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March 1, 2013

Vol. 88, No. 23

Murray officials investigate closing 16th Street Ben Manhanke || Staff writer bmanhanke@murraystate.edu

In response to recently collected data, the city of Murray has begun working with the Department of Highway Safety to investigate ways to make a stretch of 16th Street safer for vehicles and pedestrians.

According to a report compiled by the Murray State Police, in the past five years 26 people have been injured by cars while crossing the area between Five Points and Main Street, and there have been 75 wrecks – primarily cars being rear ended. There have also been 196 collisions resulting in property damage.

Matt Mattingly, city administrator, said the city and University have no def-

inite plans as of yet to improve safety conditions along this section of 16th Street, but they recognize it is an issue.

“You’re looking at a main artery of traffic going through the core of the University,” Mattingly said. “When you have a large number of pedestrians and students trying to get to their vehicles to and from class, as well as a heavy amount of car traffic going through that same pathway, there’s obviously some safety that needs to be reviewed.”

Mattingly said an average of 7,200 vehicles travel along 16th Street per day. It is the third most used road by cars in Murray and the most used road by pedestrians.

The issue of increasing safety precautions along 16th Street was brought to the city’s attention two

months ago by the City of Murray Public Safety Committee, who commissioned the city to compile data relating to the use of the road. The city presented its findings to the committee Feb 15.

Since the presentation of the city’s findings, the committee has conducted further research which has since been passed along to the engineering firm from the University of Kentucky Extension Office for the Department of Highway Safety. The firm will deliberate and recommend a course of action to the city.

“We’ve provided the engineering firm with collision data and we’re in the process right now of collecting

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Heavy pedestrian traffic is leading officials to question the safety of a stretch of 16th Street.

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President Randy Dunn attends the annual Chamber Breakfast in February. Dunn’s fate at the University depends on the Board of Regents’ action on his four-year contract set to expire in 2014.

Paper files inquiry complaint Concerns stem from March 15 closed meeting Staff Report The Murray State News filed an inquiry complaint against the Murray State Board of Regents Monday. The newspaper is seeking an opinion from Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway in relation to the board’s intent to hold an executive session later this month.

In their December quarterly meeting, board members passed a resolution forming the Ad-Hoc Contract Review Committee for President

University to install education doctorate

Randy Dunn’s employment contract.

In unofficial minutes from that meeting, the board outlined procedures by which it would follow on the road to an either renewed or denied contract before the deadline on June 30. One item among those procedures called for a special executive session meeting of the full board. Committee members are expected to use that meeting to present information collected on Dunn’s performance at the University, discuss the contract itself and receive further instructions from Regents.

The News filed documents with the attorney general’s office pertaining to an August 2010 opinion where Conway’s office found in favor a newspaper that filed because a local public school board was holding contract negotiations with its superintendent in executive session. In the inquiry complaint, The News is calling on the attorney general’s office to

interpret Murray State’s Board of Regents similarly so the March 15 meeting can be held in public session.

Much of the meeting’s controversy surrounds the Kentucky Open Meetings Act, which prohibits government officials or agencies from closing meetings from the public unless they meet a certain set of criteria outlined in the law.

Kentucky Revised Statute 61.810(1)(f) lists open meeting exemptions, and among them, government officials are permitted to close doors when discussions may lead to “appointment, discipline or dismissal of an individual employee, member or student without restricting that employee’s, member’s or student’s right to a public hearing if requested.”

The exceptions specifically do not allow officials to hold closed meet-

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ating the curriculum for a doctorate of education program at Murray State has been around for several years.

“We felt that there was a need for this program in the region,” Morgan said. “We think this program will create a new pool of students here for us, create new revenue for us and also be a new signature program right alongside our doctorate of nursing practice.”

Morgan said creating a doctorate program typically takes two years.

The majority of the work completed

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After almost two years of planning and curriculum development, Murray State has begun to finalize aspirations for a new doctorate program from the College of Education set to be implemented by the fall of 2014.

The impending addition of a doctorate of education program will become the second doctorate Murray State offers, the first having been the doctorate of nursing practice which began to be offered in the fall of 2012.

Jay Morgan, associate provost of graduate studies, said the idea of cre-

Texting and driving incidents have decreased in the city of Murray, and as a result, accidents and collisions have seen an overall decline.

Murray State Public Safety Captain Roy Dunaway said the Murray-Calloway County region had 74 citations issued for use of a personal communication device during 2012, which is prohibited while operating a motor vehicle in Kentucky.

The law states, “No person may write, send or receive a text-based communication, including text messages, instant messages and emails, while operating a motor vehicle that is in motion.”

Along with Kentucky, 38 other states have similar laws that prohibit texting while driving.

As of Feb. 18, there have been four citations issued regarding using a cell phone while driving.

The cost of receiving a citation for texting and driving in Calloway County is $25. Along with the tickets, court costs in Calloway County are $143, roughly $175 total if caught using a cell phone while driving.

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s website, studies show that drivers who send or receive text messages focus their attention away from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds. At 55 mph, this is equivalent to driving the length of a football field blindfolded.

In Calloway County, between Jan. 1, 2012 and Feb. 18, 2013 there have been a total of 1,572 motor vehicle accidents. Of these accidents, 177 were collisions with injury, 9 collisions with a fatality and 1,386 collisions with property damage.

Compared to this time last year, the

Talking or texting on a cell phone causes nearly 25 percent of car accidents.”

–David DeVoss Murray State Chief of Police number of accidents in Calloway County is down from to 255 to 162.

Murray State Chief of Police David DeVoss said there is an unexplained reduction of 36.47 percent for the listed time periods.

He said a car driver dialing a cell phone is 2.8 times more likely to get into a crash than a non-distracted driver.

“Talking or texting on a cell phone causes nearly 25 percent of car accidents,” DeVoss said. “Of cell phone related tasks, including talking, dialing or reaching for the phone, texting while driving is the most dangerous.”

He said five seconds is the average time it takes to read a text, which does not factor in the amount of time to return or type a text.

The National Safety Council estimates about 636,000 crashes are attributable to cell phone use each year.

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HARD LOSS: Senior forward Ed Daniel attempts a layup Thursday night in a loss to UT Martin. The Racers trailed most of the game but managed to pull to within a point of the Skyhawks five times near the end of the second half, but an incomplete layup and missed free throws kept the team behind 69-68 at the buzzer. See page 1B for more on Thursday night’s home game and next week’s OVC Championship Tournament in Nashville.

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STREET From Page 1 pedestrian data,” Mattingly said. “We’ll get a count of all the pedestrians, what crosswalks they use and how many times they use those cross walks and the distance between each crosswalk. Once we get that data, we’ll submit that to the engineering firm and they’ll come back with some potential solutions for the city.”

Mattingly said he does not have the answer to how to make 16th Street safer and will rely on the engineering firm’s opinion.

“Hopefully, we can get a solution from them and then work with Murray State to get something enacted that is a solution for both the city and the University,” he said.

Jay Morgan, associate provost of graduate studies and chair of the City of Murray Public Safety Committee, was the one who raised the issue of improving safety measures along 16th Street. His proposed solution was to lower the speed limit on 16th Street from 25 mph to 15 mph.

Morgan said he was prompted to raise the issue after noticing how dangerous the street was for crossing pedestrians and for cars from his office which overlooks 16th Street.

CONTRACT From Page 1 ings when discussion surrounds general topics that participating agents wish to keep private.

Additionally, the law stipulates that full board voting action must follow executive session – to prove the public agency’s executive session related to the voting topic.

Monday’s inquiry complaint cites these facts as well as the exiting attorney general opinion. The staff is unsure whether the board has any plans that would more clearly exempt the March meeting from the Open Meetings Act. Dunn’s contract has been a hot topic for months since he was named a finalist for the presidency at Missouri State University in September of last year. He missed out on that top spot after he with-

TEXTING From Page 1 Trooper first-class Jay Thomas, who works at the Mayfield Kentucky State Police post, said the goal of the KSP is to enforce all laws and keep the people of Kentucky safe.

“Distracted driving is more than just being on a communication device,” Thomas said. “There are people who are on their computers while driving, putting on makeup, eating breakfast or supper

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“I had been noticing on this street there were a lot of screeches from cars stopping quickly and a lot of near misses involving students getting hit,” he said. “I think lowering the speed limit will protect faculty, staff and students crossing and hopefully lower the number of wrecks.”

Apart from the suggestion of lowering the speed limit, other possible solutions discussed have included improving or adding more crosswalks or shutting down the area of road that runs through the University all together.

Morgan said closing the road may be feasible in the future, but not with the fire department’s location.

“Some people mentioned closing the street between Calloway and Olive streets but I don’t think closure right now is the way to go,” Morgan said. “The problem with closing the street right now is the fire station located on South 16th Street houses the ladder truck that goes to the residential college area and there would be no way to get the ladder truck up and down this main thorough fair.”

Morgan said he hopes to get the pedestrian crossing data back in one to two weeks so the public safety committee can review the information and make their recommendation to the full city council.

He said the council will have made a decision on what safety measures to administer to the road by May at the latest.

drew his candidacy only days later, saying the year’s Homecoming activities had shown him how much he wished to stay at Murray State. But still, Dunn said the board needed to act soon on his contract because he would need to begin more job searches should his four-year contract not be extended in June.

And then late last year the Florida Department of Education named Dunn a finalist for that position, too. He was interviewed but failed to make the final cut.

As reported, Dunn has said he believes the board should act soon on renewing his contract. Although it is currently slated to end in 2014, the wording stipulates that the board comes to a final conclusion on Dunn’s fate at the University by exactly one year prior. Faculty Senate and Staff Congress have both passed resolutions of support for Dunn, requesting that the board act fast on his contract before a university or organization chooses to extend a job offer to him.

while driving and they are not paying attention to the task at hand, which is driving their vehicle.”

According to the National Highway Transportation Safety, texting while driving is the same as driving after consuming four beers.

Thomas said the KSP is hosting some programs at the high school level to teach students about the dangers of texting and driving.

“We discourage any type of distracted driving whether it’s talking on the cell phone, texting or checking email,” Thomas said. “We want our drivers to pay attention to the road and the vehicle they are driving.”

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DOCTORATE From Page 1 thus far has concerned the creation of new curriculum and syllabi for the doctorate, which will be reviewed by multiple organizations before being applied.

“We have to design the syllabi and adhere it to core standards and also to any state mandates which are present for doctoral degrees,” he said. “Right now we’re going through the academic council approval process where faculty approve it and make sure the content is appropriate and the syllabi are in place.”

Once the curriculum and syllabi, known as the pre-application, have been approved by the academic council, the next step will be to submit the proposal to the Council for PostSecondary Education. The CPE will survey the material for approximately three months, after which time it will be returned to the University with feedback. Next, any suggestions or changes from the CPE will be made to the proposed curriculum and syllabi, creating the complete application. This final draft will then be submitted to the Board of Regents in the fall for approval and then for final approval again by the CPE. “We’ve got a ways to go, but the College of Education has worked very hard on this and received a lot of support all the way from myself, the provost up to Dunn and others,” Morgan said. “We think we’re going to submit to the Council of Post-Secondary Education in the spring, probably in the next month or two.”

According to Morgan, the proposed doctorate of education will include three different specializations.

The first specialization is K-12 leadership for those wishing to become high school principals or superintendents.

Post-secondary education is the second specialization, which would provide the training for students wishing to pursue careers as university administrators or faculty members.

The final area of specialization is in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math for individuals at community colleges and on campus who are interested in the STEM disciplines.

Morgan said the University decided to pursue the development of a doctorate of education instead of other possible doctorates because of how simple they perceived its implementation.

“We felt like the doctorate of education was one we could implement reasonably well,” he said. “We thought that we could do it without hiring a lot of new faculty, and although we may have to repurpose some faculty and we may have to make a hire or two, we didn’t need to go out and hire 6 or 10 people.”

Robert Lyons, chair of educational studies, leadership and council, was responsible for organizing the faculty and staff who worked on this project and for making sure the proposal was consistent with state regulations.

He said while creating the curriculum and syllabi, they surveyed teachers and administrators in the surrounding area and also looked at universities across the country to see how other schools structured their doctorate program.

“We don’t want to put forward a degree that isn’t distinctive,” Lyons said. “We want it to be distinctive to us and so we’ve examined other universities doctorate programs to really be sure that we’re not just duplicating what they’re doing.”

According to Lyons, until 2004 there was a law in Kentucky that stipulated that the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville were the only two public institutions in the state which had permission to offer doctorates.

He said when new legislation was introduced in 2004 granting other universities the ability to offer doctorate programs, the University discussed immediately taking advantage of this, but ultimately decided there wasn’t an immediate demand.

“I think we have a better program now than we would have had five or six years ago,” Lyons said. “We’ve had the benefit to come along behind these other universities and maybe not step in some of the traps they did and also see what they did particularly well.”

As it is set up now, the doctorate of education program will take three years to complete, possibly more depending on the difficulty of the student’s dissertation. The program will be in a cohort model format, which means students will enroll together and take the majority of their classes with those who enrolled at the same time.

Morgan said the students a doctorate in education will attract to Murray State will be a major asset as well as the revenue they will bring.

“Doctorates bring excellent top-notch students who are dedicated to their particular discipline,” Morgan said. “It also brings in students who are also doing grant writing and research.

As doctoral students, many will be teaching undergraduate courses as part of their doctoral program within the college of education.”

Morgan said it was his hope after the doctorate of education is established that then the University will be able to implement a third doctorate in the next year or two, possibly from the College of Humanities and Fine Arts.

“We’re looking at a couple of areas but we don’t have any that are ready to go right now,” he said. “We have some groups who are doing some exploratory work on it now. It would be my belief that the College of Humanities and Fine Arts could have the resources and the personnel and the good faculty to deliver a doctorate.”

Morgan said it was an exciting time to be at Murray State and the surrounding community.

“The doctorate program is really in my opinion a win-win,” he said. “It’s a win for Murray State, a win for the students and a win for the region. It brings a new dimension to Murray State.”

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Police Beat Feb. 21 9:04 a.m. – A caller reported harassment to Public Safety.

Officers were notified and a report was taken.

3:22 p.m. – A caller reported a hit and run on Educational Drive. Officers were notified and a report was taken..

Feb. 22 9:58 p.m. – A caller reported receiving threatening phone calls at Sparks Hall. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

9:54 p.m. – A caller reported the smell of marijuana at Clark Residential College.

Officers were notified and a citation was issued to Mohammed Al Shuwaikhat, nonstudent of Martin, Tenn., for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Feb. 23 8:23 p.m. – A caller reported smelling cigarette smoke in Clark Residential College.

Officers were notified and a report was taken.

10:58 p.m. – Racer Patrol reported an animal complaint at the E.B. Howton Agriculture and Engineering Building.

Feb. 24 2:44 p.m. – A caller reported a water leak in the University Bookstore.

7:22 p.m. – A caller reported an open flame in the stairwell of College Courts 100 Block. Officers, Murray Fire Department and the state fire marshal were notified.

Feb. 25 8:11 a.m. – A caller reported an animal complaint at Regents Residential College.

Officers and animal control were notified, and the animal was gone on arrival.

2:32 p.m. – A caller reported a fight at Franklin Residential College. Officers took a criminal report for menacing.

Feb. 26 12:12 a.m. – A caller requested an officer to identify possible drugs in Hester Residential College. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

10:52 a.m. – A caller reported burglary at Regents Residential College. Officers took a report for second-degree burglary.

Feb. 27 2:39 a.m. – A caller reported the smell of marijuana at Clark Residential College.

Officers were notified and a citation was issued to Mohammed Al Shuwaikhat, of Martin, Tenn., for possession of marijuana.

5:23 p.m. – A caller requested extra patrol of the Wesley Foundation building.

Call of Fame Feb. 26 – 9:31 a.m. A caller reported a suspicious note at the Calloway Park Softball Field. Officers and the Murray Police Department were notified.

Motorists assists – 0 Racer escorts – 5 Arrests – 0

Lexy Gross, Assistant News Editor, compiles Police Beat with materials provided by Public Safety. Not all dispatched calls are listed.

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President Barack Obama’s administration launched a website earlier this month for college students to compare universities and their prices.

College Scorecard, an extension of whitehouse.gov, lets students search for specific schools and see the costs, graduation rates, loan default rates and median borrowing of various schools.

Students can also narrow college choice by region, degree, campus setting and several other categories.

When Murray State is searched, the information given by College Scorecard says the cost to attend the University is low compared to other schools. It also says the graduation rate is 52.4 percent, a medium rate in relation to other universities.

Jeremiah Johnson, Student Government Association president, said if the website is publicized more, he believes it has the ability to reach many potential students.

“I think (College Scorecard) puts Murray State on more of a national stage,” Johnson said.

“It will allow us to reach out to more potential students, even internationally.”

The website was created by the Obama administration as part of a continuous plan for increasing higher education.

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President Barack Obama addresses Congress in the State of the Union address on changes he plans to make during his second term in office. One of his many proposals includes alterations to higher education.

Although the president only briefly discussed college education in his State of the Union address earlier this month, he released a plan outlining all of the changes he plans to make.

Many of these changes will be in the economic aspect of education, through Pell grants and student loans. Obama said he plans to make college education cheaper to students and families in order to secure America’s future.

Lori Mitchum, director of financial aid, said 3,817 students have been awarded the Pell grant this year at Murray State. Mitchum said there will be an $85 increase for 2013-14 and more students should be eligible for the grant at that time.

Currently, Obama is planning to increase Pell grants again, even for the 2013-14 school year.

“The increase will help reduce what students owe for tuition, room and board,” Mitchum said.

While the Obama administration admitted the need for more government college funding, they also said it is up to public institutions to keep their tuition low.

On College Scorecard for Murray State, the cost statistics show the net price increased 27.4 percent between 2007-09.

Johnson said tuition has increased over the last few years because the state is funding less money to higher education and the University has to Johnson cover the individual gaps.

Johnson said keeping tuition low while increasing academic excellence is the goal of the Board of Regents.

In June, the board will meet to discuss budget changes, which have a direct effect on

tuition prices.

Johnson said he strongly believes the Board of Regents will strive to keep tuition as low as possible, without hurting the academic integrity of the institution.

“It opens the door for non– traditional students, as well as any other students, so they can receive a college education,” Johnson said.

Johnson and Mitchum agreed the changes should benefit students in the long run, especially those dealing with an increase in grants and student loans.

Mitchum said there are still many students in need of financial aid, even those already using a Pell grant.

Johnson said although federal government should allow education to develop on its own, funding for public institutions should continue to increase.

Obama’s goal is for the U.S. to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.

Student attends US Department of Agriculture national forum Alex Berg || Staff writer aberg1@murraystate.edu

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POSTERS AT THE CAPITOL: Twenty-eight students represented Murray State this year at Posters at the Capitol, presenting their undergraduate research. Above, President Randy Dunn speaks to Gov. Steve Beshear. Below, the participants of Posters at the Capitol wait to hear one of the several guest speakers at the event.

This was the 12th year of Posters at the Capitol, an event organized by Murray State’s Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity, and headed by Jody Cofer. David Eaton, Murray State business professor, said Posters at the Capitol is a statewide event celebrating undergraduate research at Kentucky's public colleges and universities.

Kathleen Paschall, who presented the effects of potassium on fire-cured dark tobacco with Brian Jarvis, said she thought Posters at the Capitol was important for showing that students have participated in undergraduate research.

Murray State recently honored senior agriculture business student, Samantha Anderson, for her invitation to the USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum Student Diversity Program in Arlington, Va., Feb. 21-22.

Anderson was one of 20 students nationwide selected to attend the event.

The students invited to the diversity program were selected based on their responses to an essay on agriculture as a career.

Not only was Anderson the only student selected from Kentucky, but her essay has been posted on the USDA website as one of three examples of a winning essay.

Tony Brannon, dean of the Hutson School of Agriculture, said he is proud of Anderson’s achievements and is glad she was able to represent Murray State.

“For Samantha to be selected for this prestigious conference is a great honor for her, for our school of agriculture and for Murray State,” Brannon said. “I am especially proud of Samantha

not only because she was accepted for the program, but also because her application was posted on the website as the example of a winning essay.

Anderson’s essay discusses growing up on her family’s seventh-generation tobacco farm and about how her family’s business has taught her about responsibility and learning from one’s mistakes. She also discussed today’s many options for those pursuing careers as agriculturists and about how they are no longer limited to production.

Anderson said she is very grateful for her experience at the diversity program, and she encourages future students to take advantage of such an opportunity.

“To represent Murray State and the state of Kentucky at the 2013 Agriculture Outlook Forum was an amazing honor,” Anderson said. “I am grateful for the experience that I had in Washington D.C., and I hope to see future students at Murray State take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.”

She said the multiple networking opportunities and the educa-

tion on future trends in agribusiness and agricultural policy were not the only benefits of her experience at the diversity program.

Prior to the forum, the participants in the Student Diversity Program were able to tour a USDA research farm in Beltsville, Md., and hear from speakers from the U.S. Department of AgriAnderson culture.

Anderson said she is grateful for all those who have contributed to her success in agriculture. She is also looking forward to seeing how the diversity program will affect her future career in agriculture.

“I am appreciative for those in my life who have encouraged me to succeed at Murray State, especially Brannon, Christy Watkins and Rhea Ann Wright,” Anderson said. “For my career, being selected allowed me to interact and make contacts with leaders in agriculture policy.”

Budget cuts affect Kentucky Staff Report The series of cuts Congress is enforcing, known as the sequester, will go into effect and cut jobs, funding for education and benefits for seniors and military personnel beginning today.

On Fox News Sunday, Bob Woodward, author of “The Price of Politics,” said the sequester was President Barack Obama's idea, and it was his solution to the debt crisis.

According to the Washington Post, Kentucky will lose approximately $11.8 million in funding for primary and secondary education, putting almost 160 teacher and aide jobs at risk.

These cuts also mean approximately 21,000 fewer students and approximately 40 fewer schools would receive funding.

In addition, Kentucky will lose approximately $7.7 million in funds for about 90 teachers and staff who help children with disabilities.

Approximately 1,710 low-income students in Ken-

tucky would receive aid to help them finance the costs of college and around 470 fewer students will get work-study jobs that help them pay for college.

Kentucky will lose approximately $478,000 in funding for job search assistance,, meaning close to 16,690 fewer people will get assistance finding a job.

Student Government Association President Jeremiah Johnson said he is worried too many sectors of the government will be at a standstill.

“Because of so much funding getting cut, it affects so many different aspects of student life and the people of Kentucky in general,” Johnson said.

Other reductions for the state include funding for crime prevention, public health and nutrition assistance for seniors.

Natonwide impacts include cuts to education, small businesses, food safety organizations, research and innovation, border patrol, national parks, social security benefits and mental health.

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‘The past is a foreign country’ Sometimes I forget as a professor of history how difficult the study of history often is. In “The Past is a Foreign Country,” the historian David Lowenthal likened the study of history to a study Duane Bolin abroad experiProfessor of ence. The past is so different from History the present, just as visiting a foreign country for the uninitiated is such a different experience from living at home.

According to Lowenthal, “however faithfully we preserve, however authentically we restore, however deeply we immerse ourselves in bygone times, life back then was based on ways of being and believing incommensurable with our own.”

“The past’s difference,” he writes, “is, indeed, one of its charms: no one would yearn for it if it merely replicated the present. But we cannot help but view and celebrate it (except) through present-day lenses.”

People did do things differently back then. So, the problem for the student of history is to try to figure out what they did, what they thought, how they lived and then to make some sense of all that for ourselves, for our own situations. Making a connection with the past is sometimes hard, sometimes easy.

Surely, a study of the presidential administrations of Andrew Jackson and Teddy Roosevelt will help us put into context George W. Bush’s and Barack Obama’s uses of power in more recent times. Surely, a study of the beginnings of the Great Depression of the 1930s will give us pause, warning us of similar trends in our economy today.

But sometimes, students of history must simply admit that we just do not know, that we just cannot understand fully, how folks lived in the past. I know that I have learned to state those three words often in my history classes: “I don’t know.”

In “The Everlasting Man,” G. K. Chesterton wrote eloquently about the limits of doing history. “The other day,” Chesterton wrote, “a scientific summary of the state of a prehistoric tribe began confidently with the words ‘They wore no clothes.’ Not one reader in a hundred probably stopped to ask himself how we should come to know whether clothes had once been worn by people of whom everything has perished except a few chips of bone and stone. It was doubtless hoped that we should find a stone hat as well as a stone hatchet.”

“It is not contended here that these primitive men did wear clothes any more than they did weave rushes,” Chesterton concluded, “but merely that we have not enough evidence to know whether they did or not.”

Sometimes, we have to admit that we just don’t know.

Marie Taylor, a great musician and an inspiration to me, sent a quotation along to me. In her thoughtful email, Marie wrote that “tonight, I opened a new box of Celestial Seasonings natural tea. For whatever reason, the following quote was included. I thought of you and decided you might add to your ‘archives’ in case you haven’t already read it.”

I have indeed added the quote to my archives, burgeoning file folders filled with quotations, clippings and articles about the study of history.

Now, I add the quote as a fitting end to this column: “To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.”

However difficult the study of history, however like it is to visiting a foreign country, just think of the refreshment and the excitement we always receive when we travel abroad.

Cheers & Jeers

Where the crosswalk ends

Cheers to ... Janitors.

Seriously, you guys and gals are awesome.

Awesome.

Jeers to ... the horsemeat scandal.

Horseburgers?

Horse meatballs?

Gross.

Cheers to ... Girl Scout Cookies.

Tagalongs, Dosidos, Samoas, whatever you have, you’d better share.

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We’ve all been there, in one way or another. Running late to class and driving along the street only to be stopped by a horde of pedestrians not once, but seven times. It’s frustrating. But that’s the way 16th Street works. Even if you are not the one behind the wheel you know what it’s like to try and make your way across one of those crosswalks and try to avoid being hit by a driver that doesn’t want to slow down.

There have been 26 people injured while crossing. Seventy-five wrecks. One hundred ninety-six collisions resulting in property damage. All in the past five years. All on 16th Street.

Something needs to be done, and we are happy to send some praise the city’s way for resolving to do something about it. The city has hired an engineering firm to study traffic on the road and come up with a way to make 16th Street safer for drivers and pedestrians alike. When the study concludes, the firm will offer poential solutions for the city of Murray to consider – we have a few of our own we would like to contribute.

Limiting the number of crosswalks on 16th Street would be a solution that would be favorable to drivers and relieve some of the drag that builds up going onto 16th Street from Five Points. While this solution could increase the traffic on the number of crosswalks that remain, it would ultimately speed the process along by allowing a quicker flow of car traffic as pedestrians move to the fewer crosswalks that remain.

Another solution that would be favorable to pedestrians and reduce the potential for collisions and injuries would be to drop the speed limit on 16th Street from 25 mph to 15 mph. Doing so would provide pedestrians with a greater guarantee of safety and provide drivers with less chance to cause damage to one another’s vehicles in a rear-end collision.

Whatever the city decides, something needs to be done to alleviate the problem that is 16th Street. There is absolutely no reason for 26 Murray State students to have been injured walking across the street in the past 5 years. It is inexcusable that we should see 75 wrecks and 196 collisions in a five-year period on a single street.

The administration needs to back the city up on whatever proposal it comes up with to address the problem, so long as students are kept in mind. Regardless of what comes out as the final solution to the 16th Street problem, students need to remain active and engaged in shaping that solution so that it reflects the interests of students first.

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Religion clashes with scientif ic evidence secularists say Martin, Shelby and Zingrone respond to creationists’ claims in the Feb. 22 edition of The News The attempts by Faris Sahawneh and Mark Looy to discredit Dr. Zingrone based on his emotional response simply represent another ploy by fundamentalists to advance their untenable, unsupportable positions on how the world works and what the universe is all about.

In this case, they attempted to portray themselves as the ‘reasonable’ faction, even suggesting that Dr. Zingrone was ‘intolerant.’ Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

These are the same people who would institute a Christian theocracy in America, in a flash, if they had the power, and see to it that the book of Genesis replaced all scientific evidence to the contrary in public education.

I have been a professional paleontologist for more than 40 years. I have led expeditions in America and in Europe. I am familiar with the fossil record, and I can assure readers that Dr. Zingrone was absolutely correct; there is no physical evidence for the contemporaneous existence of dinosaurs and humans.

The global fossil record preserves a rich history of life on Earth dating back more than 3.5 billion years. The last dinosaurs died out, probably at the hands of an asteroid impact, about 65 million years ago. The soft tissue in a T-rex bone is amazing (and controversial), but the bone itself is more than 65 million years old; that is not in doubt. Crocodiles did indeed live during the time of the dinosaurs, but so what? So did birds, mammals, insects, flowering plants and a zillion other organisms alive today.

Evolutionary theory has never stated that once a group originated it had to go extinct soon after. If that were the case, nothing much would be alive today, as everything around us had its origins sometime in the Paleozoic or Mesozoic, often hundreds of millions of years ago. But this is where there is a disconnect with fundamentalists, who don’t really understand the fossil record.

Although the group including the modern alligators and crocodiles was around with the dinosaurs, the living species were not. Living species are the end result of evolutionary change and are not the same species as the Mesozoic crocodilians.

Likewise, the fossil history of hominids includes a bushy tree of species beginning about 7

million years ago, culminating with the first completely anatomically modern humans (first Homo sapiens) found in Ethiopian deposits dated at about 195,000 years ago.

To most educated people (believe it or not, even many living in Kentucky), the Creation Museum is simply a strange and almost inexplicable embarrassment. It is exactly the equivalent of a museum dedicated to a flat Earth.

There is no doubt about the ancient age of the Earth; we have put a rover on Mars – how difficult do you think it is to date a rock? It takes some sophisticated sampling devices, but nothing that a clever college-level engineering student couldn’t put together with a little bit of training in about a semester.

It is sometimes difficult for college students, just beginning to question some of the doctrine they grew up with, to understand what’s going on in the so-called evolution/creationism ‘debate.’ It all begins with the understanding of one simple principle: to Christian fundamentalist creationists, the Bible is the literal word of God and the book of Genesis must therefore be taken literally. If that is the case, then all accumulated scientific evidence for evolution must be wrong.

This gives creationists tremendous freedom to say and write anything they want.

‘Critical thinking,’ as Looy mentions, requires opening one’s mind to all ideas, identifying those positions that are based entirely on faith versus those that are based on observation and testing, and being able to tell the difference. Dr. Zingrone’s outrage is understandable. If creationists had their way, we would be thrown back into the Middle Ages; the same intolerance, injustice and inhumanity that characterized the Inquisition and the reign of the Borgias would likely return.

America’s dominance in science and technology would come to a halt because science would no longer be practiced as a way of knowing.

Rather than castigate Dr. Zingrone for his heartfelt emotional response, we should instead embrace his anger and intensify our vigilance against irrational and primitive thinking in any form so that the light of knowledge never goes out.

Robert Martin Professor of Biology

“If creationists had their way, we would be thrown back into the Middle Ages ...”

– Robert Matin Professor of Biology

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In the project of learned discourse, we don’t often find moments of complete intellectual incompetence. However, such is the case with the recent columns from Faris Sahawneh and Mark Looy of the infamous Answers in Genesis.

Sahawneh wishes to challenge the view that dinosaurs and humans did not coexist. Sahawneh does this by claiming that, according to evolutionists, crocodiles lived at the same time as dinosaurs (even before them) and that these crocodiles live today alongside people.

This demonstrates a total misunderstanding of the phylogenetic history and taxonomic classification of modern crocodiles and those ancient reptiles that are both members of the order Crocodylia, which appeared 83.5 million years ago.

First, the crocodilian total group, the clade Crurotarsi, appeared 220 million years ago, whereas the dinosaurs appeared 230 million years ago. So, we can see that this proposal is incorrect from the very beginning – no crocodile of any sort existed prior to the dinosaurs. Secondly, modern crocodiles belong to the family Crocodylidae that appeared about 55 million years ago during the Eocene epoch.

Now, as anyone remotely educated in biology knows, the dinosaurs went extinct during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. With the modern crocodile family not appearing for another 11 million years, it can easily be seen that Sahawneh’s idea clearly wants of proper biological knowledge.

But, all that aside, even if Sahawneh’s assertion were true, what does it prove? Dr. Zingrone’s original claim was that humans did not coexist with dinosaurs – not crocodiles. And crocodiles are not dinosaurs, but an offshoot of the Archosaurs (diapsid amniotes) along with dinosaurs and pterosaurs. But, lest we forget, this is a creationist we are talking about – someone whose understanding of biology equals that of a matchstick. Finally, it doesn’t seem that Sahawneh understands what it means for something to count as an ad hominem attack either.

Yes, Dr. Zingrone did call Ken Ham a clown, and rightly so. But what he didn’t do was say that we should dismiss Ham’s arguments because he is a clown. There is a difference. Ken Ham is a clown because he is a surreptitious conman devoid of any capability of thinking scientifically. But again, this is a creationist, and it’s not surprising that they know nothing of logical discourse either.

Mark Looy of Answers in Genesis asks us, “If dinosaurs perished 65 million years ago, how in the world could the soft tissue have possibly survived and not disappeared 64 million years ago?” – a standard boilerplate argument of creationists. This is nothing but an argument from incredulity – another logical fallacy. We don’t know how it happened, therefore Jesus. The real scientist who discovered the soft tissues, Mary Schweitzer, has already decried the creationists who have commandeered her research to twist it into their fairy tale fantasies.

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The femur had even been intentionally broken and then not preserved in the normal manner, specifically because Schweitzer wanted to test for soft tissue!

Additionally, geologists had already established the site to be 68 million years old. So, all this means is that more research into fossilization needs to be done. By definition, there are things that scientists don’t know, because the whole point of science is to explore the unknown.

Finally, Looy also speaks of one of their “scientists,” David Menton, who holds a Ph.D. in biology from an Ivy League school. This amounts to nothing more than an appeal to authority – yet another logical fallacy. However, Answers in Genesis cannot even get logical fallacies right, much less logic!

As a creationist, Menton isn’t even considered an authority on science by the scientific community! Furthermore, we have a professor of biology with a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Oxford who would vehemently disagree with creationist claims.

So, if it is an authority pissing contest that they’re worried about, Murray State wins hands down. Creationists are simply science hijackers that use other’s work as the viscous with which to grease their flimflam machine.

So, needless to say, we who promote a secular view on campus will continue to hammer away at the absurdities touted by those whose slapdash poppycock deserves nothing more than continued criticism and rebuke.

Ben Shelby Graduate student from Boaz, Ky.

Zingrone responds ...

It is amazing to me that of all the editorials I have written about unfounded or harmful religious claims, it was ridiculing the absurd claims of dinosaurs and humans co-existing that generated the most excited replies. I got less heat for questioning the power of prayer.

Sahawneh admits there is no evidence that dinosaurs ever lived with humans. End of story. He knows Ken Ham’s and others Creationist’s claims are about T-rex’s and velociraptors, etc. not descendants of dinosaurs like crocodiles or modern birds. As far as Ken Ham’s character, he may be a great guy, good to his grandkids and such but whether he is a wonderful person or a scoundrel has no bearing on the old and ridiculous and clownish Creationist claim that dinosaurs and humans ever lived together. There is no evidence for that fantasy and mountains of evidence against its possibility ...

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Talking Union Recently I was asked a question concerning my “Right to work wrong for workers” column published in the Feb. 8 edition of The News.

“What are union dues?” It caught me completely off Devin Griggs guard. Growing up Opinion Editor in a union household kind of insulates you to these kinds of questions.

I’d been writing from within the bubble of my upbringing in a union household and missed the big picture. I’d fumbled, dropped the ball on bringing the good news of what unions are and what they do for workers and their families. With this column, I’m going to burst the bubble I’ve been writing from the inside of.

What is a union? A labor union is an organization of workers that work together to achieve goals such as higher pay, better working conditions, shorter hours, benefits, etc. Unions are a voice for workers on the job. Being a union member means that when you have a problem with your boss, you have a chance to get it resolved. If you’re not a union member, and there’s a problem, you’re SOL. Where do I sign up? Joining a union where a union already exists is pretty easy. It comes with the job in the state of Kentucky because Kentucky isn’t a right-to-work state (for more information of why right-to-work is wrong for workers, check out my Feb. 8 column on thenews.org). But what if there isn’t a union already there? What if you are working minimum wage full time and still don’t have enough money to pay the rent? What if you can’t afford to get sick because you don’t have paid sick days?

If you have a job where you have to deal with middle management on a dayto-day basis, you need a union. The only way to get one is to organize it with your fellow workers.

The first step in organizing a union is getting together with a few of your fellow workers you think would be interested. Come up with a program. You want $15 an hour instead of $7.25? You want paid sick days and paid vacations?

Start talking. Then, take your case to your fellow workers.

At this point you should contact a professional union organizer from a union that represents workers like you (for example, if you work in the deli at Walmart, you’d probably want to contact the United Food and Commercial Workers; a Google search will help out a lot on this one, most unions have contact information online). The organizer will show up and from there you start passing out membership cards. If 30 percent of workers sign ‘em, you can then petition the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election.

This is where things get tricky. Employers will try and prevent their workers from voting yes to form a union.

Layoffs, slowdowns, whatever they try, it’s to encourage you and your fellow workers to vote no. If you win, you have yourselves a certified local union. Congrats! Your employer is legally obligated to negotiate with you.

What now? Well now that you have a union, you get to sit down and negotiate a contract. You’ve still got a lot to do!

Now that the good news has come to you, you have the choice of doing with it what you will. If you’d like to go about your daily life, put up with a terrible boss and low wages, that’s your choice.

But if you’re fed up with $7.25 an hour, if you’re tired of being treated like dirt, you now have all the ammunition you need to make a change for the better.

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

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News Dunn approves solar panels Amanda Grau || Contributing writer agrau1@murraystate.edu

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INTERNET PIRATES NOW WARNED A new effort backed by the music and movie industries aimed at warning and educating Internet pirates was launched this week.

The Copyright Alert System. put into effect by Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cablevision, the MPAA and the RIAA, will warn violaters of copyright laws through the accused’s service provider.

Ignoring these warnings could result in the slowing down of their internet or possibly lawsuits.

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The President’s Commission on Sustainability has created an initiative to add solar panels to the energy systems on campus.

The initiative is still in its infancy, but President Randy Dunn has already given it his approval.

“Planning is presently underway for a solar panel project that would include enough panels to generate about 50 kilowatts of electricity,” Dunn said.

The approximate projected minimum cost of the project is around $ 1 70,0 0 0 and Murray State would get Dunn a b o u t $17,000 back each year by selling excess electricity to the Tennessee Valley Authority and Murray Electric System, along with the money saved from fewer fossil fuels used.

The commission, which is made up of faculty members from multiple departments and several students, is allotting 50 percent of their funds toward launching this first large scale solar installation

at the University.

The solar panels could be placed at the Curris Center, Faculty Hall or, most likely, at one of the Murray State farms.

Murray State student Caleb Johnson, senior from Bowling Green, Ky., is a member of the Murray Environmental Student Society and is on the commission.

“Western Kentucky has excellent solar energy potential,” Johnson said. “Solar is an obvious choice for making our energy consumption more sustainable. The University will be saving a measurable amount of money and be supporting a cleaner and more sustainable future.”

Recently the Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition, a group of environmentally-minded students from across the Commonwealth, has been making a push for renewable energy throughout Kentucky.

“A percentage of the energy savings from the solar panels could be dedicated to the sustainability commission to invest in more sustainable projects for the future,” Johnson said.

The commission wants the project in place soon.

The commission is working to see about possibly receiving matching funds from TVA and the Murray Electric System.

“We’ll likely cobble together money from a variety

of sources in order to get this going sooner rather than later,” Dunn said. “I’d really like to see it get underway given the Commission’s work and time spent on making this happen.”

Dunn said the solar panels have a guaranteed lifespan of 30 years in addition to the return on investment, making the project not only green, but cost-effective.

“This is a smart long-term investment in green energy for us, exactly the type of thing I had asked the sustainability commission to investigate,” Dunn said.

Murray State is not the first school to introduce solar panels. Western Kentucky University installed a solar thermal array on its Preston Health and Activities Center, which is used to heat the WKU swimming pool.

The array performs 10 months out of the year, and is guaranteed to save the school $10,963 annually. Six students at the University of Kentucky finished building their own solar array in May 2011, and installed it on campus.

Dunn said: “With the leadership of groups like the sustainability commission, MESS, the Hutson School of Agriculture and others, you're going to see the campus moving progressively toward green energy sourcing when it's feasible and cost effective to do so.”

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FINALLY FINISHED: The Gene W. Ray Center, the new practice facility for Racer basketball, is open for use and was formally dedicated last week.

Selbe resigns as president Staff Report After being reinstated as president of Hopkinsville Community College last week, James Selbe has resigned from his posistion.

HCC announced his departure through a news release on Thursday.

This news comes after he was allowed to return to the community college after being placed on administrative leave two weeks ago.

Selbe’s administrative leave was unpaid and he was allowed to return to the college, after the KCTS led an investigation into claims of misconduct.

According to the release, Selbe requested to be reassigned to a position at Kentucky Community and Technical College System.

The request was approved, and KCTC president Michael McCall will appoint an interim president at HCC.

19 KILLED IN BALLOON ACCIDENT In one of the largest hot air balloon accidents on record, 19 tourists were killed after the balloon carrying them on a sunrise flight over Luxor, Egypt, caught fire and crashed.

According to investigators, the fire was caused when a cable caught on a helium tube, started the blaze and the balloon’s 1,000foot plummet.

The pilot and a British tourist are the only known survivors.

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HARLEM SHAKE: Murray State students participate in the “Harlem Shake.” Morris White, director of marketing and promotions, organized the event and shared the video through several social media platforms.

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From the Bullpen Baseball, softball and wrestling: the lost Olympic sports

Despite comeback in second half, Racers lose in final seconds Jonathan Ferris || Staff writer jferris2@murraystate.edu

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Senior Ed Daniel works his way around UT Martin defender Myles Taylor during Thursday’s home game. Daniel scored 19 points and had one assist for the evening, but, despite a strong offensive second half, the Racers lost to the Skyhawks by a single point.

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Seniors set to play final game at home Racers take fourth at Indoor Championships jferris2@murraystate.edu

The most successful class in 88 years of Murray State basketball history will be honored tomorrow night before playing its final game at the CFSB Center against Southeast Missouri State.

Isaiah Canaan, Ed Daniel and Jordan Burge came to Murray State as freshmen in 2009, unaware of the tremendous success that would follow.

Four years and 105 wins later, Canaan, Daniel and Burge have surpassed last year’s 104 win class of Ivan Aska, Donte Poole and Jewuan Long. Their careers so far include three consecutive conference championships, a 31-2 season, several weeks ranked in the top 10 in The Associated Press Top 25 Poll and two victories in the NCAA Tournament.

The Racers have suffered some unexpected losses this season. Perhaps the most surprising came Thursday night as an 8-19 UT Martin team ended a 22-game losing streak against Murray State, defeating the Racers 69-68.

A dejected Steve Prohm expressed his unhappiness after the game.

“It’s unacceptable,” Prohm said, “unacceptable for me, unacceptable for (the players), my staff – it’s just unacceptable.”

The Skyhawks jumped out to a first-half lead, riding 60 percent shooting from 3-point range. Junior guard Mike Liabo led the team with 11 points, shooting 4-6 from the field and 3-4 from the 3-point line.

The Racers struggled to score, shooting 32 percent from the field and going 0-9 from 3point range. Poor shooting paired with nine first-half turnovers sent the Racers to the locker room trailing 36-27.

“We dig ourselves a hole too much,” senior guard Isaiah Canaan said. “The way this year

“It just shows a lot of the hard work we put in and a lot of the hard games we’ve played throughout our careers,” Canaan said. “It just shows the tradition Murray State has and Burge that’s what you want to be a part of when you decide what college you want to go to … To be a part of that is an honor and a blessing.”

Fellow seniors Brandon Garrett, Stacy Wilson and Latreze Mushatt – all of whom transferred to Murray State over the last three years - will also graduate in May. When asked about playing in the CFSB Center for the final time, the seniors ex-

see LOSS, 2B pressed mixed sentiments.

“I remember looking at this week at the beginning of the season, hoping that it wouldn’t come,” Canaan said.

“The last games on that court - I wouldn’t rather do it anywhere else.”

One of the main storylines headed into the players’ final home game is Burge’s quest to score those elusive first career points. Despite playing on three championship teams, the senior from Mayfield, Ky., has played very little. Prohm said he hopes to find a way to get Burge in the game Saturday night to try to score his first points.

When asked why he would subject himself to the grueling workouts and practices knowing he won’t receive much playing time, Burge said he wouldn’t want it any other way.

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Lexy Gross || Assistant News Editor

coming outdoor championships. Love’s mental strength is as important to her as physical strength, she said.

Track and field came one point short of “Personally, I have to set out of my mind third place in the OVC Indoor Champiwhat I’ve already accomplished,” she said. onships in Charleston, Ill., last weekend.

Love placed second in the preliminary With two additional teams in the chamtrials of the 60-meter dash, and second pionships this year, Murray State placed again in the finals with a time of 7.530, fourth out of nine women’s teams in the falling short of first by .06 seconds. SecOVC. ond place is not where The Racers gained she wants to be, but the 87 points total, right to I didn’t even expect to make motivation behind Eastern Illinois improve in the the finals in the 60. I’m very University with 88. outdoor championships Head Coach Jenny pleased with how it went, espeis what Love said she Severns said she truly earned. cially hurdles. thinks the athletes had In the 200-meter the best meet she dash, Love placed third –Sharda Bettis could have imagined in the preliminary triJunior sprinter from Dallas, Texas for the championship. als, but moved up to “Even with the two second in the finals additional teams in the competition, we with a 24.3 time. Athletes from Jackstill gained 24 more points than last year,” sonville State defeated Love in both the Severns said.

200 and 60-meter dashes.

In 2012, the Racers placed sixth of While Love helped score several seven teams, with a score of 63 points. points in sprints for Murray State, junThe sixth place score was still higher ior Sharda Bettis of Dallas, Texas, was than in 2011, where the Racers earned right behind her. only 26 points total.

Bettis placed fifth in the 60-meter dash, This year, the Racers gained points in .24 seconds short of Love’s time. In the 6012 out of 16 final events at the champimeter hurdles, Bettis placed second in the onships. preliminaries, but beat her time by .21 secAlexis Love, senior of Palmetto, Fla., onds in the finals to take first place. said the indoor championships motivated her to work harder for the upsee , 2B

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MURRAY STATE MASCOT: Dunker is in the running for the top OVC Mascot. The challenge, hosted by Delta Dental of Tennessee, can be accessed by logging onto http://deltadentaltn.com. Students can vote to for their favorite OVC mascot. The winning school will receive a $1,000 contribution to their general scholarship fund. The winner will be announced at the OVC Championship Basketball Tournament.

It was recently announced that wrestling would no longer be an Olympic sport.

The 2020 Summer Olympics will be the first Jaci Kohn games not to Sports Editor have the sport offered.

Members of the International Olympic Committee voted in a secret ballot to drop the sport from the competition in order to have room for more modern sports.

This vote came as a huge shock to the 344 wrestlers who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

It also affected the many college, high school and amateur athletes who have trained most of their lives to compete in wrestling.

Now, I have never been a big fan of wrestling. I used to go to the matches in high school because I had friends on the team, but I never really understood the appeal. Watching sweaty men roll around on a mat in spandex does not sound like a good time to me.

However, to each his own.

That being said, I understand why so many people are upset and hurt by the committee’s decision.

Wrestling was one of the original sports in the first Olympic games. Wrestling can be traced back to the first games in ancient Greece.

According to Greek mythology, Zeus and his sons even took part in wrestling. Which is why the sport was so integral to the Olympic tradition.

After it was announced the sport would no longer be offered, many wrestlers worried the removal of the sport would have negative effects on its future.

Protests and outcries have poured in, but they seem to be falling on deaf ears.

The 2012 Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medalist, Sagid Murtazaliev of Russia, and 1996 gold medalist Valentin Yordanov of Bulgaria, have both decided to return their gold medals in protest.

Wrestling is a big part of the NCAA. There are championships and scholarships provided for athletes. Wrestlers train all their lives, just like basketball and football players. What will happen to these programs now?

There is not a professional association like the NBA, NFL or MLB for wrestlers to fall back on.

The Olympics is the highest level at which a wrestler can compete on, and now that the outlet is gone, where will these athletes compete? The WWE? Everyone knows that is fake.

I understand how the wrestling fans feel because I felt the same when it was voted that baseball would be cut from the Olympics after 2008.

The reasons given for the sport’s departure were trouble with the MLB and with doping problems.

The MLB is one of the most popular professional sporting associations, so the fact that baseball was voted to be removed was not a smart move.

How can baseball and wrestling be removed when table tennis and rhythmic gymnastics remain?

If the Olympic committee was trying to modernize the games, those should have been the first two sports to be cut.

I don’t think the Olympics needs to be modernized. Aren’t the Olympics about tradition?

Wrestling is part of the Olympics tradition. To lose it would be a big mistake. jkohn@ murraystate.edu.

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has been going, we can’t do that.”

Canaan responded in the second half, scoring 11 points in the first 5:14. A deep 3-pointer from Canaan tied the game at 40 with 14:46 to go. Needing a win to stay alive in the race for the final spot in the conference tournament, UT Martin pushed on, snagging six consecutive rebounds en route to a 13-5 run.

The Racers continued to chip away at the Skyhawk lead, riding strong plays from Canaan and Ed Daniel. Despite the resilient efforts from the senior duo, the Racers’ hopes looked bleak as Dexter Fields fouled Liabo, giving UT Martin a five-point lead with 1:11 to play.

Canaan had other plans, however, responding with a 3 of his own nine seconds later. Suddenly, the Racer deficit had shrunk to two with 1:02 to play. After a missed shot by Liabo, the Racers found themselves down by one with 23 seconds remaining to win the game.

Canaan drove the lane and missed a layup with 11 seconds to play. Daniel grabbed the rebound and was fouled coming down. Down one with two free throws, Daniel failed to convert on both of the shots, giving the ball back to the Skyhawks. The Racers never recovered.

Liabo sank two free throws down the stretch and Canaan saw his last-second heave bounce harmlessly off the back of the rim, ending the Racers’ chances for a comeback.

“I told (the players) I hate this feeling because I love those guys,” Prohm said. “That’s what I’m most sick about because I want them to experience something special, but you’ve got to get it done to do that.”

Canaan finished with 31 points, while Daniel tallied another double-double, scoring 19 points and racking up 12 rebounds. Despite the strong effort from the two leaders, it was the lack of production from the others that cost the Racers.

“It can’t just be those two guys,” Prohm said.

The role players struggled mightily. Stacy Wilson – the team’s third leading scorer – went 0-8 from the field, scoring just two points while turning the ball over five times. Dexter Fields struggled to score as well, making only one shot for two points.

This season has been one of ups and downs for the Racers as they’ve beaten high quality opponents such as St. John’s, Evansville, Belmont and South Dakota State.

They’ve suffered equally as many bad losses, however, dropping games to Jacksonville State, Eastern Illinois and then tonight to the Skyhawks.

The Racers have just one game remaining to find some semblance of consistency before they enter postseason play next Friday at the OVC Tournament. If Canaan, Daniel and the four other seniors want to finish their final season with a second-consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, they will have to win the conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn.

Canaan, who is putting the final touches on a record-setting career at Murray State, says there is no other option.

“I was just talking to them in the locker room and I told them we’ve got three more games to get to the tournament,” Canaan said. “We determine our own future. I told them I ain’t ready to be done and I’m sure they’re not ready to be done playing with me and the other seniors. We’ll figure it out. I refuse not to get to the tournament.”

“I didn’t even expect to make the finals in the 60,” Bettis said. “I’m very pleased with how it went, especially in hurdles.”

Bettis was not the only Murray State athlete to place first in an event at the indoor championships.

Tonia Pratt, sophomore from Michigan Center, Mich., placed first in the weight throw with a distance of 18.56 meters. Pratt followed up the weight throw performance by finishing second in the shot put, behind Colleen McDonough of SIU Edwardsville.

Pratt improved in the weight throw from 2012, where she placed fifth a year ago.

“I just think I could always improve on strength,” Pratt said. “I didn’t weightlift in high school and now that I do, I see how much stronger I could be.”

While Bettis, Pratt and Love were top-scorers for the team, Severns said several of the younger athletes played a major role in Murray State’s success. Emma Gilmore, freshman of Locks Heath, England, placed fourth in the 800-meter run after placing eighth in the preliminaries. She also assisted the distance medley team in landing fourth place with 12 minutes and 24 seconds.

Severns said she was also proud of Abbie Oliver, sophomore of Wales, United Kingdom, who ran a total of 9,200 meters over the weekend. Oliver exceeded her personal

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Junior Sharda Bettis and sophomore Natalie Pattin run at Wednesday’s practice. The relay team of Bettis, Pattin, senior Alexis Love and sophomore LaShea Shaw finished in fifth in the 4x400 meter relay at the event. records in every event in which she participated in. Many of the scoring athletes were freshmen, and Severns said she is proud they were able to step up at the indoor championships.

“My motto, after indoor, you’re not a freshman anymore,” Severns said. “We don’t have to change our goals for them because they already did it for themselves.”

While Severns believes Murray State ath-

letes perform better at the outdoor championships, she said she thinks the Racers could take an OVC title soon. The team was 14 points away from first-place Southeast Missouri State.

Track and field will travel to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Last Chance Meet Saturday. The following weekend, select athletes will travel to the NCAA Indoor Championships March 8-9.

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Senior Isaiah Canaan looks for a pass in the final BracketBusters game. Saturday marks the last game Canaan and his fellow seniors will play at home.

“For those that don’t understand, we can start out when I was a young kid in the Murray stands looking down, wishing I was in their shoes,” Burge said. “The tradition here, winning championships - we’ve won three in a row - I don’t think you could ask for anything better. I think God has blessed me in a great way. I couldn’t have picked a better college career basketball-wise or campus life-wise.”

On the other side of the scoring spectrum is Canaan, who is closing in on 2,000 career points – a milestone only five other Murray State players have reached. Already holding the career record for 3point shots, and currently in sixth on the all-time scoring list, Canaan will go down as one of the best to ever wear the blue and gold.

In what is sure to be an emo-

tional night, Prohm said it is certainly difficult to see the players’ time at Murray State come to a close.

“Some of these guys I’ve known for five years,” Prohm said. “I’ve talked to their parents and grandparents every week for the last five years. They’ve become a big part of our lives, and our program has become a big part of their lives. Even as an assistant, I got teary-eyed on senior day because you spend so much time with those kids.”

Although it may be the players’ final home game, the seniors hope to extend their final season a few more weeks, needing to win the OVC Tournament to gain a second consecutive NCAA Tournament berth.

“Now that we’re here at the end, I think everybody is at their prime,” Burge said. “Let’s see what we can do with this last tournament run. We’re hoping we can make it past that first round and past that second round. Final Four - that’s the goal.”

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Racers prepare to make magic Megan Kavy || Staff writer mkavy@murraystate.edu

The Racer softball team will compete at the Magic City Classic in Birmingham, Ala., today through Sunday.

Murray State is scheduled to play the University of South Alabama, Nicholls State and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Head Coach Kara Amundson said she sees the teams as similar competition to the Amundson previous two tournaments.

“It is going to be another good test for us,” she said. “(They are) very winnable games for us, but we have the possibility of losing them as well.”

With the caliber of talent expected, the team will face a challenge this weekend.

Amundson said she sees South Alabama as a solid competitor. Its team has beaten several highranked teams this season.

She also sees UAB as strong competition.

The Racers won the Arkansas Invitational last weekend after having some trouble at the start of the tournament.

“The first couple games we played were slow,” Amundson

said. “We did some things that were not indicative of winning a championship on a tournament.”

After losing its first two games, the team came back to win the next three games and take home the title.

Amundson said the team did a good job of playing both offensively and defensively, which was her goal for the tournament.

She said it is hard not to be excited about the win and is proud of what the team accomplished after its rough start.

Amundson believes the team has a good chance to come home with another win this weekend.

“Taking our mentality from this past weekend and being able to get a good couple days of practice in before we go is going to be important for us,” she said.

Amundson believes the team is now embracing the idea of it being a competitive team this season, and positive things are happening.

She said contributions are being made by all of the class levels and all parts of the lineup are performing very well.

“We embraced the fact that we are playing to win and not playing to not lose,” she said.

Amundson said the team is ready for this weekend.

She said the team is starting to move in the right direction for the rest of the season.

The first game of the tournament will take place today at 12:15 p.m. against South Alabama.

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Senior infielder Christian Cox, from Magnolia, Ky., throws a practice pitch. The softball team will compete in the Magic City Classic today through Sunday.

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Freshmen step up against Redhawks, seniors prepare for final game at home Carly Besser || Assistant Sports Editor cbesser@murraystate.edu

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Junior guard Erica Burgess, top, from Memphis, Tenn., takes control of the ball. Senior guard Mariah Robinson, left, from Beaver Dam, Ky., shoots a free throw. Junior forward Jessica Winfrey, right, from Marion, Ark., passes the ball through a Tennessee State screen Feb. 11. The Racers’ final home game is Saturday.

Coming off a win Saturday to break a four-game drought, the Racers will take on Southeast Missouri as the final regular season matchup before the OVC tournament.

Seniors will also be playing their last official game at the CFSB Center.

Guards Mariah Robinson, Tessa Elkins and forward Kyra Watson will be recognized as they take their final walk on to the home court in Murray State uniform.

This will be the Racers’ second game against Southeast Missouri. Facing a 5870 loss in their first meet against the Redhawks in January, the Racers had trouble maintaining a first-half lead.

After chipping away at the advantage, the Redhawks managed to dictate the majority of the game.

The Racers are most successful when multiple players pull together in scoring. In its last game against Morehead State, Murray State was led by freshman guard Erika Sisk and sophomore guard Keiona Kirby to secure 14 points each.

Robinson followed with 12.

In games against teams like UT Martin and SIU Edwardsville, both Robinson and Sisk separately scored

season-high points but still faced a loss.

Sisk averages 14 points per game and has been shooting deep three’s in her signature pocket, making her offensively versatile both in the paint and beyond the arc.

Freshman forward Kelsey Dirks makes up for a recent lack of rebounding.

The Robinson, Ill., native stands ’6 foot 3 inches, giving her a height advantage to pull down defensive rebounds. Dirks earned two consecutive double- doubles and averaged six points. After coming out of a scoring slump, Robinson is beginning to reintroduce her pontificating ability, tacking on three against Morehead State and four against UT Martin exclusively in the second half.

Robinson’s efforts put her deeper in Murray State’s history when she scored 1500 career points and 500 rebounds.

She also is the all-time leader in 3-point shots in school history.

A team playing the last home game with a purpose makes for an emotional and exciting showcase. With more team cohesion and offensive rebounding, the Racers will be prepared for a final run before the tournament.

Tipoff is Saturday at 4:45 p.m. at the CFSB Center.

Full Court Press Every Rose has its thorn Fame comes at a price.

Earning a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame comes at an even greater one.

Just ask Pete Rose, former Major Ryan League Baseball player and Richardson Online Editor manager.

Though his stats clearly prove he is one of baseball’s all-time greats, Rose will likely never be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum.

Why? Gambling. Rose’s permanent ban from baseball is due to a gambling problem he had during his career.

Is it fair to ban an athlete from such an honor because of a personal life problem? I think not. It may look bad, but it does not affect the game.

Did gambling help Rose become the all-time Major League leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053) and outs (10,328), as well as help him win several of baseball’s most sacred awards?

Simply put, no. His achievements came from pure talent.

Rose did not give himself an advantage by using illegal drugs like the home-run kings of the 1990s.

Don’t get me wrong. He deserves to be punished for betting on his team. Banning him from the Hall of Fame, though, is going too far.

Can you imagine if every league or organization banned people who makes a few mistakes in life?

There will eventually be no one left to look up to, to look back on. Sure, the legends of old will still be there, but the greats of today will be forgotten.

Future generations will question whether making it to the big leagues is even worth their while. What if they play for 15 years and have one of the greatest careers of all time, but they made one poor decision in life?

We will just tell him, “Sorry, kid. That one little instability you have in your personal life, that one that doesn’t affect how you play the game at all, that is going to keep you from getting the honor you deserve.”

Who are we to deny anyone the glory they deserve, whether it be in the game of baseball or, more importantly, in life? It is easy for normal citizens to think athletes like Rose should never be inducted, because we are so far removed from that professional level of play, that national attention.

But translate that into common terms. Let’s say I am interviewing you for your dream job.

I turn you down.

Why? Well, remember that time when you were younger, and you kicked that dog because you thought it was funny? I am denying you what you deserve because you messed up once in an unrelated area in life.

That is like Pete Rose’s gambling keeping him out of the Hall of Fame.

He is going to spend the rest of his life knocking at the door in Cooperstown. Instead of turning the deadbolt, we need to let him in. mrichardson@murraystate.edu

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Redemption for spring season Laura Kovarik || Staff writer lkovarik@murraystate.edu

Despite having a disappointing conclusion to the fall season, the Racers hit the ground running in preparation for its upcoming spring season tournament play.

The Racers kick off the first game of the season with the Murray State Indoor Tournament in Mayfield, Ky., Saturday.

During the spring season, the team will play three 11 vs. 11 games, and a seven vs. seven against UT Martin.

The faster-paced indoor tournament atmosphere should be a good first tournament for the Racers, Head Coach Beth Acreman said.

A smaller field and faster in-game play should allow a lot of player touches on the ball and get everyone back in the swing of things. This season marks Acreman’s seventh year as soccer head coach.

The smaller area also means that if mistakes are made, recovery time is crucial. This will be a great opportunity for the Racers to showcase their defense, as well as their offense.

It will also give them a chance to evaluate where they are as a team.

“I think the fall season was very frustrating, but I think it’s been a very good learning experience,” Acreman said. “They are fired up and ready to go. We had a few new players this season so getting them acclimated is always challenging.”

One of the major challenges the team faced was the task of scoring, Acreman said.

Becoming faster, stronger and, ultimately, better has been the main focus of the team’s spring training regiment. Injury prevention is also an important component. Less hindered

by NCAA rules during the off-season, the players focus primarily on lifting, endurance and individual skills sets. With experience under its belt, the team is hoping to dominate its spring schedule.

“We are working toward the fall. Now that they’ve had a year of experience under their belt, it’s exciting to see what these

players can really do,” Acreman said. “Next year we are going to be adding more players to the roster with new recruits, so we are just working on solidifying the foundation for those players to join.”

Unlike many other college sports, soccer’s championship season, or main season, is in the fall.

While returning players have the advantage of experience, the task of cohesion is daunting.

Acreman said this year has been a great time to gain experience and commends her team for being dedicated day in and day out.

The team has developed into a really tight-knit group and has some of the best talent the Racers have had in a long time, Acreman said.

Acerman said senior Shauna Wicker leads the Racers on and off the field. Wicker was the second leading scorer on the team and 10th in the Ohio Valley Conference during the 2011-2012 year with seven goals.

Wicker sets her sights high for the spring season and said she thinks everything on the schedule is very winnable.

“I want to go out with a bang and lead the team well this season,” Wicker said. “I think if we get a winning mentality, that will carry us into the fall.”

The team’s struggle throughout the fall season has inspired the team to work even harder to come out on top during the spring.

“Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work as hard,” Wicker said. “You may be up against a girl that is more talented, but if you continue to fight, they will eventually give up. I tell the girls that wanting and desiring it is so much greater. I may not be the most talented player, but I continue to push myself and others to work hard.”

The spring season looks positive for Wicker and her teammates as they continue to train for their upcoming indoor tournament.

After the indoor tournament, the team will travel to Evansville, Ind., to take on the University of Evansville on March 6.

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Freshman Halle Pinkham from Elizabethtown, Ky., dribbles the ball during a scrimmage match. The Racers are looking to pick up from an unsuccessful season last fall.

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by Kenneth Tucker Biff Kogan, a minor league administrator at Beetlebaum State University, glum in a dead-end position, sells his soul to the devil to become the university’s thirteenth president. Professing that he has short-changed his latest client, the devil adds to the bargain Biff’s dream girl, a 1920’s big band singer that only Biff recalls because he has one of her few surviving, scratchy 78 records. Gleefully, Biff looks to the future, but learns that deals with the devil are not what they seem. A farcical novel with a cast of thousands, including Napoleon, Nero, Agrippina, Mata Hari, Genghis Khan, Dutch Schultz, Mussolini, and a trip to the nether world that Dante never took.

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Murray State women’s tennis looks to continue winning against Western Kentucky University Saturday.

The Racers are hit or miss this season with a 2-3 record.

They struggled earlier in their scheduled matches with doubles.

The team suffered a 1-4 loss to Central Arkansas University Feb. 9, 1-6 home loss Feb. 17 to Southern Illinois and a 2-5 loss against the University of Evansville on Feb. 20.

The match against Arkansas State Feb. 10 was canceled, which created a lull in the team’s schedule.

The team dropped three matches in a row against Central Arkansas, SIU and Evansville after its Feb. 3 victory in its season opener at home against Lindsey Wilson College.

Murray State’s last match Feb. 22 showed a positive change with a decisive 6-1 victory against the 2-5 Lipscomb Bisons.

Ashley Canty, Carla Suga and Carolyn Huerth all won in singles, while Megan Blue and Erin Patton won their matches in doubles.

Huerth As for doubles, the teamed-up players Canty and Huerth won. Suzaan Stoltz and Patton also defeated Lipscomb in their doubles match.

“Overall, every single girl played pretty much their best tennis of the fall and of the season,” Head Coach Olga Elkin said.

“Everyone played in their courts.”

Elkin said she was pleased with what she saw from her players against Lipscomb at Kenlake State Park last week.

“All the girls ended up playing their best. As a whole they made more balls. They did well in their slots,” Elkin said. “They never gave their opponent even a chance to get in the match from the start.”

However, she does think the Racers have some room for improvement before the match against WKU on Saturday.

“They can always improve and make smarter decisions on the court,” Elkin said. “They need to make all their balls.”

WKU women’s tennis is a rival with a 3-1 record. The WKU Hilltoppers defeated Morehead State last week in a blowout 70 victory.

Earlier, they split two matches against Northern Kentucky and OVC team Belmont University 6-1 and 7-0.

The Hilltoppers also defeated Bellarmine University 7-0 to begin their tennis season.

The Racers plan to build on their success from the match against Lipscomb and keep winning against WKU. “All of us need to play well, stay focused and make more balls,” Elkin said. “We have got to get that doubles point.”

Murray State could use a win heading into the meatier middle portion of its schedule.

Teams from bigger, nonconference schools like the Memphis Tigers and the Saint Louis Billikens are both on the docket for the next couple matches.

Murray State will play WKU Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Bennie Purcell Tennis Courts.

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SNL ALUMNUS ENGAGED TO FOLK MUSICIAN Comedic actor Andy Samberg and musician Joanna Newsom are officially engaged, a representative of Samberg announced Monday.

“I can confirm that Andy Samberg and Joanna Newsom are engaged,” Samberg’s publicist, Carrie Byalick, said in an email.

The couple has been dating for five years.

ROOTS DRUMMER TO PEN MEMOIR Drummer Ahmir Thompson, known by his fans as Questlove, is planning on releasing a memoir called “Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove.”

The book, which will be released June 18 by Grand Central Publishing, will include stories of the musician’s encounters with celebrities, idols and fellow artists.

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The Murray State Women’s Center decorated the Residential Colleges with props that represent a college student’s life while maintaining an eating disorder.

Exhibit raises eating disorder awareness Hunter Harrell || Staff writer hharrell@murraystate.edu

Each February, the Murray State Women’s Center holds an exhibit in honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Month.

The exhibit, Room with a View, was set up from Monday through Thursday in Old Richmond Residential College. It followed the life of Sandra, a fictional student, a new student to Murray State.

“Room with a View is intended to engage students in an interactive format in order to educate them about the signs and effects of eating disorders,” said Abigail French, Women’s Center interim director. “Students become first-hand spectators in the life of this college student and that helps them

take in the information in a real and lasting way.”

The walk-through exhibit featured five rooms that moved through the months of Sandra’s life at school. Walking through the rooms, the visitors of the exhibit were able to read through her journal, look at the schedule on her wall calendar and experience the drastic way her life changed as her eating disorder progressed.

The exhibit enabled visitors to witness the dark secret Sandra was hiding from her family and friends up close. Her decorations, clothing and schedule all changed as Sandra’s obsession with her weight took over her life.

“Many of our students struggle with their body image or have a friend that they are concerned about,” French said. “We want them to not only be

aware of the seriousness of eating-disordered behavior, but also to know that there is hope and that they are not alone on this campus.”

In addition to the walk-through exhibit, Room with a View allows participants to watch a short documentary about eating disorders. They are also invited to take part in a survey given by psychology graduate students which asks about eating habits and determines whether or not students have eating disorders.

Since 2008, when the program began, Room with a View has had one major goal in mind: educate the student body on the seriousness of eating disorders.

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS FIRE LEAD SINGER Rock band Stone Temple Pilots announced Wednesday that it was letting go of its lead singer Scott Weiland.

The one sentence statement read, “Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland.”

Weiland replied to the statement with “I learned of my supposed termination from Stone Temple Pilots this morning by reading about it in the press. Not sure how I can be terminated from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that's something for the lawyers to figure out.”

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CREATES STONES EXHIBIT The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, will be opening a Rolling Stones exhibit.

The exhibit will be called "Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction," and will open May 24.

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Heidi Ortega, assistant professor and costume designer for the theater department, shows students the work the needs to be completed in the costume shop.

Empty Bowls brings in record-breaking numbers Shannon MacAllister || Staff writer smacallister@murraystate.edu

Empty Bowls, a project designed by The Imagine Render Group, a nonprofit organization created to feed the hungry in Paducah, Ky., and surrounding areas, was held Saturday, Feb. 23.

The event which is organized in collaboration by local community members, artists and restaurants, fills handmade empty bowls to raise awareness and funds for poverty in Paducah.

“The mission is to provide funding for local hunger issues,” Michael Terra, event coordinator, said. “In this particular case, we have a situation in which there is a community kitchen that provides a free lunch five

Walking into Robert E. Johnson Theatre there are rows of seats and a wide open stage. Walking on to the stage, nobody would ever guess what happens behind the scenes of the shows. Tucked in a corner underneath the main stage is the costume shoppe where every single stitch on every single costume is sewn with passion.

Below the stage, one will find assistant professor and costume designer for the theater department, Heidi Ortega, hard at work demonstrating to her student workers what needs to be done for their next production.

This is Ortega’s fifth year at Murray State, where she not only helps design the costumes for the theatrical productions, but also teaches classes for students who want to learn how to do theatrical makeup and make costumes.

While working here Ortega has taught students how to do stage makeup techniques such as aging themselves and transform themselves into animals.

She credits her mother for her love of sewing and designing. Before becoming a professor at Murray State, Ortega had many experiences within the field.

days a week, and they serve more than 5,400 meals a year. This is an expression of a huge amount of need, a need that no one else talks about, so we decided that we need to do something about that.”

The annual event, which just completed its third year, has grown drastically since the first Empty Bowls event.

“The first year I did it, I was expecting maybe 500 people, but I had more than 900,” Terra said. “The second year I thought, ‘Well, maybe I can get 1,200,’ and I got 1,400. I was over-the-top excited with that number, and this year, we had more than 1,500 people attend.”

Empty Bowls gained its name from the main element of the event, the bowls. Terracottage Ceramics, Terra’s personal business, hand crafts more than 1,500 bowls that can then be glazed by people who cycle through his shop throughout the year. The bowls are then used with the event. The empty bowls are filled with food donated by local restaurants and raise money to feed the hungry in Paducah.

“Getting the restaurants to donate food is really about just going in to talk to folks and plead my case,” Terra said. “Once people see that our studio does so much, they really seem to get on board. When they see what we do, they seem to decide that they can at least do some small portion, too. They have been a great help.”

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“I started sewing as soon as I could reach the pedal with my mom,” she said.

“As a teenage girl, I was really big into fashion and I thought I was going to be a fashion designer, but I didn’t like that there’s a lot of the competitiveness and the cut throat attitudes in the industry.”

Ortega said she became interested in fashion in high school where she would organize fashion shows.

“My mom sews, so that’s how I learned to sew,” she said. “But as far as designing costumes, I’ve been designing since 1993. I’ve been involved in costuming since the late ’80s.”

Ortega received her undergraduate degree from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was originally studying elementary education with a minor in theater.

She said her theater department was great because it was so small it gave her a great opportunity to really discover herself and the craft she loved so much.

“When I talked to the department chair to be a theater minor I told them I could sew. They gave me a work study job at the costume shop where I designed all the costumes for my undergrad show for all the four years I was there.”

Now, Ortega has both work-study and student worker most are usually majors or minors, she said.

“It really just depends on their interests,” Ortega said. “I’m far more inter-

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Music festival honors women Hunter Harrell || Staff writer hharrell@murraystate.edu

The Athena Festival brought many new faces to Murray State’s campus this week and ignited a love and appreciation for classical music and the women behind it.

The festival, sponsored by the Murray State department of music, included three days of lecture sessions, recitals and concerts.

Beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 26, the public was invited to attend these events at no cost. Students, faculty and community members all shared the week with exciting names in the classical music industry. Featured composers this year included Gwyneth Walker, Earlene Rentz, Anna De Foe and Vera Ivanova. These women shared their experience in the music industry with the audience members through performances, lectures and stories.

“Gwyneth Walker is the featured composer for the festival,” said Tana Field, coordinator of the Athena Festival. “She spoke to festival attendees and lead master classes as well. She also had her pieces featured in performances.”

In addition to Walker, the community members interacted with this year’s “Meet the Composer,” Rentz. She spoke to

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TODAY • All Day Murray Dairy Queen opening • 9-10:15 a.m. Whirl: A Workshop in Theater, Dance and Art, Playhouse in the Park • 6 p.m. Alpha Kappa Psi presents “How to Dress for Success” fashion show, Curris Center Small Ballroom • 6 p.m. Sarah Gutwirth: Taxonomies and Collectionst, Clara M. Eagle Gallery • 7:30 p.m. Cinema International presents “Coriolanus,” Curris Center Theater

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about the reality of having an eating disorder,” French said. “We want our students to be educated about the warning signs. Secondly, we want students to know that they are not alone and that there is help for them.”

French also included her goal for the program has been set with the students of Murray State in mind.

Said French: “If only one student walks away with a little bit of hope for a brighter future, then I will be happy with our program.”

ORTEGA From Page 5B ested in whether or not they want to be here, because then they want to learn things, and it usually works out really well.”

While Ortega was studying education, she spent a year teaching abroad in Beijing, China.

“I taught at the International School of Beijing as a kindergarten teacher in 1993, which was just after my freshman year of college. The school was preschool through seniors in high school and it served all children of the embassy.”

She always loved the international school system and thought she would one day return, but her love for theater grew the more she practiced it, Ortega said.

While in Beijing she worked for Peking Players in China, which is what she considers her first professional job. Since then, she has designed pageant dresses for the Junior

Every detail of the event has been meticulously planned throughout the year, all the way down to the date.

“The Empty Bowls Project does not happen in the spring or fall because farms generally have extra produce during that time that they donate to the community kitchen,” Terra said.

“Because of that, we schedule the Empty Bowls now to kind of patch over this rough season because they aren’t getting that free food. This way,

Miss America pageant, worked for various dance companies and has worked at the Egyptian Theater Company in Salt Lake City.

“Just like most of the professors around here, that is what we are supposed to be doing – writing, researching – and so in the theater, we’re supposed to be doing shows,” Ortega said. “So, I consider that part of my job, but it obviously makes me a much better teacher to do so.”

Even though she changed her mind about teaching abroad, Ortega always knew she wanted to remain a teacher, even if the age of her students would change.

“I’m a teacher because I want to just learn,” she said. “I’m a teacher because I didn’t want to stop going to school. If I could, I would just be a student for the rest of my life, and this is the best way to make that happen.”

Aside from Westminster College, Ortega attended Humboldt State to her Master of Arts, and then she attended Virginia Commonwealth in Richmond, Va., to get her Master of

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“As a college student, you’re figuring out what you want to do,” she said. “That’s what I went through, which is why I love to be where I am.

I really feel like I am you guys and I made it. It’s like, I had a dream, I followed my dream and I managed to get a job doing it, which I know is rare.”

As a teacher, Ortega loves the fact she is just like her students and she can teach them things they may not already know. “(Our theater department) is big enough that we do really cool things but we’re small enough that when I have a student who wants to design a show, I can give them that opportunity,” she said. “I am able to help people find what it is that they want to do and give them opportunities to do it.”

Since arriving at Murray State, she has put on more than 30 shows and 20 shows outside of the theater department, averaging 10 costumes a show.

“I liked Murray because of its per-

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Composers De Foe and Ivanova won the international composition competitions hosted by the festival.

Other groups such as the Murray State Concert Choir, Jazz Orchestra and Faculty Chamber Music ensembles performed as well. These groups highlighted the works of the featured composers in unison with the theme of the festival.

sonal attention,” she said. “We’re a big school, but we’re not giant. It feels good here. I like the people I work with. I wanted to have a place where I could settle down and I could raise my kids, and this had all of those things.”

But the benefits for Ortega do not stop there. She loves the daily interaction she receives from her students.

“Maybe I can be that person that pushes them to leave here, find out things, learn things,” she said. “To truly be the people that I think we’re supposed to be, I believe you need to spread your wings.”

With all of her design experience, Ortega has only ever thought about opening her own shop.

“I have considered in my mind, at various times, having specialty wedding or prom dresses,” she said. “I’m six feet tall, so it’s hard to find those specialty things that look good on you and fit you right. I’ve often thought that that would be something I would enjoy doing if I had any time on the side.”

Every other year, when the festival is held, the department of music selects a theme which serves as inspiration for the presentations and selects the featured composers. This year, the theme was “Breaking Barriers - Finding Her Own Voice.”

“The event is important because it provides Murray State and the community the opportunity to interact with and learn from established female composers,” she said. “It also allows us to be exposed to current research in women in music. My favorite part of the event is meeting and learning from a variety of scholars, musicians and successful composers.”

“I’m a teacher because I want to just learn. I’m a teacher because I didn’t want to stop going to school.

If I could, I would just be a student for the rest of my life, and this is the best way to make that happen.”

–Heidi Ortega Assistant professor of theater Designing is something she loves to do, but it is not her first love and never will be. Making a difference in a student’s life is far more important to her.

“While I love designing, I love teaching more,” Ortega said. “That’s why I think I never tried to go to New York and win a Tony or an Emmy, because that’s not what I wanted to do.

I love to design costumes; I love it.

But if I had to pick, I would pick teaching. It’s the interaction with students that is far more gratifying to me than the designing part. I always wanted to be a teacher from the beginning; that hasn’t changed.”

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we can raise enough money so that they can purchase the food they need to get through this time.”

This year, the Empty Bowls Project exceeded its fundraising goals and gave each participant something to consider at the day’s end.

“I hope that three weeks from now, when everyone looks at their bowl, they remember the issue and think, ‘hey, I can go help out, I can donate a little time or maybe I’ll cut them a check; it’s been a little cold,’” Terra said. “I hope that now that they have the durable reminder - the bowl that doesn’t go away, they will think to go and help out withing the community.”

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Staff Report Murray pet lovers and owners gathered Saturday at the A. Carman Animal Health Technology Center next to the William “Bill” Cherry Agricultural Expo Center to enjoy the benefits of the Doggie Day Spa. Co-hosted by the Humane Society of Calloway County and the Animal Health Technology/Pre-Veterinary Club, the event was a fundraiser for both organizations that also provided valuable services to the pet owners in surrounding areas.

“I think a lot of people came out because the services offered were things that suck to do yourself, and the prices were so low,” Jenna Salza, Humane Society volunteer said.

Owners could bring their dogs to the pavilion and have any variety of services done. The Animal Health Technology/Pre-Veterinary Club offered dog bathing and drying, nail clipping and ear cleaning, while the Humane Society offered $10 micro-chipping for dogs as well as DNA testing. Owners were also presented with the opportunity to have custom collars and tags created for their dogs while they waited on their pampering to be complete.

Many owners took advantage of the opportunity to have their animals microchipped for a low price, a service that could come in handy to owners when dogs are lost. The chip is a transponder that is injected into the area between a dog’s shoulder blades, within the excess skin, and is nearly painless to the animal, requiring no follow up or further medical attention.

“After holding dogs that were being chipped all day, you can tell it really doesn’t even phase most of them,”

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Student volunteers and members of the Animal Health Technology/Pre-Veterinary Club assist with the Doggie Day Spa held last Saturday at the A. Carman Animal Health Technology Center.

Salza said. “Most of the dogs didn’t even seem to care that they were getting chipped.”

The transponder holds a unique number that can then be scanned by animal shelters that may pick up the dog.

It is custom practice for all shelters to scan dogs for chips, as the number held by the transponder links to a company holding the owner and their emergency contact’s information, allowing the shelters to contact

owners so they may pick up their dog.

Event coordinators reported that more than 40 dogs were microchipped at Saturday’s event.

The Humane Society also offered DNA swab kits that can be sent off and tested for those owners curious as to the lineage of and breeds in their dog. The kit pulls from more than 300 breeds and the sample is a simple saliva swab, a pleasant alternative to blood samples.

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Almost every famous performer has something the entertainment industry likes to call a rider.

This is a written document that the perAnna former creates Taylor with specific Features Editor demands for the things they want as criteria for their performance. Anything from requesting to have two cases of bottled drinking water behind stage to requesting one package of Swedish Fish in their dressing room can be found on a band or performer’s tour rider. Those two things are actual requests from Justin Bieber’s rider.

After looking at some bands’ riders, I thought it was interesting to see what kind of strange requests they make. For example, Aerosmith requests that their VIP guest room be decorated in Eastern Indian Style. They also request that there be no alcoholic beverages available throughout their entire performance day.

When Lady Antebellum was in town, a source told me they requested to have lamps in their dressing rooms and to not use the real lights while doing their makeup. The lighting from the lamps are closer to the stage lighting so they do their makeup according to that. They also asked for manicure and pedicures once they were in town. I can vouch for that.

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Thrilling military mystery “Damascus Count Down” is Joel C. Rosenberg’s 17th published book. In the novel, Israel successfully launches a first strike on Iran, which takes out all of its nuclear sites and six of its nuclear warheads. CIA operative David Shirazi and his team are in a race against time to find the remaining nuclear warheads before disaster strikes.

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