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Staff Report On Monday at around 11:39 a.m., officers responded to an accident in front of the Curris Center parking lot at the intersection of Chestnut Street and Gilbert Graves Drive.

Jamie Delaney, freshman from Dover, Tenn., was struck by a Mama Nancy’s cab while on a crosswalk.

A young lady was on the crosswalk when a cab traveling westbound on Chestnut struck her.

- James Mayes, Murray State Police officer The driver, Alicia Woods of Murray, was traveling west on Chestnut when she hit Delaney on the crosswalk.

Delaney was taken to Murray-Calloway County Hospital, where she was treated and released.

The Murray Police Department is handling the incident.

Woods said she looked down briefly while driving on Chestnut and hit her brakes as soon as she saw Delaney on the crosswalk. Unfortunately, Woods said it was too late to stop.

After the incident, Woods had another Mama Nancy’s cab driver pick her up.

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City, University evaluate changes since vote Meghann Anderson || News Editor manderson22@murraystate.edu

At 2:10 p.m. on October 22, 2012, customers at the Five Star Marathon purchased the first case of beer in the city of Murray.

After much deliberation earlier that year on July 17, the residents of Murray voted to allow packaged alcohol sales. Now, more than a year later, the city has seen increased revenue among other changes.

ALCOHOL AND THE CITY The Murray City Council voted last week to make several changes to the city’s alcohol ordinance so it would allow regular sale hours on Election Day, as well as some other new rules.

Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator Kendra Clere said Senate Bill 13 recently changed the statute that barred alcohol sales on Election Day. The city’s Public Safety Committee recommended changing the ordinance to reflect the change at the state level.

Clere said SB 13 also condensed the previous 88 alcohol license types into 44 types.

She said there have been issues with people trying to purchase alcohol after the cut-off time of midnight.

Another change to the ordinance would be that businesses would have to display signs stating there are no Sunday sales or sales between midnight and 6 a.m.

City council members also discussed the possibility of allowing alcohol sales until 1 a.m. instead of the current cut-off time of midnight.

Clere said the total driving under the influence charges decreased in the second quarter, April through June, to 36 compared to 38 during the same period in 2012.

Public intoxication charges increased in the second quarter for 2013 by 13 incidents.

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Counseling services see increase in student patients Rebecca Walter || Staff writer rwalter@murraystate.edu Requests by students for counseling services have doubled in comparison to last semester – in the first four weeks of school.

So far, 90 students have sought assistance from counseling services, compared to 48 students in the entirety of last semester.

Fifty-one students requested assistance from counseling services in

the first two weeks of the semester alone.

Angie Trzepacz, director of counseling services, said these students are both new clients and those returning from last year.

There are currently three fulltime counselors, three part-time counselors and two practicum students providing assistance to students.

Trzepacz said counseling services is in the process of hiring a new

male counselor to help manage the increased need for services.

There has not been a decrease in the number of counselors from last semester.

A male counselor will be something new to the counseling services staff.

There are currently about a dozen students on the waiting list at the counseling center seeking assistance.

Those who do not want to wait

are encouraged and have the option of seeking assistance from the psychological center.

Laura Liljequist, director of the psychological center, said they usually see high student traffic through the academic year and provide many different counseling services for students.

“The psychological center is an option for students to lessen their current symptoms and distress and to learn coping strategies to prevent

the reoccurrence of problems later in life,” Liljequist said.

The psychological center has nine advanced graduate student clinicians available to counsel students.

These clinicians are supervised by three licensed psychologists.

The psychological center, as well as the counseling center, is free to students.

Both centers keep all counseling,

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Old Richmond to be demolished Ben Manhanke || Assistant News Editor bmanhanke@murraystate.edu

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Old mattresses and boxes are piled in the hallway of the abandoned first floor of Old Richmond Residential College.

After the completion of the spring 2014 semester, Old Richmond Residential College is scheduled to be demolished to make room for the construction of a new residential college following approval of a plan by the Board of Regents.

The 53-year-old building and oldest residential college on campus is currently scheduled for demolition in May with construction of the new residential college to take place beginning January of 2015.

Kim Oatman, chief officer of Facilities Management, said the demolition of Old Richmond is part of the Student Housing Strategic Plan adopted by the Board of Regents.

“The demolition of all of the low-rise housing units is in the strategic plan for housing,” Oatman said. “As we construct new, we will demolish old. Lee Clark was the first low rise to be replaced, so old

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FAMILY WEEKEND: After the Racers beat Missouri State 41-38, fireworks were set off to celebrate the win and Family Weekend. For more photos of fireworks, tailgating and the game, visit TheNews.org.

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student information and paperwork completely confidential.

The counseling center primarily provides individual therapy to students, but does occasionally give couple or group therapy.

They also provide basic coping and Trzepacz relaxation tools to students.

Jenna Youngblood, junior from Benton, Ky., said counseling services helped her in more ways than she could imagine.

“Going to counseling services was able to make me feel better in life, and lead me in the right direction,” she said.

Youngblood said she encourages all students who are struggling with any personal issue to seek assistance from counseling services.

Counseling services is located in the Oakley Applied Science Building in room C104 and is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MondayFriday. Those who wish to make an appointment may drop by dur-

Clark was the first to be demolished.

Old Richmond happens to be next in line.”

Included in the Student Housing Strategic Plan is the now ongoing $9.9 million renovation of Hester Residential College which is scheduled to be completed by next fall. In comparison, the estimated cost of demolition for Old Richmond is less than $300,000, although the bid will not be awarded until March.

Oatman said according to an architectural and engineering assessment of Old Richmond, it would be more cost effective to demolish the college than to renovate it like Hester.

He said to his knowledge there has never been an attempted renovation of Old Richmond to the magnitude which Hester is being restored.

The cost for construction of the new residential college to replace Old Richmond, if it is demolished, is estimated at almost $23 million, but this number is subject to change.

The demolition of Old Richmond and subsequent construction of a new residential college has not yet been approved by the board and other possibilities are still on the table. Oatman said one possibility would be to keep Old Richmond in service longer than 2014 in order to continue to serve as an overflow unit.

Among other things, a newly con-

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Abigail French (left) and Stephanie Smith (right), senior from Mt. Vernon, Ind., discuss efficient ways to talk to students visiting counseling services. ing office hours or send in a request for service.

The counseling center also offers resources, such as help lines to be used outside of its hours.

The psychological center is located in Wells Hall in room 401 and is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays.

Those who wish to make an appointment may also drop by during open hours or request service.

Trzepacz said Murray State students wishing to seek help from counseling services should know they have nothing of which to be ashamed.

Said Trzepacz: “If students need help, we are here and happy to help in any way that we can.”

Check out TheNews.org for more photos and daily Murray State updates.

ALCOHOL From Page 1 She said charges increased because bars close at midnight and people risk drinking and driving instead of waiting for a cab.

ALCOHOL AND THE UNIVERSITY Judy Lyle, interim associate director of Health Services, said one way the University is trying to figure out the drinking habits of students is through an online alcohol education program.

“Back in March we got the opportunity to approach the city regarding an allocation from the alcohol sales tax for education on our campus,” Lyle said. “I wanted to use the money not only to educate our first-year stu-

dents, but to approach both high schools in the county, as well.”

According to a July study from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, each year an estimated 1,825 college students between the ages of 18-24 die from alcohol-related injuries.

The Murray State Student Life Handbook, by which every student is expected to abide, states the University prohibits the use or possession of alcoholic beverages in residential colleges.

Students are not permitted to possess, for any reason, containers of alcohol empty or full, in the residential colleges or College Courts.

Alcohol use or intoxication is prohibited in outdoor areas on University property, and in classrooms and instructional buildings, administrative offices, cafeterias, and in

any other facilities to which the general public and student population have access such as the CFSB Center, Wellness Center, Roy Stewart Stadium and the William “Bill” Cherry Expo Center.

Health Services offers the Coalition for Alcohol Risk Education program, which is made up of students, faculty, staff, parents, community members and the Regional Prevention Center to help raise awareness of the dangers associated with alcohol use.

Along with CARE, the Murray State Police Department also offers an alcohol awareness program to help educate students on the dangers that are associated with alcohol.

Lyle said she thinks the education process has gone fairly smoothly and she is excited for what the future holds with alcohol education and the University students.

structed residential college would include all new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. It would be constructed like the new James H. Richmond Residential College, Murray State’s newest residential college, which opened in 2009, to be a more efficient user of energy and include more modern materials and finishes.

Oatman said it is likely that a new residential college would also include

FOLLOW THE NEWS Follow us @MurrayStateNews for regular updates on future action regarding Residiential College renovations. more beds to house more students.

This year, Old Richmond has also been home to residents of Hester while Hester undergoes its renovations. This has meant some students have accepted reduced housing costs in order to take on an additional roommate.

Tim Miller, interim president, said he wants students to live in the best conditions here on campus and while Hester’s renovation has forced students to live in some of the older residential colleges for this semester, he said they are working to make the dorms better, but that the process takes time.

Also scheduled but awaiting approval, is the demolition of Franklin Residential College set for May 2017, which would follow the renovation of White Residential College.

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Police Beat Sept. 12

Sept. 16

7:47 p.m. A caller reported a fight between two males in Hart Residential College. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

11:07 p.m. A caller reported being harassed in Regents Residential College. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

10:13 a.m. A caller reported theft of property from the Oakley Applied Science Building. Officers were notified and a report was taken for theft more than $500.

11:58 p.m. A caller reported a noise complaint in Franklin.

Officers were notified but all appeared normal.

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Sept. 17

1:21 a.m. Officers received a general incident report regarding a terroristic/threatening incident in White Residential College. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

3:08 p.m. An alarm was activated in the New Biology Building. Officers were notified and the report was referred.

10:21 a.m. A fire alarm was reported in New Richmond.

Officers and the Murray Fire Department were notified. A report was taken.

10:43 a.m. The emergency call button was activated in the Wellness Center. Officers were notified.

Sept. 14 2:05 a.m. A caller reported alcohol in Franklin Residential College. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

11:09 p.m. The fire alarm was activated in James H. Richmond Residential College.

Officers, the Murray Fire Department and Central Plant were notified. A report was taken.

Sept. 15 2:0 0 a.m. A caller reported an altercation in New Richmond. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

5:1 2 a.m. A caller reported a noise complaint at Lee Clark Residential College.

Officers were notified, but no report was taken.

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Sept. 18 11:03 a.m. A caller reported possible drug activity in the Olive’s parking lot. Officers were notified but all appeared normal.

1:21 p.m. A caller from Elizabeth Residential College reported being harassed.

Officers were notified and a report was taken.

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After enacting approximately $5 million in cuts to Murray State’s budget this year to balance its deficit, the University will now incur unforeseen additional expenses resulting from state-mandated pension contributions and health insurance costs.

As announced by Interim President Tim Miller in an email to the University body last Thursday, Murray State will most likely be responsible for paying the state of Kentucky $1.7 million during the 201415 fiscal year in an annual pension contribution, as well as paying $700,000 for the University’s health care.

“We’re going to be responsible for about $2.5-$3 million which we didn’t anticipate,” Miller said. “So we need to look for places to either increase revenues, such as recruiting more students, or reduce expenses.”

In preparation for impending cuts, Miller has contacted Steve Cobb, dean of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Tony Brannon, dean of the Hutson School of Agriculture and Tim Todd, dean of the Arthur J. Bauernfeind School of Business to serve on respective committees investigating areas pertaining to students, faculty and staff where prospective cuts could be made, all as part of a larger budget task force.

Also needing to be paid back during this fiscal year is $1.1 million, which was withdrawn from the University’s reserves during the establishing of this year’s budget.

Jackie Dudley, interim vice president of Finance and Administrative Services, said the total deficit Murray State needs to balance before next year totals approximately $3 million: a combination of the pension contribution, health care costs and replenishing the reserve money borrowed.

We’re going to be responsible for about $2.5-$3 million which we did not anticipate.

- Tim Miller, interim president “We will find those funds,” she said.

“How we find them we don’t know, and that’s why President Miller has established the budget task force.”

Dudley said there most likely will be minimal increases in tuition for students but not more so than any other year.

Other possible and likely strategies for balancing the deficit will include the reallocation of expenditures on campus and revenue enhancements, the installation of

new programs to bring money into the University.

Beside these unforeseen costs Murray State must prepare to pay, this year’s budget has been further stressed by the overestimation of the University’s enrollment.

Murray State had anticipated an enrollment increase of 1.5 percent, but according to projected totals was not able to reach this goal. While enrollment totals have not yet been finalized, Dudley said last week that the total increase was approximately 0.9 percent.

Dudley said depending on the mix of students who are now attending Murray State this year, however, such as more out-of-state students who pay higher tuition or an influx of students who will receive fewer scholarships from the University, Murray State could still technically make up the difference in enrollment projections.

Propositions to the budget will be put before the board in December and Dudley said she suspects budget cuts for next year will be at a minimum of $3 million dollars. Following the budget proposal, a draft of the budget will begin to be made in February she said.

Said Dudley: “This is our new normal.

These budget changes we are making are attempting to be rather permanent; they are not just for one year. We really are changing the way we do business.”

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

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Last July, the city of Murray voted to go wet, the first successful vote on making sales of packaged alcohol legal within city limits after a series of unsuccessful attempts in the years prior.

And boy, has it ever changed Murray.

At the end of last year’s fall semester, you could count on one hand the number of establishments that sold packaged alcohol. Today, you might have trouble keeping up with the new liquor stores and bars that are opening all over town.

Those who campaigned for Murray to go wet promised us economic growth – now we have it.

More liquor sales means more money for public safety and law enforcement in Murray, which means all of us will benefit from the expanded sales by way of an expanded and well-equipped police force.

So it’s all been a win-win situation, right?

No problems to speak of? Yes, and no. The explosion of driving under the influence arrests and public intoxication arrests that dry campaigners predicted have failed to materialize.

We have yet to see a wave of alcohol-related crime, but at the same time we have seen alcohol-related incidents grow on campus since the fall semester began. In the past two weeks, our Police Beat has featured five such incidents.

We are not saying that the increased incidence of alcohol-related issues on campus is a result of the city voting wet – far from it.

An increase in alcohol-related incidents on campus does not necessarily mean that Murray should have voted to stay dry last year – after all, no campus is stranger to alcohol floating around and getting people in trouble, whether it’s located in a wet city or a dry county.

If you don’t believe us, comb through our Police Beat in editions of The News before Murray went wet, and you’ll see alcohol-related incidents on campus.

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Ribbon isn’t causing the recent spike in alcohol-related incidents on campus, what is? Bad judgment.

How much booze do you have to put in your system to think it’s a good idea to bring an open container into one of the residential colleges?

The fact that many of the incidents we have included in the Police Beat have happened in Franklin Residential College is rather unsettling in that it gives partial credibility to the folks who were campaigning to keep packaged alcohol sales illegal in Murray last year.

If you’re not grown up enough not to realize that bringing booze back into the room with you is a bad idea, you’re not grown up enough to drink. End of story.

The fact that such poor judgment is being used by a number of students here at Murray State doesn’t only reflect badly upon the individual students, but it reflects badly on all of us.

This is an institution that is supposed to turn high schoolers into responsible, productive, fully functioning members of society.

If people who are old enough to legally drink are not old enough to exercise the good judgment not to drink in the residential colleges, clearly the campus community has some work to do.

We have spent quite a bit of time this semester ripping into the administration and the city, but this is an issue where the administration and the city have clean hands – this one is up to the students.

We’re the only ones who can address this problem because we’re the ones causing it. It has to stop – no ifs, ands or buts about it. Irresponsible drinking and bad judgment can lead to people getting hurt in ways that we would rather not have to report on.

Trust us, no one here at The News wants to see you on the front page because he or she got into trouble (or worse) because they mixed bad judgment and booze.

Do us all a favor and drink responsibly.

Duane Bolin Professor of history

Why do we have to study this stuff ?

While you might not ask me this question outright, I know many of you wonder.

I sometimes wonder myself.

Why do I spend my days teaching history to you? Does it all really matter in the end?

Is it important for us to make connec-

tions with the past?

Writer John Egerton grew up in Trigg County in western Kentucky, but he chose a couple from the other end of the state as the subjects for his book, “Generations: An American Family.”

Egerton’s book made a huge impression on me when I first read it 30 years ago in 1983.

Two of my students gave me a nice hardback edition of the book because whenever I open up my old paperback edition, loose pages fall from the book’s spine and rusting paperclips marking key passages have marred the dog-eared pages.

I return to the book again and again, quoting memorized passages to my classes semester after semester.

The central premise of the book helps me understand more about what I do for a living and why I do it.

Egerton wanted to write the story of a typical American family, but he also wanted to use that family’s experience to “encom

Studying history is not a luxury – it is a necessity.

- Duane Bolin, Professor of history pass the broader history of the American experience.”

Egerton chose to center his story on Burnam and Addie Ledford from Harlan County in eastern Kentucky and then Garrard County in central Kentucky.

The author talked with the two – Burnam in his early 100s and Addie in her late 90s – in scores of interviews.

After the book was published, Burnam died at 106 and Addie at 102.

In one of Egerton’s conversations with the old man, Burnam uttered a remarkable statement.

I want to quote it to you, and I want you to let the import of his statement sink in.

Burnam said, “I went to see my greatgrandmother on Cranks Creek in Harlan County in 1881, when I was five years old.”

And then he said simply, “She was born in 1791, when George Washington was president.”

Now, think of that.

Burnam Ledford talked with someone who had witnessed every generation of American history since George Washington!

Neither I, nor anyone reading these alphabet letters can ever do what Burnam

Ledford did.

Those days are over, now buried only in an individual’s memory or a nation’s collective past.

Still, Egerton knew, and we all know, even if we hesitate to admit it, that the past, if used wisely, can help us in the present.

The author said it this way in 1983: “There remains a remnant of elderly Americans who have seen and heard every generation of citizens in the history of this nation. They are the last connecting link between our ancestors and ourselves.

When their time is gone,” and that time is now surely gone, “there will be none who remember the 19th century.”

F. King Alexander, the chancellor of Louisiana State University and Murray State’s former president, told of meeting Margaret Thatcher during his graduate work at Oxford.

Thatcher asked Alexander’s friend what she was reading (or studying) at Oxford.

When the friend answered, “I’m reading history.”

Thatcher responded, “Oh, what a luxury.”

But studying history is not a luxury. It is a necessity.

Don’t you think there is a need to “keep the link intact between our ancestors and ourselves,” in order to know where we’ve come from and in order to know ourselves?

Reading and thinking about our history – the history of our families, our state, our nation and our world – allow us to do what Burnam Ledford did face to face with his great-grandmother.

We are keeping the link intact between our ancestors and ourselves.

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Letters to the Editor Well advised as Mr. Bauernfeind’s plea for more balanced opinion columns may be as a rule of thumb, your post-script to his op-ed contribution notes accurately portrayed your commitment to print views regardless of political or other perspectives.

That said, before we bow too low or too long at the altar of Ayn Rand, would it not also be “balanced” to probe her writings from perspectives other than her total admiration of the heroic titans of industry?

Since Mr. Bauernfeind has advised our business college students to read her writings, why not include the humanities as well?

That way many more Murray State students would be exposed to the premises and implications of the objectivist philosophy she developed and advocated.

Rand’s writings, after all, have social implications that extend well beyond the cultivation and admiration of entrepreneurial prowess, among them: All human relations are best mediated in a marketplace; The highest moral standard man (her term) can aspire to is the empowerment of the self; All social initiatives undertaken by government amount to the unjustified and immoral usurpation of goods produced through individual initiative.

The list goes on. So, yes, let’s all study Ayn Rand, but let’s make a thorough job of it and not stop with her own uncritical worship of America’s captains of industry, as if all human relations were to be reduced to mimic those transacted in a marketplace.

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Let felons vote I have been reading and listening to arguments about how the gassing of the Syrian people should be equated to American abortion.

This argument seems to lead into whether we should attack Syria, leave Syria alone after killing approximately 1,400 of its own people and whether or not this should be the ideal time to look at our own country's abortion laws.

First, it has been established that Syria has broken international law by gassing its own people in this civil war that has been going on for two years.

All of the world's countries know about this, but only a very few will agree to take a stand against this.

Our president and Congress seem ready to stand with these few countries in order to “punish” the Syrian government.

At this point, our government leaders are like salmon swimming upstream on this.

The overwhelming majority of Americans do not want anything to do with Syria. Who said government officials have it easy?

Not this decision.

As for equating abortion to this, I can say many, many people are against abortion! I am a Democrat, but that doesn't mean I can't be pro-life.

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Zingrone: New Enlightenment intends replacement of supernaturalism The News has graciously given me a column dedicated to all things secular, scientific and humanist.

The New Enlightenment is a grass-roots movement conceived to carry on and pick up where the “first” Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries left off.

William Wikipedia explains the Zingrone original Enlightenment’s Associate professor purpose was to “reform of psychology society using reason, challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith and advance knowledge through the science.”

The New Enlightenment is marked as beginning with the publication in 2004 of Sam Harris’ “End of Faith” followed quickly by Richard Dawkins’ “God Delusion” and the irreplaceable Christopher Hitchens’ “God is Not Great.”

The new movement intends to continue to replace supernaturalism and authority in human affairs with naturalistic science based in reason and tolerance.

In less than a decade, progress has been nothing short of spectacular.

My first involvement was at Northern Illinois University in 2006 while pursuing my doctorate degree. I was privileged to help form the NIU Atheists, Agnostics and Freethinkers, one of the first 75 or so campus groups to affiliate with the Secular Student Alliance (SSA), a nationwide coalition of college organizations.

We added the term “Freethinkers” as we couldn’t really form a secular group and exclude deistic Enlightenment thinkers like Thomas Jeffer-

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son or Tom Paine or believers of any kind.

This movement has always been so much more than a venue for disbelief in god.

It is as much about promoting science, reason and tolerance as engaging in critical analysis of supernatural and religious claims.

Back then, when a group of total strangers met for the first time in the NIU Library lobby we were all reluctant to use the “A” word (atheist) out loud, even when among fellow unbelieving scum.

How times have changed!

Taking a page from the civil, women’s and gay rights movements, the New Enlightenment has undertaken to raise consciousness of the widespread prevalence and legitimacy of nonbelief.

Atheism no longer is automatically associated with Hitler, Stalin and Mao (Hitler was no atheist, and Stalin and Mao created their own “secular religions” placing themselves at the position of unquestioned righteousness, might and cruelty usually reserved for gods.)

The nonbelievers of today promoting the New Enlightenment ideas of skepticism for all ideologies, religious or political, and championing reason and tolerance to guide all human interactions have nothing in common with the monsters of the 20th century and their fanatical and dogmatic political systems of oppression.

In 2009, I advertised to form the Murray State Freethinkers (MISFITS) student organization and was fortunate to meet a dynamic group of students unknown to me and to each other who took on the leadership of the group and established us as the first secular college group in Kentucky.

A year later, a second group of students approached me to advise their newly formed Murray State Student Organization for Reason and Science (SORS).

Murray State now has the only campus with two student-led organizations affiliated with the

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SSA, and we number among nearly 400 other college and high school groups promoting the New Enlightenment across the U.S. Not bad for less than a decade.

No one in these two groups gives it a second thought to utter the “A” word out loud now, given that it is plastered across all media everywhere as the discussion of the absurdity of religion’s claims and its repressive practices continues on a daily basis worldwide.

A lot has changed in less than 10 years – imagine what can change in 50. Who, in the civil rights movement in ’63, would have predicted an African-American president commemorating the March on Washington 50 years hence?

The women’s and gay rights movements hadn’t even begun, yet consider how much they accomplished in even less time.

The world we live in today, far from perfect as those movements’ work is yet to be finished, is incredibly more tolerant than it was mid-century.

So, give this secular movement 10 full years, give the New Enlightenment 50 years or a century or two and see what can happen.

I am incredibly optimistic that normal human empathy and intelligence can trump the divisiveness, repression and absurd beliefs ensconced in the world’s religions.

Christianity, Islam and Judaism have had on the order of two millennia each, the reincarnation religions of Buddhism, Hinduism and the like a few centuries longer; the New Enlightenment hasn’t had a full decade yet.

Kudos are in order to the Murray State students who put their efforts into these groups, who risk or have suffered being ostracized by their church, community or family for daring to think for themselves, for boldly questioning many of the religious ideas they were taught as children which are neither so good nor so true.

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You can probably count on one hand the number of times I have ever agreed with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) – but when a man’s right, he’s right.

Devin Griggs This week, Opinion Editor Sen. Paul announced that he supported restoring the right of felons to vote in the Bluegrass state, something for which I have nothing but praise.

Kentucky is one of two states (the other being Virginia) that permanently disenfranchises (that is, takes away the vote) of felons who have done their time.

Approximately 5.3 million felons are disenfranchised in the U.S., according to a 2006 Time magazine article. Although Kentucky and Virginia stand out as the only states who permanently disenfranchise felons, other states disenfranchise felons for periods of time or allow felons to gain the franchise back – but 5.3 million disenfranchised is a big deal.

Last year’s presidential election, for example, was decided by less than 5 million votes.

No country on earth imprisons more of their own people than we do. That’s right – the “Land of the Free” houses 1.6 million imprisoned souls (according to the Population Reference Bureau) – more than North Korea, Iran, Syria, Russia or Cuba. About 70 percent of inmates don’t have a high school diploma, blacks and hispanics are far more likely to be convicted and sent to prison than are whites and most of our imprisoned population is serving time for nonviolent offenses, drug use chief among them.

Upon release, these folks find themselves locked into certain jobs because of their felony convictions.

Make a mistake when you’re 18?

Sorry pal, you’re going to have to work low-wage jobs for the rest of your life! Want to change all that?

Too bad, you can’t vote to change it – and good luck getting a word in edgewise with “polite society,” which regards those who have done time as the lowest of the low in our society.

It always baffles me when people say they don’t understand why people who have been in jail or in prison have a tendency to go back.

What do you expect them to do?

Get out of prison and get into a well-paid, steady line of work?

That might be easier if the law didn’t confine these folks to the worst of the worst jobs this country has to offer.

I worked at McDonald’s for four years and worked with my share of felons. They weren’t scary people who I thought were going to hold me up at any moment for what I had in my wallet – they were decent, hardworking people. They were my friends.

The America that I know, or at least the America that I have been told so much about, is an America of opportunity. It is an America of second chances, and we are betraying our character as a people and our identity as a nation so long as we deny the vote to anyone in this country. The laws that bind felons, that prevent them from becoming productive members of our society, that segregate them are immoral and un-American.

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

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Judd to headline Advocate speaks on HIV, AIDS University expo Kate Russell Contributing writer krussell13@murraystate.edu

Country music star Naomi Judd will be headlining Murray’s first Healthy Living and Wellness Expo tomorrow at the Curris Center.

Matt Sullivan, the coordinator for the Healthy Living and Wellness Expo, said he was excited about the inaugural event and were able to bring in a celebrity of Judd’s status to speak as an advocate for healthy living.

“The Healthy Living and Wellness Expo is an opportunity to r a i s e awareness a b o u t health issues for a large audience in the western Ke n t u c k y region,” Sullivan Judd s a i d .

“Naomi’s been on a quest to learn about healthy living and wellness, and her story is the reason we were drawn to having her here.”

The event begins at 9 a.m.

Saturday on the third floor of the Curris Center.

Health-related seminars will last until 3 p.m. and will include physicians speaking on different topics, a lawyer discussing care of the elderly, an insurance representative explaining Medicare and a local pastor speaking on spiritual health.

While the seminars are going on there will be approximately 40 exhibitors set up in the Curris Center’s Large Ballroom.

The exhibitors are coming to Murray from across the state, and they will be performing free health screenings for the public.

The screenings range from blood pressure readings to

bone scans from eye exams to blood sugar tests.

From 3:30-4:30 p.m. the expo will feature a physician round table.

“The round table will be six or seven physicians on a stage, and people can ask them any question they want,” Sullivan said.

He was excited about this portion of the event, and said he hopes many people will show up with questions they have never had the opportunity to ask.

Sullivan said the expo is not only focused on the body, but on the full spectrum of health and wellness, from finances to spirituality.

“We’re trying to cover a broad range of health topics, and a broad age range as well,” Sullivan said.

Naomi Judd will begin her speech, titled “How to have a Breakthrough and not a Breakdown,” at 7 p.m.

“Her unique life experiences and her advocacy for healthy living make her a perfect speaker for the event,” Sullivan said. “I really encourage people of all ages to come out and see what’s going on.

It’s not just for elderly people; it’s for students as well.”

Even though this is the first Healthy Living and Wellness Expo, Sullivan expressed enthusiasm at the thought of making it an annual event.

He said he believes a star like Naomi Judd coming to Murray for the first year will help in drawing people to the event. He is hopeful the expo will be a great success, and the community will respond well to the event.

“This is the first of many, we hope,” he said.

The Healthy Living and Wellness Expo is a free event, but the Naomi Judd presentation requires a ticket.

Tickets can be purchased at Walter’s Pharmacy, a sponsor of the event, online or at the door of the event.

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Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia Equality, spoke to a crowd of more than 100 Monday night about HIV and AIDS.

Kate Russell || Contributing writer krussell13@murraystate.edu

HIV/AIDS activist Jeff Graham provided the conversation for the second annual “Conversation and Dessert” held in the Curris Center Monday night.

Graham, an activist since the mid-1980s, promotes fairness, safety and opportunity.

Murray State’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender program coordinator, Jody Cofer Randall, said he wanted a topic for “Conversation and Dessert” applicable not only to the LGBT community, but to all students and faculty.

More than 100 students attended the event, as well as professors, Interim President Tim Miller, two Murray City Council members and Mayor Bill Wells.

Cofer Randall began the event by introducing Graham. Graham, the executive director of Georgia Equality, said he found his calling in HIV/AIDS activism while he was a student in college.

“I was asked the question a lot in college, ‘Why did you choose to be gay, if you know you’re probably going to die of AIDS?’” Graham said.

“But this disease does not have anything to do with being gay. When heterosexuals put their bigotry before their health, it made me want to be an AIDS activist,” he said.

Graham spent the first part of the event walking the audience through the history of HIV/AIDS, as well as the various activist groups over the last few decades who have worked to promote awareness of the disease.

Graham also incorporated a visual presentation in his speech, highlighting AIDS-re-

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lated news stories from the recent decades.

His presentation described government action and inaction regarding the disease, and went into detail about many of the activist groups that formed as a result of the virus.

Graham discussed his first-hand experience fighting for the rights of people with HIV or AIDS, and working to educate the public and to disspell many common misconceptions about the disease.

“We are seeking the reality of an AIDSfree generation,” Graham said.

The second part of the presentation was a question and answer session with Graham as well as Judy Lyle, assistant director of Health Services.

Ann Beck, assistant professor in the political science and sociology department, moderated the question and answer session between the audience and Graham.

Students and community members

wanted to know what changes could be made to help educate people on the subject of HIV and AIDS. Lyle discussed options offered at Health Services, particularly Man Up Mondays, when students and staff can receive free testing for HIV or other sexually-transmitted diseases.

“Testing is so important,” Lyle said.

“People need to get tested so they can get treatment and care, so virus levels can be kept down.”

Graham said his educational presentation and program recently began focusing on students as the catalysts for change.

He said activism has to begin on campus with students starting the conversation about the subject.

“Talk about it with your friends - that’s the impact you can have,” he said. “Until there is a cure, we will need HIV activism.”

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The Department of Political Science and Sociology started the Model UN Club this month, providing a way for students to increase their global literacy and learn about the role of the United Nations.

Choong-Nam Kang, professor of government, law and international affairs, said the Model UN Club began as a way for students to increase their knowledge of global issues and obtain valuable skills in communication, critical thinking and public speaking.

“The Model UN Club is a great opportunity for students to learn how the world works,” Kang said. “Students will learn and practice skills which will be valuable to them for their future careers.”

Along with helping students learn about global affairs, the Model UN Club’s goal is to help students develop skills in aspects of communication, negotiation and diplomacy.

More than 30 students have already become a part of the Model UN Club.

Applications are still being accepted for the semester and students of all majors are welcomed and encouraged to apply.

Kang said the club plans on attending regional and national Model UN confer-

ences throughout the year.

The main event will be the National Model United Nations conference in New York City April 13-17.

More than 5,000 universities from across the world will be attending the conference to discuss current global issues, attend a variety of sessions and participate in delegations on 20 selected committees.

Students will learn and practice skills which will be valuable to them for their future careers.

- Choong-Nam Kang, professor of government, law and international affairs There are 400 conferences held in 35 countries across the world each year.

The Model UN Club also hopes to reach out to high schools around the region to help them establish their own Model UN clubs.

Kang said a long-term goal of the club is to host a conference for the regional high schools at Murray State.

There are more than 400,000 middle school, high school and college students

who participate in Model UN Clubs worldwide.

Mariah Barkley, president of the Model UN Club, said the skills which are acquired through the club are helpful in preparing students for the future in a variety of ways.

“The need for people who have knowledge of how to function in international relations is growing,” Barkley said. “The Model UN Club will be helpful in preparing students with skills for the future through hands-on experience.”

Barkley said students who become involved in the club will benefit in areas such as team work, communication skills and discovering their own talents and abilities.

The Model UN Club meets on Thursdays at 4 p.m. in room 509 in Faculty Hall.

Those interested in applying may contact Choon-Nam Kang or Martin Battle for more information and an application.

Both Choong-Nam Kang and Martin Battle are faculty advisers for the club.

Barkley said she sees the club as an incredible opportunity for the students at Murray State and is excited about the team already in place for the year.

Said Barkley: “Our vision is to see Model UN and its members exceed expectations and become a strong part of Murray State’s legacy.”

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Racers claw out victory Murray State wins 41-38 on last-minute drive against Missouri State Jonathan Ferris || Staff writer jferris2@murraystate.edu

When Walter Powell caught his fourth touchdown pass of the night with 24 seconds left in the game to defeat Missouri State last Saturday night, Head Coach Chris Hatcher got a bit emotional.

For the first time in his four-year tenure as Murray State’s head coach, Hatcher’s team was able to win a game in the final 60 seconds.

“I got a little choked up with the guys in the locker room,” Hatcher said. “When it normally happens like that, we don’t find a way to win and tonight we were able to do that.

Hopefully, that’s a sign that we’re starting to turn the corner and can win some of those close ball games.”

Trailing 38-34, the Racers’ game-winning drive nearly stalled just 15 yards from the endzone. Facing fourth-and-10, Hatcher used his final timeout to call what would be the gamewinning play.

Senior quarterback Maikhail Miller lofted a fade pass to the far corner of the endzone and Powell beat the coverage to pull it down and secure the Racer win.

“You’ve got to go with your best player there and get the ball in his hands,” Hatcher said. “He’s probably practiced that catch thousands of times. We work it every day and it was just great execution.”

Powell said the play was nerve-racking.

“There was a lot going through my head,” he said. “It was just the spirit of the moment right there. I’ve been practicing on that all summer, all camp, and that fade ball finally paid off.”

Powell was the story of the night, scoring five touchdowns total while amassing 301 all-

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The Racers had trouble stopping the Missouri State’s run offense, but put together a late touchdown drive to seal the win.

Softball opens season with two home wins Taylor Crum Assistant Sports Editor tcrum3@murraystate.edu

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Sophomore J.J. Francis picked up two wins when the Racers took on St. Catherine Sunday.

Golf Course to celebrate anniversary, promote new greens

The softball team started its fall season strong with a pair of wins against St. Catherine at the new Racer Field.

Head Coach Kara Amundson said this fall season is a good way to warm up for the team’s regular season in the spring.

“It’s just a chance for us to get out there and kind of show what we’ve been working on over the past couple weeks,” Amundson said. “It gives a chance for our freshmen to get out there and compete at the college level a little bit and just really let the coaching staff evaluate what we have.”

Although Amundson said she is excited for the team’s early suc-

Ryan Richardson Sports Editor mrichardson5@murraystate.edu

It has been almost 30 years since the Frances E. Miller Golf Course was listed by USA Today as one of the top 130 golf courses in the United States.

Will Snodgrass, director of the course, said it may not top the list anymore, but the course has still improved since then.

Today, the staff welcomes the public to the 30th anniversary of the course. It will also serve as the grand opening of the newly installed greens.

Snodgrass said both events are meaningful to the him and the crew, who perform countless hours of work each morning to provide the best course they can.

cess, she is not taking the wins too heavily at the moment.

“It’s a good, early test for us,” she said. “We still have a lot of things we need to work on, but a lot of really good things happened for our first time out.”

Amundson said one of the best things that happened on the field against St. Catherine was the pitchers getting ahead in the count and attacking the batters early on.

She also said she saw improvement offensively from the first game of the doubleheader to the second game.

Up next for the team is the Saluki Round Robin Tournament, where the Racers will face St. Louis and John A. Logan College.

Amundson said the team is

Out of the 175 acres on which the course is spread out, the staff has to maintain about 140 acres.

You can have the most marvelous golf course on the planet, but if the greens are not good, the golfer is going to go away disappointed.

- Will Snodgrass, director of golf Snodgrass said of all that, the greens are the most important.

“To me it starts at the green,” he said. “You can have the most marvelous golf course on the

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planet, but if the greens are not good, the golfer is going to go away disappointed.”

It is important the grounds crew keeps the course in good shape, as between 17,000 and 20,000 rounds of golf are played each year.

Snodgrass said with a small staff and limited budget, it is not an easy thing to do, and most courses are not looking to make improvements.

“The golf industry nationwide is flat,” he said. “You’re in a time where you’re not seeing many courses make improvements.

You’re in a maintain-only mode.”

However, they took on the project of installing new greens over the summer. The replacement

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Murder, she wrote Sports journalism is going down the tube.

I am not sure who is really more to blame.

Is it the journalists’ fault for turning on the values that founded our Ryan profession?

Or is it the Richardson audience and Sports Editor their growing interest in irrelevant matters, balanced with a heightened disinterest in what actually matters?

I’ve heard the argument that nothing in sports is particularly meaningful to the days-in and daysout of the everyday citizen.

I hear mumbling about how sports are just a form of entertainment and contain nothing of real value.

There is some truth to both statements, but only some.

I mean, isn’t murder a pretty big deal? What about rape? Or for a less inhumane, but still important, example, gambling and drug abuse?

Athletes aren’t golden. They are not immune to committing crimes.

Yet we – the media, the viewers – pretend to sweep such acts under the rug.

I think we are both equally to blame. I’ll start with the media.

It only takes four letters to point out what I consider one of our biggest faults.

ESPN. Years ago, a few people shared a vision. They knew there was an audience that loved sports.

But there was not really a station that provided constant access for this niche.

When it originated, and for a few decades after, the network provided great reporting on all things sports.

It was an era of great names, both players and reporters. Legends were born, possibly never to be matched again, especially with the direction everything is going.

Then came sensationalism.

I don’t know how it really got started, but I know where it has ended up.

I know more about which party Johnny Manziel got thrown out of and which team Tim Tebow is being cut from than which teams are winning games.

Here’s what I don’t hear much about, what I have to search to find out, what seems to be hidden from the public’s eyes and ears.

Aaron Hernandez is being charged for multiple accounts of murder. Vanderbilt football players are being charged with multiple accounts of rape.

Why? Why can such sickening things be kept hush-hush while the silly things are aired at least once an hour?

Maybe that is where the audience is to blame.

You are the ones who watch it, after all. There is no mind control going on.

Whatever the reason – or lack thereof – for watching these programs; it needs to stop.

I realize we cannot exactly boycott national media outlets, but it can start at home.

I know of at least a handful of cases over the years in Murray that, in my opinion, were never properly exposed.

Part of that is the reporters not being willing to take risks in order to do the job as it should be done.

But part of it is the audience holding on to the illusion that athletes are either above the law or immune to acts of crime.

I know at some point I will have to report on such things, and I will not shy away from my duty.

Neither should the public continue to accept what is being spoonfed to them.

Call out the media. Ask questions. Be curious.

Maybe it won’t change the world.

But it will change something. And to me, that is all that matters.

It starts with you and me.

Maybe it ends there, or maybe it really does make a difference. mrichardson5@murraystate.edu

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working hard in practice to prepare for the tournament.

“We’re just continuing to see a lot of live pitching and continuing to see a lot of situational stuff to keep us ready for our game,” Amundson said.

Because the fall season is a trial run for the Racers, Amundson said she is focusing on the big picture.

“I’m not really worried about wins and losses,” Amundson said. “I’m much more worried about our team going out there and competing at every single pitch, whether it’s offensively or defensively. If we compete every pitch, we’re going to give ourselves a chance to win not just now, but when it really matters during our regular season in the spring.”

Amundson said she does not do anything special to motivate the team. She said she wants them to stay focused and relaxed.

“Softball is an awesome sport, but there are so many things in the world that are bigger than it,” she said. “So I think it’s important to humble ourselves at the fact that we get an opportunity to be out there every day and do something that we love.”

greens, a MiniVerde grass, are only being used at three other courses in Kentucky.

Snodgrass said he has already received many compliments on the new grass.

“The greens are only 10 weeks old,” he said. “But we’ve already had so many compliments on the quality, the putting ability and the playability of the greens.”

The greens are not the only improvements he’s seen since he started at an entry-level position 17 years ago. There has been wall-towall improvement, all the way down to the irrigation system.

The constant improvements and work by the grounds crew to provide the best course possible are part of what Snodgrass said keeps golfers coming.

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The senior wide receiver now leads the Ohio Valley Conference in total touchdowns (eight), receiving touchdowns (seven) and ranks second in all-purpose yards (451).

Both Powell and sophomore quarterback Miller received recognition for their efforts against Missouri State.

Powell was named OVC CoSpecialist of the Week while Miller was named OVC Co-Newcomer of the Week.

Another highlight through the first three games has been the efforts of junior linebacker Chavez Sims.

The Mize, Miss., native transferred from Jones County Junior College last season, but missed most of fall practice to be home after the death of his mother.

Despite the missed practice time, Sims has become a key factor on the improved Racer defense, amassing 20 tackles while racking up five sacks.

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Football Bowl Subdivision level with a 2-1 record as they face Bowling Green on the road tomorrow. Murray State began its season against an Football Bowl Subdivision opponent, losing 5814 to Missouri.

The Falcons kicked off their season with wins over Tulsa and Kent State, but fell to 2-1 last week after a 42-10 loss at Indiana.

“We’re more focused on us,” Hatcher said. “I’ll be honest with you, I think Bowling Green is as good or better than Missouri, so we’ve got our work cut out for us.”

The Falcons rely heavily on their rushing attack, averaging 196 yards on the ground their first three games.

Sophomore running back Travis Greene leads the charge, averaging 92 rushing yards per game.

It’s not the rushing attack that worries Hatcher the most.

“The thing that stands out the best about Bowling Green to me is their special teams,” Hatcher said. “They play hard on the special teams. They may be the best special teams unit I’ve ever faced as a head coach.”

The stakes are raised next week as the Racers begin OVC play with a trip to Jacksonville State.

He said one of the big factors, though, is the uniqueness of the course.

“We have two distinct nines,” he said. “The front nine in today’s modern golf course is relatively short, tight and hilly. The back nine is more open and has more length, and it encourages you to take a nice, mighty whack at it.”

He said each hole is different from the tee box to the green.

“You never feel like you’re on the same hole twice,” Snodgrass said. “There are no two places on this golf course that look the same.

No two shots in a round are played the same.”

The course also features 50 bunkers, and 3 ponds come into play on various holes.

Snodgrass said the course is essentially self-supporting, which is one reason he tries to make improvements and keep up membership.

“The new greens are a

September 20, 2013 game changer for us,” he said.

“It’s going to give us a head up on our competition. It’s important for us to provide the best golf course we can provide and the best service we can provide, so we can get our portion of the pie.”

He said the switch over to the MiniVerde grass could save them as much as $15,00020,000 annually.

If it does prove successful and increases revenue, Snodgrass said he has other project in mind to keep improving the course, such as removing all the weeds from tee boxes.

For now, though, Snodgrass said he is happy with where the course is now, and said he hopes more people realize how much work has been put into keeping up maintenance.

“I feel very proud of the facility,” he said. “I feel very proud of the product that we’re going to be providing from this point forward.”

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The hunt for October When September rolls around each year, a peculiar phenomenon occurs in America.

From Saturday morning to Monday night, American sports fans seem to Jonathan have only one Ferris thing on their Sports writer minds.

Football.

College, professional, it doesn’t matter to me.

Once the temperatures cool down and the days start getting shorter, all is forsaken for the obsession that is American football.

I love football as much as the next sports fanatic.

I can’t think of a better way to spend a lazy Saturday morning than watching Lee Corso’s ridiculous antics on College GameDay. Then I follow that with several hours on the couch with the remote in my hand.

Unlike most Americans, however, football is not my lone obsession.

I was raised in a baseball home.

More specifically, an Atlanta Braves home.

To me, fall means division races, wild card discussion and playoff baseball.

My childhood was right in the middle of the Braves’ incredible run of 14 straight division titles from 1991 to 2005.

That is a streak which to this day remains untouched by any professional sports franchise.

Growing up, that’s what fall meant to me.

I’m not naive enough to sit here and say baseball is still America’s pastime. I know it’s not.

Football is much more actionpacked, the season is quicker and games are shorter and more important – I understand all the reasons why it’s surpassed baseball.

But, you can’t convince me baseball isn’t worth watching.

As I write this column, there are 15 teams within striking distance of one of the eight playoff spots.

To put it another way, with just more than one week to go in the season, about half of the teams in the entire league are still in the hunt for October.

I guarantee, come Thanksgiving or Christmas, we won’t be able to say the same about the Bowl Championship Subdivision National Championship contenders or the race for the NFL playoffs.

I’m not trying to convince you to stop watching football. I’m not even saying that baseball is the better of the two sports.

All I mean is it’s a shame so many of these thrilling games aren’t even being watched.

ESPN may spend three quarters of its programming time analyzing the ongoing unemployment of Tim Tebow instead of covering the three-way tie atop the National League Central.

But that doesn’t mean you have to, as well.

I know you love football. Trust me, I do too. But don’t miss the excitement of fall baseball.

If your weekends are occupied by football, that’s fine, but don’t be afraid to turn on that other sport on a Tuesday or Thursday night.

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WALTER POWELL: Powell is well on his way to breaking records at Murray State and in the Ohio Valley Conference. His season and career stats reflect his accomplishments through game three.

Season stats Receptions – 18 Receiving Yards – 240 Receiving TD – 7

Racers season record Receptions – 94 Receiving Yards – 1,213 Receiving TD – 14

OVC season record Receptions – 136 Receiving Yards – 1,664 Receiving TD – 16

Career stats Receptions – 160 Receiving Yards – 2,053 Receiving TD – 23

Racers career record Receptions – 216 Receiving Yards – 2,471 Receiving TD – 26

OVC career record Receptions – 232 Receiving Yards – 3,903 Receiving TD – 32

Regular season competitions may not be going well for the volleyball team, but tournament play has proven successful.

The Racers came home from Ohio with another impressive tournament win last weekend.

The Racers swept the Wright State Tournament with three big wins, bringing home their second tournament championship title of the season.

Head Coach David Schwepker said he has been extremely pleased, yet surprised, with the team’s abundant success.

“Well, I’m kind of surprised,” Schwepker said. “I thought we might be a little bit more up and down because we are such a young team, but so far the girls seem to be holding their own.”

Schwepker said he is excited for the way the Racers are playing so far this season, but said he is curious if the girls can maintain stability in their game play.

Despite the success the Racers are having this season, Schwepker said he knows there is more work to be done.

“There’s still a ton of stuff we need to improve on,” he said. “Even going down to some really simple, basic things.”

The Racers took the floor again Tuesday night with a match against Southern Illinois.

Before the game, Schwepker said he thought it would be a tough contest because they are a very physical team.

Unfortunately for Schwepker, his intuition proved true. The Racers’ winning streak ended when SIU won two out of three sets in the match.

The team looks to this weekend when it returns to tournament play in North Carolina for the High Point University Classic.

The Racers will first take on Davidson 6:30 p.m. Friday, then finish up the tournament Saturday when they face High Point and North Carolina A&T.

Soccer experiences first losses Tom Via || Staff writer tvia@murraystate.edu

The soccer team looks to rebound after last week’s performance that caused the Racers suffer their first losses of the season.

After starting the season unbeaten, the Racers could only produce two goals over the weekend and fell to South Alabama and Troy. The road trip was not what Head Coach Beth Acreman had hoped for.

“We didn't get the results we wanted, but I know we have learned a lot about what we need to improve on over the next two weeks before OVC play,” Acreman said.

The Racers’ first opponent of the weekend was South Alabama, but the result was a new experience for the team. The team allowed their first goal of the season three minutes into the game to fall behind 1-0.

“We gave the goal up really early,” Acreman said. “It was definitely a wake-up call for us.”

Murray State tried to overcome the deficit, but South Alabama scored an insurance goal in the 34th minute to put the Racers away in the first half 2-0.

The Jaguars kept up the intensity in the second half, shooting 12 of their 21 shots in the final half.

Murray State had an opportunity in the second half to get on the scoreboard, but junior forward Julie Mooney’s shot was saved by the South Alabama goalkeeper.

Murray State’s offense stalled after the save and left South Alabama with the 2-0 loss.

The Racers looked to come back against Troy and got the offense started in the first half as Mooney scored her third goal of the season

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The soccer team dropped its first two games of the year to South Alabama and Troy. The Racers play again Sunday at Arkansas State in the 30th minute to take the early 1-0 lead.

Troy got more aggressive and rallied by scoring three consecutive goals in the second half for a 3-1 lead over Murray State.

Freshman midfielder Lyssie Wright cut the lead in half in the 83rd minute to make it a 3-2 game, but the Trojans scored an insurance goal in the final minute and handed the Racers their second defeat, 4-2.

“We had to make some forced personnel changes just before halftime and it definitely changed the rhythm

for us in the second half,” Acreman said. “It was a shame as we definitely had the momentum and we were playing really well. It did give us an opportunity to see some younger players in action and they did a great job stepping in.”

The Racers spent the past week looking to learn from the losses that caused their unbeaten streak to end.

“We need our players to know that there is no such thing as a perfect goal, so we must release the ball as much as possible when the chance arises in the future,” Acreman said. “I

think we are trying to be too perfect.”

The team now turns its attention to its third straight Sun Belt Conference opponent, Arkansas State, who enters the weekend with three wins under its belt.

“It is an important game for us to gain momentum for our OVC games, so we will be focused and training hard this week to prepare for a good Arkansas State team,” Acreman said.

The Racers look to turn things around Sunday when they travel to Arkansas State for their final nonconference game.

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Men’s tennis fell in its first competition of the new season, gaining valuable confidence it will try to carry forward.

Head Coach Mel Purcell chose four returning athletes for the annual Southern Intercollegiate Championship hosted by the University of Georgia.

While the team didn’t win a match at the major competition, it did face off against conference foes and gained experience for the season ahead.

The tournament saw multiple major universities at the competition, and Purcell said it was a great way for his team to learn where it is to open the season.

Purcell selected senior Adam Taylor, juniors Max McLean and Aleks Mitric and sophomore Nicholas Mitric for the event.

Taylor competed in Division I singles and faced off against a player from Georgia Gwinnett in his opening match.

Both sets were close, but in the end Taylor fell in straight sets 7-5 and 6-4 and played in the consolation round to extend his time in Georgia.

“Adam has a big serve and can hit really big shots from the baseline,” Purcell said. “He had a lot of deuce points; it was a matter of not converting big points.”

In the consolation round, Taylor fell 6-4 and 6-2 to end his singles competition at 0-2.

“This tournament gave Adam the confidence that he belongs up here with the top competition,” Purcell said.

Purcell selected the other three players to represent Murray State in the Division II singles competition. Like their teammate, each lost in the opening round.

McLean would muster only one game against his East Tennessee State opponent falling 6-1, 6-0 and dropping into the consolation round where he saw an OVC foe.

Taking on Tennessee Tech in the consolation round, McLean stumbled in the opening set, falling 6-3.

In the second set, McLean rebounded and evened the match with a 6-1 win.

McLean came up short in the tiebreaker where he lost 10-7, and compiling a 0-2 record in singles competition.

Aleks Mitric was the final singles player for Murray State, and opened against Winthrop.

After losing the first set by a wide margin, Mitric rallied from behind but still dropped

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Junior Aleks Mitric was one of four players selected to participate in the Southern Intercollegiate Championship in Georgia. He played a singles match, and he played doubles with his brother, Nicholas. the first matchup 6-1 and 6-4.

Mitric would follow up his performance with a loss to another Tennessee Tech foe, 62 and 6-0.

In doubles competition, Taylor and McLean teamed up in the Division I bracket, and the Mitric brothers in Division II. In the Division I bracket, Murray State lost to the University of Tennessee 8-4, handing both Racers their third loss of the competition.

“They had chances against Tennessee,” Purcell said. “They broke the set early and had some chances to win the game.”

The Mitric brothers received a bye into the round of 32 for their competition and faced

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The Mitric brothers fell behind early in the match and lost 8-2.

Although the results didn’t go in the Racers’ favor, Purcell said he believes it was a positive experience for his players, and something from which they can grow.

“This was all about the players gaining confidence and them knowing that they belong on the same court,” Purcell said. “We will get right back at it this week and work on the things this weekend showed we needed to work on.”

Men’s tennis returns to action Oct. 4 when the Racers play in the Paducah Sun Open in Paducah, Ky.

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Despite Head Coach Velvet Milkman’s hopes to advance after its first 36 holes of golf at the Cardinal Cup, the women’s golf team finished Tuesday in the same sixth-place spot it found itself after day one.

After the first day, the Racers were nine shots out of fourth place. Milkman said she thought they could jump ahead of those teams on Tuesday.

“At our team meeting I told them that I saw a lot of good things,” she said. “We played some really good holes. We also had some mental lapses and left several shots out there.”

After a first-place finish at its own Drake Creek Invitational Tournament last week, Milkman said there were a few factors for her team’s performance at the Cardinal Club Golf Course in Simpsonville, Ky. “It was a harder golf course, a little better competition and maybe we were not as mentally sharp as we were last week,” she said. “And

it was little bit of fatigue playing back-to-back weeks.”

Of the 15 teams competing in the tournament, Murray State was the only OVC school. Host team Louisville took first place, with its B team also claiming a top finish at third place.

Milkman said the reaction from her players showed mixed feelings.

“I think they know they played well at times, but they know they can get better,” she said. “They feel like they have something to prove. They think they can play this golf course better.”

Coming off of a first place overall win last week, senior Delaney Howson finished fourth Tuesday with a score of 217 and was only five strokes behind the overall champion, Laura Restrepo of Louisville.

Freshman Minta Yin had the second-best score for Murray State, tying for 16th place with a score of 225.

Murray State will not see action again until Sept. 30 when the team travels to West Point, Miss., for the Old Waverly Bulldog Invitational.

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Men’s golf travels to the Cardinal Club Golf Course in Louisville, Ky., Saturday afternoon to prepare for the Cardinal Intercollegiate Invitational tournament Sept. 23 and 24.

After a third-place finish at the Wasioto Winds Fall KickOff, which Head Coach Eddie Hunt said disappointed him and his team, the Racers have had good practices and are finding their footing for the season.

“It’s going to kind of be an up and down year, especially the first couple tournaments,” Hunt said. “They don’t have the experience to play in a lot of college tournaments. We might have a different lineup every tournament until we get the right five people.”

Sophomore Preston French is the only returning starter this year, but Hunt is confident in his team’s familiarity with Louisville’s course.

A practice round on Sunday morning will act as preparation

for their 36 holes on Monday and the following 18 holes on Tuesday.

“I think the young kids are all good players, and the more they play, the better they’ll get,” Hunt said. “The next few years are going to be good ones for us.

That’s why we have a fall season and a spring season, so we can kind of work that out and figure out who plays the best.”

With 15 teams in the tournament, Hunt said he feels his Racers can compete with their usual OVC competitors and various teams they rarely encounter.

“University of Louisville normally is a good team, especially when you’re playing on your own course,” he said. “Also Western Carolina should be a good competitor. I think we can compete with those schools.”

Four rounds of qualifiers have consumed most of the team’s practice time this week as they prepare for the trip.

“You’ve just got to go out and play,” Hunt said. “They can earn a position but when they go to the tournament they’ve got to perform.”

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Burgundy Burgundy is a big color this year for menswear, especially when it comes to statement pieces.

Try incorporating it into your wardrobe by wearing scarves or shoes in the color.

Cuffed Pants In recent months, men have taken to cuffing their jeans and this fall won’t be any different.

It’s a great way to change the look of an otherwise boring pair of jeans.

Spice up the trend by cuffing other types of pants, too.

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Military has been a big trend for both males and females during the past couple of seasons, but the ladies take the reins with this one.

It’s simple to incorporate the trend into your wardrobe by wearing anything from forest green to the beloved combat boots.

From sparkles to sequins, the embellished trend was one of the popular looks on the runways at this year’s New York Fashion Week.

This trend is a great way to make a boring outfit pop and can be worn on just about anything from shoes and accessories to dresses and tops.

Black and white is another trend that is always in style. It’s simple and nearly everyone can make it work.

This style can range from casual wear, such as a white T-shirt and black jeans, to something more formal.

Playing it up with a colorful accessory is a great way to personalize the trend.

Plaid Don’t go overboard with plaid, but make sure you incorporate it into your fall wardrobe.

At New York Fashion Week, plaid for men was seen all over the runways.

Nervous about trying the trend? Sport it in your scarves, ties or hats.

Six steps to creating the perfect fall T-shirt Katrina Yarbrough Contributing writer kyarbrough2@murraystate.edu

With fluctuating temperatures during the transition of summer into fall, choosing what to wear can become a difficult process. Luckily, the arrival of the pocket T-shirt made it just in time.

While lightweight and comfortable, these shirts are also very trendy. Each Tshirt can be fitted with a pocket to add extra flare to a once-boring piece.

On campus, the shirts seem to make quite an impression on both guys and gals.

“Pocket tees are super cute and perfect for everyday casual wear,” Torrie Walker, freshman from Knoxville, Tenn., said.

Recently, the pockets have begun to include various styles of monograms that include names or initials of the person wearing the shirt. The monogrammed pocket T-shirt has become an increasingly popular item among college sororities and clubs.

“They are cozy and laidback but still classy,” Jordan Nicole Webb, sophomore from Memphis, Tenn., said.

“Depending on the style of

shirt, they can even be worn in a dressier setting than everyday wear.”

Sites such as Etsy and Fraternity Collection carry the T-shirts online so anyone can purchase them. However, students can find buying these shirts to be rather expensive. For that reason, most students only have one or two of the shirts.

Good news for them, though, it’s a very inexpensive craft to do at home. A do-it-yourself T-shirt not only saves money but it allows the individual to truly express his or her own creativity and style. This DIY project can be tackled in a matter of hours and at a price of less than $15 depending on the materials chosen. The monogramming would make the shirt cost a little more and would need to be done by a skilled seamstress.

Steps: 1 . First, make a pocket stencil from a piece of cardboard.

The usual pocket size for the shirts measure 4-by-5 inches.

The size of the pocket can vary depending on preference of the individual.

2 . Place the cardboard onto the fabric. Begin to cut the

fabric around the cardboard while leaving about an inch gap.

4. After the cardboard is removed, iron back over the fabric so all of the edges are folded under and a pocket has been made.

5. Make sure the T-shirt is placed onto a flat surface before stitching the pocket.

The fabric pocket should then be pinned onto the shirt in the desired location. The location of the pocket can be on either side and the measurements are adjustable. Approximately 6 inches below the collar and 2 inches from the armpit seam is a reasonable starting position.

6. Using a contrasting thread, sew around three sides of the pocket, leaving the topside untouched. The sewing can be done by either a machine or by hand.

Take extra caution when sewing by hand so the material does not bunch up.

Senior student runs self started graphic design business Breanna Sill || Contributing writer bsill@murraystate.edu

While most college seniors are worrying about finding a job after graduation, it is rare that a student leaves school with a business of their own already waiting on them, let alone a business they started while still in school.

Chris Bryant, 23-year-old senior from Paducah, Ky., is the exception to that rule. With a TV production major and his own graphic design firm, Sixty Seven, he already has plenty of experience under his belt.

Bryant officially put a name to his company in 2011.

“I first started when I was a junior in high school and I did a few clients here and there – just

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fun stuff – and now I’ve had clients out of Nashville, Tenn., Louisville, Ky. and St. Louis,” he said. “I even had a client contact me from Seattle.”

Being a part of Murray State’s own high school workshop, Bryant brings videography-based lessons to surrounding area high schools that did not have access to the technology before.

“I think everyone, everywhere deserves good design,” Bryant said. “It was just something that began in high school for me and I realized then that I liked to make things look good.”

Nick Campbell, a graphic and motion designer out of Chicago, is Bryant’s biggest inspiration in the graphic design industry.

“I am self-taught, eight years of work selftaught so it was just following tutorials he posted,” he said. “It was just following those tutorials and learning all the basics.”

Bryant is a one man show most of the time.

Depending on how large the job, he does enlist help. In the past, Bryant had a 20-person team

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This custom-made shirt can personalize an otherwise normal outfit into something special.

Alpha Omicron Pi crowns Mr. MSU McKenzie Willet || Contributing writer mwillet2@murraystate.edu

Fifteen men strutted their stuff for Murray State during the 33rd annual Mr. MSU competition. The contestants competed in formal wear and talent categories in Alpha Omicron Pi’s Sports Illustrated themed competition.

Miranda Sexton, Alpha Omicron Pi president and Sumer Starks, Mr. MSU director, helped pull off the competition.

Prior to the show, AOPi sponsored a cookout to help sell tickets.

“This is the first cookout before the show and it has been a success for Alpha Omicron Pi and the Mr. MSU competition,” Haley Stewart, head chairman of Alpha Omicron Pi, said.

AOPi’s philanthropy is the Arthritis Foundation.

The foundation invites involvement via fundraising, donations, media relations and consumer information. It accepts private and public funding, but its ultimate goal is to make sure that, mild or severe, arthritis patients are taken care of.

According to the Arthritis Foundation website, Juvenile Arthritis is a deadly disease that can impair physical movement from the joints in children of sixteen or younger. This can cause severe pain for many children, including swelling for at least six weeks.

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Mr. MSU raises money annually for the Juvenile Arthritis Foundation and raised more than $10,000 this year during the competition.

“Mr. MSU is a lot of fun to watch and is annual at Murray State,” Stewart said. “We did

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“My main thing now is wedding videography,” he said. “Murray is a great town for wedding production, while not so much for motion design or graphic design.

Since Murray is one of the only places around that does video production it would be very easy to step a foot into Nashville and bring some of their business here.”

There is not a lot of de-

mand for serious videography projects in the Murray area, but he has recently had a few large ventures brought his way that he is excited to get started on, Bryant said.

“I actually had my first international client from Spain, so that is something I am about to start working on right now,” he said. “It’s a poker thing, and it’s some professional poker player who wants to make an introductory video that tells people the rules and regulations on playing online poker in all these international countries.”

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Bryant is also involved with many other production-oriented activities on campus.

He is the sound engineer for the CFSB Center and for Lovett Auditorium. He is also one of the producers for Roundabout U. “Working at Roundabout U is an amazing experience, and I’ve been there for three years now,” he said. “It’s one of the amazing things that is great for students, and at Roundabout U I try to find those students jobs and if I have more work that comes in at my business I am happy to pay them. If I have extra work, I will hand it out to them.”

Managing time is also something Bryant has to deal with on a daily basis between his own firm and his other jobs while maintaining a full course load.

“It’s very difficult,” he said.

“A lot of it depends on being very up front with your clients and letting them know that you are a student and school is what has to come

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Aside from running his own graphic design company, Sixty Seven, Chris Bryant is also involved in Roundabout U and Lovett Live. first. As silly as that does sound, a degree is important, but in our field of television and production, people don’t look at your GPA or your degree; they look at that film reel. All you have is 60 seconds to impress someone.”

Throughout his entire experience Bryant said he has learned some very important lessons that will follow him for the rest of his career.

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The basics: Hailee Clark, freshman from Cobden, Ill. Twitter: @HaileeClark4

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Q: Who is your style icon?

A: “I do my own thing.”

Q: What are some of your favorite stores to shop?

A: “Forever 21, Francesca’s and Charlotte Russe” Q: Describe your sense of style.

A: “Put together. I can’t just have an outfit, I have to have hair, makeup, nails and accessories to go with it.”

Q: What are some of your favorite trends this year?

A: “I love high-waisted shorts, chunky jewelry, crop tops and maxi dresses.”

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this cookout for donations for the ‘best legs’ competition, and we took donations all week in the Curris Center.”

During the award ceremony, Corey Tucker, senior from Hardinsburg, Ky., won 3rd runner up, most photogenic and crowd favorite. JC Aponte, junior from Clarksville, Tenn., won 2nd runner up. Macon Borne, senior from Henderson, Ky., won 1st runner up, Mr. Congeniality and best legs. Tyler Glosson was announced Mr. MSU 2013.

“I was truly amazed and absolutely surprised at the decision the judges made,” Glosson said. “I knew the crowd liked my talent portion, but wasn’t sure if I had a chance at winning.”

These 15 men put time into planning their steps when it came to their performances.

“We spent an entire week practicing our opening performance,” he said. “We were also asked to meet with the three judges the day of the competition. There, we participated in an interview where they could get to know us better.”

Glosson now has his brothers of Alpha Gamma Rho to thank for his title.

“As most everyone knew, I’m a member of Alpha Gamma Rho,” Glosson said. “My whole chapter pushed me to represent them because they believed I had a shot.

I accepted because I knew it would go to a great cause.”

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@LukeMarsden I could fly to Australia and back and #ios7 still wouldn't be installed on my phone... #FirstWorldProblems 4:37 PM - 18 Sep 13

@luketipple Updated to #iOS7… looks like a childlike ghost had its way with my phone. Dark theme please apple, this one sucks.

5:33 PM - 18 Sep 13

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MGMT ’s self- titled thi rd studi o al b um has recei ved m ix ed revi ews from m ed ia c ri ti c s.

MGMT’s unusual sound fails to make impact Savannah Sawyer Features Editor ssawyer@murraystate.edu

The first few seconds of an album really says a lot about the rest of the record.

It sets a mood. It sets a tone.

The first few seconds are essential to the listener, as they will quickly make their decision about said album.

MGMT’s self-titled third album starts off with the track “Alien Days” and it’s odd, to say the least.

It starts off with a young girl talking nonsense. Later, the song breaks into a “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” sound. In other words, it’s one hot mess.

As the album moves into the second track “Cool Song No. 2” it doesn’t seem to impress me any more than the first.

I know MGMT is known for its electronic sound. I’ve fallen for the sounds that were created in “Electric

Feel” off its first album “Oracular Spectacular.” But, the sounds made in this song, along with the rest of the album, seem a little much at times.

The first track that draws my attention is the fourth on the 10-track album, “Introspection.”

“There’s a season when I will find out where I am/And there’s a reason, and I will someday find the plan,” lead singer Andrew VanWyngarden softly sings during the chorus of the song.

It’s such a great and relatable lyric that it’s hard to not find some sort of meaning within the song.

“Plenty of Girls in the Sea” is another track on the album that stands out slightly more than the others.

I say this because the song starts off as a lighthearted Beatles-like song and turns oddly dark throughout the

chorus.

The remainder of the album is lackluster at best.

I realize MGMT has a unique sound and definitely has its own way of doing things (check out the band’s music videos if you don’t know what I am talking about), but this album is confusing.

There is really no connection from song to song. It’s also hard to grasp what each song is even about.

Maybe it is because of the way the band approached the album.

In 2010, VanWyngarden and the other half of MGMT, Ben Goldwasser, revealed to American Songwriter that MGMT was working on its next album.

Goldwasser is quoted saying, “Something that’d be fun to do is have a decent number of songs on the album that can easily be extended or have sections that could turn into a really

trance-y, repetitive thing live,” he said. “Start off with something and take it somewhere different every time.”

After hearing this quote, the album starts to clarify in my head. But I’m still questioning, why wouldn’t the band make the songs “extended” or “trance-y” in the first place? Why wait until they take the album on tour to do so?

What I get out of that quote is there will be fans that can’t go for whatever the reason, so will they never experience the full album? It just seems unfair.

MGMT has a way of writing a hit song that as soon as you hear the first few notes you know you will be playing it on repeat for the next couple of weeks.

It happened several times in “Oracular Spectacular” with songs like “Electric Feel” and “Kids.”

This album, however, fails to produce a single track with such charm.

The singles that have been announced thus far include “Alien Days,” “Your Life is a Lie” and “Cool Song No. 2,” all of which lack that hit-single stamina.

Facts & Tidbits Artist: MGMT Album: MGMT Release Date: Sept. 17, 2013 Genre: Electronic, Indie Similar to: The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys and Vampire Weekend Download Now: “Introspection” and “Plenty of Girls in the Sea.”

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Read Into It No matter what the teachers in high school say, they will never fully equip you with the knowledge and life advice you will need in college.

That's where I Hunter come in with my life advice you Harrell didn't ask for.

Assistant Now, I don’t Features Editor claim to be an expert. However, since the time I began classes at Murray State, I have realized many important things.

Through this column, I will do my best to share my thoughts and advice on specific situations to better the campus community.

With so many topics to write about, I'd like to first start with not judging a book by its cover.

Although it may be cliche, there is so much truth behind the phrase. It may be easy to say; however, it is much harder to practice.

The first relevant example of this in pop culture is Miley Cyrus. Before you scoff and stop reading, hear me out.

Everyone has their own struggles, issues and coping mechanisms. For Miley Cyrus, it's possible the strain of her career has taken a major toll on her personal relationships.

Some people might see her as a child star traveling down the path of Britney Spears, only to end up in rehab. On the other hand, others might embrace the new Miley, even if her Video Music Awards performance was less than classy. These are two points of the infinite spectrum, the perspectives in which humans view a particular situation.

But before calling Miley trashy or profanities not worth mentioning, realize as a woman in the industry, dressing this way on stage and dancing provocatively is common practice. Also consider the possibility of struggles in her career and personal relationships. Odds are, we all have experienced those breakups that make us a little crazy. Honestly, it is nothing new to seek attention in any way, shape or form. Miley just happens to be in the public spotlight as she tries to shed her old image of child star, to mega pop star and cry her way through her broken engagement to Liam Hemsworth.

Basically, through all this jibber jabber, I’m hopefully helping you to see the truth that lies beyond the image and first impressions.

We are all just people. Before you analyze someone's behavior and deem it as unacceptable or throw a label on them, you should probably get to know that person a little better.

I don't mean stalk them on Facebook or Twitter; I mean have a legitimate conversation with them.

It is true, you won't click with everyone you meet, but before you judge a book by its cover, take a look at the summary. hharrell@murraystate.edu

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