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Sept. 6, 2013

Vol. 88, No. 4

Presidential search committee considers silence Lexy Gross || Editor-in-Chief

“The traditional method of advancing candidates for the committee would be to have candidates arrive on campus and be announced publicly, have open forums with people interacting,” said John Thornburgh, a consultant for Witt/Kieffer. “These practices have changed dramatically in higher education – the issue these days is that if you are going to have a candidate be announced publicly before an appointment is made, they’re

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Presidential search committee members are facing a pressing question – whether or not to release the names of potential presidential candidates to the public throughout the search process. In a committee meeting Wednesday, representatives from presidential search firm Witt/Kieffer suggested the search process be closed to the public.

not even going to get into the search.” Upon the request, members of the committee voiced their opinions, several said they felt uncomfortable with a closed search. The committee will try to strategize a way to have an open process – without revealing names. Committee members who are also members of the Board of Regents are expected to discuss the topic further at today’s quarterly board meeting. Although the process would be

closed, and the candidates would not be revealed, Thornburgh assured committee members that candidates could still meet with small constituency groups in a closed setting. Throughout the week, consultants met with different groups on campus to better understand what the University needs in a president. The three primary groups Witt/Kieffer met with were students, faculty and staff.

STUDENTS Bob Smith, Witt/Kieffer consultant and former president of Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, asked students to voice their concerns on the position of presidency at Murray State. Representatives came from several groups; Alliance, International Students Organization, Student Government Association, Residential College

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Bill Nye, future series speaker Ben Manhanke Assistant News Editor bmanhanke@murraystate.edu

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Broken glass and cluttered hallways are a few of the many signs of vacancy and neglect in Woods Hall.

A building in neglect Meghann Anderson || News Editor manderson22@murraystate.edu

Dark hallways, broken glass on the floors, messages written in dust and no ventilation – the place looks like a scene from a horror film, but instead is the inside of a University building. Woods Hall, which houses International Studies and several art studios, is open to anyone during operating hours, but doors leading to the third floor, which is used solely for storage, were unlocked.

HISTORY The building, named for the fifth president of Murray State, Ralph H. Woods, was designed as a women’s dormitory. It was constructed on the corner of 14th Street and Olive Boulevard at a cost of almost $1.1 million and was first occupied in the spring of 1957. Like its sister building, Ordway Hall,

which was also used for residential purposes, the parts of the building not in use have deteriorated. Ordway was demolished during summer, except for the front facade. In 1965, carpet was installed in the hallways, and air conditioning was provided for the lobby and study rooms at a cost of $45,828. Woods Hall ceased operations as a dormitory in the early 1990s and soon after became office space for International Affairs.

PRESENT DAY Woods Hall is part International Affairs office, part art studio and part storage. Kim Oatman, director of Facilities Management, said with exception of a few rooms on the second floor used by the Art Department, the upper floors have been used as storage for the past 20 years. Oatman said the upper floors are used

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A service elevator on the third floor of Woods Hall bears an inscription and drawing left with spray paint.

Live. Your. Values. challenges students to act Rebecca Walter Staff Writer rwalter@murraystate.edu

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Greek presidents line the front of Lovett Auditorium after the kick off of a new social campaign, with active and new members behind them.

A new campaign launched its way into the Greek community Tuesday, providing a way to open up conversation and establish what it means to live through your values as a member of Greek Life at Murray State. Live. Your. Values. premiered at a Greek kick-off event with a launch video that focused on differing core values upon which the organizations were founded. Jason Hinson-Nolen, Greek Life coordinator, said he started the campaign as a way to open dialogue about the values Murray State’s Greek organizations possess and the way they impact not only the community, but themselves. “I was looking for a way to start the conversation about these different values,” Hinson-Nolen said. “We are finally at a time where we

can talk about what our organizations are really all about.” Each organization had 12 members give a spoken testimony about how going Greek has impacted their lives and helped them grow as individuals. These testimonies will be used throughout the duration of the campaign. Administrators, faculty and staff have also become involved in the campaign. Jay Morgan, Jackie Dudley, Don Robertson, Mike Young, Crystal Coleman, Tara Hawthorne and Aaron Dail all took part in the launch video. Live. Your. Values. started Tuesday and will continue until March 25 of next year. The campaign will launch a new video testimony every week which will be promoted through various social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter.

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Bill Nye “the Science Guy” is coming to Murray State. The recently-announced Dancing with the Stars contestant and science guru will speak at the University during the spring semester as a part of the Presidential Lecture Series. The Student Government Association, Murray State Fo u n d a t i o n and the President’s Office will sponsor the Presidential Lecture S e r i e s speaker, who will be on Nye campus in Lovett Auditorium on Feb. 4, 2014. SGA President Jeremiah Johnson said he is thrilled to have Nye speaking at Murray State. “Students grew up with him,” Johnson said. “He was a stable educational figure in many students’ lives, and he made learning fun.” Nye currently hosts three TV shows: The 100 Greatest Discoveries on the Science Channel, The Eyes of Nye on PBS and Stuff Happens on Planet Green. He is also the vice president of The Planetary Society, the world’s largest space-interest group, and speaks all over the world about space exploration. Murray State is not Nye’s first visit to a college campus, though. Last year he visited the University of North Carolina as a guest speaker and has given many commencement speeches at various universities. Nye also regularly visits Cornell University as a professor as part of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Visiting Professorship. As a part of the Presidential Lecture Series, Nye joins a group of speakers that include Spike Lee, James Carville and Mary Matalin, Ben Stein, Desmond Tutu and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Johnson said the University tries to cater to students and get speakers with different backgrounds each year. Last March, the Student Government Association pulled its monetary support from the lecture series after the executive board members decided to put SGA’s money toward more student-focused programming. This year, SGA has reinstated funding for the lecture, and Johnson said he was excited to help fund such a fun, educational speaker. “I think the students will really enjoy Bill,” Johnson said. “It should be a fun time.”

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Murray State prepares to announce partnership in Asia, 3A

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Kappa Delta prepares future at Murray State Rebecca Walter Staff writer rwalter@murraystate.edu

Kappa Delta, the newest sorority on campus, began its recruitment process this week, re-establishing itself at Murray State for the first time since 1984. The official start of recruitment, which begins today, is being held separately from the formal recruitment process of the other five Panhellenic sororities on campus, which took place last month. Development consultants for Kappa Delta spent the week setting up information tables around campus, attending University events and meeting with women interested in joining the organization. More than 200 women signed up and met with consultants throughout the week for 20-minute, one-on-one meetings or “coffee dates� to find out more about the chapter and to have any questions they might have answered. Laura Pait, development consultant for Kappa Delta, said she is thrilled to see such high interest in the chapter and to be a part of welcoming Kappa Delta back to campus and to the Greek community. Joining Pait, is Jennifer Jameson, who is also a development consultant for Kappa Delta. The pair has been on campus since August. “We are excited to be able to contribute to the Greek community here at Murray State,� Pait said. “I feel that Kappa Delta will bring fresh ideas to the community, which will help it continue in its growth.� Pait said by joining Kappa Delta, members will be given amazing opportunities to be a part of something new at

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Murray State and find other opportunities they did not have before. Kappa Delta will be accepting 139 new members into its chapter. This total is taken from the combined average of the other five Panhellenic sororities on campus. Those interested in joining Kappa Delta need a minimum 2.0 GPA or higher. No coffee date is required and walk-ins are welcome to recruitment. Recruitment events will be on the third floor of the Curris Center from Friday until Sunday. Bid acceptance for Kappa Delta will be Sunday for the new women joining of the organization. Jason Hinson-Nolen, Greek Life coordinator, said by bringing back Kappa Delta to Murray State, a piece of history is being brought back as well. “Having Kappa Delta brought back to campus is exciting for the Greek community,� Hinson-Nolen said. “It will come with certain challenges, but the chapter has the full support of the Greek community.� Hinson-Nolen said over time, more sororities are expected to come to campus. Delta Zeta is expected arrive on campus in 2015 with Phi Mu following in 2017. Kappa Delta will be considered as a colony for seven weeks during a new member program before it’s officially an active chapter again Oct. 27. Hinson-Nolen said he encourages all new members of Kappa Delta to discover the values of their organization and live through them. Said Hinson-Nolen: “Learn the values of your organization and hold yourself accountable to those values.�

September 6, 2013

MESS plans for new semester Kate Russell || Contributing writer krussell13@murraystate.edu

On any given Thursday the Murray Environmental Student Society, MESS, can be found sitting in a circle on the lawn in front of the Carr Health building. Former MESS president Allison Crawford led the first meeting of the semester where members shared topics of interest. Topics included sustainability projects and ways to ‘go green.’ Some of the issues were students interested in MESS pursuing included work against mountain-top removal, efforts to reduce the number of cigarette butts discarded around Murray State’s campus and an informational round table to discuss international environmental issues. Member Carly Cavitt said a few of the activities the club will participate in this year will include camping trips, going to Powershift, and work on the Sustainable Projects Fund. Cavitt said Powershift is one of the events she is most excited about for the coming year. Powershift is a youth climate rally held in Pittsburgh, Pa., in October. During the rally there will be workshops and speakers

who will focus on global climate change. “As of now, there are about 100 Kentucky youth going to Powershift,� Cavitt said. “We want to try to get as many Murray students to go as we can. It’s how we push forward and make our voices heard.� Cavitt said the students are also helping with the on campus farmer’s market that is co-sponsored by MESS and Main Street Murray. The market will be on campus the first three Tuesdays in September and is promoting local farmers and vendors. MESS began in 2006 as a mix between a recreation club and a recycling club. Since that time the club has expanded its influence and size and improved every year. Currently MESS is working on the Sustainable Projects Fund. A project which would fund and contribute to providing renewable energy on campus as well as the weatherizing of buildings. Crawford was nominated to serve as president of MESS for a second year, alongside co-president nominee Cavitt. Crawford said she loves being involved in MESS, and she is passionate about the work she does with the club. Said Crawford: “I want to be active in

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The Murray Environmental Student Society meets 5:30 p.m. every Thursday on the Carr Health lawn.

helping society move into a more sustainable way of living.� MESS meets every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. on the lawn of Carr Health. Crawford said anyone is welcome to join the group if they have an interest in helping the environment and the University.

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WELCOME HOME: Men who were given bids to join Pi Kappa Alpha run out on the stage at Lovett Auditorium Tuesday night at IFC bid night. After bid night Greek Life coordinator, Jason Hinson-Nolen kicked off the Live. Your. Values. campaign.

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A 2+2 MBA Program To Start in Paducah October 18, 2013 The AACSB-Accredited Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business at Murray State University will introduce a 2+2 MBA Program in Paducah on October 18, 2013. Combining two delivery methods—live weekend classes in Paducah followed by 100% online instruction—the MBA Program is targeted at two groups: students who already possess an undergraduate degree in business, and those with no business background. The two options are described below.

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9 : 56 a.m . A caller reported a noise complaint across from Waterfield Library. Officers were notified and an information report was taken. 6:14 p.m. A caller reported the smell of marijuana on a floor of Hart Residential College. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

7:45 p.m. A caller reported an animal complaint in Franklin Residential College. Officers were notified and an information report was taken. 10:08 p.m. A caller reported an individual wanting to harm themselves in Old Richmond College. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

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1 2 : 1 8 a. m. A caller reported the smell of marijuana on a floor of White Residential College. Officers were notified and a citation was issued for possession of marijuana. 1 0 : 38 p. m . Officers reported checking on a vehicle in Regents Residential College’s parking lot which had open doors and which appeared to have been left unattended. An information report was taken.

10 : 16 a. m. A caller reported receiving harassing phone calls while in Wells Hall. Officers were notified and an information report was taken. 4 : 32 p. m. A caller reported a domestic disturbance in the 800 block of College Courts. Officers were notified and a report was taken for fourth degree assault.

August 31 1 2 : 0 9 a. m . A caller reported alcohol in Franklin Residential College. Officers were notified and a report was taken. 6 : 4 0 p. m . A caller reported a possible physical altercation happening in James H. Richmond Residential College. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

Sept. 1 1 2 : 2 3 a. m. A caller reported an intoxicated individual in Regents Residential College. Officers and Emergency Medical Services were notified and a report was taken. 9 : 25 p.m . A caller reported alcohol in New Richmond Residential College. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

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In the next several months, Murray State will announce its partnership with a new sister campus in Asia in order to cultivate a relationship similar to that existing between Murray State and the University of Regensburg in Germany. Jay Morgan, vice president of Academic Affairs, said the University has several good relationships in Asia, but it is time for Murray State to turn one of those existing relationships into a partnership. “Murray State has, for years, been active in Asia in its international recruitment and also in establishing partnerships with universities there,� Morgan said. “Going forward, it is our hope that we can establish a central location in Asia, possibly China, that will serve as both a top recruiting area, as well as a partnering university with which to deliver degrees at.� While Morgan said the ultimate goal of this venture would be to provide opportunities for Murray State students to have a residential-style experience at a top-quality university in Asia, the secondary goal, he said, is to increase the University’s international student recruitment from the region. “Many of the Asian universities have 20,000 – 30,000 students at each and we feel like we can recruit more,� he said. “We feel

like it is time to focus in that region of the world and also to further enhance our recruitment there.� An exploratory task force made up of representatives from Murray State’s constituents, including faculty, deans and chairs of Murray State have been deliberating for almost a month about which Asian university to partner with more exclusively.

We feel like it is time we focus in that region of the world and also to further enhance our recruitment there� –Jay Morgan Vice President of Academic Affairs Luis Canales, director of the Institute for International Studies and chair of the taskforce, said the group talked to several demographics on campus, in order to gauge the level of interest in this venture. He said in the next couple weeks he hopes to narrow the number of candidates and start in-depth conversations with potential partners. Although the task force has not contacted any university yet, Canales said it has created a list of criteria for any potential partner. This includes looking at the overall

Kemmerich no longer building in Murray

Sept. 4 5:42 p.m. A caller reported damage to a vehicle in the Hamilton Southwest Parking Lot. Officers were notified and a report for third degree criminal mischief was taken. 11:10 p.m. An officer issued a written warning near Hart Residential College for failure to use turn signal and defective equipment.

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Call of Fame Augu st 29 - 7:42 p.m. A caller in the 600 block of College Courts reported a suspicious picture on the sidewalk outside their door. Officers were notified and a report was taken. Motorists assists – 2 Racer escorts – 5 Arrests – 0

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

quality of the school, the fit in terms of academic offerings, the safety and security in the country, how active the university has been with Murray State and its ability to offer courses in English. He said Murray State already has a strong presence in Asian universities, including 12 partnerships with China, 11 in South Korea, four in Japan and two in Taiwan. The strong presence, he said, is reflected by the number of Asian students Murray State has on campus. Canales said some of these relationships, however, are one-way, and he hopes through a stronger partnership to not only increase the Asian population on campus, but to also be able to send more Murray State faculty and students abroad. “In Asia, we would most likely start with a faculty and student mobility program,� Canales said. “However, the potential is great in that region so we hope to expand beyond a purely faculty and student mobility program in future years. We would, for instance, be interested in offering a degree program overseas.� Canales said the task force expects to make a recommendation to Morgan in October on which university to further partner with Murray State. The final announcement to the University would take place in November during International Week.

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INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION: Murray State biology professor Suguru Nakamura has been recognized internationally for the recent publication of a book he edited. “Handb ook of H+-ATPases� focuses on helping readers understand the metabolism of cancer cells. Nakamura is the only medical doctor in fac ulty at Murray State.

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The Murray-Calloway County Economic Development Corporation announced this week Kemmerich Metal Engineering, a German-based automotive company, will no longer be establishing its U.S. headquarters in Murray. News of the joint venture between Kemmerich and the MCEDC, set to bring an estimated 120 jobs to Murray, was announced last January by Gov. Steve Beshear and the MCEDC in the CFSB center. In a press release Wednesday, Matt Manning, Murray city coordinator and president of the MCEDC, said plans for the establishment of a manufacturing operation in Murray have fallen through due to a dispute over funding of the project. Manning said plans to build the facility were originally estimated by Kemmerich to be approximately $6 million, however, the company’s next subsequent bid for construction costs totaled $12 million. The MCEDC requested addi-

tional assurance from Kemmerich that it would be compensated for the additional funds needed to be provided, however, Manning said ultimately the two parties could not come to an agreement. “When this project began, we put together an aggressive financing package that would aid the construction of a new facility for Kemmerich,� Manning said. “Unfortunately, the company’s cost estimate proved to be unrealistic and the subsequent bids came in at approximately double what had been projected. Obviously, this created major challenges both teams.� “While the MCEDC is willing to take reasonable risks to help create good jobs for the community, we also have to be good stewards of the resources we have,� Manning said. German automotive supplier, iwis, which announced it would be locating a manufacturing plant in Murray in the old Webasto building last November, still has plans to begin production this fall bringing with them an estimated 75 new jobs.

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The saga of former President Randy Dunn and his back-andforth with the Board of Regents over his contract, frequent job searches and especially the legality of that agreement were big news this time last year. For nearly a semester (that is, the Spring 2013 semester), The News brought you coverage of those events; we frequently editorialized on what we considered an illegal move by the Board of Regents concerning their non-renewal of Dunn’s contract. President Dunn has, quite literally, left the building. Upon the Board of Regents’ decision not to renew Dunn’s contract (and the subsequent second vote on the matter following public outcry on the matter from students, faculty and staff), Dunn accepted a position as President of Youngstown State in Youngstown, Ohio – leaving Murray State with a vacancy at the highest level. In the meantime, Tim Miller, former director of the Murray State Foundation, is serving as interim president while the search begins for a new president, a process that may last well into the spring semester of 2014. A presidential search committee has been created to do just that, and an executive search firm devoted to health care, life sciences, non-profits and higher education, Witt/Kieffer, has been brought in to aid the committee in the selection process. As is almost always the case with bureaucratic endeavors at Murray State, the presidential search process raises more questions than it answers. For starters, why is the University paying an outside executive search firm upwards of $100,000 to select our next president?

We can think of a few ways to select a university president, none of which include spending an exorbiant amount of money on middlemen to select our next president. Other questions raised by this whole process concern the secrecy of the process itself. Why is it that the average Murray State student won’t be able to ask questions or express his or her concerns directly to our presidential candidates? Why does this process require middlemen, be they a presidential search committee or an outside agency being paid a nice sum of money to do a job that should ultimately be the job of the University’s constituent body? We understand the need for specialized knowledge in this search, and we get that we all can’t participate in the selection of our president. But we do think that we should have a greater say in how our president is selected – the fact that there are representatives of certain student organizations on the presidential search committee does not make the presidential search committee representative of the student body as a whole. We cannot possibly ask for greater transparency in this selection process without first having a greater grasp on the institutions that govern this University. Students should have better representation on the search committee and ultimately, should have the final say in this process, but we cannot expect to be taken seriously in this demand unless we take it seriously ourselves.

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Sayers: Enjoy our work so much pay matters little As we have just celebrated Labor Day with a day off from class and, hopefully, from work, let’s turn to Dorothy Sayers, an English graduate of Oxford University. Duane Bolin This, of course, Professor of history is no small feat for a woman reading modern languages and medieval literature in 1916 – a mystery novelist, translator of Dante, essayist and Christian apologist, as she turned her attention to the very idea and necessity of work in her essay “Why Work?” Sayers published the essay in her collection “Creed or Chaos?” in 1947, and in it she called for, in her words, “a thorough-going revolution in our whole attitude to work.” “I asked,” she wrote, “that it should be looked upon – not as a necessary drudgery to be undergone for the purpose of making money, but as a way of life in which the nature of man should find its proper exercise and delight and so fulfill itself to the glory of God. That it should, in fact, be thought of as a creative activity undertaken for the love of the work itself; and that man made in God’s image should make things as God makes them, for the sake of doing well a thing that is well worth doing.” Sayers asked directly, “What is the Christian understanding of work?” and she was a committed Christian. She explained that “the only Christian work is work done well.” But she also argued “that work is not, primarily, a thing one does to live, but the thing

Now that’s a novel concept – that we should be paid just enough for us to be able to carry on our work!” – Duane Bolin Professor of history one lives to do.” I often take this line from Sayers to say to an aspiring college student that undergraduate education is learning how to make a living – yes it is! – but it is learning how to make a life. Sayers would agree. Sayers weighed in on the topic of compensation for work. She claimed, “we have all got it fixed in our heads that the proper end of work is to be paid for (it) – to produce a return in profits or payment to the worker which fully or more than compensates the effort he puts into it.” “But if our proposition is true, this does not follow at all,” she wrote. “So long as Society provides the worker with a sufficient return in real wealth to enable him to carry on the work properly, then he has his reward.” Now that’s a novel concept – that we should be paid just enough for us to be able to carry on our work! In a world in which we can’t wait for the weekend to come to give us a break from work, Sayers wrote, “we should no longer think of work as something that we hastened to get through in order to enjoy our leisure.”

We should instead “look on our leisure as the period of changed rhythm that refreshed us for the delightful purpose of getting on with our work.” Sayers argued that “we should all find ourselves fighting, as now only artists and the members of certain professions fight, for precious time in which to get on with the job – instead of fighting for precious hours saved from the job.” According to Sayers, we must also fight for the quality of our work. “We should clamour to be engaged,” she wrote, “on work that was worth doing, and in which we could take a pride.” “The greatest insult which a commercial age has offered to the worker has been to rob him of all interest in the end-product of the work and to force him to dedicate his life to making badly things which were not worth making.” Although a devout Christian, Sayers criticized the church for its view of secular work. “It is the business of the Church to recognize that the secular vocation, as such, is sacred. Christian people, and particularly perhaps the Christian clergy, must get it firmly into their heads that when a man or woman is called to a particular job of secular work, that is as true a vocation as though he or she were called to specifically religious work.” “He must,” she wrote, “be able to serve God in his work, and the work itself must be accepted and respected as the medium of divine creation.” If nothing else, Sayers gives us something to think about while we are on our way to work or to class Monday morning. jbolin@murraystate.edu

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Letters to the Editor I don’t know about all of you, but I am just super upset about the VMAs. Sad pink bears everywhere, that song, Miley’s non-twerking (seriously, it wasn’t twerking, look it up) and not to mention the Beetlejuice outfit hugging Robin’s oh so bubbly butt. Then there’s Syria but clearly we don’t give a twerk about that, you know, something actually relevant. Honestly, who cares if we’re going to save a country from being bombed by bombing it? I am sure there is intervention needed as some of the terrible things that have happened. However, is that really the appropriate direction to take? Of course, I remember when there was discussion about the next totalitarian dictator douche to be taken down my bet was on Assad. So far I appear to be right so get your wallets out and write your checks out to cash. But again, who really cares about worldwide politics? We have our own

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Belabored Day resources we purchase from them at a now higher rate. We could use the logic of “they would struggle with money and learn their lesson,” but that country is already struggling in the sense of the people under douchebag’s regime. What we should really think about is that more than 100,000 people die under him in a year. Don’t care about that but use chemical weapons and next thing you know we’re saying “Gurl, please!” Standing against violence is important and necessary but so is letting countries take their own place by allowing their civil wars to play out. When we get involved it will be for the monetary interests of those who can afford it. We should also not be so eager to send more military personnel to fight when we were just getting them. Plenty died in the last protection of interests not beneficial to the American

serious problems with the way Miley’s outfit makes her ass look like a raw chicken. How are we supposed to cope with that song and dance perpetuating whatever people seemed to say it did? I barely made it through by doing what rational people do, I turned off the station while the DVR recorded and I watched ‘Dexter’ while I waited then hit rewind to cover what I missed after the song. It wasn’t because I couldn’t handle it, it was so that I wouldn’t be so bored. The complaints about it perpetuating stereotypes and drug use seem legit. However, I can barely remember the last time that didn’t happen in music. Just slap her and Robin Thicke with a sanction. Maybe then we’ll actually put those to use. Just don’t sanction Syria. No really, when is the last time a sanction ACTUALLY did something? The country has to pay money and that money is then charged back to us in the

In the wake of the George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin case, President Barack Obama stated, “We need to have an honest dialogue about what this country can do to bolster the lives of our young African American boys. There are a lot of kids out there who need help, who are getting a lot of negative reinforcement. And is there more that we can do to give them the sense that their country cares about them and values them and is willing to invest in them?” We can’t ignore the fact that young African American males are disproportionately more likely to be involved in a violent crime as either a perpetrator or a victim. Poverty, failing schools and disruptions in local communities have all been cited as contributing factors, which make our job of helping bolster the lives of young African American boys an incredibly challenging one. Mr. President, there is a solution. It is sports-based youth development (SBYD). SBYD programs are a cost-effective safety net that can make the difference between an at-risk young person going to college or ending up incarcerated. SBYD is a field that merges youth development with sports. SBYD programs use the power of sports to attract at-risk youth into safe and constructive activities. But these programs go one step further. SBYD programs use the sports themselves to teach kids conflict resolution and life skills that can be adapted to their schools, communities and home environments. That’s why in 2009 I founded Up2Us, a coalition of more than 700 youth sports organizations leading a national movement to advance sports as a solution to the critical challenges facing the kids in underserved communities, including youth violence. To achieve SBYD takes training. Every year Up2Us partners with experts in the fields of coaching, positive youth development and health and wellness to create a menu of SBYD trainings.

people. They will go if ordered as that is how they serve, but we should be valuing them more than just as bodies to throw in a fight. There shouldn’t be something done about what the Syrian government is doing to their own people, but is America getting into a war in Syria really the answer? Instead of answering these questions we are busy burying our heads in Miley’s ass. However, that could just be the American people trying to find ways to distract themselves from these less than appealing news pieces. There should be a consideration of what we will be sending the military into, what will happen to them, what will happen to the Syrian people caught up in the fights, what purpose it will serve and so much more.

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George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering Florida teen Trayvon Martin, consults with his defense team during the trial which ultimately found him not guilty of murder. The controversial ruling has sparked much debate since the verdict was handed down this summer. Up2Us conducts National Coach Training Institutes all over the nation. These unique three-day seminars address the fundamentals of quality sport coaching, the components of positive youth development and the challenges and opportunities of working in an urban environment. The training prepares a group of coaches, often from the same community where they coach, to make a difference in the lives of the youth they serve. The gains from SBYD programs do not end with keeping young kids out of jail. By providing trained coaches who are intentional about teaching health and pro-social behavior, we can keep approximately 80 percent of kids from becoming obese or overweight. We can also keep 40 percent of the

kids in school who would have otherwise dropped out. The cost savings to be gained through SBYD programs is invaluable in terms of the lives saved, not to mention the financial savings for taxpayers. In conclusion, I believe that SBYD programs provide us with one of the most effective means to boost the lives of African American youth as President Obama has challenged us to do. It’s up to us, as parents, business leaders, celebrities, athletes, clergy and local officials to come together and get involved and embrace the power of sports to create change.

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Monday, we took a momentary break from our hectic dayto-day lives of classes, jobs and whatnot to observe Labor Day, a holiday that, of course, supposedly celDevin Griggs ebrates work. Opinion Editor The actual meaning of Labor Day has kind of fallen to the wayside, but that meaning is as potent and powerful as ever. Around the world, working people celebrate May 1 as International Workers’ Day or Labor Day. This is, of course, in response to the arrest, trial and execution of those who fought for the eighthour workday in Chicago in 1886, following an event we refer to as the Haymarket Square Massacre (you can read more on that in my previous column, What May 1st Means at TheNews.org.) But in the U.S., where May 1 is Loyalty Day and Law Day, we observe Labor Day the first Monday in September. We observe Labor Day in September as a kind of commemoration of the workers who were killed in the 1894 Pullman Strike, in which a number of striking railroad workers were shot dead as the federal government moved to break the strike. President Grover Cleveland (a notoriously anti-labor President) declared Labor Day in September just days after the events of the Pullman Strike, and it has remained ever since. Labor Day, now as then, is a reprieve from work, and a much needed one. We celebrate the contributions of hardworking American men and women from all walks of life on Labor Day – well, at least, we like to say we do. I say ‘“we like to say we do” because Labor Day has ceased to be a celebration of those who work in these United States. It has become little more than a cruel joke. Honor labor? How can we begin to honor those who work if those who work cannot make ends meet? The minimum wage sits at $7.25, in spite of the fact that the cost of living continues to trend upward. Americans who go to work every day are subjected to long hours or on the flipside, too few hours to make a living. They are denied the right to a voice on the job – a concept so foreign to most of us that we can scarcely define a ‘union,’ or seem baffled when we see workers across the country walk out on strike demanding higher pay and better working conditions. Health care is denied on the basis of ability to pay, even in 2013. Obamacare is not universal health insurance – and don’t let anyone tell you that it is. Even with expanded coverage, many Americans will still not have access to health insurance under the President’s plan. Millions are without adequate food, housing and clothing even today. These are the men and women we fallaciously honor every Labor Day, and yet we insult them by doing absolutely nothing to help them improve their station in life. Labor Day can either be an opportunity to push us toward a more humane society or a sick joke – but it cannot be both.

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

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There was some talk of tearing it down, so the whole thing was pretty much gutted.

From Page 1 Hinson-Nolen said he hopes the campaign provides a variety of programming throughout the year by bringing in speakers and hosting philanthropy events to make a difference in the community. Sponsors have donated more than $12,000 for the campaign and are featured on the back of the Live. Your. Values. T-shirts that more than 1,000 Greeks wore across campus Tuesday. Hinson-Nolen said Greek members should be instilled with values of charity, philanthropy and community service. Lyndsey Speer, member of Alpha Gamma Delta, said being a part of the Live. Your. Values. campaign has been a terrific outlet to talk about how much the Greek community has impacted her college career and life. “My past three years in Alpha Gamma Delta have changed me and I am very thankful for that,” Speer said. Carlton Matthews, member of Alpha Sigma Phi, said helping put together and being a part of the Live. Your. Values. campaign has been a rewarding and humbling experience. “We have found a way to not only challenge Greek Life at Murray State, but improve it,” Matthews said. “Through living our values, we can have a greater impact on campus and in the community.”

SEARCH From Page 1 Administration, Black Student Council and representatives from all three Greek councils were present. The topics discussed ranged from what students wanted to see on campus to what they thought would be best for the community. Several students voiced a desire to have a president who supports Greek Life and the changes those organizations will endure in the future.

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- Don Robertson, vice president of Student Affairs

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ABOVE: A room is filled with used carpet and storage on the third floor of Woods Hall. LEFT: Bathrooms on the third floor show signs of abandonment and destruction.

Wait, there’s more! Visit TheNews.org for more photos of Woods Hall. On the academic side, students asked Witt/Kieffer to search for a president who would move away from a retroactive standpoint and not be afraid of change. One student, Julia Hilkey, asked Smith to consider candidates who will stand up for students in Frankfort. Jeremiah Johnson, SGA president and search committee member, followed up on one student’s desire for more diversity on campus. “I need a president who will support diversity and inclusion – and our satellite campuses equally,” Johnson said.

FACULTY Before meeting with Witt/Kieffer consultants, Faculty Senate President Kevin Binfield voiced appreciation for great faculty representation. After consultants met with 12 faculty members Tuesday afternoon, Binfield said he felt confident in the committee’s ability to represent constituencies. “I think it was outstanding; I was really pleased to hear from so many different faculty members,” Binfield said. The search firm prepared questions for faculty and Bin-

field thought members promoted discussion easily. He also said it was clear the faculty members had consulted their departments ahead of time to address possible concerns. Binfield also said he agrees with the search committee’s decision to bring in an outside firm to assist with the presidential search. As a member of the former provost search committee, Binfield said he believed the search itself would have run more smoothly with a firm. “I think we could have attracted a really wide range of candidates,” Binfield said. “Part

WRECKED From Page 1 for storage because they are not functional enough to be a residential college. “The decision was made many years ago to not occupy the upper floors with people,” he said. “The elevator does not work, and the H-VAC and plumbing on most of the upper floors are not in service.” Along with the elevator not functioning, graffiti covered the halls, lights flickered and ventilation was non-existent. Broken mirrors, admit one tickets and paper towels lined the hallways of the former residential area. Interim president Tim Miller, said since the demolition of Ordway Hall, the University has had less storage space, which is the main reason why the upper floor of Woods Hall houses surplus. “We have a real storage problem,” Miller said. “But the intent in the master plan is to take down Woods (Hall) too, which is going to be another storage problem.”

FUTURE PLANS Oatman said the cost to renovate the upper floors of Woods is prohibitive, and those floors currently meet the demand for campus storage space. “The only talk about replacing the building comes with the long term planning discus-

of the thing the search firm does is active recruiting – they know people; they’re involved in networks of administrators.”

STAFF Wednesday morning, 10 members of Staff Congress met with Witt/Kieffer consultants, including its president John Young. Young also expressed his confidence in the search firm, saying the search committee has strong representation from the staff – Roslyn White, the associate director of recruitment. The consultants were interested in Staff Congress opin-

sion for a library,” Oatman said. “The area of Woods Hall is in the master plan as a potential site for a library, but that is long-term.” “It would take significant costly renovations in order to be able to occupy the upper floors, so I suspect they will remain as storage only,” he said. Don Robertson, vice president of Student Affairs, said the plan was to originally renovate Woods Hall, not replace the building. “We even had a plan drawn up, remodeled single dorms for upperclassmen, but then that idea got scrapped, then it became International Affairs and some art studies,” he said. “There was some talk of tearing it down, so the whole thing was pretty much gutted. That's why above the third floor is not functional – no air, no plumbing.” He said when the International Affairs office moved into Woods Hall, maintenance had to be done for new utilities such as heating, plumbing and lights. Robertson said Woods Hall is adequate for the needs of the International Student Program for now. “Right now we've got record numbers of ESL (English as a Second Language) students – the highest we have ever had,” Robertson said. Robertson said Woods Hall is not the best option for international students, but it is the only option the University has at the present time.

ions, according to Young, since the University was chosen this year as one of the “Best universities to work for” by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Young summed up several items discussed in the meeting: “Members discussed attention to the regional campuses, the need to continue outreach to the surrounding area, that the new president be a good communicator, that he or she would need to be a presence both on campus and in Frankfort and that the lines of communication remain open between the president and the constituency groups on campus.”

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Show some love 50,000. Well, technically there were even more, but that is roughly how many Mizzou fans were at the football game last Saturday. As I stood Ryan with my camRichardson era, waiting for Murray State to Sports Editor run to its sideline, I was actually in awe. It was quite a surreal experience for me. Though I have grown up a Southeastern Conference fan, it was my first game at an SEC stadium. I felt inspired and disappointed at the same time. It was incredible to be in a place where so many people supported their team so strongly. Yet it was sad to compare that to a Murray State crowd. I almost felt pity for our team – not because I don’t believe in them, but because our school as a whole seems not to have faith. In a stadium that encircles nearly 80 percent of the field, I struggled to find many seats that were not filled. Their fans likely expected a blowout, but that did not stop them from dedicating their entire Saturday to the Tigers. The temperature maxed out in triple digits in the early afternoon. That would usually keep most people indoors, especially for such a mismatched game that was not to be played until 6 p.m. Not Mizzou fans, though. When Jonathan Ferris and I pulled into Columbia, Mo., around 3 p.m., cars lined the road for more than a mile, and tents were set up as far as the eye could see. Tailgating was in full swing. When the game was about to start, the announcer called out the names of the Missouri starters. For a few of the players, the cheers were so loud I could feel the vibrations on my skin. After every touchdown, the crowd roared. Half of the stadium yelled “M-I-Z,” while the other half responded with “Z-O-U” over and over again. I think I might have become a Tigers fan by the end of the game. That’s how incredible the experience is. And they were only playing Murray State. So, why don’t we do that here? I think part of it is apathy. Part of it is laziness. Part of it is no sense of pride in our school. I get that our team has had a few down years, but that is never a reason to stop cheering, to stop caring. I mean, we’re only in college for four or five years, on average. And college is the last chance most of us have to really let the kid inside us run freely and have fun before we face the real world. Can we really not spend a few hours a week supporting our teams? I know many Murray State students have jobs, but not everyone. I’m pretty active, not including my job, and I still make it out to games, so I don’t accept that excuse anyway. Even beyond football, we show little support for anything other than men’s basketball. That’s pathetic. It’s easy to have fun when a team wins and easy to want to skip out when they aren’t doing so well. But stop and think about it. The players are just like you and me. They are classmates and friends. They need support. And we don’t give it to them. Shame on us. Greeks support each other all the time. It’s the same thing every year, and essentially all the money is just making a big circle anyway. I’m not hating on Greeks. I just think if they can show support day in and day out, whether they want to or not, we, as a Murray State community, can do it for our teams. Maybe a little support could help them win some games. And winning games will lead to more support. What else are you going to do Saturday nights anyway? Party? Get drunk? Waste time some other way? Don’t be stupid. Go to games. Take some pride in your school. mrichardson5@murraystate.edu

Soccer season off to historic start Staff Report This weekend, the Murray State soccer team showcased an improved offense that kept opposing goalkeepers busy in route to victories over Alabama A&M and UALR. This year, the team has taken 80 shots in its first four games of the season. With this offense, the Racers are off to their best start in program history, posting a record of 3-01, surpassing the teams from 2001-03 that opened 3-1. Head Coach Beth Acreman said the game changers are the forwards on the team. “We have a lot more options and I think the girls we have out there are actual threats,” she said.

The biggest threat so far is junior forward Julie Mooney, who arrived on campus in 2011 and set the single season record with 78 shots attempted in her freshman year. This year, Mooney could challenge her own record as she has 28 shots in just four games. Mooney’s role is simple – to shoot and create chances. “Everyone has their roles on the team, and when I can do my role and score goals as a forward, it feels good,” Mooney said. The Racers finished the game with 10 goals scored from seven different players. Junior Pavlina Nepokojova scored two

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Junior Julie Mooney (right) has helped lead the soccer team to a 3-0-1 start.

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The Murray State Racers came out strong and took a 14-13 lead in the first quarter. The Missouri Tigers had more depth, though, and earned a big victory on their home field.

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It is not often a coach can take away positives from a 58-14 defeat, but that is exactly what Head Coach Chris Hatcher is doing after losing a tough season opener in Columbia, Mo., last Saturday. “After watching the tape, I thought there were a lot of positives to take from the ball game,” Hatcher said. “Offensively, the first quarter-and-a-

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half we were pretty much able to do what we wanted to do. We ran the ball well, ran the quarterback well, pitched and caught the ball well and blocked their big front pretty much that entire first half.” The Racers stormed out of the gate as senior defensive back Darrian Skinner forced a fumble on Missouri’s opening drive. The Racers recovered the loose ball and quickly drove down the field. At the 12:35 mark, sophomore quarter-

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The volleyball team clutched its first win of the season last weekend at the North Carolina Central University Invitational Tournament in Durham, N.C. Although the Racers lost their first two matches, there were several positives about their game play. “I was actually pretty happy overall,” said Head Coach David

back Maikhail Miller found senior receiver Walter Powell for the 17-yard touchdown strike. The Racers lost the lead after two consecutive Missouri touchdown drives, but the offense responded, stringing together a methodical, 14play, 83-yard drive to the end zone. Facing third-and-4 on the Tiger five-yard line, the Racers pulled some trickery as Miller was the one taking the pass from sophomore receiver Jeremy Harness.

Schwepker. “I mean obviously we want wins, there’s no doubt, but we came across some crossroads as far as coaching goes.” Although each set had a close score, the Racers lost their first match against Evansville 0-3. Schwepker said the reason for the loss was the lack of effort given by the Racers. “They just shut down,” Schwepker said. “They gave up in the third set. To me, when you quit, it’s one of the worst things in sports you

Miller made an ankle-breaking spin move to elude the Missouri defender and waltz easily in for the score and the lead. When the first quarter expired, the Racers found themselves leading 1413. Things started turning south for the Racers in the second quarter as Missouri’s superior size and depth took over. The Racers’ next three offensive

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can ever do.” The team lost its second match to Hampton, eventual tournament champions, winning only one of four sets. “Every set was so close,” Schwepker said. “The second set was ours to win.” The Racers were up 20-12, but Hampton got the win 25-20. Schwepker said Murray State did not quit that time; they just made mistakes.

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SENIORS From Page 1 possessions ended in punts and Missouri took a 30-14 lead into the locker room at halftime. Murray State struggled to keep up after halftime, amassing only 46 yards of offense in the second half. “As a competitor it’s hard to swallow getting beat like we did,” Hatcher said, “but also you’ve got to keep it real and understand what kind of foe you’re going up against and the conditions we were playing in.” Hatcher said he still thinks his team could have played better and it could have been closer, so there is some disappointment. Hatcher and company turn their sights to the home opener against a Division I Campbellsville team Saturday night. This will be the first ever meeting between the two teams. It will also

be the first Division I opponent the Racers have faced since defeating Kentucky Wesleyan 66-10 in 2009. The Tigers are led by 6-foot-2-inch senior running back Ben Axon. Axon led the team in rushing yards last week against Lindsey Wilson , carrying the ball 17 times for 105 yards. Hatcher said stopping Axon will be a big focus in the Racers’ preparations. “He’s a big back and we just can’t let him get going downhill on us,” Hatcher said. “They’ve got a lot of good transfers on their team, but that’s one guy we’re going to have to key in on and stop in order to be successful.” Saturday is more than the home opener for some players this year. The Racers will also honor their 22 seniors prior to the game. Senior day was moved from the end of the season to the beginning. This move, Hatcher said, will allow the team and community to better honor the senior players. “Traditionally, our best crowds are

earlier in the year,” Hatcher said. “Things are going well and it’s a night game with a little electricity in the air with it being the first home game. We just thought it was a good way to kick off the home season by honoring those guys on a big night.” Eleven of the 22 seniors have spent at least four seasons at Murray State, and will likely finish with more than 20 career victories. Those 11, Hatcher said, are truly special players. “They’re all special guys,” Hatcher said. “Anyone who hangs around four or five years is special to you because they’ve had to have a lot of discipline, work extremely hard and put up with me for that period of time.” As the home season begins, Hatcher hopes he can send his seniors out on a successful season. “When they get to be seniors, time goes by fast and you want to send them out with success,” Hatcher said. “So hopefully this group will be able to do that.”

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Despite the two losses, the Racers did not give up the rest of the weekend. The team was able to win in its last match of the tournament against North Carolina Central. This weekend, the Racers will travel back to North Carolina for another tournament, the Ashford Suites Spartan/Aggie Invitational. The Racers will face teams they have never played before such as UNC Greensboro, Alabama State and North Carolina A&T. Schwepker said he is looking forward to

some major changes in the Racers’ gameplay this weekend. “There are a million things that we need to work on,” Schwepker said. “I just want to see changes and improvements being made.” Because the Racers have never faced any of their opponents for this weekend, Schwepker said the team can’t worry about which team is its biggest competition. “If you’re on the other side of the net, I’m worried about you,” he said. “We can’t control that team. We can only control ours.” The Racers will kick off this weekend with a match against UNC Greensboro today at 6 p.m. They will face Alabama State and North Carolina A&T at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, respectively.

GOALS From Page 1 goals in the first 10 minutes of play. Freshman Lauren Frazier would follow up with two goals within three minutes. Sophomore Alexa Hosey was the third player to score two goals in the game. By the end, the Racers left Huntsville, Ala., with the 10-0 win. While the Racers’ offense has seemed to dominate this season, Acreman said freshman goalkeeper Savannah Haberman has been just

as vital in the team’s success. After three and a half games, she has yet to allow a goal. “It’s been nice this far into the season with no goals allowed in my career yet,” Haberman said. Sunday at Cutchin Field, a tough UALR offense challenged Haberman, but she stood tall. A goal by Mooney in the seventh minute gave them an early 10 lead, and it was up to Haberman to maintain the lead. “We kept it clean in the first half with shots I faced, so in the second half it was my turn to step up,” Haberman said. She faced 12 shots in a second

half that saw UALR dominate. Haberman would record seven of her 10 saves in the final 45 minutes, and the Racers held on once again for the victory. Acreman said there is still improvement to be made, and with no games for another week, it is a perfect time to work on it. “We need to work on how to manage a game better,” Acreman said. “We still have some tactical things to work on, so these next few weeks are going to be great.” The Racers look to continue their best start in history with a road trip with stops at South Alabama and Troy Sept. 13 and 15.

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The Murray State golf teams both return experienced golfers, but face upcoming challenges on their quests for Ohio Valley Conference championships. The women’s team is focusing on consistency. The men’s must replace twotime OVC Player of the Year Patrick Newcomb. Women’s Head Coach Velvet Milkman said talented young faces, combined with a very successful senior, will be the recipe for success this year. After the first qualifiers at Miller Country Club, the lineup will see some new Racers in the team’s first tournament. “We have three freshmen that will be in our lineup, and that’s exciting for me,” Milkman said. “They have stepped right in and have been consistent.” The three freshmen chosen to make their debut at the Drake Creek Invitational are Minta Yin, Sophie Hillier and Sydney Trimble. Trimble is expected to be a big contributor to the team and continue her terrific play from this summer. Her biggest success of the summer was winning the Florence Paxton Memorial Ladies Golf Tournament in Paducah, Ky. Senior Delaney Howson, a three-time All-OVC team member who has led the team the past three years in scoring, has made improvements to her game that could take her and the team to the next level. “She is starting to make a lot more birdies this year, and you make birdies by making putts,” Milkman said. The team will also get experienced leadership from junior Gina Nuzzo. Milkman said it will be up to these two upperclassmen to lead the Racers this year. Unlike the women’s team that has ex-

“We’ve been fortunate the last four or five years to have the most dominant players in the conference” –Eddie Hunt Men’s Golf Head Coach

perienced upperclassmen, the men will depend on a trio of sophomores to lead the team. “This is the youngest team I’ve had since my first year of coaching so that’s both good and bad,” said Head Coach Eddie Hunt. The leader of the trio is Preston French, who saw the most action last year. He was later selected for the OVC tournament lineup. “[French] had a really good freshman year and made the OVC’s All-Newcomer team,” Hunt said. “He has really played well for us in our qualifying rounds.” While naming French the leader of the team, Hunt said he wanted to make sure the team wasn’t going to depend on just one player. “We’ve been fortunate the last four or five years to have the most dominant players in the conference, starting with Nick Newcomb, then Cameron Carrico and then last year with Patrick Newcomb,” Hunt said. This year, there is not one dominant player on the team, but Hunt said he is fine with that because this team has more depth than usual. “We have five or six good players, and there might be a different player each week that will step up and be our lowest scorer,” Hunt said. Behind French are Jared Gosser and Duncan McCormick. Gosser was also part of the OVC tournament team that finished third last spring. This fall is important for Hunt as he tries to determine which golfers will be the starting five for the spring. Hunt said he expects to shuffle in up to seven players this fall to allow them the opportunity to make the spring lineups. Both teams open the fall season with tournaments Monday and Tuesday. The men travel to the Wasioto Winds Fall Kick-off held at Wasioto Winds Golf Course in Pineville, Ky. The women host the Drake Creek Invitational at Drake Creek Golf Club in Paducah, Ky. The Racers take on OVC teams in both tournaments, which will let their coaches see how the teams stack up in the conference.

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Senior Delaney Howson (left) will serve as a leader for the young women’s golf team. Howson has led the team in scoring for three seasons.

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Murray State cross-country raced to an excellent start for the semester with success at the Belmont Opener in Nashville, Tenn. Head Coach Jenny Severns said the conditions for the opener were good but hot, and she spoke very highly of her runners’ efforts at Belmont. “I was really happy because we are definitely where we need to be at the beginning of the season,” Severns said. The men’s and women’s teams bested OVC rivals Tennessee State and UT-Martin Aug. 31 to cap off the day. For the women’s team, junior Brittany Bohn led the way, finishing 34th. Fellow junior Abbie Oliver followed in 36th place. Sophomore Ali Hester finished 48th and senior Carolyne Tanui took 52nd. The women’s team ran well against Tennessee State and UT-Martin; Severns said all five runners for the Racers finished before their rivals’ first runners did. As for the men, sophomore transfer Cole Cisneros finished first for the team and was 48th overall. Freshmen Mitch Harris and Neil Yockey finished 52nd and 79th, while sophomore Jarred Koerner finished 80th. Severns said the men’s team gained several transfer students and therefore has a different dynamic than last year. Severns said despite the newcomers, she saw an improvement at the Belmont Opener and said she is happy with the results. “Cole Cisneros had a really good performance,” Severns said. “Especially since he’s new to Murray State and he led the way for us.” During their run, the men’s teams were misguided at the Percy Werner Park. Severns said the team ran farther than they were supposed to on the second loop, but it had little effect on the runners. Severns said she hopes to see more of the same at the Walt Crawford Open. She said she wants the players to be able to motivate themselves and reach deep to push past the wall to keep going. Murray State has a chance to build upon its good start today at the EIU Walt Crawford Open in Charleston, Ill., at the Panther Trail.

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Low expectations, big results This time last year, Racer football was back. The 2012 team was supposed to be the one to finally make a run at an Ohio Valley Conference title. Unfortunately, Jonathan the team fell Ferris short. A shaky deSports writer fense and some bad luck left it with a 5-6 record. Entering 2013, Head Coach Chris Hatcher and his staff faced the tough task of replacing an AllAmerican Quarterback, several starting receivers, linemen and defensive contributors. Over the summer, the Racers were picked to finish sixth in the OVC. Expectations were low, to say the least. That is, until the first quarter last Saturday. In front of 50,000 fans, the Racers went toe-to-toe with the Missouri Tigers for a quarter and a half. The offense, which had been largely rebuilt after last season, had its way with an SEC defense, putting up 14 points in just 15 minutes. Racer senior quarterback Maikhail Miller made several highly-touted Missouri defenders look downright silly. Sure, it got ugly in the second half and the Tigers pulled away, but that’s to be expected when a team has 22 more scholarships and much bigger players. That first quarter got me excited, and it should’ve you, too. It looks as if the Racer offense hasn’t skipped a beat. Instead of rebuilding, this unit has reloaded – this time with even more athleticism and flair. Walter Powell, Jaamal Berry, Duane Brady and Miller are some of the most athletically gifted players in the OVC, and the Racers can have all four of them on the field together at any given time. I’m not saying the Racers are going to win the OVC. What I am saying, however, is there are going to be some fireworks. This team is chock-full of playmakers and they are going to be exciting to watch. So don’t miss the show. Tomorrow, these guys take on a Campbellsville team that went 3-8 a season ago. It could be a warm welcome as the Racers return home to Roy Stewart Stadium. jferris2@murraystate.edu

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Team embraces fearless attitude Taylor Crum || Assistant Sports Editor tcrum3@murraystate.edu

After a long season of patiently waiting, the Racer softball team will be able to begin its season on new stomping grounds. Racer Field is finally finished and ready for the Racers to take over as their fall season makes its arrival. Head Coach Kara Amundson said she hopes to start the fall season on a high note, just like the one the team ended on at the closing of last year’s season. “Just being able to get timely hits and to have consistent pitching and consistent defense is obviously always the goal,” Amundson said. “The biggest thing that we want to work on this year is fighting as a team.” Amundson said the team’s word of last year’s season was “fearless.” “It’s something we definitely started embracing at the end of the year,” Amundson said. “I think we’ve got a lot of really good returners that are jumping off of what we ended on last year.” Amundson said looking at the season ahead is difficult because the Racers just started practice last week. However, the team has plenty of time to practice before its regular season starts. “Fall season is kind of like an exhibition season for us,” Amundson said. “It’s just a chance for our players to get out there and compete a little bit, and also kind of give me an opportunity to see who’s doing what, where.”

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Amundson said she has big goals in mind for this year’s team. “I think we’re going to be super competitive,” Amundson said. “Our goal is to always go out and win the OVC championship. “The championship is something that this program hasn’t been able to capture yet. I definitely think that’s our end of the year goal.” Now that the Racers have a new field to call home, Amundson said the new addition will bring something different to her team’s gameplay. She said the field is exactly what the team wanted. “It’s one of the best playing surfaces in the OVC right now,” Amundson said. “The fanfare that we’re going to get from being on campus is just going to bring such a different atmosphere to our game.” Along with the new field and new season, the Racers have recruited new players. Seven freshmen have been added to the roster. Amundson said the team held tryouts on Thursday night and will again tonight out at Racer Field. “We’re kind of just giving an opportunity to some people who have voiced their want in continuing their career,” Amundson said. “We’re just giving them a shot to showcase their skills for us.” The Racers will begin their fall season on Sept. 15 at Racer Field with a double-header against the St. Catharine Patriots.

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After a successful 2012-13 season, the Ultimate Frisbee Club team is ready to kick off a new year. Sophomore Caleb Newcomer, a member of the club, said last year’s team was decent. “I think it got better as we went on,” Newcomer said. “We took fifth place in two or three tournaments and took second in the one we hosted in the spring.” Sophomore Ray Hecht, another member of the team, said the team is excited for the upcoming season. According to Newcomer, the

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Freshman Mallory Young connects with the ball during practice.

club only lost two players from last season. The team has added new talent to the roster after recruiting on campus following the start of the fall semester. Hecht said ultimate frisbee is not as easy as it sounds. He said the game takes more than just a good toss. “You have to be pretty quick and in good shape,” Hecht said. Hecht said for this team, it takes every member to be successful as a whole. There is no coach telling the team what to do, and the members have to truly love the game to remain dedicated. “We have two captains that run

the practices, but no coach,” Hecht said. “We have a faculty adviser who supports us.” To stay in shape, the team has practice four nights a week, Monday through Thursday, starting at 8 p.m. and lasts about two hours. The team uses the intramural fields for practice, as well as a home field. However, the team mostly travels for its tournaments. “Last year all of our tournaments were mainly in Kentucky and Tennessee,” Hecht said. “We also went to one in Evansville, (Ind.)” The Ultimate Frisbee Club will begin this year’s season on Sept. 20 when it competes in a tournament hosted in Carbondale, Ill.

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Annual ice cream festival offers multiple activities for community Anna Taylor Staff writer ataylor2@murraystate.edu

The sweetest festival in Murray will take place this weekend in downtown Murray on the Court Square. Offering a plethora of contests and activIn • All Day e Show’s Cruis ities for all ages, the Top Gun Car annual festival al) • Noon wo divisions (t ways brings a n o o N l, o Ice Cream Id . crowd. p.m Today, locals can • Noon -5 e Cream Ic ty taste-test homeri u P e re F made ice cream . m . p 9 •5 made by local r kids Inflatables fo charities and nonprofit organizations during the Murray Rotary Club’s Scooper Bowl. “The Ice Cream festival used to take place in the park

and this is its third year downtown,” said Stephanie Butler, director of Marketing and Communications for the Murray Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. “When it moved downtown, the Rotary Club wanted to be involved and have a way for nonprofits to earn money and raise awareness for their organizations. That’s how the Scooper Bowl started.” This year marks the fourth annual Scooper Bowl competition. For the contest, nonprofit organizations prepare homemade ice cream and festivalgoers vote for their favorite flavor. For $5, a person may sample all of the homemade ice cream and submit one vote. There is $4,000 in prize

money to be divided according to the percentage of votes each charity is awarded. Some of the nonprofit organizations participating this year are Kirksey United Methodist Church, 4-H Club of Murray and Lost But Loved Animal Rescue. The Scooper Bowl is today from 6 to 9 p.m. There will be ice cream on Saturday, as well, and plenty of it. “There is going to be a really large variety (of ice cream),” she said. “There will be four different coolers, and in each cooler, I believe there is six or eight different flavors and they’re all different between the coolers. There will be probably 40 different flavors.” Butler said ice cream flavor classics like vanilla and

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It is no doubt that social media has grown immensely over the last couple of years through platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Vine and Myspace. People everywhere are getting more and more addicted to what is going on in their timelines and newsfeeds. Jeremy Brown would say the same thing. Brown, junior from Atlanta, Ga., is well known for his hilarious Vines. Vine is the latest in social media. It is a mobile app that allows the user to post video clips limited at six seconds. “Vine is a fun way to make people laugh,” Brown said. “I love making people laugh and being silly in general.” Brown said he just started making Vines earlier this year and has loved it ever since. “I always find myself checking my phone constantly,” he said. “I always find people remaking, revining, liking or commenting on my Vines. It’s crazy to me how this whole thing blew up in the matter of months. I currently have over 14,000 followers on Vine.” In his free time, when he is not making Vines, Brown likes to hang out with friends, play video games and listen to music.

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Jeremy Brown works on one of his latest Vines in Franklin Residental College. “I try to do at least one Vine per day, but since school has started I end up posting every two to three days,” Brown said. “Vining just comes natural to me. I don’t write scripts, I just want to

make people laugh. The person I am on Vine is the same person I am in real life.” When it comes to Brown’s fan base, he always finds himself trying to keep up to date on what

kind of feedback they are giving him. “I love my fans,” he said. “They are what keep me Vining every day. Some of the reactions I have gotten over my Vines are crazy. Lots of people just stare and say, ‘Are you really Jeremy Scott?’ One time I went to go eat lunch at Winslow and a random girl got my attention and asked me if she could get a picture? Of course I said yes, but it’s still shocking to me today that people actually recognize me on and off campus.” Brown said the comments he receives range from “Marry me?” to “Oh my gosh, this is so true.” “My fans are the best, and I love to re-vine and comment on others because it’s fun,” Brown said. “I’m on Vine every day, but when I’m not checking my notifications; I like to watch other people’s Vines like Max Junior, King Bash or Jessie Smiles,” he said. “I would love to meet one of them eventually and make, what we call, a ‘supervine.’” Brown explains Vine can be fun, but if he could change one thing about Vine it would be to automatically edit your descriptions in your headers. “I find it so annoying when you misspell one word in your heading and you would have to go back and repost, because of that one misspelled word,” Brown said. At the end of the day, Brown is just a regular guy, but with a big reputation on social media. “You only have six seconds to sound funny, and if you have that talent then I respect you for that,” Brown said. Follow Brown on Vine @JeremyScott.

chocolate will be available as well as favorites such as Rocky Road and Mint Chocolate Chip, among many other flavors. All of the ice cream is made by Purity Dairy and is free from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Also on Saturday is a karaoke contest known as Ice Cream Idol. For this contest, there are two divisions: one for ages 12 and under and another for ages 13 and above. Each division will have a winner who will receive the prize of one year of free Purity ice cream. Due to a large number of participants in previous years, all contestants should have pre-registered before Saturday. The competition begins at noon.

YouTube sensation Guthrie performs on campus Hunter Harrell || Staff writer hharrell@murraystate.edu

Noah Guthrie, a YouTube famous singer/songwriter, graced Murray State with an outdoor concert Tuesday evening after the Live. Your. Values. kick off for the Greek community in the Quad. Guthrie performed many songs from his debut album, “Among the Wildest Things,” as well as three popular covers, including the one that made him famous – “Sexy and I Know It.” His bluesy rendition of the song went viral overnight. “I did a cover of a really silly, stupid song,” Guthrie said. “But it really changed my life. I uploaded the video and the next morning it had almost 50,000 views. Now, I will be playing this song for the rest of my life.” As the handful of audience members sat in the grass, Guthrie interacted and enjoyed the small crowd. “You beautiful people,” he said. “You have no idea how good even this few of you make me feel.” The young singer/songwriter from South Carolina uses no special effects in his music, his voice and guitar is all you hear. Guthrie, who has had the opportunity to perform on “The Today Show,” said he does not normally feel nervous before performances, big or small, even when he started at 13 years old. “I am not nervous, usually,” he said. “But when Matt Lauer from “The Today Show” walks up to you and his shoes are worth more than your life, it’s a little intimidating.” This performance was one of the many Guthrie has planned for this year. While touring to promote his debut album, he will be performing at almost 70 colleges. He received many of the gigs by playing a 15-minute slot in Nashville for college event planners. Even with these performances, more than 42 million views on YouTube and opening for big names like Ed Sheeran, Matt Nathanson and Neon Trees, Guthrie enjoys the humble beginnings of the small campus shows. Despite the rough start Guthrie has had, he continues to stick to his grassroots style and has developed a sound

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Murray State’s slogan “Take Your Place” has students getting involved in clubs and organizations that exist on campus. With more than 170 registered and University-recognized clubs and organizations, there are many opportunities for Racers to find a place to belong. However, a new trend has risen on campus. Though there’s a large variety of clubs, student interest is vast. Because of the cornucopia of human interests, students are creating their own clubs. According to Jeanie Morgan, coordinator of student activities, students form clubs in order to find their place at Murray State. “Students are encouraged to get involved,” she said. “Therefore, if they do not find an organization that interests them, they can form one with students that have a similar interest.” Contrary to popular belief, the clubs don’t spring up overnight. Last year, a few TV production majors decided to form an organization to allow students to collaborate on TV show ideas and production practices. The TV club, advised by Chris Haynes, a TV production professor, gives students with an interest in TV production a chance to gain experience. “Many Television Production students end up working on campus for digital media services.” Haynes said. “However, they can’t hire them all.” Haynes also believes there are benefits of the students raising interest to form the club. “Now, we have a group that is largely responsible for making their own opportunities fueled by their own creativity,” he said. “And they are doing it with the support of the faculty in the television production sequence.” In order to form a club, students must go through a series of paperwork and attend many meetings. Though the clubs can register online anytime throughout the year, they must also acquire a faculty adviser and Murray State’s permission. Austin Smock, junior from Bowling Green, Ky., knows the stepby-step process of creating a club well. “To create a club, you have to first create an idea for a club,” he said. “Then you have to get a group of friends who are interested as well. Then you have the school’s club registration process.” Smock is the creator of the newest club on campus, the Murray State Legends. “The club is based on a (video) game called League of Legends,” he said. “We have a large gaming community on campus, and it is a game I play a lot in my spare time and I am really passionate about.” The group had an informational meeting as well as its first official meeting last week. Within that time, it has already accumulated almost 60 members. Smock believes the idea of Racers being able to make their place on campus allows students to meet others with the same interests. “It is important that Murray State allows students to make their own clubs because it brings people together,” he said. It’s time for Murray State students to either take or make their place.

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Noah Guthrie plays to a small crowd Tuesday night in the quad.

GUTHRIE From Page 5B all his own, and claims to be his own worst critic to his music and technique. “It’s nice to hear people say ‘You are an inspiration’,” he said. “But the first thing I want to tell them is ‘Everything you just watched me do, was wrong.’”

Even as he stopped to tune his guitar during the show, he said “Some people tell jokes while they tune their guitar and I am just not one of those people.” By harnessing his own sound, Guthrie has topped the singer/songwriter charts on iTunes. He hopes the growth of his musical career is not finished and he can one day follow in the footsteps of Bono and U2 by giving back to the communities through his music.

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The basics: Molly Sohl, senior from Louisville, Ky. Q: Who is your style icon? A: “My Aunt Joy because she is a fashion designer in NYC. She always gives me her hand me downs and I love it.” Q: What are some of your favorite stores to shop? A: “Free people, Francesca’s, Anthropology and Carie’s” Q: Why did you choose to wear this today? A: “It was the first thing I saw in my closet!” Q: Who/what do you look to for inspiration? A: “I look online for inspiration a lot such as 6pm.com and Pinterest. Emma Stone is awesome and very fashionable.”

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“Bad Blood” is the debut album from British rock group Bastille. The album was released in the U.S. Sept. 3 and debuted at No. 1 on the United Kingdom charts. Jared Jeseo || Online Editor jjeseo@murraystate.edu

Becoming popular in the U.S. is a major obstacle most bands from other countries face when it comes to their music.

Either it’s because they originated from another country or it is a new and upcoming band. Both of these are true for Bastille, but that hasn’t stopped them from climbing music charts across the world.

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The band got its name from Bastille Day, which is the holiday marking the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789. Their new album, “Bad Blood,” which was released Sept. 3 in the U.S., was a chart-topper in foreign countries. The record debuted at No. 1 in the United Kingdom and was in the top 10 in Ireland and Australia earlier this year. The hit single from the album was “Pompeii,” which debuted at No. 2 in the U.K. It also gave

Bastille its first No. 1 single in Scotland and Ireland. Several songs on the album have already come out in previous EPs and singles in the past years. If you have ever heard of the band you will know that it has had many different sounds. The band chooses to cover songs ranging from Frank Ocean’s ‘Thinking About You’ to City High’s ‘What Would You Do?’ These sounds can be described as a new electronic, vocal-heavy, percussive sound that has

caught the attention of Europe and now the U.S. The success of the band and growth is apparent through the world’s response during the past year. The album still remains within the top 20 on some charts in Europe, and Bastille’s spring 2013 U.K. headline tour sold out all 44,000 tickets. It’s safe to say that people are catching on to this band and it is predicted that the “Bad Blood” album will have a similar response in the U.S.

Facts & Tidbits Artist: Bastille Album: “Bad Blood” Released: Sept. 3 Genre: Alternative Rock Interesting Fact: The album was originally released March 4, 2013 in the U.K. Download Now: “Pompeii,” “Bad Blood,” and “Things We Lost in the Fire”

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Another season The leaves are slowly starting to change and sweater weather is just around the corner (one could hope). That could only mean a new season is upon us, a Savannah new TV season, Sawyer that is. I love TV and Features Editor can never seem to get enough of it. Not only do I watch a plethora of TV shows currently on-air, I also re-watch series like “Friends” (I’ve seen the series about four or five times), “Friday Night Lights” (I’ve seen it about three times) and my all time favorite, “Gilmore Girls,” which I am currently re-watching for about the eighth time. While each year at about this time I get excited for the new TV shows to come, I tend to forget about the ones that have been canceled. While I’ve been gearing up for the new seasons I’ve come to the realization some of my favorite shows have been canceled. 1. “Up All Night” This was a show I predicted to be successful when it first aired in 2011. The show was amazing. It had a great cast, that is, until its star actor, Christina Applegate, decided to up and quit. It was rumored the producers were going to try to continue on with the show but ultimately decided it would be best to cancel the show for good. “Up All Night” followed the lives of a young couple with reversed gender roles. The mother, played by Applegate, worked full time while the father, played by Will Arnett, was a stay at home dad to their baby daughter. The show also starred funny woman Maya Rudolph. It was a great show and had endless potential. Unfortunately, not everyone saw it that way. 2. “The New Normal” Created by the same producers as FOX hit “Glee” I was sure “The New Normal” would be a shoe-in. The show was about two homosexual men and the ups and downs of their everyday lives. They decided they wanted to have a baby and get a surrogate to carry it. The surrogate and her daughter became close with the couple and form a sort of family of their own throughout the pregnancy. While it came out (see what I did there?) to decent reviews, the show didn’t maintain high ratings. 3. “Happy Endings” Last, but certainly not least, my favorite show on this list of canceled shows is ironically, “Happy Endings.” I honestly cannot tell you where this show went wrong. It was like a modern day version of “Friends” if “Friends” took place in Chicago. All the actors were exceptional, the story lines were endless and not to mention the show was hilarious. Out of all the shows listed, I will definitely miss this one the most. I sense an afternoon of binge watching this show on Netflix in my near future. ssawyer@murraystate.edu

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