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September 28, 2012

Vol. 88, No. 7

ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY Dunn a semifinalist in Missouri State search Chris Wilcox || News Editor cwilcox2@murraystate.edu

Austin Ramsey || Editor-in-Chief aramsey5@murraystate.edu

President Randy Dunn was named one of two semifinalists in the search for a Missouri State University president Monday.

The other semifinalist is Clifton M. Smart III, the current interim president of Missouri State.

Dunn, who has been served at Murray State since Dec. 1, 2006, informed the Board of Regents Saturday via email, he could possibly be a semifinalist and on Monday Missouri State confirmed he was.

Dunn told the regents he was still dedicated to his post as president, and would fulfill his duties regardless of what the Missouri State Board of Governors ultimately decided. He said his motivation to apply was not a result of any dealings at Murray State.

Like any professional individual, he said, he seeks to better his opportunities and range of career.

“It certainly was not an indication of dissatisfaction or happiness here,” Dunn said Tuesday after the announcement. “I’ve been here six years and had success getting a large number of projects brought to completion.

It seemed that if I was going to look at another opportunity, this was probably a good time to do it. We’re ending several large projects, and my contract is coming up to an end.”

Dunn’s on-campus interview at Missouri State will be held Oct. 7-9 with a full set of meetings, including an open forum from 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Oct. 8 in the Plaster Student Union Theater. The multi-day visits will also include interviews with the Board of Governors; individual sessions with faculty, staff, students and

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Murray State President Randy Dunn has been named one of two finalists in Missouri State University’s search for a president. the community; trips to the Mountain Grove and West Plains campuses; and tours of the main Springfield campus and community.

The decision-making body at Missouri State has indicated it hopes to have announced its new president by Nov. 1, only a month away. Should Dunn be selected, he would start no

later than July 1 of next year.

This is the second time Dunn has been involved with a presidential search outside the University while he occupied the top spot at Murray State. In October 2010, the University of Tennessee’s presidential search panel announced its semifinalists, and while Dunn was nominated as an ap-

plicant, he was not selected. During that search period, however, Dunn had not actively sought the nomination, he was simply chosen. This is the first time Dunn has been public about applying to another university.

Jeremiah Johnson, Student Government Association President and student regent on the Board, said he was

surprised the president had applied.

Johnson said he understood Dunn’s move, but it came as a shock to him and other SGA representatives.

“I guess you could expect he would want to advance his career,” Johnson said. “Everyone wants to, but when my (SGA) Executive Board found out, they were shocked and surprised to hear Dunn was even applying at other universities.”

Johnson said many students have learned of the search at Missouri State University and think he is jumping ship and abandoning his post.

He said it was important the students knew the role of the president, who is the head liaison between the Regents and the University.

“The president handles all University entities and is the head lobbyist of the University,” Johnson said. “The staff, faculty and students expect the president to lobby for them.”

Dunn’s contract ends at Murray State on June 30, 2014.

Johnson said the Regents have previously discussed renewing Dunn’s contract, but the board as a whole had not spoken or acted collectively on the preliminary discussions.

Board members undertook an extensive eight-month investigation into Dunn’s performance at the University last year that surveyed constituencies University-wide and involved interviews of more than 100 on- and offcampus individuals. At the conclusion of the search, no published conclusions were made, leaving the Board with only months to make a move, and time ticking for Dunn.

“We’re open to a better relationship with Dunn,” he said. “But, I can’t speak for the entire Board on what they are thinking about for the future.”

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String of new businesses Zay Jackson’s makes headway in Murray case bypasses Ben Manhanke || Staff writer bmanhanke@murraystate.edu

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Construction for a new Penn Station in Murray is just one of several projects underway this year.

In the next year, Murray will see the completed construction and opening of at least five new food chains and three liquor stores, with more businesses on the way.

A wave of new business is coming to Murray, attracted through a combination of Murray’s growing population, the University and the city’s decision to allow for the sale of packaged liquor.

In the past weeks, three new businesses have opened: Dollar General, Don Taco and Yogurt Your Weigh.

Scheduled to join those and the plethora of other fast food restaurants in Murray are Fazoli’s, Penn Station, Dunkin’ Donuts and Arby’s.

While some students may rejoice at the addition of these new food selections in Murray, others may not understand why the city needs to add any more chain restaurants to its repertoire.

Lance Allison, president of the Murray-Calloway County Chamber of Commerce, said new restaurants are not only important in the role of accommodating residents of the city, but they also serve to draw in people from the surrounding areas and are attractive places for people passing through Murray to spend money.

“Many people think that getting a lot of the same businesses is bad, and say ‘gosh, why are we getting another sandwich shop,’” Allison

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Suspects to be in court next month Staff Report William Elliot, resident of Murray, and Cheyanne Coleman, senior from Highland, Ill., were scheduled to appear Monday in Calloway County Circuit Court in connection with two burglaries in Calloway County.

Elliot and Coleman were reportedly captured by officers after a report of burglary at a residence on Locust Grove Road was received on Sept. 2.

Elliot was present for the hearing and is accused of

being involved with 25 home thefts in which items were taken and property destroyed.

Coleman was also scheduled to appear before Circuit Court Judge Dennis Foust Monday, but was taken to a rehabilitation facility in St. Louis, Mo. Lamkin said Coleman will stay at the facility for four weeks and then be brought back to Murray to face charges.

Both defendants are scheduled to appear in court at 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 22.

Mark Blankenship, com-

monwealth attorney, said charges connected to four other burglary cases were filed against Elliot after a grand jury issued indictments.

It is alleged the co-defendants attempted another break-in before the robbery at the house on Locust Grove Road, but were chased from the residence by the owner.

Blankenship said the investigations into the multiple home thefts in Murray and Calloway County are ongoing and more arrests and charges are possible.

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A Facilities Management grounds maintenance crew sets up a tent to be used at the annual Family Weekend Family Picnic in the Quad.

district court Staff Report Zay Jackson waived his rights Wednesday morning to have a preliminary hearing and to appear in front of a grand jury.

The sophomore guard was scheduled to appear in Calloway County District Court at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, weeks after an altercation in which he was involved that resulted in two assault charges.

Jackson’s case will now bypass the district court and he will appear in the Calloway County Circuit Court for his arraignment hearing on Oct. 12.

Prosecuting Commonwealth Attorney Mark Blankenship said he hopes Jackson to start negotiating a plea bargain to resolve the case, but he also wishes to see Jackson show remorse for his actions.

Jackson was arrested Sept. 9 on two counts of second-degree assault after allegedly striking two people with his vehicle in the parking lot outside of the Murray Walmart.

The victims, Jason and Alia Clement from Paducah, Ky., claim Jackson struck both of them with his 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo after a verbal altercation. The Clements said Jackson caused a shopping cart to collide with another vehicle, and when Jason Clement approached

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September 28, 2012 News Editor: Chris Wilcox Assistant Editor: Meghann Anderson Phone: 809-4468 Twitter: MurrayStateNews

This week Sunday

Friday

Saturday

• 3 p.m. College Republicans; Curris Center, second floor, open to all • 6 p.m. Murray State Muay Thai; Carr Health Building, Martial Arts Room, open to all • 7:30 p.m. “Woman in Black” Theater Production; Johnson Theatre, open to attendees age 13 and above, free with Racercard • 7: 30 p.m. Cinema International; “Big Shot’s Funeral,” Curris Center Theater, open to all

•2 p.m. Fall Fanfare Concert; Lovett Auditorium, $5, open to all •6 p.m. Football vs. Tennessee Tech; Roy Stewart Stadium, free with Racercard • 7:30 p.m. “Woman in Black” Theater Production; Johnson Theatre, open to attendees age 13 and above, free with Racercard • 7:30 p.m. Cinema International; “Big Shot’s Funeral,” Curris Center Theater, open to all

Tuesday

Wednesday

• 10 a.m. Campus Fire Safety Day; Carr Health, open to all • 4 p.m. Daily Show; Golden Pond Planetarium, Land Between the Lakes, open to all • 5 p.m. Ads Club; Wilson Hall, Room 213, open to all • 5:30 p.m. Tennis Club; Bennie Purcell Tennis Courts, open to all • 7 p.m. Sci Fi Club; Faculty Hall, Room 208, open to all

• 12:30 p.m. Sociology meeting; Faculty Hall, Room 500, open to all • 5:30 p.m. Cycling class; Wellness Center, open to all • 6 p.m. College Democrats; Curris Center, Mississippi Room, open to all • 7 p.m. Collegiate FFA meeting, Oakley South, open to all • 7 p.m. Wednesday Word and Worship; Curris Center Theater, open to all

Monday

• 9 a.m. Rifle vs. UT Martin and Columbus State; Pat Spurgin Rifle Range, open to alll • 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; Winslow Cafeteria, open to all • 2:30 p.m. “Woman in Black” Theater Production; Johnson Theatre, open to attendees age 13 and above, free with Racercard • 6 p.m. Sunday worship; Ignite Student Ministry, Robert O. Miller Conference Center, open to students

Weekend Weather

• 4 p.m. Daily Show; Golden Pond Planetarium, Land Between the Lakes, open to all • 4:30 p.m. Professors Talk Sex IV; Faculty Hall, Room 208, open to all • 5 p.m. PRSSA meeting; Wilson Hall, Room 115, open to all • 5:30 p.m. Cycling class; Wellness Center, open to all • 7 p.m. Scandinavian Crime Novels; Curris Center, Barkley Room, open to all

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Police Beat Sept. 20 2: 27 a. m. Officers arrested Mohammad Alshehri, freshmen from Murray, for driving under the influence with aggravated circumstances, driving without a license, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at McDonald’s.

11:00 a.m. A caller requested Officers check on a suspicious item in a 16th Street parking lot. Officers were notified.

6:20 p.m. A caller reported a reckless driver at Dorm Circle. An officer was notified but could not make contact.

Sept. 21 7:36 a.m. A caller reported a suspicious person at Winslow

Cafeteria. An officer was notified.

9:50 a.m. A caller reported a suspicious item in the dumpster area of White College.

Officers took a report.

10:12 p.m. A caller reported a medical emergency at Springer College. The Murray State Police and an ambulance were notified.

report and an ambulance was notified.

7:39 a.m. An officer issued a citation to William Hudson, junior from Murray, for disregarding a stop sign in the McDonald’s parking lot and using expired registration.

Sept. 22

2:09 a.m. The Murray State Police issued a citation to Katie Dermody, senior from Louisville, Ky., for public intoxication in the Immanuel

12:41 a.m. The Murray State Police issued a citation to Austin Orten, junior from Murray, for no eye protection device, failure to comply with helmet law over 21 years of age, no registration plate and failure to maintain insurance on a motorcycle.

1:40 a.m. A caller reported an intoxicated person in the lobby of Hester College. Officers took an information

Sept. 23

Lutheran Church parking lot.

10:1 3 a.m. Officers issued a citation to Cody Lee, sophomore of Hazel, Ky., for alcohol possession by a minor and alcohol intoxication at a Ryan Street lot.

8:28 p.m. A caller reported a person at Hart College smelled of marijuana.

Sept. 24 2:14 p.m. A caller reported a person stuck on an elevator in Sparks Hall. Facilities Man-

Sept. 20 10:02 p.m. A caller reported people skateboarding in the breezeway by the science complex. The Murray State Police were notified and the people were gone on arrival.

agement was notified.

2:20 p.m. A caller reported theft of property at the Public Safety building. Officers were took a report for theft by unlawful taking of less than $500.

7:17 p.m. A caller requested to speak with an officer regarding threats at Hart College.

Officers took a terroristic threatening report.

Sept. 25 11:39 a.m. A caller reported theft of property at Faculty Hall. The Murray State Police were notified and a report was taken for theft by unlawful taking of less than $500.

11:42 a.m. A caller reported theft of property at the Oakley Applied Science Building.

Officers took a report for theft by unlawful taking of less than $500.

5:15 p.m. A fire was reported at

Hester College. The Murray State Police, Murray Fire Department and the state fire marshal were notified.

Sept. 26 9:21 a.m. A caller reported a person soliciting on Payne Street. An officer was notified and took a report.

10:46 a.m. A person reported being harassed to the Public Safety. Officers took an information report.

3:41 p.m. A caller reported a medical emergency at Richmond College. Officers and an ambulance were notified.

Motorist assists - 0 Racer escorts - 2 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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while Smart’s base is in the military and law practice.

Photo courtesy of The Standard at Missouri State

Missouri State Interim President Clifton Smart III, above, is Murray State President Randy Dunn’s fellow semifinalist in the search for the a new Missouri State president.

Monday’s announcement comes only a week after Bonnie Higginson, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs announced her own intentions to retire from her administrative position. Provosts are often considered second-incommand under the president, leaving large questions as to who would temporarily fill Dunn’s shoes, were he to be selected and accept a job elsewhere.

Higginson said it may create an awkward situation in the event Dunn left before the end of the academic

year, as Missouri State officials have not been entirely clear as to when they would need their new president.

In other words, the University could potentially be seeking a provost and president at the same time – no easy task for a board already plagued by a tightened state and University budget.

Both Dunn and Smart are qualified for the Missouri State position, but each brings a different set of qualities to the table.

Dunn comes from a higher education and governmental background

BUSINESSES From Page 1 said. “They don’t think about the outside areas these businesses affect, particularly Mayfield (Ky.) and Paris (Tenn.), and the revenue another sandwich or pizza place draws in.”

Currently, there are approximately 1,600 business licenses in Murray, and of these, the Chamber of Commerce represents more than 700.

According to Allison, Murray was one of the only cities in western Kentucky to grow in the last census, gaining almost 2,000 people. He said the cities surrounding Murray, including Paris lost approximately 500 citizens, while cities even farther away lost numbers at or above 1,000.

With the bump in population comes a more attractive and diverse population who will need more businesses to satisfy the greater demand for products.

Allison said Murray is on the verge of new industry, and with the economy improving, he expects that soon the city may gain another chain department store like Kohl’s or JC Penney.

He said with packaged liquor sales beginning soon, Murray will not only experience a growth in businesses through the addition of alcohol

RandyDunn Prior to being selected Murray State’s 11th president, Dunn served as the state superintendent for the Illinois State Board of Education and before that was a department Dunn chair and professor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Dunn began his career in academics at the University of Memphis as an assistant professor.

His focus in academics has been in education and leadership.

He has also served as a principal in two school districts in Illinois and as the district superintendent of two Illinois school systems.

Dunn received his doctorate in educational administration from the University of Illinois and his masters in administration and foundation at Illinois State.

CliftonSmart III In 2011, Smart was named the interim president of Missouri State Uni-

stores, but he also predicts the number of “sitdown” restaurants like Applebee’s and upperlevel restaurants will rise.

As the representatives for their association of businesses, it is the Chamber of Commerce’s responsibility to not only offer services in marketing, programming and education, but also, to help draw in new prospective businesses. Allison said the fact that Murray is a college town is a big selling point.

Tim Todd, dean of the College of Business, agreed with Allison and said the University being in Murray is a significant factor regarding all economic development initiatives and quality of life areas.

“I believe when you look around at the individuals and organizations who ‘sell’ our community to potential new businesses and to overall new citizenry, our excellent university, our excellent public school systems and our excellent quality of life all go hand-in-hand as key ingredients,” Todd said.

He said the relationship between Murray State and the town is a mutually beneficial one; new businesses offer students new job opportunities, products and services, while students affect businesses with new clientele.

“Overall, this is a win-win especially with regard to the excellent Town & Gown relationship we have here at Murray State with the city of Murray,” Todd said, speaking on the addition of

versity; prior, he had been general counsel of the university since December of 2007.

Smart has provided legal counsel to the Board of Governors, faculty, staff and administrators. He has also chaired selection committees at the university in which the goal was to appoint a vice president of diversity and inSmart clusion, chief financial officer, director of admissions and men’s basketball coach.

Prior to his positions at Missouri State University, Smart joined The Strong Law Firm in 1992. He has been a shareholder and vice president in the firm since 1998.

His practice consisted of representing individuals involved with injury, medical malpractice and commercial cases.

Smart received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1986.

He received the second highest GPA in the school’s history with a 3.95. He also received the Leflar Scholarship and was an Oxford Scholar.

new businesses to Murray.

Todd, contrary to Allison, said he did not believe “going wet” will necessarily be a significant driver of new businesses.

Liquor stores and bars have until Oct. 10 to apply for licenses to sell packaged liquor, and as of last Friday, three new liquor stores coming to Murray have done so, along with the Big Apple, who applied for a retail drink bar license.

Cellar Door Wine and Spirits, University Wine and Spirits and Thoroughbred Spirits, three potential liquor stores, applied just two days after the earliest date they were able to. Another 10 requests have been made for licenses and are in the process of being approved.

Matt Mattingly, the City Administrator, said in the next two years he expects to see quite a bit of growth in the number of businesses in Murray. This is despite the current re-ordering and simplifying of purchasing of business licenses.

Mattingly said of the approximately 1,600 business licenses that Murray currently has, more than 25 percent of these businesses were required to have multiple licenses. The city is now working to arrange it so that businesses only have to buy one all-encompassing primary license.

Currently, a business like a gas station is required to buy a license for every pump, for cigarettes and for vending machines, thus they are responsible for multiple licenses even though

JACKSON From Page 1 Jackson about it, the situation allegedly escalated.

Jackson, a guard on the Racer men’s basketball team from Hammond, La., has not made a statement on the incident. Jackson’s attorney, Gary Haverstock, and the Murray State Athletic Department were contacted and chose not to respond at this time in regard to the case.

Blankenship said he would like to see Jackson serve time in jail, enroll in anger management classes for his temper, pay restitution for medical bills and apologize for his actions.

The victims were both reported to have minor injuries. However, Jason Clement will undergo X-rays and an MRI on his shoulder, stemming from injuries he suffered after falling from Jackson’s car.

Jackson is still suspended from all basketball team activities, and there is no word on whether he will play in the opening game on Nov. 9 against Brescia.

He was expected to start for the Racers this season, but the team and athletics have been silent as to if that is still a reality.

they operate as only one business.

After the reclassification takes place, the number of business licenses will accordingly drop, but Mattingly predicts the actual number of businesses in Murray will grow.

While Murray stands to lose some money from the drop in license sales, the real money gained from businesses in the city is through the tax on businesses.

Murray is different from many other towns, in that Murray has a flat rate tax. As opposed to a net profit tax in other cities which would take a certain percent of a businesses’ profit, Murray gains one, unchanging fee.

Mattingly said since 2009, while losing some small businesses, Murray has managed to weather the storm of economic hardships and managed to maintain all industries and most businesses in general.

All three, Mattingly, Allison and Todd, said the number of businesses in Murray is growing and has been for the last two years.

The signs of Murray’s changing face can already be seen all over town, in the wooden skeletons of future buildings, demolished plots of land ready to be construction sites and in the empty windows of renovated shops waiting to be filled by new tenants.

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Opinion Editor: Devin Griggs Phone: 809-5873 Twitter: MSUNewsOpinion

Our View

O captain, our captain?

The staff editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Murray State News.

For nearly a century, Murray State has grown and thrived with the help of talented administrators, faculty, staff and students.

The University went from Murray State College to Murray State University thanks to their efforts.

Murray State, however, is not immune to the damage that has been inflicted upon the country by the Great Recession. State funding is drying up as Frankfort moves to cut back on things like building roads and trims the number of state employees.

The administration thus has the greatest role in seeing Murray State through this crisis while maintaining an environment that will allow for further growth and development.

The News has done its best to publicize the lack of transparency students have had to deal with coming from the administration.

We have tried our best to offer criticism insofar as it is constructive toward the administration establishing a more productive relationship with the student body.

Students are frustrated. Students are tired of being told one thing and then witnessing something else entirely come out of the administration.

But work has been done, and that’s why we were surprised by the announcement that President Randy Dunn has been named a semifinalist in Missouri State University’s search for a new

president Monday.

The announcement came as a surprise to just about everyone on campus, and we are left feeling like we are being abandoned

by President Dunn “getting out while the getting is good.”

We aren’t criticizing President Dunn for trying to improve his position by making the jump to a larger university. What we are criticizing him for is trying to leave when Murray State faces incredible financial challenges in the coming years.

We’re cautious. We understand our position on this is almost predictable, and it remains to be seen even how much a president can affect looming difficulties like dire budgets and vacant administrators after Dunn has already taken significant steps to find remedies. At the same, we just can’t help but feel as though a move like this simply reeks of bad timing for the University.

With Vice President of Academic Affairs Bonnie Higginson also resigning, the University will already be engaged in a search for a provost. Do we really want to add a search for a new president to the “to-do” list for 2013?

Murray State needs a steady hand behind the wheel to make the tough decisions that are going to have to be made in the next few years on everything from the budget to enrollment to a tedious reaccreditation. We want Dr. Dunn to be a captain leading the way; a loyal captain would never abandon his ship, nor his crew.

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An inauspicious beginning I entered into my calling to teach with trepidation and I still get shaky when I walk into my Murray State classrooms each day.

Every week, I Duane Bolin am able to enter Professor of a room filled with young and History able scholars. I unlock the door to the Faculty Hall classroom and unload my books and folders and artifacts on the desk at the front of the room.

The desk is complicated; one side is made up of an adjustable desktop that the professor, if astute enough, may position at just the right height to accommodate bifocaled eyes. I can just see myself one day, repeating what happened to one of my retired colleagues.

Having failed to master the contraption, while attempting to adjust the desktop to a suitable level, I have the thing slam precipitously down on my finger. I will step backwards in pain, planting my right foot into the trash can located conveniently behind the desk. By the time I can extricate myself from the trash can, you stunned students will sit there transfixed observing the intricate dance by the middle-aged wonder at the front of the room. Surely your tuition dollars did not cover such a spectacle.

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I know from my own real-life experience just how precarious a classroom performance can be. I walk into the class with my notes neatly arranged in a folder and my thoughts rigidly ordered in my mind. I notice when I walk into the room that a fresh packet of chalk is arranged in the tray under a freshly dusted chalkboard. Everything seems to be in order.

I take up a pristine piece of dustless chalk and with the first swipe at the board break it into five or six shards. I can never get the hang of writing with chalk, yet another reason why I have converted my class outlines and images to PowerPoint slides.

Things could be worse. I could replay my first day of student teaching at Bellevue High School in Nashville, Tenn. On that day, I marched into the classroom all full of myself, not much older than the 18 year-olds I was to teach. Today, I know how much I need to learn about technology; my son and daughter taught me well enough that their father is indeed a Neanderthal, or Luddite, or both. Back in 1978, however, I just knew that I was on the cutting edge of the use of technology.

I had decided to abandon the chalkboard for the high tech overhead projector. (Hey, I hear your snickers).

I placed an outline of the day’s history lesson on a transparency on the overhead and then made notes with a non-permanent marker as I

taught. With such a system I could remain facing the class, rather than risk a barrage of spit wads with my back turned toward the students.

On that first day of student teaching, I walked confidently into the classroom in coat and tie, only to find the overhead placed on the floor beneath the chalkboard. To place the thing in its proper place on the stand I bent down—and here was where I made my first teaching mistake on that first day of student teaching, a day that the real teacher, Ms. Fanning, had entrusted her world history class to me, a senior student teacher from Belmont University—I bent down, back end facing out to the class.

The loud ripping noise as the seat of my tight pants ripped open caught my attention, I think, before even my students could fathom the moment. Of course, in due time they did realize what had happened, to great hilarity. For the rest of that first day of student teaching, I wrapped my sports jacket around my waist and taught very carefully, making sure to face my audience all the while. Of course, I had the overhead projector in front of me and did not have to resort to the chalkboard behind me.

Such is the inauspicious beginning of a teaching career. You can see how I entered into my calling to teach with trepidation, and you can see why I still get shaky when I walk into the classroom each and every day. jbolin@murraystate.edu

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Born in the U.S.A.

Candidates need to be transparent, too

The great awakening

The looming presidential election on Nov. 6 has been a contest of mudslinging and the avoidance of political rhetoric.

In putting the cantankerous campaigns aside, voters are left with a serious but little discussed point of contention: what Andrew does one's vote say about Burden America? senior from Though pushing past Slaughters, Ky. the mountainous terrain of the opposing smear campaigns can be a difficult if not laborious task, it does however render a key point undeniable.

We, as voters, have a clear and concise message for the direction of the Democratic Party and the incumbent Barack Obama, though he does waver on certain topics, such as same-sex marriage, in front of certain audiences, which is not an uncommon practice among politicians.

The American public has little to no understanding of the intended direction or platform of the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney.

The ambiguity of the Romney campaign leaves much to be desired and truly begs the question of what a vote for the Republican Party means.

With Romney and his vice presidential cohort Paul Ryan doggedly avoiding every opportunity to expand on their vision for the next four years of America, the actions and merits of both nominees are all an expectant voter has to create a well informed decision on Nov. 6.

So then, the question becomes, what does

a vote for the Republican Party and Mitt Romney truly mean?

It means that Americans can accept being blatantly lied to and being party to a system that has already proven to be inept. Both candidates have denied or attempted to separate themselves from previous work and past political decisions.

Most noteworthy is Paul Ryan avoiding admission to collaborating with Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) on legislation banning any instances of abortion including those attributed to the result of rape and incest.

He has also awkwardly denied his vote for legislation that reduces government spending on the military – legislation that was drafted by a bipartisan committee for which he was a member.

To add to their misguided denials, the pair have also been ambiguous as to what they will actually do if elected. Romney has stated that he will close tax loopholes thus preventing the wealthy, like himself, from avoiding paying taxes.

When pressed upon which loopholes he would be addressing the presidential nominee has been less than forthcoming, and this has been par for course for the entire campaign.

So as a voter we can now say that voting for the Republican Party is a vote for the unknown.

The only thing clear about the Romney platform is the antiquated ideas on which it is founded.

He believes, as Republicans before him have believed, that securing the prosperity of the upper class and wealthy will improve the economic standing of the country.

This fallacy has been proven historically, statistically and is logically unfounded.

This old way of thinking is not limited to the economy, as his view of women's rights is religious biased and misogynistic. If elected Romney would attempt to push back the women's rights movement by decades.

The most concerning aspect of the upcoming election is the Republican Party's now nearly a decade long affiliation as the political party of the Church.

The platform of the party often runs hand

“As voters, we can now say that voting for the Republican Party is a vote for the unknown.”

– Andrew Burden senior from Slaughters, Ky. in hand with those of the Christian persuasion – but even they must recognize the detrimental effects of a Romney presidency on their friends and family.

There have been whisperings that if elected Romney will abolish or alter many governmental support systems such as Medicare and unemployment insurance.

Nearly every American knows someone that would be affected by such sweeping changes.

So in November when standing in that little booth, take a moment to consider what your vote says about America and where you believe that America should be.

Should we as a country be moving forward or moving backward?

L ett er s to th e Ed i to r For every student, parking tickets have become something of a concern.

As it once was, a requirement to buy a parking permit was no more than a mere trade.

A mild fee would give us, as commuters, a fair exchange for the rights to a parking space that was near our class.

The problem as time has passed, however, has been the rapid growth in student and faculty body (and the transportation they use) and the lack of development for accommodation to the commuter.

Over the past few years, certain acceptance policies have opened the doors to a wider range of student body.

While I believe that this is a good route for education to take, I do not believe that it should be as quickly implemented as we have seen at Murray State.

A university should grow with its student body. It should expand to accommodate, as its purpose is to provide us with our college experience, not attempt to further line their

cheers & jeers

Che er s to ... Fall break!

Nothing shows us how long we’ve been here this semester quite like our two day break next week.

Two days ... would a whole week be too much to ask for?

coffers with a larger student body.

In my eyes, this is another strain on my already tapped wallet. As a student, I contribute exuberate amounts of money, in conjunction with the rest of the student body.

A parking tag, a necessary fee for the general university, should be valued at its worth, and when it is more cost-effective for me to park outside of university grounds and simply walk to class, rather than buying the equivalent of a season pass to Six Flags, I opt to walk to class.

Josh Tillson junior from Sharpe, Ky.

Che e rs to ... umbrella weather! Fall showers are back and not a moment too soon. Let’s just hope they don’t turn into a monsoon next week. All this rain might have helped out with that whole drought thing ...

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Jeers to ... night classes. Three hours a night, one day a week?

Is there any other possible way to handle these? Even two hour and 15 minute sessions would be better than what we’ve got.

Or maybe three 50 minute classes at night?

Jeers to ... summer weather! Last week we welcomed the beginning of fall, but its 80 degrees out and humid. Is this ever going to stop? Please? It’s about time that Mother Nature made her mind up on this one ...

“There is a specter haunting Europe,” began Karl Marx’s “The Communist Manifesto,” published in the midst of the 1848 revolutions across Europe, “the specter of Devin Griggs communism.”

Opinion Editor Today too, there is a specter haunting America. The specter isn’t communism (although judging from Republican rhetoric, you might think that) but rather a consciousness of class.

Class has remained a dormant issue in American politics since the Nixon years, largely because of how successful the New Deal was at ending open class warfare in the United States. The wealthy, despite initial attempts to undo the New Deal, eventually acquiesed to the new order of things and accepted paying high income tax rates, recognized labor unions as equal partners in building up the United States and even went into public service themselves, a sort of noblesse oblige.

Things started changing in the 1970s. Faced with an economic crisis, the wealthy and well-connected conservative activists grabbed hold of the Republican Party and used it as a vehicle to undo much of the New Deal. The postwar truce between labor and business was torn apart – unions were no longer partners, but rather enemies and “radicals,” evoking the sort of rhetoric that first cropped up in America during the Gilded Age. U.S. manufacturing was so passé, as was paying the high tax rates that allowed us to build dams, the Interstate Highway System and put a man on the moon. Income tax rates had to be slashed, jobs shipped elsewhere and corporate profits pushed to unbelievable levels. Public service became a route to even fatter profits and dividends as the wealthy purchased politicians and destroyed regulatory safeguards.

For many Americans, the damage being done was masked by concern over other issues – affirmative action, abortion, same-sex marriage – all these things moved front and center, creating interesting bedfellows in the new political coalition that emerged from the rubble of the 1970s.

And yet, all of that seems to be slipping away. Americans are beginning to wake up and see the wealthy, economic elite for what they are – predators tearing up our social fabric to make another dollar.

The specter haunting America is the specter of an awakening. President Franklin Roosevelt called the people at the top “economic royalists,” and that title seems fitting today. What we need in this country is a little economic democracy.

Devin Griggs is vice president of finances for the Murray State College Democrats. dgriggs@murraystate.edu

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Citizens’ guide to the Murray ballot Lexy Gross || Staff writer cgross2@murraystate.edu

The Calloway County general election will be Nov. 6. Below are listed the offices and the candidates as they will appear on the ballot.

U.S. House of Representatives Ed Whitfield (R)

Charles Hatchett (D)

Whitfield has been in Congress since 1995 and is the incumbent Republican in the 2012 election. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1973-1975 and has been the representative for District 1 since 1995.

Whitfield believes a strategy involving the development of all sources of energy would be ideal in regards to the state’s future. He also disagrees with the Department of Education’s control of policy decisions within Kentucky public schools.

Hatchett, originally from Paducah, Ky., and currently residing in Benton, Ky., is a real estate broker and a principal auctioneer. He won the nomination on the Democratic ticket against James Buckmaster.

In Congress, Hatchett wishes to revamp trade agreements so companies using foreign labor will be required to pay the equivalent of minimum wage in the U.S. Hatchett also wants to implement an official council to address the districts affairs.

State Senate Carroll Hubbard (D)

Stan Humphries (R)

Hubbard, Paducah, Ky. native, became state senator for the first time in 1967. After years of serving the state of Kentucky, in the state senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.

Hubbard believes he can represent District 1 well in Frankfort, Ky. He wants to make representing Murray State a priority and to help keep its graduates in western Kentucky.

The current Judge-Executive of Trigg County, Humphries has served western Kentucky since 2006. He graduated from Murray State and has served in several governmental positions in Trigg County.

Humphries wishes to boost local Kentucky economies by decreasing taxes on small business owners. He has the aim of protecting jobs, especially those in agriculture. His main focus is to pushing the senate to enforce more control on spending.

Kenny Imes (R) Imes has lived in Calloway County since birth and has previously served as a state representative.

Today, he is the owner and funeral director of the Imes-Miller Funeral Home in Murray.

Like Whitfield, Imes desires to abolish the U.S. Department of Education and to put more power in the hands of local school boards. He also wants to ease the tax burden on Kentucky families and make the state more desirable for small business owners.

Kemp is a local business owner who believes he understands District 5 and its issues. He owns the Murray Dairy Queen and serves on the board for the Murray-Calloway County Hospital.

If elected, Kemp wants to focus on jobs and education in Kentucky. Without education, Kemp says there cannot be job creation or economic success. He also wants to make sure funding for public colleges is not cut.

Commonwealth’s Attorney C. Mark Blankenship (D)

Circuit Clerk Linda Avery (R)

Blankenship, a Murray native, is currently serving as Commonwealth Attorney and is running unopposed for the position.

Blankenship currently runs his own business, the Blankenship Law Office on 4th Street in Murray.

Avery is the current circuit court clerk for Calloway County and is running unopposed. Circuit court clerks manage the records of circuit and district courts. Clerks are elected for six-year terms and provide many other services to their respective counties.

Murray City Council •Joseph “Jay” Morgan* •F.T. “Butch” Seargent •Linda Cherry* •Jeremy Bell* •Thomas Clendenen •Steve Stevens •John Mark Roberts

•Jason Pittman* •Dan M. Miller* •Danny O. Hudspeth* •Greg Taylor* •Jane Shoemaker •Pete Lancaster* •Mike Faihst

•Jane Brandon •Robert Billington Jr.* •Donald Elias* •Pat Scot* •Nelson Shroat •Jimmy Gentry •Amos M. McCarty Jr.*

Voters will also be asked in the 2012 election if they are in favor of amending a Kentucky constitutional amendment, giving Kentucky citizens the right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife as a means of managing and controlling wildlife. Leslie Combs and Greg Stumbo sponsored the amendment to make sure hunting and fishing are never outlawed in Kentucky, without the vote of the people. *Represents an incumbent Murray City Council member.

Across campus Banned Books Week begins Sunday Banned Books Week is the national book community's annual celebration of the freedom to read. The 2012 celebration of Banned Books Week is Sept. 30 through Oct. 6.

Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of censored books in schools, bookstores and libraries.

The 10 most challenged titles of 2011 were: ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r, The Color of Earth, The Hunger Games, My Mom's Having A Baby: A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Alice, Brave New World, What My Mother Doesn't Know, Gossip Girl and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Recital showcases faculty members

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Two calves from the West Farm have escaped the fence, at seperate times; both were returned safely and quickly.

Calves escape West Farm Staff report Within the past month, there have been three instances in which the Murray State Police have been notified of calves outside of the fences at the West Farm.

On Aug. 30, a caller reported a calf on his property at the West Farm, on Sept. 9, a caller reported a calf roaming outside of the Calloway County High School and on Sept. 17, a caller reported a calf loose on College Farm Road.

Only two of these instances involved Murray State livestock. Tony Brannon, dean of the Hutson School of Agriculture, said his office had received several calls regarding a neighbor down by the Expo Center, who chooses to tie a jersey calf and other farm animals out by the road to graze.

“Some people think that these animals are ours but they are not,” he said. “We have had several people stop in to tell us about these animals, but we have no relationship to those animals.”

Brannon said the instances where University livestock were involved were normal “day in the life of a farm” type experiences.

In one instance, a 55 lb. one-day-old calf lay down next to a fence and stood up on the other side of it. The calf was returned to its pen quickly. On the other instance, the electric fence shorted out and one calf went through the fence. A CCHS student saw it happen and Brannon was notified. The fence was repaired immediately and the calf was returned safely to its pen.

Rose fights for faculty salary raise This is the third installment of a 12-part series profiling the representatives who make final University decisions.

Chris Wilcox || News Editor

State Representative Hal Kemp (D)

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Faculty Regent Jack Rose has taught at Murray State for over 20 years.

The annual Faculty Showcase Recital will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 2, in the Performing Arts Hall in the Price Doyle Fine Arts Building.

The program will feature solo and ensemble performances by 11 University faculty members. Selections range from light classical to jazz.

The admission charge is $10 for adults and $5 for students, and proceeds go toward the Music Scholarship Fund for students.

For more information, contact the department of music at 270-809-4288.

YNL adds three new advisers The youth and nonprofit leadership (YNL) program at the University announced three additions to its Advisory Council; Bob Jackson, associate vice president of Institutional Advancement; Kathy Hodges, executive director of the Calloway County Humane Society; and Kendrick Quisenberry, admissions counselor of enrollment management.

The YNL program set a national record last year with 819 students, making it one of the largest YNL programs nationwide.

Steve Cox, Advisory Council chair, said Murray State is one of approximately 70 campuses with a YNL program.

The program will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year and was founded by Constantine Curris, Chad Stewart and James Booth in 1983.

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The Faculty Regent of the Murray State Board of Regents holds a vital position on campus.

This faculty member is the voice of the collective faculty members within the administrative governing body.

Jack Rose, professor in the College of Education, currently holds the role of Faculty Regent.

President Randy Dunn said Rose is committed to being the best representative for the faculty.

“Rose takes very seriously his Regent role as representative for the faculty,” he said. “I know he spends a great amount of time traversing the campus to seek out faculty members from all over campus and to listen to their concerns.”

Rose said he was elected to the board in a special election. Jay Morgan, one of the current associate provosts, had originally filled the position as Faculty Regent, but was appointed to associate provost after the election and could no longer sit on the board as the Faculty Regent.

Rose said the election process consisted of acquiring 20 faculty signatures and then turning in an application to the Office of the Provost. The voters in this election consisted of assistant professors, associate professors, professors and instructors.

Rose said there were four faculty members running, including him. The two members with the majority of the votes then held a run off and Rose said he won nearly 2:1.

Rose said his interest in the position of Faculty Regent stemmed from his desire to help students.

“To me teaching is something that would allow me to help people,” he said. “That’s the driving force, to be in a position in which I could help people.”

He said helping students was an important cause of his, but he said without the excellent faculty at Murray State that wouldn’t be possible.

“I represent the faculty on the board,” he said. “But the board must remember students are the No. 1 priority. Also, the overall health and welfare of the entire institution has to be a major consideration, within that particular consideration – you have the welfare of the student, faculty and staff.”

He said in terms of the board’s interests – the students, faculty and staff – the board wants to keep the price as low as possible while making the quality as high as possible.

“The critical element to every single decision the board makes is how to balance affordability with quality,” he said.

Rose said one of the big items he has tried to address to the Board of Regents is the salary roster for Murray State faculty members and the staff.

He said he, President Randy Dunn, Phil Schooley, the Staff Regent and Jeremiah Johnson, the Student Regent have worked diligently in an effort to get the compensation level for faculty and staff at a rate which compares well with other universities in Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee.

“I know were probably low according to the data,” he said. “We’re probably below average in terms of the salary ranges were in.”

Rose said the board has tried to get funds into the salaries this year, but with cuts to the higher education budget it was not possible.

He said the reason an appropriate salary is an item he fights for, is because without the faculty and staff there would be no University.

He also said the University needs to make compensation a priority so the faculty and staff will be encouraged to stay, and that an increase would help in recruiting better faculty and staff.

September 28, 2012

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Basketball

“There is definitely a lot of hype and excitement, and understandably so, but there wasn’t any hype last year and we had a tremendous season. Hype doesn’t win games.”

–Head Coach Steve Prohm

Time to move on

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With the memory of a season for the ages still fresh in their minds, the Racers are putting the past behind them and focusing on a new team and a new season.

Racers put expectations aside, set sights on season Jonathan Ferris || Sports Editor jferris2@murraystate.edu

Six months removed from the most successful season in 87 years of Murray State men’s basketball, Head Coach Steve Prohm and company are gearing up for a fresh start.

Coming off the historic 31-2 record in 2011-12, this year’s team will feature an interesting blend of new faces and returning leadership. Boasting six freshmen and six seniors, the Racers will work to develop a style of play that incorporates both their new faces and seasoned veterans.

The incoming freshman class features both size and speed, including 6’8” forward Zay Henderson from Monroe, La., and 6’1” guard C.J. Ford from Fayetteville, N.C., who averaged 23 points per game last season as a senior for his Westover High School team.

With senior forward Latreze Mushatt expected to miss most of the season with an Achilles injury, and considerable speculation surrounding the future of sophomore guard Zay Jackson after his September arrest, Prohm will rely heavily on the six freshmen.

“I like (the freshman class),” Prohm said.

“They’re great kids and all have tremendous character. It’s tough to see how they’re going to transition until we can get the entire team out on the practice floor, but I like the upside of some of our big guys, and it’s looking like at least three of the six (freshmen) are going to have to step in right away and play some quality minutes for us.”

One of the most important decisions affecting this year’s team came last April when then-junior All-American guard Isaiah Canaan announced he would forego the NBA Draft and return for his senior season. Prohm said he was pleased with Canaan’s decision to play out his final season as a Racer.

“During the whole process, I just tried to gather as much information as I possibly could for him,” Prohm said. “I just wanted to do all I could to help him and his family make the decision they thought was best for him. I was going to support him 100 percent either way, but I’m excited he is returning. It’s tremendous for this program and our school to have him leading us for another year, and I just hope we can have a successful

season to send him and Ed and the rest of the seniors out in the right way.”

After remaining the last unbeaten team in the nation, and losing only one regular season game, last year’s unprecedented run leaves the young team facing enormous expectations both locally and nationally. From the program’s first potential preseason top 25 ranking to a tough opening tournament in Charleston, the team will be in the national spotlight from the first week of the season onward.

“There is definitely a lot of hype and excitement, and understandably so, but there wasn’t any hype last year and we had a tremendous season,” Prohm said. “Hype doesn’t win games.

We’re just concerned with this year and our focus right now is to make sure this team is fundamentally sound.”

While the players and coaches may not be focusing on the attention, ESPN has taken notice, announcing last week that Murray State will be one of 13 schools televised on ESPNU’s Midnight Madness program on Oct. 12, the first possible day the teams are allowed to begin practicing together. The team will host Racer Madness, which serves to excite the fan base and introduce the new team.

“It’s great for our school to get the notoriety and attention that comes with being on ESPNU,” Prohm said. “It’s great for our league and our fans and to get the students excited. Racer Madness is going to get the buzz going and we want at least 5,000 there that night to fill the lower bowl.”

In addition to a large crowd at Racer Madness, Prohm said he hopes to see the same excitement and dedication the fans displayed last season.

“I hope to see the same energy we had in that arena last year,” Prohm said. “I hope when we walk out for both the exhibition and the first game against Brescia, we can add another game to our consecutive sell-out list. We’re going to need that environment to help this young team.”

Prohm and his team remain excited and ready to embark on the next chapter in this program’s long and storied history.

“This program has been so good for so long,” Prohm said. “It’s been a lot more than just one season and it’s a testament to a lot of players and coaches who were here long before any of us.”

The basketball team will host Racer Madness at 9:15 p.m. on Oct. 12 in the CFSB Center for a nationally televised audience. The Racers will play an exhibition at home, against Freed-Hardeman on Nov. 5, before opening the 2012-13 season against Brescia at the CFSB Center on Nov. 9.

Senior guard Isaiah Canaan, top, announced his decision to return to Murray State for his senior season on Sirius XM Radio on April 4. His presence may bring needed leadership to a team with six freshmen, several of whom could play significant minutes as a result of injury and the graduating seniors.

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My first hockey game I’m pretty upset about the National Hockey League lockout. With every passing day with no agreements being made and more and more players going overseas, my heart drops. Preseason games have already been canceled and at the rate Jaci Kohn things are going, it looks Assistant Sports like we might be missing Editor actual games. I only hope that we don’t miss out on an entire season as many fans did in the 2004-05 season.

So instead of downing a pint of ice cream and focusing on the sad reality of the upcoming hockey season, I am going to take you back to one of my happiest moments in hockey – other than the time my favorite team won the Stanley Cup – when my dad took me to my first Chicago Blackhawks game.

I didn’t go to my first hockey game until I was a sophomore in college. And I will admit I didn’t even start watching until my junior year of high school. I was a bandwagon fan. I never even thought of hockey until some of my friends at school started talking about how good the Hawks were playing. As I was a huge fan of Chicago sports teams, I thought I should probably watch a game to see what all the hype was about.

So my dad and I sat down to watch a game, and the rest was history. The game was so intense. I did not have a clue what was happening most of the time, but I didn’t care. In that moment I became obsessed with the Blackhawks, partially due to one of the Hawks players. Left wing Patrick Kane. I am pretty much in love with him; I just thought I would throw that out there. But in all seriousness, this sport was unlike any other I had ever watched. It was fast-paced, exciting and you didn’t have to watch players stand around for half the game.

I attended my first Blackhawks game in 2011. I had been begging my dad to find some tickets for months. I think I finally annoyed him enough so that he bought us tickets just to shut me up. They were playing the Nashville Predators. I remember being so excited to see my favorite players, especially Kane, in real life.

I had been to the United Center before for numerous Chicago Bulls games, however the atmosphere was completely diferent this time. I have always heard that the fans go crazy at the hockey games, but I was not prepared for how intense the Chicago fans were. From the minute I stepped into the arena there was cheering, and this was at least an hour before the game. When the players finally took to the ice, the sound was deafening.

My favorite part of the whole experience was the National Anthem. At Hawks games the crowd stands up and cheers throughout the entire song and it is only sung by Jim Cornelison. I seriously had goose bumps during the anthem. Hockey may be a sport associated with Canada, but Chicago has deemed it as theirs.

The game finally started and it was crazy. I thought watching the game on TV was entertaining, but seeing it played live is a whole other experience.

The crowd almost never sat down or let up. When the Blackhawks scored their first goal, and every other goal after that, the arena went insane. Simply put, it was awesome. I don’t think I will ever get sick of the song played www.blackhawks.nhl.com when the team scores. It is one of the most annoying tunes I have ever heard, but when the Hawks score, you don’t care. The team ended up beating the Preds six to three, making the night all the better.

Sadly, I have yet to go to another game since my first one, but I know the atmosphere will still be the same. Something like that does not change. It’s part of the Blackhawks organization.

It may have taken a trip on the band wagon to make me a hockey fan, which to most is not something to be proud of, but I am glad I took that ride. If I had not, I would not have been able to cheer along with all the other crazy Chicago fans. jkohn@murraystate.edu

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Racers end weekend with 1-2 OVC record Lexy Gross || Staff writer cgross2@murraystate.edu

After a trying first weekend at home, the Racer Volleyball team is well-prepared for a difficult season.

Murray State gained a 3-0 win in its first home game against Tennessee Tech late last week. Over the weekend, the Racers fell to Jacksonville State, 0-3. Murray State returned to Racer Arena prepared to challenge their rivals, Austin Peay, and lost a hard-fought game 1-3 Tuesday.

In the first set against the Jacksonville State Golden Eagles, Murray State pushed for extra points and won the frame 29-27.

The Racers impressed their large crowd at the start of the second set with a 12-0 run.

“I loved the 12-0 run, but I knew that no team is going to just die,” Head Coach David Schwepker said. “They're going to come back. You want the team just to keep playing hard.”

Halfway through the game, junior libero Katlyn Hudson achieved her career-high number of aces with four for the first two frames. Murray State ended the set with a 25-15 win.

Schwepker said the goal of the final set was not to back off, but play even harder to win. Offensively, the Racers came out stronger in that one than any other set.

Freshmen Taylor Olden and Emily Schmahl led in a number of kills.

“Olden and Schmahl have been working on getting more comfortable with the team,” Schwepker said. “Of course it will take time since they’re freshmen. What people don't get about this sport is how much everyone relies on each other. The connection between the passer, setter and hitter is extremely important and it takes time to get that rhythm.”

Alyssa Lelm, freshman middle blocker, finished with a team-high of four blocks. Sophomore outside hitter Beth Mahurin ended the game 25-13 with a strategically placed push.

For the match, the Racers had a .271 attack percentage. Olden had a .333 percentage with 16 kills out of 36 attempts, with only four errors. Schmahl achieved a high .423 percentage with 15 kills out of 24 attempts, with four errors. The team had more than 10 aces for the first time since 2010.

Olden said the win helped boost the confidence of the Racers.

“I was pretty pumped; I'm glad we beat them,” Olden said. “The team did really well, we never let up.”

The Racers left with high confidence, ready to play their next match against Jacksonville State.

In the first set against the Gamecocks, the Racers seemed pre-

pared as they fought point-for-point until the middle of the frame.

Early on, it was evident that Jacksonville State’s blocking was at a different level than Tennessee State’s.

After the 13th point in the first set, Murray State started to have trouble returning the ball. Several runs and miscommunications amongst the Racers led to a 25-20 loss.

Murray State took the first point of the second game, giving the appearance of better movement and communication. In fact, Jacksonville State handed the Racers five serve errors in the second set.

Despite kills from freshmen hitters Olden and Schmahl, though, the Racers lost the second frame 25-18.

Jacksonville State continued to have serve errors in the third set, but the Racers did not take advantage. After several blocks from the Gamecocks and continually weakening offense from the Racers, Jacksonville State took the set 25-14.

“We made way too many errors, especially in attacks,” Schwepker said. “We had 26 hitting errors and (Jacksonville State) only had seven.”

For the last two sets, Murray State had a negative attack percentage, meaning the Racers had more errors than kills when hitting. Overall, the attack was a very low .028 percent.

Jacksonville State had a .304 attack percentage from several strong kills. Jen Meyer, senior hitter, had 12 kills while Emily Rutherford, freshman hitter, recorded nine.

For Murray State, Mahurin led the Racers in kills with nine out of 21 attempts. Olden had six total kills while Schmahl had seven.

Senior setter Lia Havili had 25 assists, low compared to the 38 she managed the previous night.

The Racers had more digs than Jacksonville State, digging 42 compared to the Gamecocks’ 33. Jacksonville had 20 block assists while Murray State had six.

For the final home game before hitting the road to Morehead State, the Racers played nearly point-for-point with Austin Peay Tuesday night.

After losing two very close sets, the Racers came back in the third to win 25-19. Murray State never allowed the Governors to get more than three points ahead in the fourth frame, yet lost 2523 for a game loss of 3-1.

Schwepker said the women were not recognizing repetitive plays the Governors were making in the final frame. He said he thinks their inability to adapt to Austin Peay’s system cost them the game.

Although the loss was difficult for the Racers, the team fought for every point and showed teamwork in the worst of moments.

After some moments struggling to communicate during the game against Jacksonville State, the Racers improved later on.

Lelm had 12 kills and zero errors out of 19 total attempts, leaving her with a high .632 attack percentage. Havili had 54 assists out of 55 total for the team. The second highest attack percentage came from junior middle blocker Michelle Lazorchak with 12 kills.

Senior libero Lydia Orf and Hudson led the team defensively with 29 digs together.

In the third set, the Racers had three kills, a strategically placed push and an ace, all back-to-back. Each match Murray State’s attack errors dropped and hitting percentage increased.

The Racers ended their weekend at home with a 3-9 season record and a 1-2 OVC record.

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Head coach David Schwepker said the way the volleyball team adapted to the opponents’ play helped them last weekend.

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Murray State soccer opened up conference play on the right track defeating rival Austin Peay Sunday.

The Racers (3-5-0, 1-0-0 OVC) took to the road for their first Ohio Valley Conference game in Clarksville, Tenn., against the Lady Govs (4-6-0, 0-1-0 OVC). Senior defender Veronika Pribyslavska scored her fifth goal of the season in the contest to give the Racers a 1-0 victory.

Her goal came in the 69th minute as she took a shot from 25 yards out and beat the keeper in the upper right corner.

Her goal gave the Racers their third consecutive win, a first road win and broke a two-game losing streak against AustinPeay.

“The girls played tough,” Head Coach Beth Acreman said. “Obviously with it being our first conference game, we knew going in that we had to play hard and re-

ally commit defensively. It was great to see Veronika get another goal and really pleased to get the shutout on a very good attacking Austin Peay team.”

The Racer defense came up big again as it only allowed two shots in the first period and 12 during the game.

Freshman goalkeeper Latesha Stevenson recorded her third straight shutout win, saving six shots.

“I think the defensive unit has been working much harder in the last three games,” Acreman said. “They have physically committed themselves to taking care of the opposition and making sure they concentrate for 90 minutes. It has been great to have three shutouts in a row and we will be pushing them to continue training and working hard.”

As a result of the team’s defensive performance, freshman defender Halle Pinkman won the ADIDAS OVC-Defensive Player of the Week award for the second week in a row. Pinkman has played in all

295 scoreless minutes for the Racers.

Although the team has started hitting their stride on both sides of the ball, they will face the two toughest teams in the OVC, according to a preseason poll, in Southeast Missouri State University (1-6-0) and University of Tennessee-Martin (3-42) in their next two games.

UT-Martin was picked to finish first and SEMO was picked to finish second in the poll.

“We know both games will be hard,” Acreman said. “We will have intense training this week to prepare. We have to continue to learn from our mistakes as we know going up against these two teams will be a challenge. Our young players are learning every match and I will be pushing every player to get better from game to game.”

The Racers will take to the road at 6:30 p.m. today against SEMO. They travel to UT-Martin Sunday afternoon, with a kickoff staring the game at 2 p.m.

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Several Murray State students from both the main campus and the Paducah extended campus ditched their books for life jackets last Saturday and competed in a rather unordinary event on the river in Paducah, Ky. A fundraiser for Paducah’s River Discovery Center, the Dragon Boat Festival, began at 9 a.m. on the Ohio River in downtown Paducah.

The event was run by a Canadian company that puts dragon boat races together in several different areas. Twenty-five teams participated, paddling rowing boats with dragon heads attached to the front down a 250-foot course.

Each boat was manned by a crew of approximately 20 people.

Several of the students on the Murray State team are members of the rowing club team.

While the rowing students initially worried about the difference between the race boats they are used to and the unusual dragon boats used on Saturday, the team was able to take advantage of a safety instruction session and a few practice sessions.

They were able to easily overcome the differences in style and came home with a first place finish. In addition, the team set a new world record, completing the course in 53.52 seconds.

The team was awarded a dragon trophy which they will keep for a year until next year’s festival when they will have a chance to defend their championship.

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A night at the movies As if watching live sports on television isn’t enough, I also like watching sports movies, and it doesn’t even matter what type of sports movie it is.

While I’ve seen my fair share of sports movies, I am ashamed to say that I haven’t seen some classics such as “Rudy,” “Necessary Roughness,” the original “Longest Yard” and “Brian’s Song.”

I swear on my love of sports I will Edward remedy this soon. If it makes you feel better, I’ve seen “The Natural,” “Field of Marlowe Dreams,” “Bull Durham,” “61,” “Coach Sports columnist Carter” and many, many other great sports films.

I’m not certain I’ve seen a bad sports film. Even “Space Jam” as a kid was enough to get me hyped as Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes took on the Monstars or Mean Team in an epic, fantasy showdown.

A good sports movie, in my humble opinion, often has climactic action, dramatic, heart-stopping music, unique characters and a lesson learned by the time the credits roll.

Picking my favorite sports films is like trying to pick which of my children I love the most.

Luckily, I don’t have any children.

“Hoosiers” Starring Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper and Barbara Hershey, this 1986 classic is loosely based on Milan High School and their unbelievable run to the 1954 Indiana state basketball championship.

Norman Dale, played by Hackman, coaches sharpshooter Jimmy Chitwood and Hickory High all the way to the 1952 championship game against the larger-than-life South Bend High School. Nearly fired in the middle of the season, Dale and company claim the state championship in a dramatic, comeback fashion.

Hopper plays a town drunk and father of one of the players. Shooter, as Norman asks him to be an assistant coach along the way, making the feel-good story a little bit more real as he battles his alcoholism throughout the season.

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Devastating defeat tough to swallow Edward Marlowe || Staff writer emarlowe@murraystate.edu

Up 36-20 midway through the third quarter, it seemed the Racers had the game pretty well cinched up.

However, the Eastern Illinois Panthers (2-2, 1-0 OVC) saw things a little differently, forcing overtime and eventually defeating Murray State 50-49 on a gutsy two-point conversion to seal the victory Sept.

22.

With a school record-tying five field goals from freshman kicker Jordan Benton, the Racers (1-3, 0-1 OVC) exchanged touchdowns for kicks in the second half as the Panthers climbed back into the game behind the play of junior wideout Erik Lora.

Lora caught an OVC-record 21 passes for 269 yards and three touchdowns, while junior Racer receiver Walter Powell was once again the sure hands for senior quarterback Casey Brockman, catching 13 passes for 142 yards.

With both teams using up-tempo offenses and a balance of run and pass, the four-hour game had 1,142 yards of offense with the Racers grinding out almost 600 yards in the loss.

The Racers forced the Panthers into two fourth down situations in overtime, but each was converted as Murray State couldn’t hold on to the lead. Lora converted a short throw over the goal line for the conversion and the win.

With passing defense continuing to be a trouble spot for the Racer secondary, no bigger receiving threat looms on the schedule than Tennessee Tech wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers, who will visit the Racers Saturday at 6 p.m in Roy Stewart Stadium.

Kicked off the University of Tennessee football team for failed drug tests and violating team rules, Rogers elected to stay in-state and continue his college football career with the Golden Eagles (22, 0-1 OVC). He finished last year an all-SEC recipient, with 67 catches for 1,040 yards for the Volunteers.

Against Southeast Missouri State (2-2, 1-0 OVC), Rogers caught 18 passes for 303 yards and two touchdowns in the double overtime loss.

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The team spent the week recovering and preparing for Tennessee Tech.

Chris Hatcher up late at night, and the coach admits Rogers is certainly the real deal.

“They may have the best player in the league in Rogers,” Hatcher said. “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a player as good as he is.

By having him on their team, that’s really added another dimension to them. We have never faced a guy this good.”

Hatcher said the biggest test for this weekend will be to try and defend the pass while not giving up too much on the run.

“The thing is, you try and double-team a guy like that and you take away from defending the run game,” he said. “They do the things we do, try and spread you out and if you spread out you run the ball and if you pack it on in there, you throw it.”

The Racers, who are trying to regroup after a nightmarish fourgame stretch, did not practice Sunday night as Hatcher gave the team a well-earned night off.

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‘Breds begin early preparations for still distant season Jaci Kohn || Assistant sports editor

“We Are Marshall” It doesn’t matter how many times I watch this movie, I find myself crying all the way through it.

In 1970, one of the worst sports tragedies occurred when a plane carrying 37 of the Marshall University Thundering Herd college football team, five coaches, the athletic director, 25 boosters and a crew of five crashed, killing all on board. Forced to rebuild an entire program from the ground up, Matthew McConaughey plays upstart head coach Jack Lengyel, who undertakes the mission of forging a competitive team in the wake of harrowing tragedy.

I won’t spoil the ending, but if you don’t have a box of tissues sitting next to you by the end of the film, we cannot be friends because you have no soul.

“Jerry Maguire” Perhaps one of the most quotable movies of all time, “Jerry Maguire” is a thinly-veiled sports movie with a much deeper meaning about finding out who you are and what’s important in life.

Starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., as the electrifying wide receiver Rod Tidwell and Tom Cruise as the title character, Maguire faces a mid-life crisis, and amidst a change of heart goes from the big-time to the broke-but-happy. Striving to work with athletes on a more personal level, the well-to-do sports agent is left only with Tidwell at the end of the movie.

Also starring Renee Zellweger and the endearing child actor Jonathan Lipnicki, the movie is certainly one of my favorites, if not for lines such as “show me the money,” “the human head weighs eight pounds” and “I’m not gonna do what everybody thinks I’m gonna do and flip out.”

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‘Breds baseball is using the fall months to prepare for the upcoming spring season.

Head Coach Rob McDonald said the team will practice in the fall through the month of October.

“Pretty much up until now we have been in our small group skills work,” he said.

“That is a lot of individual skills, hitting, fielding throwing, just a lot of individual skills. This past Friday we started real practice.”

The team spends much of its practice time honing in on individuals. Having all the basic skills under control is important to McDonald.

“To be good, the guys have to know how to catch and hit and throw and field and pitch,” he said. “If they cannot do that then it does not matter much if they know what to do on a first and third situation or a bunt situation. The most important thing is to be able to pick it up and throw it, hit it or catch it.”

The team is adjusting to six incoming freshmen and McDonald said he thinks they are fitting in well.

“They are another good group of quality kids,” he said. “They are working hard; they are trying things that are new. A lot of them have not spent much time in the weight room and we work really hard in the weight room. It’s a new thing to them but they are all embracing it and they know it’s going to make them better.”

McDonald said it would be too early to talk specifics on how his new players are standing out, but overall, he said he is very pleased with how his returning players are practicing.

“One of the first things I have noticed this fall was some of the improvements,” McDonald said. “It seems like some of the mechanical improvements we have been working on – over sometimes the past few years – have improved over the summer.

They came back ready to go and that is important. I know we are going to have good veteran leadership.”

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The ‘Breds finished last season with a 22-33 record. They went 8-9 against OVC teams, good for a ninthplace finish in the conference.

Everything is going well for the team.

They are just hoping for good weather so they can continue to prepare.

“The guys have enthusiasm and they need to keep that,” he said. “It is easy to have enthusiasm in the first few days of practice. We will see how they will handle things a few weeks into it and see if they are still as energetic, hopefully they will be.

“I feel good about the guys that we have.

They are working very hard. We will know a lot more at the end of the fall with some of the adjustments some of the guys make, how good we are going to be.”

Last season the ‘Breds missed the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. They finished the season ninth in the OVC. McDonald said every year they feel like they have a chance to make the tournament. However they are not looking that far ahead right now.

“We are trying to look at just day to day and getting guys better and getting them ready to play Division-1 baseball,” he said.

Senior right-hand pitcher Will Handlin is looking forward to competing and having the camaraderie with his teammates.

“Right now we’re getting our arms back

in shape,” Handlin said. “We had our first inter-squad (game) and were working on game and our pitches.

Last year the ‘Breds had the talent to do great things but injuries hampered the team. This year, however, Handlin said they have improved their depth.

“We have got a lot of hard-nosed guys,” he said. “They all want to get a piece of playing time and do their best. So there is a lot of competition.”

Last year the team won the OVC Team Academic Achievement Award, 17 of the players were on the Commissioner’s Honor Role List, two players were awarded Academic Medals of Honor and two players earned Capital One Academic All-American Baseball Honors.

“We try really hard to recruit quality people with good character,” McDonald said.

“The fact that they are doing well in school lends credibility to our thinking that we have good guys. The fact that we won the top academic award and the top sportsmanship award in the same year, I am proud of our guys and of our program. Now I want to win our on-the-field championship.”

“Remember the Titans” I watched this movie with my entire high school, as the messages of racial unity and teamwork are so prevalent in the film there is no way the message can be missed.

The movie is set in 1971 at the recently desegregated T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., where African-American head coach Herman Boone (Washington) is hired to replace the current head coach Bill Yoast (played by Will Patton).

In an effort to ease racial tensions, Boone offers Yoast a position on his staff, but before he can decline, the white players on the team threaten to strike if he doesn’t take the post.

Through hard work, determination, sheer will and one of the most kickass soundtracks available in cinema history, the team overcomes bigotry and hatred to become one of the most storied high school football programs in American history.

“Moneyball” Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane sets to build a baseball team with a yeoman’s share in a small market budget.

Adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin, “Moneyball” is a cinematic take on the book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.”

Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including best picture and best actor, Brad Pitt plays the embattled Beane during the famed 2002 Major League Baseball season.

Accompanied by Jonah Hill, who plays a fictitious sabermatrician based on Paul DePodesta, Beane takes a $41 million dollar payroll and builds a team based on high on-base percentage and defense instead of chasing after high-profile athletes and large balloon contracts.

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Men’s golf finishes third at Cardinal Invitational in Louisville Kyra Ledbetter || Staff writer kledbetter3@murraystate.edu

The Murray State men’s golf team took third in its second invitational of the season, once again dominating every conference team with which they were confronted.

The Racers finished their first day of competition in third at the Cardinal Invitational in Louisville, Ky., just 10 shots behind first place Bowling Green State in a field of 14 teams.

Freshman Preston French and senior Tyler Brown led the first day, both ending in 11th place.

On Tuesday, competition was delayed for several hours by rain, but the

Racers did not falter, finishing where they started. French and Brown tied for 13th, sharing the team’s best score at 217.

As a team, the Racers finished behind first place Bowling Green by 10 shots and second place University of Louisville by just one stroke.

“It was really a good tournament,” said Head Coach Eddie Hunt. “I was pleased with the way we played. We just barely missed the second by one shot. We really played well the last round. We were the top finisher in the OVC. The whole team did a good job.

Our top four guys finished in the top 20, so that was a really strong showing of the players skills.”

Unlike their first competition in Pineville, Ky., where the seniors lead the way; this week Murray State was lead by French, coming from Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky., and a successful summer of golfing, taking second in the Lexington City Championship and qualifying for the Kentucky State Amateur.

“Preston had a great tournament as a freshman,” Hunt said. “He did well all three days. I think he’s gonna have a really great career at Murray State.

We’re glad to have him on. I think we’ve got a good mix this year. We have three really solid seniors and a good group of freshmen with Preston leading the way. I think him playing

with these older kids has really made him a better player. With Patrick (Newcomb) being the player of the year last year in the OVC and Hunter York playing really well, I think Preston has worked hard with them and he’s gonna’ be a good player for us.”

On Monday the Racers host the MSU Invitational, at which will be several conference competitors. Included on that list is Jacksonville State University, who are top OVC competitors, and tapped into an enormity of success last season. If the first few tournaments of the season are any indication, the Racers may have the chance to change that though, sending their seniors out with an OVC win.

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Omega Mu out-batted the Hester B team girls at Tuesday night’s slow-pitch softball game.

Omega Mu took the lead early in the top of the first inning, scoring four runs, leaving the score 4-0 at the bottom of the first inning.

“We had one inning where we just got a couple of runs, and in innings after that we just kept the steam which was really nice,” said freshman Omega Mu first baseman, Maggie Nawa.

Omega Mu’s quick bats and solid fielding kept them in the lead through the game. Hester B tried to rally in the top of the third inning but was unable to shut down Omega Mu’s batting lineup.

According to Nawa, teamwork and communication were two important components that contributed to Omega Mu’s win over Hester B. “We are all just friends and all the upperclassmen are really friendly,” Nawa said.

“It’s probably the best decision I’ve made

as far as meeting new people. I definitely love that I chose to play for the honors team.”

During the top of the third inning, two well hit balls past the short stop allowed Omega Mu to score one run, bringing the score to 6-0.

Nawa said one of the big challenges in slow-pitch softball is getting used to the slower pitching style.

“I played for about seven to eight years; it was just a (recreation) league,” she said.

“It was fast-pitch, so there was a little adjusting to getting used to.”

Fielding errors and solid hitting during the top of the fourth inning resulted in Omega Mu widening the gap. A well placed hit into center field gave the team two more runs. Another solid hit into left field gave Omega Mu one more run; the score was 9-0 after the bottom of the fourth inning.

Omega Mu’s polished skills gave them an advantage over Hester B. “We had at least one practice a week, we did a lot of field exercising and did a lot of batting exercises,” Nawa said.

Despite being down 9-0 Hester B team rallied to score a run. Hester B scored the last run of the game in the bottom of the sixth inning.

“I think the other team played really well,” Nawa said. “I know we’ve (Omega Mu) had points where we were down by a lot too and the thing is to not lose your focus and just your pride in your team. It’s definitely hard to keep a tough mentality.”

Omega Mu clenched the victory 13-1 in the bottom of the 6th inning.

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“The only team we haven’t seen yet is Jacksonville State,” Hunt said.

“They won the OVC last year, and they’ve got a couple of players back that are really strong players. I think they’ll be some really strong competition for us. It always comes down to three or four teams every year. I definitely think we’ll be one of those teams. I think Austin Peay’s got a good team and then Jacksonville will probably be our main competition.”

The Racers have won the MSU Invitation for eight consecutive years and will look to continue their successful tradition Monday and Tuesday at Miller Memorial Golf Course in Murray.

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Hundreds gather for annual awareness event Hunter Harrell || Contributing writer hharrell@murraystate.edu

Murray State students and community members alike rallied on Cutchin Field to “Take Back the Night” on campus Tuesday evening.

Hundreds of people attended the program organized by the Murray State Women's Center.

Murray State adopted the program in 1993 from Germany's protests against the fears women experienced walking the streets at night which began in 1973. San Francisco, Calif., was the first city in the United States to host the rally in 1978.

The Murray State Women's Center continues the annual tradition to increase awareness about abusive relationships and violence against women with special attention to rapes and sexual assault incidents that occur on campus. The event is designed to educate students and community members.

“We really just want students to be aware of the prevalence and of the dramatic effects that (violence) has on people,” said Abigail French, interim Women's Center director.

Stephanie Smith, a student worker at the Women's Center, agreed with French.

“The Women's Center hosts this event because it represents the core of what we do,” Smith said. “Our mission is to raise awareness and prevent these acts from happening, and also help women and men affected by these issues.”

This was the 20th year the event has occurred on campus. Each year the event transpires a little differently as more and more students get in-

volved, bringing in a bigger crowd every year.

Many months of preparation were necessary to organize the event. Booking speakers, musicians and survivors is only the half of it.

“We start contacting the speakers and musicians back in the summer,” French said. “Once school gets back into swing, we start scheduling people for staging and mics, then we start publicizing the event a couple weeks after school starts.”

The housing department, Student Government Association and a handful of sororities and fraternities all aided in the organization of the event.

Beginning at 5:45 p.m., the University Chorale sang as the crowd settled in, spreading blankets across the field for seating.

Ninety-eight empty chairs lined the edge of the field, each representing Kentucky victims who lost their lives to domestic violence or sexual abuse between 2008 and 2011.

At 6 p.m., Aaron Dail, executive director of United Way of Murray-Calloway County, opened the session with his story of a girl who confided in him the background of her life and the abuse through which she had gone.

Dail proceeded to speak about finding help for the girl. He ended his speech by stating the overall theme of “Take Back the Night.”

“What tonight is about is giving you the opportunity to understand, get educated and be available to listen or to allow someone to get their message out.” Dail said.

Immediately following his story, The Muses of Sigma Alpha Iota entertained the audience

President Randy Dunn and members of the Student Government Association hold candles in honor and memory of sufferers of abuse. with a song called “The Prayer.”

Several individuals participated by sharing poems about their experiences.

A survivor, Melanie McCallon, read a poem about her experience with abuse, and the heartfelt recital rendered a loud applause from the audience.

Shortly after, Griggori Taylor recited an original poem written for the occasion.

The slam poetry was full of emotion for both the speaker and the audience.

Following Taylor’s poem, The Suspensions sang the popular song, “Apologize” by One Republic.

Another survivor, Audra Napp, then took the stage. She spoke of her journey to healing.

“If you're suffering in silence, share,” Napp encouraged.

Samuel Hawkins of the Boys and Girls Club of America then recited his original poem entitled “12:01.”

The event continued with a call to action speech given by Allyson Taylor, counselor at Murray State’s Counseling Services. She explained the different ways to help people in situations of abuse. She said listening and believing their stories and never judging the victims by their past are ways to help put a stop to the silence surrounding the issue of abuse.

“I was very interested in hearing the stories and experiences people were sharing,” said Nicole King, freshman from Hopkinsville, Ky. In closing the ceremony, faculty, staff, students and the members of the Student Government Association made a pledge, refusing to be a part of domestic abuse and violence against women.

“I enjoyed the men's pledge the most,” Kayla Toering, graduate student from St. Paul, Minn., said. “I feel them taking a stand is the best.”

The men who pledged carried unlit candles and lined the sidewalk as the audience exited past the empty chairs, remembering those who lost their lives.

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Theater department starts new season with horror Dominique Duarte || Contributing writer dduarte@murraystate.edu

The theater department is giving students a chance to get an early glimpse of dark mystery and horror before Halloween approaches.

Lissa Graham-Schneider, associate theatre professor, loves horror and ghost stories and welcomed the opportunity to direct “Woman in Black.” “(The show) is basically two men and they play multiple characters; one of the men is an actor playing the part of the other man and then the other man plays all the other characters who were there when he experienced the haunting from the woman in black,” Graham-Schneider said.

The cast has been rehearsing for four and a half weeks.

“It’s a really complicated show so it’s a real testament to these actors that have learned all of this and made this into what they’ve made it into,” she said.

The play has some scenic elements and will have quite a bit of action and interaction with the audience. There is an extension to the Robert E. Johnson Theatre stage that comes out and goes through the audience and an aisle was completely taken out so the characters can go back and forth through the audience.

“The entire set or scenic element completely surrounds the audience so there’s something to see no matter where you look in this show,” she said.

The play tells a story without complicated or complex set pieces and mostly uses blocks, a table and scraps that the characters find in an abandoned theater.

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“I think this show is a supernatural show obviously because there is a ghost or they talk about a ghost anyway, but I feel like this show is about magic, the magic of theatre specifically,” she said.

“You can have very few things and yet through your imagination and through your craft you can make an entire environment and make it another world.”

The cast consists of three characters that provide some advantages to all players involved. Ryan Schisler, Brad Rogers and Nathaniel Davis make up the cast.

“I get to spend a lot of time with them; we bonded really fast. We bonded easily; this cast really likes each other and I like them and we get along really well with the crew and the staff,” GrahamSchneider said. “You really get to do in-depth character work that you don’t get to do as much with 20 or 30 people in it.”

Ryan Schisler, senior from Owensboro, Ky., really liked this show after reading the play in his directing class and seeing the movie.

“I’ve never been in a straight show before because I’ve done musical theatre mostly and this was finally that first chance for me to actually be in a straight show,” he said. “This was the one I wanted to do more than anything and I thought it’s my senior year and this would be a great way to go out with a bang.”

Graham-Schneider wants the audience to be frightened during the show and leave the theater having had scary fun.

“People like to be scared. It’s fun, but it’s also safe. It’s a safe kind of fun; it’s roller coasters, so I want to give them that roller coaster ride of a horror movie,” she said.

“Woman in Black” began Thursday night and continues today at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. It is located in Robert E. Johnson Theatre.

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PERRY NAMED WOMAN OF YEAR Singer Katy Perry was named Billboard Magazine’s Woman of the Year on Tuesday.

Perry has sold 48 million tracks in the United States, according to Billboard, including "Firework," "California Gurls" and "E.T.”

ANDY WILLIAMS DIES AT 84 Andy Williams, the singer known for his hits, “Moon River” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” died Wednesday at his Missouri home.

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STARS COMPETE FOR CHARITY Edward Norton, Jonah Hill, Kristen Bell and other celebrities were slated to play the game “Words With Friends” for charity.

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Lane Goodwin, a 13-year-old boy from Beech Grove, Ky., is battling alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare, aggressive form of cancer for the third time. Goodwin was first diagnosed March 4, 2010 with stage III alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, after which he endured 21 treatments of radiation and 41 weeks of chemotherapy.

On Dec. 30, 2010 Goodwin’s scans were found clear. He was then required to have scans every three months for the next five years. On July 22, 2011, Goodwin relapsed and doctors found a tumor on his neck and left leg. The next month scans showed Goodwin had 13 tumors on his bones. After a brief period of remission Goodwin again relapsed on May 8.

Upon learning of his relapse, Goodwin was given two choices. He could receive low doses of chemotherapy to slow the cancer’s growth while allowing him to be as active as possible, or he could endure a large number of high-dose chemotherapy sessions in an effort to exterminate the cancer from his body. Goodwin chose the high-dose chemotherapy sessions and has continued to undergo the treatments until Sept. 14 when he suffered a series of seizures as a result of the cancer spreading to his brain.

“They were 10 minutes away from putting him in a medically induced coma because the seizures wouldn't stop and then they just stopped and now here we are,” his mother, Angie Goodwin, told WFIE Channel 14 news. “He’s getting up out of bed.

He's walking.”

The Goodwins said he has good and bad days. What may start as a great day with him eating breakfast and maybe even getting to go outside with some friends can quickly transform to a terrifying afternoon of

seizures. The Goodwins are appreciating every moment they have, as they are on borrowed time.

“We’re blessed he’s still here because we didn’t think we’d be here today,” his mother said.

As community members, complete strangers and celebrities rally to Lane’s cause, his family appreciates the outpouring of support.

Just last Friday, Lane’s Facebook page, Prayers for Lane Goodwin, reached Lane’s dream of 100,000 likes, and has been flooded with pictures of people giving Lane a thumbs up.

“The Thumbs Up for Lane” campaign originated with Lane’s own pictures that his mother took and posted on Facebook. In every picture Lane gave the camera a smile and a thumbs up, showing his always positive attitude. After seeing Lane’s constant smiles and thumbs up, the campaign was born.

Now people all over the state, nation and even world are stepping up to the plate in support of the Goodwin family. As thousands of thumbs up pictures, offers of encouragement and donations flood the Prayers for Lane Goodwin page, the Goodwin family has been awed by so many supporters.

“Our family still can't wrap our minds around this! (Lane) has been on local and national news channels everywhere. We have seen thumbs up pictures from all over the world! I asked Lane yesterday why he thought all of this was happening and he said, ‘Mom it’s what we always prayed for.

This will bring awareness and a cure!’” Lane’s mother said via her Prayers for Lane Goodwin Facebook page.

The family is continuing to pray for a miracle as Lane battles cancer and shows the world what a true fighter is.

Learn more about Lane’s story and how to contribute to his cause at facebook.com/PrayersforLaneGoodwin or anegoodwin.com.

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Celebrities and organizations give Lane Goodwin a thumbs up as a way to show their support for the 13-year-old fighting cancer.

Students make Facebook pages for entertainment Shannon MacAllister || Staff writer smacallister@murraystate.edu

‘TED’ MAKING NEW COMEDY Seth MacFarlane, the creator of “Family Guy,” is in the works of creating a live-action comedy pilot with Fox. MacFarlane is reported to be executive producing the show with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, who co-wrote the raunchy summer comedy film, “Ted.”

Racer Meme’s, 2011 student-operated Facebook page created in April, has reached 500 likes. The page, created by Moe Maghrabi, a sophomore from Saudi Arabia and Jay Odom a sophomore from Paris, Tenn., is designed to entertain students during their Murray State days.

“Racer Meme’s is just to get a laugh out of Murray State,” Odom said. “The content we post, we don’t ever mean to offend anybody. What we do is, we take what other people around campus are saying, and we make pictures out of it. It’s not our own views, it is what all of the other students are saying.

What we post is meant to get laughs, that’s all.”

Racer Meme’s began as the result of the tremen-

dous positive response to Odom and Maghrabi’s individual humorous posts in the beginning of the second semester of their freshman year.

After a time of posting the pictures onto their personal Facebook walls, they came up with the idea to consolidate their pictures into one new Facebook page centered around fun Murray State topics.

“At the beginning we were making pictures separately, like just posting on our page, but then (Odom) gave us the idea about making funny things about Murray State,” Maghrabi said. “I made one about Blackboard, and I posted it on my wall, and he made one about Winslow, and he posted it on his wall and we both checked it, and we saw that people liked it so we decided to make the page.”

Now six months after the debut of Racer Meme’s, they have created a new page, Racer Wisdom.

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Racer Wisdom, Odom and Maghrabi said, is really made to be the positive side of Murray State.

Both creators realize that the pictures on Racer Meme’s can often be construed as negative, and have created Racer Wisdom in an effort to counteract that.

“Racer Wisdom is a place to spread your love, peace, happiness, knowledge, experience, positive thoughts and blessings through Wisdom quotes,” Racer Wisdom’s page description says. “We are here to inspire and be inspired.”

Maghrabi and Odom are both looking forward to watching the Racer Meme’s grow and said they hope Racer Wisdom will experience the same degree of success Racer Meme’s has earned.

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In only its second studio album, British folk band Mumford & Sons released the highly anticipated “Babel” earlier this week, two years after the critically acclaimed “Sigh No More.” The album’s folk base is only the length of a banjo away from the band’s original album, leaving listeners with a familiar taste that draws on at the start, but develops a plot line never before seen in an album of its sort.

“Babel” surprises fans with a facsimile to that of the band’s first attempt at success. Employing the same folk and bluegrass-like sounds, Mumford & Sons developed a compilation that featured several songs written during or shortly after the recording of the first album.

Lead vocalist Marcus Mumford, guitarist Ted Dwayne, accordionist Ben Lovett and backup vocalist “Country” Winston Marshall make up the musical quartet founded in the West London folk scene of the early 2000s. The strange ally between Mumford & Sons’ music and historic literature was for the large part abandoned on its most recent album, opting for a more traditional style of lyrical development. All four members participate in writing songs, which bred the international success of “Sigh No More” and a trans-continental hype that followed Tuesday’s U.S. release date.

Nothing is lost to a listener at the start of Mumford and Sons’ latest addition. The first track, “Babel,” could throw a newcomer off what the band is truly about. Instead of relying on the rhythm-reliant folk band takeoff, it seemed as though the amps were turned up almost a tad too high with this song. Listening, the band sends a clear message screaming, “We’re back!” but the message is mottled by the throbbing kick drum and harsh acoustic strumming. That abrasive start eventually wears off, leading to a beautiful bridge slightly before the halfway mark on the track, and a few well-placed shouts between band members, who have, since the first album, considerably added to their instrumental resumes.

Through the first two or three songs on the album, markedly matured instruments are heard, paired well with the start of what listeners soon recognize as a ballad between songs. A story line makes its way to the surface midway through “Babel,” but it is almost hidden from view by the punch of the first three tracks, which could have just as easily been featured on the previous album without sounding out-of-place – a truly unfortunate move for the folk band, considering what the

Companies use social profiles to assist hiring Maddie Mucci || Staff writer mmucci@murraystate.edu

Career Counselor Katie Mantooth types her name into Google and waits the .20 seconds it takes to find more than 110,000 results.

album buries under its rough and tumble start.

Listeners of the record need only to listen on to learn what Mumford & Sons has taken two years to create.

The album’s fourth track may have been a last straw for some Mumford and Sons fans. “Holland Road” begins with almost the same acoustic intro as “After the Storm,” the sad ending to “Sigh No More.” But partway through the song named after the famous London road, the two tracks diverge like the characters within it. An explosive rhythm guitar-banjo duo atop all four singer’s voices introduces the listener to a new Mumford & Sons beyond the twisty lyricism and dragging instrumentation that was its first album. The band employs a catty brass band that more than makes up for the track’s distinctly familiar start.

From there, the story begins. The album follows the rocky relationship between a man once afraid of his own emotions who has introduced his true self to his lover with a varied response. Some songs through the middle of the selection give the impression of a break-up while hope and a homecoming imply a repaired relationship near the beginning and very end. The song selection was a crucial part of the album, because many of the songs featured were tested on the road of a North American tour. Mumford makes direct mentions of traveling, and some variation of the word “home” is used in almost every track.

That song selection becomes even more crucial for fans following the lead-up to Tuesday’s release.

The song “Holland Road” was originally paired with a track titled “Home,” which met criticism on the road and after a brief YouTube release earlier this year for being unoriginal and boring. Despite its gravelly nature, however, “Home,” along with bonus tracks “For Those Below” and “Where Are You Now” are truly missing parts of the equation on this album, and, ordered more succinctly, would tell a beautiful tale.

The raw nature of the album allows the everyday listener to enjoy it without a sense of loss however, and the remorseful feel on tracks like “Reminder” make room for a collection proudly balanced.

Reportedly, many of the songs on the album were recorded full-piece live, without much studio editing, which is a huge compliment to the band’s raw talent and a tip of the hat to the folk roots from which it comes. The harmonies and sobering stories throughout the compilation make for a listening experience unmatched by much of the today’s folk-era music. Plus, the obscurity of the lyrics makes for a delightful mystery that almost any dedicated listener will solve in the religious nature of “Below My Feet.”

Mumford & Sons lost very little with its newest

Today’s employers do the exact same search when looking at potential hires, said Mantooth, who hopes students are prepared to have their names run through a search engine.

“A lot of employers and human resource people are looking (at social media sites),” Mantooth said.

“Whether or not you want (your accounts) to be a part of your job search, it is.”

Social media may be one way to connect with friends or share photos, but organizational communications professor Greg Wurth from Paducah, Ky., agrees it is becoming a more prominent factor in job searches from an employer standpoint.

“To get let go from a job (because of social media) you have to break a rule significantly,” Wurth, said, “But just a little inconsistency between your Facebook page and their values could prevent you from getting a job.”

The search into individual’s social media sites is not solely for finding inconsistencies.

Many employers use Facebook to look for personal skills.

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Fans and critics alike have raved about Mumford & Sons’ second studio album, “Babel,” which was released in the U.S. Tuesday.

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Similar to: Of Monsters and Men, Bon Iver, The Wedding Band, Noah and the Whale release. Though ordered and topped off oddly, the openness and beauty of the album is found within the honesty of Mumford’s charismatic singing. The way he pours his heart and soul into a microphone gives everyone the opportunity to join along in the boys’ journey through love. Emotion is the enunciating value of almost every song, and Mumford’s near flawless voice blends well with the bluegrass trio behind him. The gravelly and grisly nature in some of his songs only provides a sense of release when the lyrics become too tense.

Overall, the intimate moments are the story behind “Babel.” The times when the music subsides and Mumford and his colleagues use challenging lyrical metaphors to make direct points make the listening experience a rhythmic, foot-tapping, front-porch joy, surrounded by teasing arduous low points.

“They’re looking for your communication skills,” Wurth said. “They’re looking at how you type, how you use grammar, how you formulate your sentences. They’re making sure you can accurately communicate.”

Mantooth explains the importance of making sure you actually show up at the top of an Internet search, rather than someone with the same name.

“Even though I have a pretty unique last name, there are others named Katie Mantooth,” she said, “I want to have a presence (on social media) that trumps any psycho, trashy looking ‘Katie Mantooth,’ and there is a strategy for doing that. You can gain some respect before they’ve even met you. It’s like a pseudo-interview. Whether you want it to or not, you can choose to do it purposefully, or you can live in denial.”

Having a professional presence on social media does not mean deleting the old Facebook and only connect-

ing professionally.

“I have two Facebook profiles, so if students decide, ‘I want to be able to ask that career counselor quick questions on Facebook,’ I have a Facebook presence. Then I also have a personal Facebook, so my college friends can find me and we can encourage each other in life,” Mantooth said.

She explained the possibility of selecting what you want to appear when a potential employer does a search.

“It’s called professional branding and you can do it very purposefully and it can be really effective,” Mantooth said. “Google yourself and find out what happens, you can even set up a Google alert that will let you know if your name has been posted.

Then edit any existing place that is social media—its not just Facebook and Twitter. I don’t necessarily recommend lock down—meaning your name doesn’t come up in a search— because I think that sometimes looks sketchy, but make the page they see, the image and the about you information, relevant to your job search.”

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The Vaccines, a The complete seventh British rock season of “How I Met Your group who hail Mother” will be released from West Tuesday. Relive what the London, will recharacters went through lease the U.S. and catch up befo re version of their falling too far behind in sophomore the current season, which premiered Monday, Sept. album, “Come of Age” Tuesday. The album will be released through Columbia and will 24. Maybe we’ll find out be available in both CD and vinyl format. who the mother is.

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Judging by appearances They say to never judge a book by its cover, but come on, haven’t we all done it?

Be it a book, movie or album, I think at some point we have all made predeterminations.

Sometimes, well most of the time, it doesn’t Savannah turn out too great, but Sawyer other times a poor Assistant looker can end up one Features Editor of your favorites. I’m here to tell you about my fortunate mishaps.

I am a sucker for books. I can’t walk into a used bookstore without picking up a book, it doesn’t matter what it is. I love to read but don’t always have time for it. I have approximately 50 or so unread books at home just from my expensive habit.

There is one book in particular, though, that has made it off the shelf. I originally picked up “The Last Summer (of You and Me)” by Ann Brashares because the title caught my attention. It’s such a great book because it allows your imagination to wander. It takes place on a small island outside of New York, where a small town is located.

It tells the story of two sisters and the hardships and cherished memories they share growing up in this small town on an island.

It’s come to be one of my favorite books and I’ll recommend it to anyone.

Books aren’t the only medium I tend to do this with, though. I’ve also bought several movies based on their covers as well.

My favorite thing to do is find Blockbuster stores that are going out of business and swoop in to get great deals on a bunch of movies and television shows.

My favorite movie from my collection would have to be “Philadelphia.” I’m kind of biased toward this film because it brought together two of my favorite people in the entertainment industry.

The movie stars Tom Hanks, one of my favorite actors, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor.

It also features “Streets of Philadelphia,” a song Bruce Springsteen composed for the film that ended up winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

In this movie, Hanks plays Andrew Beckett who works for one of the largest law firms in Philadelphia. Beckett lives a homosexual lifestyle he keeps separate from his job. However, suspicion arises when Beckett is diagnosed with AIDS and he slips up on his work. His bosses aren’t clear as to why they are firing him and it leads some to believe they fired Beckett because of his homosexuality. Beckett takes the case to court where you get to hear his story.

Another one of my favorite things to do is visit used record stores and buy albums based purely on their album artwork or the name of the band. Finding record stores today that sell records for a cheap price, usually no more than $5, is a pretty easy feat.

One band I came across had such an interesting name I couldn’t pass up it up.

The Big Pink is a group based out of London and currently has two albums.

The name of the band originally drew me in because it is a play off of one of my favorite albums.

Released in 1968, Bob Dylan’s backup band, known as The Band, split from the singer and released their debut album “Big Pink.” The members of The Band recorded part of the album in a pink house in West Saugerties, N.Y., hence the title of the album.

The band, The Big Pink, had a lot to live up to, but it did a decent job of doing so.

It’s not the best piece of work I’ve ever listened to but I’d urge anyone to check it out.

Judging something by how it looks on the surface is may not be a great idea, but sometimes it might just work in your favor. ssawyer@murraystate.edu

Tuesday, Sept. 25 Dennis Lehane, who is well known for his book, “Mistic River,” which was adapted into a film, is now releasing another book, “Live By Night.” It takes place in the 1920s, and follows the life of Joe Coughlin, the son of Boston’s police chief during the time of prohibition.

Play It

Tuesday, Oct. 2 Resident Evil 6, the latest in the Resident Evil series offers new features not seen in previous games. There will be more players to choose from as well as solo or co-op play.

Look for updated zombie features.

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