’ or ‘how do I login to a system on campus?,’” said Cassidy Dalmer, associate director of technology for the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology. The website is geared to help new students who are often overwhelmed by the number of software and programs their courses require, as well as returning students who are struggling with new technology. “This contest is just kind of a little push to raise some awareness for the sup-
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There will be a free training session for Safe Zone participants at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in Faculty Hall rooms 105 and 106. Special guest Nora Spencer from Vanderbilt University will be speaking about the project. “People in the Safe Zone project do not have to go to training, but it is recommended; it’s a resource for them,” Cofer said. The list of faculty members registered is published on the Safe Zone website. Students can find a Safe Zone by looking for an emblem posted on or around a faculty member’s door. The emblem has the words Safe Zone, a Murray State University Logo and a rainbow (as seen above). For more information on the project or to download the Safe Zone resource manual, visit murraystate.edu/lgbt.
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Old books, CDs, yearbooks and comics were available at the book sale this week.
Most participants will have the sale at their own home. However, some will set up booths in Central Park. Most sales open up at 6 a.m. The maps are available for pick up at the Murray Convention and Visitors Bureau today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and throughout Saturday morning. “The maps will show what they’re selling, the location, and the name of
the owners,” Alison Hendrickson, senior from Boonvile, Ind., and an intern for the Murray Convention and Visitors Bureau, said. The maps will cost $2 and will serve as a fundraiser for the Freedom Festival which takes place 4th of July weekend. For more information, call 270-7592199.
ports site, especially for new students who may not necessarily know that’s where they need to go,” Dalmer said. “We’ve made some changes over the summer, and we’ve added a Google custom search which makes searching within the site much better. Now people can find what they’re looking for much easier.” The contest consists of simple questions that test navigation knowledge of basic Murray State websites. Every day there is a new question. A person may only be entered for the prizes once a day. To be entered, a student must answer the question correctly, then enter a valid Murray State email address on RacerNet’s homepage. Should they win the drawing, the student will have the choice of prizes including a long sleeve Murray tshirt, a short-sleeve Murray T-shirt, a Murray State hot-cold tumbler or a Murray State laptop sleeve. “I discovered the question of the day because RacerNet is my computer’s homepage,” Emma Lewis, freshman from Louisville, Ky., said. “I like it because I can get free stuff and it’s a good way to learn about the functions of Murray State’s websites.” The Question of the Day will not be a permanent fixture on the University’s information website, but will be available throughout September. “We’re probably just going to do this for the month of September,” Dalmer said. “It’s the first time we’ve done this and it’s kind of a one-time thing. We may do it again in the future if September is successful. It may even be something we do again in the spring.” Participants are not eligible to win more than once every 30 days. Information systems employees, student workers and their spouses or children are not eligible to win. Winners must pick up their prizes.
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Get ready for fall television! Spoiler alert! Here’s a list of new shows we’re looking forward to, both new and old, what they’re all about and where they left off last season.
Compiled by Savannah Sawyer, Assistant Features Editor.
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After a summer of not knowing who will be joining the cast in place of Kristin Wiig, Abby Elliot and Andy Samburg, or if Jason Sudeikis will be returning for the 38th season of the show, we finally have some answers. The guessing games are over. New players Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson and Cicily Strong will join the cast, Sudeikis will be returning and Seth MacFarlane will host while Frank Ocean will be performing.
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Friday, Sept. 21 “House at the End of the Street” is an adaption of the book written by David Loucka and Jonathan Mostow. Jennifer Lawerence stars as Elissa, who moves into a new home with her mother and discovers ghosts in the haunted house.
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The kooky, loveable family will soon grace our screens again. By the end of last season we were all hoping Cameron and Mitchell would adopt another baby but were left with the shock of discovering Gloria is the one who is actually pregnant.
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While the sixth season of Dexter might not have been the best, the finale definitely left you on the edge of your seat. The seventh season will start right where the last season left off, with Deb catching Dexter mid-kill. It will be interesting to see how Dexter will twist this one around in his favor.
Nashville
After starring as the beloved Tammy Taylor on “Friday Night Lights,” Connie Britton is back and turning on the southern charm once again for ABC’s new hit drama “Nashville.” Britton plays Rayna James, an older country star trying to find a younger demographic.
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No one was sure of how this next season would be considering the original creator, Dan Harmon was fired and two of its executive producers left the show. After taking a look into the first episode, I don’t think anyone has to be worried. Season four will start off with the student’s records being destroyed which gives Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) for the students to compete in a “Hunger Games” type competition to get into the classes they want. In Jeff’s (Joel McHale) case, he must fight for the class he wants entry in so badly, the History of Ice Cream.
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It has been said that Happy Endings is the new Friends. It’s still living up to that name. The third season is sure to bring even more laughs when Penny is hurt and Max becomes her personal nurse or when Brad and Max become “bar mitzvah-hype men” called Boys II Menorah,” creator David Caspe said.
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Tuesday, Sept. 18 “The Cabin in the Woods” stars Richard Jenkins, Jesse Williams and Chris Hemsworth. The rated R film, is about a group of friends who spend their weekend at an abandoned cabin in the woods only to discover a family of zombie killers .
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The Killers will release their fourth studio album, “Battle Born” Tuesday. This is the first album from the band since 2008s “Day & Age.” They’ve already released their first single off t he album, “Runaways,” which is available on iTunes.
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Tuesday, Sept. 18 Singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper will release her memoir about her road to success. The book offers interesting bits of information that even some of her biggest fans might not know.
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‘Prove It All Night’ There haven’t been many times in my life when I was truly speechless. I’ve said it before, but I never really meant it until this past weekend. For those who don’t know, I’m what some may call a die-hard Savannah Bruce Springsteen fan. Sawyer I’ve listened to him my Assistant entire life. I own every Features Editor album of his as well as obscure records making my Springsteen collection alone reach just short of 500 songs. On Sept. 7, I experienced what other Springsteen fans may call shocking considering my age, my first Bruce concert. On Friday morning I traveled from Murray to my hometown of Chicago to see Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. I’ve always heard Springsteen puts on a great show and, of course, I’ve seen any live footage I can get my hands on, but it was nothing close to experiencing his show in person. After arriving at Wrigley, they soon started letting the general admission tickets enter the field. I was about the 200th person to walk onto center field, which secured me a spot with only one person standing in front of me. As I waited for the Boss to grace the stage I met some really interesting people. It’s amazing how, in a stadium filled with approximately 35,000 people and an additional 1,000 sitting on the rooftop bleachers that encase Wrigley Field, I could feel like I was surrounded by family. While standing in line, there was a couple standing behind me who were friendly enough to talk to me while we waited. I learned they traveled from New Jersey just to see Bruce both nights he was in town. When I asked them, they told me that this would be their 48th time seeing the Boss. When they noticed the shocked look on my face they told me that was nothing. They had friends that had seen him at least 300 times. When I finally made my way onto the field and settled into my spot I met another great group of people; Dana and her friend who came all the way from Toronto to see him. She’s seen him somewhere around 53 times. She told me she tries to catch about three or so shows a tour and each time she tries to go to places she’s never been before. Even though Springsteen was fashionably late coming on stage, he made up for it with a nearly four-hour set, playing 28 songs and lasting until midnight, nearly one hour after curfew. Springsteen was full of audience interaction. He took signs from the audience which had songs written on them for him to play (a Springsteen tradition he does at all of his shows), he pulled a woman onstage for Dancing in the Dark (another ritual), just like he pulled Courtney Cox onstage in the video for that song. Several highlights from the show came along when two Chicago natives graced the stage. Tom Morello, who accompanied Springsteen on his latest album, “Wrecking Ball,” took the stage for about half of the show. Another Chicago album, Eddie Vedder came on stage to join Springsteen on “Atlantic City” and for a cover of “Twist and Shout.” I thought that if I saw him once I would be satisfied but that, I learned, is far from the truth. This was my first Springsteen show but it certainly is not my last. I want to be Dana or the couple from New Jersey. ssawyer@murraystate.edu.
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