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Following its second reading, the Murray City Council approved an ordinance Thursday that will allow bars and taverns to stay open until 1:30 a.m. instead of midnight. The ordinance, proposed by Councilman Jason Pittman, passed with a vote of 6-4. Pittman had moved to amend the city’s alcohol ordinance in this way at the Sept. 26 council meeting following the examination of a report presented by Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator Sergeant Kendra Clere. Clere’s report found that in the period
• Bars and taverns will be open until 1:30 a.m. • The ordinance passed with a vote of 6-4 at city council. • From 2012’s second quarter to 2013’s second quarter, intoxication charges increased from 12 to 29.
Bowling alley begins remodeling, changes layout Kate Russell || Staff writer krussell13@murraystate.edu
Corvette Lanes, Murray’s Main Street bowling alley, is putting a brand new spin on bowling as renovations on the building began last week. Edmiston Marketing, a corporation based in Paducah, Ky., bought the bowling alley and the property almost six weeks ago. Rick Ellis, director of operations for Edmiston Marketing, said the renovations were not part of the original plan for the property. “We were originally going to buy it for the land value, close it, doze it and sell it, but we decided the community needed an activities center,” Ellis said. The activities center Ellis described includes not only a bowling alley with state-of-the-art scoring equipment and resurfaced lanes, but also an arcade, restaurant, bar and lounge. The ground floor of the building will contain the full restaurant and dining area, arcade and bowling alley, as well as a room available to rent out for parties or meetings. The 4,000-square-foot second story of the building is being transformed into a bar and lounge
area, complete with a stage for occasional live music. Ellis said the deeper he gets into the planning for the renovations, the more excited he is about the project. “Everything will be new, and I think the city is excited about this happening,” he said. The project is expected to be completed in two parts - the bowling alley finished around November, while the second floor could take until January.
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from 2012’s second quarter to 2013’s second quarter, alcohol intoxication charges had increased in Murray from 12 to 29. She said this increase was likely related to the fact that bars close at midnight in Murray and it is difficult to find a cab ride home when so many of the bars’ occupants choose to use cabs to travel to Puryear, Tenn., where they can continue drinking until 3 a.m. Clere said those trying to take a cab home from the bars must often wait between 45 minutes to an hour, causing many to shun this form of transportation, preferring to walk.
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Recycling on rise, decreasing waste Meghann Anderson News Editor manderson22@murraystate.edu
Murray State recycles approximately 291 tons of paper, plastic, cardboard and other materials every year. This amounts to 5,814,000 pounds of material being reused to make goods and is kept out of local landfills.
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Brandon Edmiston, president of Edmiston Marketing, said his intention with the bowling alley is to cater to all age groups. Young children as well as teenagers can bowl or play in the arcade, adults will utilize the bar
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Wayne Harper, director of Grounds and Building Services, said the University recycles paper, aluminum, cardboard, plastic, glass, motor oil and batteries. From 1991 when Murray State started recycling paper and aluminum cans until last year, the University recycled 25,396,000 pounds of waste. “We want to continue to increase the amount of material we are recycling,” Harper said. “We have new sorting material coming that will help
us achieve that goal.” He said the Recycling Center has also seen a large amount of books from the library being recycled - almost 200,000 pounds worth. Harper said one of the next to-do items on the list for the recycling program is to combine the red and blue bins used to recycle paper. He said the recycling company now accepts mixed paper, so there is no need to spend time separating the two. “Every ton we keep out of the landfill saves us about $50,” Harper said. “We have to pay a fee for landfill dumps, so it saves us money and we get money back when we sell the material.” He said the funds generated through the recycling program help other sustainability and environmental efforts on campus. Harper is also the chair of the president’s commission on sustainability, and said he thinks Murray State is doing a great job improving sustainability across campus. The University’s recycling program has saved more than $200,000 in tipping fees in the past decade and was recognized in 2000 as a Who's Who in Recycling Award by the state secretary for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet. Along with paper and plastic, cardboard is recycled at the Recycling Center, where it is dumped into a bin, travels up a conveyor belt and is bailed into 1,700-pound squares bound with rope. Kate Russell/The News
Recycled materials sit in bales at the University Recycling Center.
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and lounge area and the bowling leagues will be maintained for all ages. “It’s something the whole community can enjoy,” Edmiston said. Edmiston said he essentially came up with all the plans for the renovations. Everything in the building is being torn out so it can be rebuilt brand new. Though that is neither the most cost effective nor the simplest way of achieving his goal with the building, Edmiston said it is the way he wanted things done. “We could’ve torn the whole building down and started from scratch, and it probably would have been easier, but I wanted to keep the look and construction of this great old building,” he said. The building that houses the bowling alley was constructed sometime in the 1950s as a Desota car dealership. After Desota left the building, it housed a restaurant and skating rink before being transformed into a bowling alley. Lloyd Todd, a Murray native, has worked at the bowling alley for 54 years. He described himself as a “bowling machine mechanic,” and said he has been work-
The newly passed ordinance, which made several other changes to Murray’s previous alcohol ordinance, met opposition before the vote from Councilman Greg Taylor who moved to eliminate the section allowing bars and taverns to continue to sell alcohol and stay open past midnight. Taylor cited statistics on alcohol intoxication arrests in July, August and September and argued that allowing residents to drink later in Murray would lead to an increase in intoxication-related arrests. At the previous meeting, he said the lack of available cabs would create an opportunity for more cab companies to operate in Murray. Pittman rebutted that if bars could stay open later in Murray, it would discourage patrons forced to leave at midnight from driving to Tennessee to drink, thus allowing for more cabs to be available to transport locals home. Taylor’s amendment to the ordinance, striking Pittman’s proposal out, did not pass with a vote of 5-5, with Mayor Bill Wells breaking the tie with a vote of no. The subsequent vote for the original, unamended ordinance then passed with votes from Pittman, Mike Faihst, Pat Scott, Pete Lancaster, Jane Shoemaker and Robert Billington Jr. Wells said they will revisit the ordinance on Nov. 1 of next year and look at factors such as public safety issues, revenue generated and any unforeseen problems which may arise, then will allow for discussion on the ordinance once again. “We’re going to try it and see if it works,” Wells said. “It’s better than just saying, ‘we’re not going to do it at all,’ and then we would never know how good or bad it would be.” Katie Wilborn, junior from Louisville, Ky., said she thinks the extended hours will encourage people to pace themselves at bars and taverns, and not binge drink heavily before midnight. She said any potential drunk drivers will be easier to notice by police driving later at night with less people on the road. Veda Riley, senior from Cape Girardeau, Mo., said she also thinks extending bar hours is an intelligent idea. “People are going to drink and at least this way they’re contained in a specific area and not drunk driving and putting others in harm’s way trying to go somewhere else to drink,” she said. Riley said she was surprised the hours had not been extended sooner and not before Murray became a wet city. The ordinance will go into effect as soon as it is published.
RECYCLE From Page 1 While the recycling program consists of education, promotion, cooperation and recognition, some of the departments on campus are more heavily involved with the recycling program–the Building Services Division, Grounds Division, Transportation Services, Facilities Finance and Administration and the Office of Environmental Safety and Health. Along with the recycling program, Harper said the city has been supportive of the movement for a greener community. The Murray Make-A-Difference Days began in 1996 and encourage community members to come to Roy Stewart Stadium to recycle paper, used motor oil, used eye glasses, aluminum, glass, plastics and food staples. “The program benefits the surrounding community by hosting
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Corvette Lanes is undergoing several rennovations and expects to be open early next year. ing maintenance on the lanes since they were put in more than half a century ago. “The first six lanes are 53 years old, the other 12 are 54 and all 18 of them run constantly,” Todd said. Todd can remember when Murray State held physical education classes at the bowling alley and when the second floor of the building was used for student housing. Regarding the new renovations, Todd said he is excited about all of it. Said Todd: “It’s all going to be new and different, and I can’t wait to see it.”
community recycling days,” Harper said. “We have worked with the city and the county to form the Community Recycling Coalition.” More than 11 million pounds of material have been recycled in the past decade at Murray State, and Harper said what the community contributes in recyclables only makes the number increase. Harper said the Murray Environmental Student Society has also helped promote the idea of recycling to students. “When I first started with this program in the late 80s, early 90s, some students did not think it was a very good idea,” Harper said. “People thought it wasn’t worth the money we were putting in to it.” Harper said since the late 80s, students have become more on board with recycling. He said bins are in all of the residential colleges and in every building across campus. Said Harper: “Across campus and across the world, recycling has become more common, which is great.”
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A worker at the Recycling Center piles up bales of reusable material. More than 11 million pounds of material have been recycled in the last decade at Murray State.
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8:36 a.m. A caller reported a stuck elevator in Hart Residential College. Facilities Management was notified. 2: 53 p.m. A caller reported having obscenities yelled at them and being harassed in Sparks Hall. Officers were notified and a report was taken.
8:13 a.m. A caller reported damaged property at the Biology Building. Officers were notified and an information report was taken. 10:48 p.m. An officer reported the smell of marijuana coming from a vehicle outside of Franklin Residential College. An information report was taken.
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1:58 a.m. Officers were notified of the activation of a defibrillator in Lovett Auditorium. The scene appeared normal. 9:34 p.m. A caller reported suspicious activity outside of Elizabeth Residential College. Officers were notified but the perpetrators were gone by the time they arrived.
12:31 a.m. A caller reported a medical emergency in Old Richmond Residential College. Officers were notified and an information report was taken. 3:21 p.m. A caller reported extinguishing a fire in Jessie D. Jones Hall. Officers and the Murray Fire Department were notified.
Oct. 12 1 2 : 3 0 a. m . Officers were notified of a missing person from Murray, Ky. An information report was taken. 1 1: 42 a.m. A fire alarm was activated in the Collins Industry and Technology Center. Officers and Central Plant were notified. The report was referred to Central Plant.
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After traveling for three weeks and recruiting students from several universities in four Asian countries, Don Robertson, vice president of Student Affairs and Guangming Zou, English as a Second Language program director, have returned to Murray State. Robertson and Zou met with 10 different universities in China, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan as part of their annual recruiting trip, looking for potential Murray State students, while also strengthening and maintaining the University’s bond with its partnering universities abroad. China, South Korea and Japan are three of the top seven countries that send students to Murray State. As a result of the trip, Robertson and Zou have finalized the spring semester enrollment of 30 new students from the Otsuma Women’s University in Japan, following their visit to the campus. The Murray State ambassadors also had a chance to meet and establish a new part-
nership with representatives from Pusan National University in South Korea, one of the top 500 ranked universities in the world, which will also be sending students abroad in the spring. Luis Canales, director of International Studies, and Robertson’s and Zou’s frequent companion on these trips, said these visits are not just about bringing back students, but are also about opening doors for students, faculty and staff and creating the opportunity for meaningful international experiences. He said in the fall trips to Asia, they typically visit new partnerships and inactive partnerships that still have the potential for sending Murray State students, while their trips in the spring are more oriented around meeting with students already set on attending in the fall. “The three of us have developed strong relationships and trust with schools, which is critical for continued success and expansion, particularly in Asia,” Canales said. “These schools trust their students to us and it is reassuring to them when we pay a visit.” He said these face-to-face meetings are
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a must and show commitment as well as genuine interest in making a relationship work well. Jay Morgan, vice president of Academic Affairs, hopes to grow the University’s relationship with Asia past sending each other students by establishing a sister university in Asia, like Murray State’s program in Regensburg, Germany. He said his established task force, headed by Canales, has narrowed down the list of potential universities to four and is scheduled to make its final announcement during International Week. Morgan said he wants to establish a more permanent presence in Asia where Murray State can offer classes to international students and where they will be able to send Murray State faculty to teach. Following up on Robertson’s and Zou’s recruiting efforts, Tyson Manering, Murray State’s full-time international recruiter, left Monday on what will be a two-month journey abroad visiting China, Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
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HOMECOMING FLOAT: Bethany Eschman, senior and member of Alpha Sigma Alpha, decorates a float to be used in the Homecoming Parade on Saturday. ASA teamed up with Alpha Gamma Rho for the Homecoming parade.
Continuing to capitalize on October nationally as Bully Prevention Month, the Murray Human Rights Commission outlined the next steps in its antibullying campaign Monday. The Bully Free Community Education Campaign, brain child of the Murray Human Rights Commission, officially kicked off in January and since then, campaigners have worked to raise the issue of bullying in the city of Murray, in schools, businesses and residential settings. At its monthly meeting, Jody Cofer Randall, the commission’s chair, said in support of the group’s efforts, Kenny Imes, Kentucky’s 5th-district state representative, has donated a spot on the electronic billboard at the intersection of KY 80 and U.S. Highway 641, recognizing
this month and its significance. Cofer Randall said the HRC has been working this month to promote its message in businesses and in faith-based groups. He said he has been trying to promote businesses purchasing a book by Murray resident Allan Beane, president of the Bully Free Systems LLC. At the close of the meeting discussion turned to the HRC’s next campaign after bullying, with poverty being the focus. Cofer Randall said creating an awareness campaign for poverty would not signal an end to their discussion and activities revolved around bullying. He suggested beginning to think about getting several local organizations and agencies on board and forming a sub-committee to look into the poverty issue in the following weeks.
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Murray makes progress allowing alcohol sales after midnight The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board.
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It’s not often we take to the editorial pages to praise the city of Murray, but you have to give it credit where credit is due. Following the second reading of an ordinance allowing taverns to stay open until 1:30 a.m., the Murray City Council voted 6-4 in approval, extending the current midnight deadline for alcohol sales. The extension of sale hours was approved by the city council largely as a means of combating an increase in the number of public intoxication arrests. Alcohol Beverage Control Administrator Sergeant Kendra Clere presented this information to the city council at its September meeting. Clere said the increase was probably related to bars closing in Murray at midnight. This is making it difficult to find a ride home when many bar patrons choose to use cabs to travel south to Puryear, Tenn., where drinking is allowed until 3 a.m. This is a tremendous step forward for Murray. We have seen, firsthand, the benefit that alcohol
sales have brought to Murray. Tax revenue which had previously flown south now has stays in Murray. We have seen new businesses start up as a result of alcohol sales in Murray, too. Bars, taverns and packaged sales alike have contributed much-needed tax revenue to the city treasury and created jobs in Murray. The extension of sale hours in taverns will no doubt bring in more revenue for the city and allow for even more opportunities for growth and job creation in our backyard. But it’s still a ‘baby step’ forward. The city may have extended alcohol sales until 1:30 a.m., but what’s to stop bar patrons who normally leave for Puryear at midnight from simply waiting an hour and a half and heading south then, too? Wouldn’t it make much more sense to simply extend those hours to their legal limit in Kentucky? Kentucky law allows alcohol sales between 6 a.m. and 4 a.m., but sales are ultimately left up to counties, who have the
right to limit sales and consumption as they see fit. Tennessee law limits sales at 3 a.m. If the city council is serious about stopping people from heading south (and potentially attracting bargoers to head north, to Murray), why not extend the deadline all the way to the legal limit? It’s not just the time limit that doesn’t hold up to further scrutiny, either. Why does this hourly extension only apply to taverns? Why shouldn’t one be able to purchase packaged liquor or liquor by the drink at a restaurant (if they can find one that’s still open and still serving alcohol) at 1:30 a.m.? Why deprive ourselves from further sources of revenue? There are other restrictions on alcohol sales worth changing, too. Kentucky law does not ban alcohol sales on Sunday, yet the city of Murray does for reasons unknown. How is Sunday any different of a day of the week from Saturday? And why alcohol? You can buy a number of products that are far more harmful
than booze on Sunday. Cigarettes, handguns, rat poison – all of these things are available for purchase on a Sunday in Murray, but heaven forbid we allow the sale of wine or beer on a Sunday. Public intoxication, which is at the root of this change in the law, is even something worth looking into. Why is it illegal for a person to be intoxicated in public to begin with? We can understand locking someone up in a drunk tank for being rowdy and unmanageable in public, but locking up someone for being drunk without taking into account how they handle it? Being drunk in public is not the same as being a rowdy drunk in public. At any rate, these questions should not take away from the great step forward that the city has made in approving this ordinance. It is a good first step toward a more humane and sensible policy toward alcohol in this city, and one that we hope will be revisited and improved in the days to come.
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Bolin: To love is to live, to live is to love I remember him only vaguely. He was an insurance man with an office just a few doors down from my father’s pharmacy in Arlington, Ky. I can’t see the man in my mind’s eye, but I remember the respect that my father had for him. Murray State student Berry Craig IV could ask his grandmother about him. In Arlington, my father held Gail Magruder, along with the Hocker family, in high esteem. My mother and father always remembered the Duane Bolin five years that we spent in Arlington as sort of the Professor of Golden Age of the Bolin family. My brother and I came into the family there, history and that close-knit community served as the perfect, nurturing place for a young family, with all of the possibilities of life stretched out before us. Friends such as Robert and Mary Helen Hocker, and their children, Robert Peck and Melinda, made us feel right at home. A loving church family greeted us into the congregation, and the small, but thriving, business community initiated my father into the intricacies of operating a family-run drugstore. We lived in a small rental house, just down from the church. Life was not always easy. Another brother and sister, Timothy and Cathy, both died after living only a day, so my mother and father struggled and suffered especially. Yet, years later, after much of her life had already been lived, my mother remembered those Arlington years with gratitude and even joy. So did my father. The folks back in Arlington followed our family’s progress long after we moved away, despite the lapse of years. I know this because I have seen some of the cards from the Hockers, along with some of the letters that Magruder sent to my father after we left Arlington. Gail Magruder wrote letters the way letters were meant to be written. In those years before email, Magruder’s letters were filled with wit and charm. We rarely see letters today written in that wonderful, some would call it quaint, style. Even as I read those letters second-hand, years after they were written, I feel a kinship with the goodness of Gail Magruder. Magruder often filled his letters with poetry, some of the lines his own, others from his favorite poets copied down from memory.
For them and for their friends ... to love is to live, and to live, is to love. - Duane Bolin, professor of history In one letter, Magruder copied out a poem that my father remembered to be one of his favorites, a James Henry Leigh poem, titled “Abou Ben Adhem”: Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, an angel, writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said: “What writest thou?” The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, “The names of those who love the Lord.” “And is mine one?” said Abou, “Nay, not so,” Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerily still, and said, “I pray then, Write me as one who loves his fellow men.” The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again, with a great awakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blest, And lo! Ben Adhem’s name led all the rest. I’ve always thought the poem applied to Gail Magruder, although I think he included it in his letter as a tribute to my father and mother, as a way to describe the way James Wesley and Cammie Bolin lived their lives. For them and for their friends, the Hockers and the Magruders of the world, to love is to live, and to live is to love. The poem, “Abou Ben Adhem” is about a Sufi saint, but the poem also summarizes the greatest two commandments of Christianity: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ ... And the second is like unto it: Love your neighbor as yourself.”
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Zingrone: Take religion out of the equation, most extremists acts disappear A few folks have taken issue with a bumper sticker on my car that reads: “science flies you to the moon, religion flies you into buildings.” Unfortunately, William I can’t take credit Zingrone for the saying. Victor Associate professor But Stenger, a physiof psychology cist and secular author, can. Some think it is incorrect and should read “extremism flies you into buildings” because religion has nothing to do with the acts of a few terrorists; religion is not to blame. The following may provide some insight. The 9/11 hijackers weren’t random extremists. They weren’t psychopathic fanatics or uneducated mob members. The 19 hijackers were educated men, living in the West: architects, engineers, technicians infected with religious reasons to try to attack and revenge western culture and go straight to paradise as jihadist martyrs. The twin towers were a symbol of the West as prominent as they could find, and other Muslims had tried 10 years before to take them down, and almost succeeded. A number of Muslims all over the world rejoiced at the feeling of a victory against the evil West when the towers went down, even though they killed fellow Muslims among the nearly 3,000 that died. But that was a good thing to them, too. The Muslim victims got into paradise as quick as the hijackers. Recently, suicide bombings have become all too commonplace as Muslim-Muslim acts of terrorism, with the now targeted apostates and infidels being members of competing despised sects within Islam itself. Only religious thought fuels such insanity. The 19 could have set themselves on fire like Buddhist “extremists” do and made their protest statement that way, but that’s not derivable from their religion. Buddhists who set themselves on fire don’t feel the need to take other humans with them. Witness the 100 or so Tibetan Buddhists that have set themselves alight in protest of China’s repression over the years. Their ideas of nonviolence and the ephemeral self are behind the practice of protest suicides that purposely do not harm others. They have no doctrine telling them to take infidels with them to get into heaven, so they don’t wrap themselves with high explosives coated in ball bearings and carpet nails. They immolate themselves with gallons of gasoline instead. The body, to them, is a mere tem-
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porary shell for their soul destined to be reincarnated into another body for another round of suffering anyway. Showing true disengagement from pain or pleasure and thereby putting oneself on the path to nirvana, ending the cycle of rebirth, is paramount. Very few Muslims have done this: it doesn’t kill infidels and get you into paradise. Self-immolation serves Buddhist ideals. Religious thought alone supports the peculiarity of this insane behavior. In stark contrast to Muslim and Tibetan Buddhist practice, Catholic and Protestant bombers kill and maim from far away, purposely avoiding any chance of self-destruction. Their religion teaches suicide is the ultimate evil. Christians bomb from a distance, and live to do it again, because they would go straight to hell if they killed themselves in the act. Though having been raised in the “religion of love,” they justified killing other Christians of the other hated sect while avoiding the unforgivable mortal sin of suicide. Northern Ireland experienced bombings daily for nearly 30 years, not long ago, and not suicide ones. The Tamil Tiger suicide bombers attained the title Maha Viru “Great Hero,” gaining tremendous prestige for their families. Maha Viru was a venerated ascetic Jain of the sixth century BC, revered also in the Hindu religion. The ephemeralness, impurity and renunciation of the body and pleasure were the driving ideologies. When pain and suffering are but temporary diversions to the liberation of the soul, what of the temporary pain of bomber or their hapless victims? Religion sets you on fire, flies you into buildings, makes you blow yourself up in a crowd of worshippers from the wrong sect of your religion or causes you to bomb from a distance so you don’t go straight to hell, not passing ‘go’ and not collecting the $200. Take religion out of the equation and most of the world’s extremist acts disappear. We would be left with the lone sociopaths and psychopaths who make up a tiny fraction of the general population. And psychopaths don’t set themselves on fire, fly planes into buildings or bomb from a distance. Serial killers and mass shooters get their anger, revenge, their enjoyment and moments of power up close and personal. They murder, sometimes torture and/or taunt their victims, one at a time and over minutes or hours, not in microseconds of explosive fury. It takes religion to make good people do bad things, from bombing other believers of Jesus or Mohammed to flying planes into buildings, to burning heretics or oneself to death. Religion has everything to do with it.
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Photo courtesy of the ethanhaddix.blogspot.com A woman holds an electronic transfer benefit (EBT) card issued by the state of Kentucky. EBT cards have taken the place of traditional food stamps.
As an alumnus of Murray State, I came across your article in The News. I have to disagree with many of your basic points, but not surprised of your content speaking from the most far-left wingers of Berkeley and The Washington Post. I travel the states of Kentucky and Tennessee five days per week entertaining the grocery store markets (large, small, medium) as an independent marketer sampling what people are buying and why and I see food stamp fraud that is out of control. There are no words to describe. I can tell you of hundreds of cases of fraud or people who should not be on food stamps. Simply, it is a joke. Tennessee has the third or fourth highest usage and it shows. Some points I want to make: There has not been a recovery. Unemployment is still at least 20 percent or more. We have more people on food stamps and welfare than ever in the history of our country. Wages have dropped tremendously in the last six years. More Americans are eligible to work but some 94 million are not working. They are on the sidelines looking for work and at most working two to four part-time jobs. We have the most people declaring disability than ever before; the figures are unbelievable – another corrupt and fraudulent area. We have millions of dollars of food stamps by recipients in New York buying up groceries and shipping them to the Dominican Republic in huge blue barrels. Google it. Several weeks ago, I was at a grocery store here in Tennessee, the lady buys more than $87 in food stamps. A little while after, I am at another grocery chain some two blocks away. As I am rounding-a-corner, I ran smack into this lady. She had three 24 packs of beer in her buggy. She turned white as a ghost when she saw me. I have ID around my neck. I asked if she had a SNAP card for the beer. Or there is the story of the man who pulls out six $100 bills that fall to the floor and says, "Oops, not that,” then hands the clerk the SNAP card. When you leave Murray State, Mr. Griggs, I hope you get your head out of the leftist ideology and see reality …
Steve Jones Murray State alumnus
Are you currently using or have you ever used the supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps) in the past? How was your experience with the program? We want to hear your thoughts.
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Cheers to ... Homecoming! Nothing quite brings the Murray State community together like a parade, a football game and Tent City. Literally. That’s kind of the point of having a “Homecoming” y’know?
Jeers to ... Columbus Day. There are a lot of people worth remembering with a federal holiday. Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, George Washington ... but why have a holiday for a guy who murdered and enslaved people?
Jeers to ... Homecoming. How can we cheer and jeer Homecoming, you ask? Well for all the great traditions we have here at Murray State, we don’t ever seem to add anything new. ‘Take your place’ indeed.
Cheers to ... cool weather. Fall may have started a few weeks ago, but Murray weather has seemingly just become aware of the fact, so put on a sweater and grab a pumpkin spice latte, because it’s finally fall in Murray.
The government shutdown, which has plagued the headlines for more than two weeks, has finally ended, and with it, the search for answers begins. Devin Griggs Who won? Opinion Editor Who lost? How did something like this happen? Will it happen again? It’s pretty clear who won and who lost this fight, if you ask me. The “winners” were the politicians (and their funders) who made a name for themselves by plunging the nation into a near crisis. Ted Cruz, hardly a household name before the government shutdown, is now, for all intents and purposes, a well-known political figure with a prominent future as presidential candidate or in the GOP leadership. The “losers?” The American people. The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program went offline. Government workers were furloughed into the unemployment line. National parks closed. While Washington fiddled, the nation burned. It’s become an obvious and recurring pattern of behavior from the millionaires who run our government and their billionaire funders. Those who “represent” the American people in Washington allowed oil and gas drilling to continue in our national parks even as veterans and their families were denied the right to visit the memorials honoring those who died in for our country, according to The Huffington Post. In the grand scheme of things, the folks who collect paychecks from the public treasury are small potatoes, compared to the folks that fund their campaigns. Take the Walton family, for example. There are perhaps no greater criminals under the sun in these United States than the Waltons, the heirs to the Walton fortune amassed by Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-mart Stores Inc. The four heirs of the family are worth about $100 billion, or more than the entire bottom 40 percent of income earners in the U.S., according to Forbes. In three out of the last five federal election cycles, the Waltons (acting through the Wal-mart Political Action Committee) spent $2 million influencing federal elections, according to a report released by Making Change at Wal-mart, a group of Walmart workers seeking higher wages and the right to form a union. Moreover, most of that money went to candidates who opposed policies that might cut into Walmart’s bottom line. House members who voted against raising the minimum wage, for example, got the vast majority of those corporate dollars, according to the report. The government shutdown may now be over, but in reality, it has been shut down for regular folks for a long, long time. We seem to be locked into an endless ‘shutdown.’ The ‘Reagan Revolution’ and the Tea Party which carries its torch forward today, makes sure of it. The rich get richer while working people fall behind. The question before us now is this: can we open it back up for the rest of us?
Devin Griggs is president of the Murray State College Democrats. dgriggs@murraystate.edu
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CAB promotes activities, involvement Rebecca Walter || Staff writer rwalter@murraystate.edu
From bringing in speakers such as Bill Nye to hosting movie nights in the Curris Center, the Campus Activities Board is in charge of providing numerous programs for students to become involved on campus and enjoy themselves.
What i t d oes for the U ni ve rsi ty The Campus Activities Board, a branch of the Student Government Association, helps promote and plan events throughout the year for students and the community. Julia Hilkey, president of the Campus Activities Board, said the events promoted through CAB provide a great way for students to branch out and have a good time without having to go too far away from Murray’s campus. “The events which are hosted by the campus activities board help to provide students with numerous things to do,” Hilkey said. “Students do not have to go to another city to find something Hilkey to do and enjoy themselves.” The CAB is also in charge of organizing events such as Homecoming, the Miss Murray State Pageant, guest lectures, concerts and events such as laser tag, for students to participate in and attend. Funding for the events provided by CAB come
from the SGA budget and student activity fees. Fifteen chairpersons make up CAB and each holds a particular position pertaining to a specific event. Positions include multi-cultural awareness, the Miss MSU Scholarship Pageant, Homecoming and Murray Madness, innovative acts (free events), showcasing, lectures, concerts, membership, the residential college association, publicity banner and table tents, production design, non-traditional commuter students, production sound and lights. These chairpersons are appointed and voted on by the SGA and the Resident College Activities chair each spring. Hilkey said it takes time and effort from several students to make events happen, but the dedication and hard work from members makes it possible.
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Earlier in the semester, CAB sponsored a laser tag event in the Curris Center, free for all students.
How to become involved There are a few ways for students to become involved with the campus activities board. One way is to become a cabbie, which is a volunteer who helps with events such as concerts and guest lectures to assist wherever is needed. These duties can include a variety of tasks such as giving out programs, checking tickets and providing security. Students who are interested in becoming a cabbie are required to fill out an online application before becoming involved. Once a student becomes comfortable with the tasks required for a chairperson of the CAB, they can apply to become a chairperson,
which requires an interview and application process. Hilkey said the experience students gain from being involved in CAB can open many doors both personally and professionally. “It is important for the members to be responsible and hardworking,” Hilkey said. “Those who are involved need to know what is happening around campus.” Hilkey said being involved in CAB provides a way to make friends as well. CAB has several events planned for the remainder of the semester, including laser tag, movie nights and the Rocky Horror Picture Show event around Halloween.
Hilkey said it is important to CAB to make sure the voice of the students is heard and that they receive the programs they want. CAB is actively seeking out student opinions on what concerts, programs and guest lectures to bring to the University. The organization is also in charge of bringing in guest lecturer Bill Nye the Science Guy to campus Feb. 4, 2014. Hilkey said she encourages all students who are interested in becoming a part of CAB to fill out an application and get involved. Said Hilkey: “Being a part of Campus Activities Board gives (students) something to do and be proud of.”
Donations support Government shutdown ends backpack program Mary Bradley || Staff writer mbradley9@murraystate.edu Murray State is spending October collecting donations and giving to those less fortunate around the city. Murray State is partnering with the First Presbyterian church to help hungry children and chapters of the American Red Cross to help veterans in need. The Backpack Program, held by the College of Health Sciences and Human Services with First Presbyterian, was created to fill the backpacks of hungry children’s backpacks during weekends and has been extended to last until Oct. 25. While many students who qualify for this program get subsidized meals during the school week, those who do not have food during the weekend are left with nothing to eat until the next Monday. Roger Weis, assistant dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services, said he once interviewed an 8-year-old student who admitted to eating paper to fill his stomach during the weekends before the program started. Donations are being collected at 105 Carr Health. However, not only has Murray State been collecting for children, the Office of Veteran Affairs has been thanking veterans for their service and their family members by collecting household items for donation. Murray State, the Calloway County Red Cross and the
Western Kentucky Red Cross have been collecting the donations throughout Murray to aid U.S. veterans. Collection boxes have been placed at Murray’s two Dollar General Stores and in the Veterans Student Lounge. The boxes have been placed outside the Dollar General Stores to encourage those who shop there to donate. The donations will be delivered in time for Veteran’s Day on Nov. 11. Alison Marshall, Murray State’s veteran liaison, said these essential items can really come in handy for veterans and their families. “This is the community’s way of saying ‘we appreciate all that you do and the sacrifices you make’,” Marshall said. The Red Cross has also kicked off another thank you to those in uniform through its annual Holiday Mail for Heroes, which sends mail to veterans, their families and those currently serving. The Red Cross is accepting holiday cards through Dec. 6 for volunteers to send out across the nation and overseas. The program, which began in 2006, has distributed more than 6.5 million cards to U.S. Armed forces and their families. Sherri Brown, senior vice president of Red Cross Services to the Armed Forces, said she thinks taking a second to thank service members is worthwhile. Brown said: “Everyone gets busy, especially around the holidays, so just a few moments can mean a lot.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Up against a deadline, Congress passed and sent a waiting President Barack Obama legislation late Wednesday night to avoid a threatened national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown, the culmination of an epic political drama that placed the U.S. economy at risk. The Senate voted first, a bipartisan 81-18 at midevening. That cleared the way for a final 285-144 vote in the Republican-controlled House about two hours later on the legislation, which hewed strictly to the terms Obama laid down when the twin crises erupted more than three weeks ago. The legislation would permit the Treasury to borrow normally through Feb. 7 or perhaps a month longer, and fund the government through Jan. 15. More than 2 million federal workers would be paid — those who had remained on the job and those who had been furloughed. At the White House, Obama hailed the Senate's vote and encouraged the House to follow suit. Once the measure reaches his desk, he said, “I will sign it immediately. We'll begin reopening our government immediately and we can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty from our businesses and the American people.” Less than an hour later, as debate began in the House, Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., said, “After two long weeks, it is time to end this government shutdown. It's time to take the threat of default off the table. It's time to restore some sanity to this place.” Republicans conceded defeat after a long struggle. “We fought the good fight. We just didn't win,” conceded House Speaker John Boehner as lawmakers lined up to vote on a bill that includes nothing for GOP lawmakers who had demand to eradicate or scale back Obama's signature health care overhaul. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who negotiated the deal with Reid, emphasized that it preserved a round of spending cuts negotiated two years ago with Obama and Democrats. As a result, he said, “government spending
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Speaker of the House, John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks to the chamber for the vote on a Senate-passed bill that would avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. has declined for two years in a row” for the first time since the Korean War. Only a temporary truce, the measure set a time frame of early next winter for the next likely clash between Obama and the Republicans over spending and borrowing. Boehner and the rest of the top GOP leadership told their rank and file they would vote for the measure, and there was little or no doubt it would pass both houses and reach the White House in time for Obama's signature before the administration's 11:59 p.m. Oct. 17 deadline. That was when Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said the government would reach the current $16.7 trillion debt limit and could no longer borrow to meet its obligations. McConnell made no mention of the polls showing that the shutdown and flirtation with default have sent Republicans' public approval plummeting and have left the party badly split nationally as well as in his home state of Kentucky. He received a prompt reminder, though. “When the stakes are highest Mitch McConnell can always be counted on to sell out conservatives,” said Matt Bevin, who is challenging the party leader from the right in a 2014 election primary.
“There are no plots, plans or rumblings that I know of. And I was part of one in January, so I'd probably be on the whip list for that,” said Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky. The shutdown began Oct. 1 after Cruz and his tea party allies in the House demanded the defunding of the health care law as a trade for providing essential government funding. Late last week, Obama met with Boehner and House Republicans at the White House. The session resulted in brief follow-up talks in which GOP aides suggested easing the across-the-board spending cuts in exchange for changes in benefit programs such as making Medicare more expensive for better-off beneficiaries. After that faltered, Reid and McConnell announced over the weekend they were seeking a deal to solve the crises, and expressed hope they could quickly come to an agreement. That effort was suspended Tuesday, a day of suspense in which Boehner made one last stab at a conservatives' solution. When his rank and file refused to coalesce around any proposal, he gave up and McConnell and Reid returned to their labors.
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Bricks help preserve history Faculty Mary Bradley || Staff writer mbradley9@murraystate.edu
Murray State’s Alumni Association is selling 1,000 bricks that were saved from the now-destroyed Ordway Hall. After the destruction, the 1,000 bricks were saved to commemorate Ordway and to be purchased as a memoriam to the hall and its meaning to Murray State and alumni. The hall was demolished due to its unsound structure and being in such disrepair that necessary renovations would not have been cost effective. The hall, which was on campus for 82 years, now remains as a facade and serves as a monument to the building.The Board of Regents decided to save the facade to commemorate the architectural presence it had on campus. While there were original discussions of saving the building due to its historical significance, renovation plans would have cost upward of $9 million. The building stood along with many of Murray State’s oldest buildings including Pogue Library, Wells Hall and Lovett Auditorium. The facade, which stands facing Olive Boulevard, originally welcomed students to Murray State as a men’s dormitory. Over the years it served many other purposes including a women’s dormitory and held various offices that included Student Affairs, Career Services, Counseling and Testing, the Women’s Center, First Year Experience Program and the Center for Academic Advising. The bricks that are on sale are $40 each and can be purchased through www.raceralumni.com. The Alumni Association is selling the bricks to give alumni and community members an opportunity to own a part of Murray State history. The funds generated through selling the
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Bricks from Ordway Hall are now being sold for $40 a piece through the Alumni Association. The bricks, which were once a part of one of Murray State’s history, are now a reminder of the building. bricks will go to the Alumni Association. In turn, the association will use the funds to develop and enhance opportunities for continued involvement of current and future alumni. Sophomore Allison Borthwick said she believes the selling of the bricks is good for those who have history with Ordway Hall, but as a current student she said she’d like to see the buildings here now continue to be maintained. “I think it’s a nice thought,” Borthwick said. “But I’d like to see them use the profits from this to keep up other historical buildings. Murray has a lot of good architecture on its campus and it’d be a shame to see those destroyed, too.” While the building’s destruction was
voted on by the Board of Regents in a 91 decision, Regent Marilyn Buchanon was the one who voted no. While the building did not continue to stand, the bricks help immortalize the sentiment held by some. “I would like to say that this building does not belong to this board,” Buchanon said when asked of her vote by the Murray Ledger and Times. “It belongs to the citizens of Kentucky. It belongs to the alumni of this University who have studied here for the past several years, and it belongs to the students of the future who will share in a rich tradition we have enjoyed. It is a part of all of us, and when we destroy it, we destroy a part of ourselves.”
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FESTIVAL OF CHAMPIONS: Murray State hosted one of the oldest marching band festivals last weekend. The 36th annual “Festival of Champions” high school marching band competition was at Roy Stewart Stadium and consisted of performances from 21 high school bands.
In response to Murray State’s limiting of the amount of hours adjunct faculty will be allowed to work per week, the Faculty Senate has passed a resolution expressing its displeasure. In an effort to avoid providing health insurance for adjunct faculty under the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, universities across the nation, including Murray State, have capped the amount of hours adjunct faculty can work at 30 hours per week. Kevin Binfield, president of Faculty Senate, said the adjunct faculty currently employed at Murray State have already been informed that they will have their hours cut back for the spring semester. He said the resolution they passed on the first of the month was to express their concern for both the compensation of adjunct faculty and the provision of health care benefits for them. Added to that, he said, they also wished to raise the profile of this issue in the University. “There are two problems that come from (limiting their hours),” he said. “One problem is that the adjunct faculty are being denied health insurance that should be afforded to them under law, but in the process of structuring their workload so that the University does not have to pay health insurance, the adjunct faculty are actually having their hours cut back so it’s harder for them to afford health insurance on their own.” Binfield said of the University’s approximately 30 adjunct faculty, faculty paid to teach per course, about half of them depend solely on money made from teaching. He said some of them make as little as $2,000 per course and as a consequence of their hours being cut will, at most, make about $16,000 a year, putting them just above the poverty line. Binfield said Interim President Tim Miller has been working hard to protect the
adjunct faculty and prevent Murray State from putting more of a burden on them. Miller said the University is working to identify how many adjunct faculty work at Murray State, how many hours they teach and what courses. He said using this information, he will systematically begin reinstating adjunct faculty as full-time faculty members through the course of several years, thus providing them with health benefits. He said the administration cannot process all the adjunct faculty as full-time all at once or they would risk bankrupting the University. It has an idea of how many adjunct faculty are in want of benefits, a Binfield plan will be instated to be carried out by the University’s new president. “If we could generate enough revenues and add five (full-time faculty) a year over a five-year period, eventually, we’d be taking care of the majority of adjuncts,” Miller said. “That’s what I want to do.” By not limiting the adjunct faculty member’s hours Binfield said it could actually provide a better experience for students. “If we were keeping adjunct faculty on a better rate of pay and giving them health insurance we would have faculty who are more committed to Murray State instead of driving between Murray State and other colleges to make a living,” he said. Complicating this issue, however, is the University’s continued search for the $3.3 million needed to balance the 2014-15 budget. However, Binfield said he is optimistic. He said because of Miller’s concern for this issue he thinks Murray State may buck the trend many universities across the country are setting. While the ultimate decision will rest with the Board of Regents, Binfield said both Constantine Curris, the head of the Board of Regents, and Miller have been thinking the right things and asking the right questions.
University provides fitness for free Alex Mahrenholz || Contributing writer
cause it is not an aerobic discipline, however, yoga can assist a healthy living in several ways. Freshman Sierra Walls, from Madisonville, Ky., said she chooses yoga as her preferred method of exercise. “Yoga improves my flexibility and endurance and it also helps me wind down from the day,” Walls said. “If I’ve had a really stressful day, I come do yoga and it helps me relax and end the day in my mind,” Walls said. She said other students also commented on the fact that yoga helps them release the stress incurred throughout the day from classes or homework. This includes expanding the variety of classes offered and the times they are held to accommodate students’ busy schedules. A list of classes offered and the current times at which they are held can be obtained at the Wellness Center or by visiting their website.
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Murray State offers an abundance of ways for students to improve their well being and general health. The Wellness Center provides several outlets for student welfare and fitness. The Wellness Center provides a variety of fitness classes at no cost as classes are included within a membership. Students receive inclusive memberships within their tuition rates, so these fitness classes are free of charge to any student wishing to participate. With these services being offered for members of the Wellness Center, people are taking advantage of them. Sammie Moore said she enjoys participating in the Zumba classes offered throughout the week because they are fun, effective and free to students. “I want to stay in shape and exercise, but lifting weights and running is really boring to me so I like Zumba because it’s a lot of fun, but I’m still getting exercise,” Moore said. Zumba is not the only energetic class provided at the Wellness Center, however. Newly hired cycling instructor Lacey Walker said she loves her job as instructor and enjoys the fact that Murray State offers so many fitness options. “Running is really hard and your joints and your body and cycling is a method of exercise that is easy on your joints and allows you to burn 500 calories in just one class,” Walker said. Walker has been complimented on being very motivating during workouts and also in her skill of making a not-so-exciting workout become a fun activity to participate in. The fitness classes offered at the Wellness Center are so popular that Walker said her
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Students can participate in a plethora of fitness classes at The Wellness Center including yoga, spinning and Zumba. only complaint would be she wishes the rooms were bigger to accommodate more people for classes. She stated that cycling classes have been known to be full by early morning because people will call ahead and reserve spots for that evening. Cycling classes give members a way to start becoming active and learn how to exercise without all the damaging effects cardio-centered activities, such as running, may have on a person’s body.
Walker said that it is a great thing that Murray State offers fitness classes because it gives people the chance to get motivated as well as learn from an experienced person about how to exercise in an effectively for yourself. For members yearning to adopt a healthier lifestyle but not wishing to engage in something so fast-paced, yoga is an excellent class to participate in. Walker-- said yoga is often overlooked as a type of exercise that is not very effective be-
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Howson beats record, earns second OVC honor Mallory Tucker || Staff writer mtucker11@murraystate.edu
Senior Delaney Howson led the women’s golf team to a second-place finish and clenched her second medalist honor of the season at the Austin Peay State University Intercollegiate Tuesday. Wednesday, Howson was also named the OVC Golfer of the Week for her second time this season. With an impressive 4-under-par finish at Clarksville Country Club in
Clarksville, Tenn., Howson accomplished multiple feats over the twoday tournament. During the first round on Monday, she not only tied for the tournament’s recordlow round, but also broke the school record – a record that she set last month at the Drake Creek Invitational. “It’s kind of cool to have records and knowing that all the other girls will try to beat that, but individual stuff in a team sport isn’t really something that you try to focus on,” Howson said. “Obviously I want all the girls to beat it if
it’s going to help our team.” Head Coach Velvet Milkman said she was proud of the performance. “I’m very happy for her,” she said. “You know winning a golf tournament’s very difficult, and her round yesterday was phenomenal.” The Racers lost to Jacksonville State by one stroke, finishing with a score of 608. “Losing by one stroke is always tough,” Howson said. “It’s definitely motivation to keep working harder and maybe stay a little more focused
at practice.” Milkman took three individuals to compete in the tournament. She said with young team members, they need more experience. “Anytime that they can play in competition, they learn things,” Milkman said. “I saw a lot of positives, and I was able to pinpoint some things that need to be worked on as well.” Howson said she has come a long way since being in her teammates’ position. “It’s obviously something you work toward over your four years here, and
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SEMO stuns Murray Racers take 37-34 loss in overtime, now 2-1 in OVC Jonathan Ferris || Staff writer jferris2@murraystate.edu
Before Saturday’s game against the winless Southeast Missouri Redhawks, it seemed as if the football team would easily roll to a third straight victory and its best start to conference play in 15 years. Costly turnovers and missed opportunities down the stretch allowed the Redhawks to stay in the game, however, and a triple overtime field goal by SEMO kicker Alex Knight handed the Racers a devastating 37-34 loss. With numerous chances for his team to put the game away, Head Coach Chris Hatcher struggled to describe his disappointment. “Words can’t describe it,” Hatcher said. “We made a lot of mistakes, but our guys played hard. We had chances to win at the end on several dif-
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Several Racers attempt to stop the Redhawks from scoring one of their five touchdowns Saturday in the loss to SEMO. Josh Manning intercepted a Lathrop pass to give the Racer offense a chance to put the game out of reach. Three plays later, freshman linebacker Roper Garrett intercepted Miller’s pass, giving the Redhawks a second chance to tie the game. With 55 seconds to play, Redhawk receiver Paul McRoberts made an acrobatic catch in the corner of the endzone to tie the game at 27 and force overtime. Both teams scored touchdowns in their first overtime possessions. The Racers earned another opportunity to snatch the victory in double overtime when Darrell Smith intercepted Lathrop in the endzone. All the Racers needed to do was kick a field goal to end the ball game. Miller methodically moved the offense down inside the 10-yard line. Easily within field goal range,
ferent occasions and couldn’t do it.” The Racers came out flat, struggling to find an answer for the mobile Redhawk quarterback Scott Lathrop, who scored twice in the opening quarter. The sophomore signal caller orchestrated several lengthy drives, allowing the Redhawks to control the clock and keep the Racer offense on the sideline for much of the half. Murray State continued to struggle defensively as the second half began. At the 8:25 mark of the third quarter, Lathrop and senior wide receiver DJ Foster connected on a touchdown pass for the second time of the day, putting the Redhawks up 20-6. Faced with its biggest deficit of the day, the Racer offense came to life. Sophomore quarterback Maikhail Miller led Murray State to three unanswered touchdowns, giving the Racers a 27-20 lead with 7:10 to go. On the following drive, senior defensive back
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Taylor wins first match Tailgating supports Racer Athletics Tom Via || Staff writer tvia@murraystate.edu
Even though men’s tennis didn’t get the results it was hoping for at regionals, the team did get its first victory from senior Adam Taylor. The Fall Regional Tournament hosted by the University of Tennessee is the largest event the team will compete in this year. Head Coach Mel Purcell said the victory by Taylor could propel him to more. “It was a huge confidence builder for (Adam) to win his first match,” Purcell said. “Tennis is all about confidence, so getting a win proves that you are doing the right things and making the right decisions.” The senior from Toronto, Canada, has had a busy fall season competing in the team’s two tournaments and in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships. Purcell took his only senior to show that he could compete with the best in the country. While Taylor’s stay in the tournament was short-lived, the experience could lead to more success this season. Taylor lost in straight sets 64, 6-2 to a player from Penn State. “Last year I had a lot of close matches with some top players, so the tournament showed me that I can compete with some great players,” Taylor said. “It didn’t work out for me at the tournament but I played well and gave myself a chance to win, and it gave me confidence for the rest of the season.” Purcell calls Taylor the team’s leader on and off the court, not because he is the only senior but because of his work ethic. His work ethic comes from his upbringing in Canada, where he was a hockey player, Taylor said. While Taylor said he dreamed of playing hockey, his parents thought it would be safer for him to change sports. “I was 15 and really small and playing high-level hockey, and my parents said I was going to get killed, so I picked up a racket,” Taylor said. “I
this is the most comfortable I’ve felt playing, ever,” Howson said. “It’s all the work we’ve put in the last three years that made it easier this semester.” The Racers travel to Murfreesboro, Tenn., next Monday for their final tournament of the fall season. “Obviously we want to end on a positive note next week,” Milkman said. “Off-season is the time to get stronger. We’ll break each player’s fall season down and focus on what they need to work on, and that’ll be different with every player.”
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Senior Adam Taylor picks up his first win and the only victory for the Racers in their latest tournament. ended up growing six inches that year, so it was a letdown, but it has worked out so far.” The work ethic wasn’t the only thing that hockey provided Taylor. It also gave him an intensity on the court. “He is real emotional and real intense in the way he plays,” Purcell said. “Sometimes I have to calm him down and make him focus on playing one point at a time.”
Football is a sport unlike any other. Especially at the collegiate level, it is about more than just the game. It is the atmosphere, the socializing and the tailgating. It’s a Saturday tradition that has held strong for years, and Racer football is no exception. Paul Bubb, associate athletic director, said tailgating at Murray State is a time-honored event that has stayed strong during his four years at the University. While tailgating on Family Weekend has slowly grown in numbers, Homecoming and Tent City have proven to be the most popular day for students and the community to set up outside Roy Stewart Stadium to grill and have fun. With Homecoming this weekend, Tent City allows groups to set up inside the stadium. Bubb said every spot was filled this year, and he expects a good turnout like last year. It is the event that brings back the most alumni and appears to be one of the most fun traditions for students. It allows them to both have a good time and support their team. Zachary Garrison, junior from Franklin, Ky., said he has been to almost every home game for the last three years as a member of Phi Kappa Tau.
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Picture this: Two outs, bottom of the ninth, full count and the bases are loaded. Here comes a fastball down the middle. Swing and a miss for strike Ryan three. Or, it’s Richardson smoked over the wall for a walkSports Editor off grand slam. Take your pick. Either way, it is game over for one team. That’s all it takes in baseball. One pitch can decide the outcome of the entire game. That is why the one-game playoff for wild card teams makes no sense. Think about it, teams play over 100 games during the regular season just to earn their places in the postseason. Then, with one game, each team has to put everything on the line. I recently heard a suggestion on how to fix this problem. The teams would play a three-game series over the span of three days. On the first day, the teams should play a double-header at the higher seed’s home field. This still keeps the win-or-go-home atmosphere because either team could advance that night. Plus, this keeps home-field advantage with the team with the better record. If the teams split the games, day two will be used for travel. On the third day, the teams play in a game which is essentially equivalent to the single-game playoff that is in place now. The winner advances, and the loser waits until next season to try again. My problems with MLB playoffs don’t stop there, though. I despise the 2-3-2 format used in both the Championship Series and the World Series. I am an advocate of home-field advantage, and I believe the 2-3-2 eliminates that reward. If the away team wins either of the first two games, it has three consecutive home games to look forward to. You may think the home team should win the first two and not have to worry about that situation, but let’s get real – this is baseball we’re talking about. If the series only lasts five games, the advantage actually goes to the lower seed, as they have three games at home. Instead, I think the playoffs should extend the 2-2-1 currently used in the Division Series, meaning they would play in a 2-2-1-1-1 format. Sure, this means more traveling. But it also means a more true advantage for the home team. The better team still gets the initial two home games to try to get the early lead. The next two games give the lower seed a decent opportunity to even the series. Or if it manages a victory in either of the first two games, the team can take the lead just as it would in a 2-3-2 format. Alternating locations for the last three games keeps the chances even for both teams, save for the extra home game for the higher seed. I hope the new commissioner considers a playoff revision when he takes over. For this year, though, go Cards! mrichardson5@murraystate.edu
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RUGBY IN DRESSES: The rugby team plays its match Saturday in dresses to attract attention to the sport. It hopes to make the event a tradition. Murray State won the match 60-19.
LOSS From Page 1 Miller fumbled the ball away, sending the game to a third overtime. The Racer offense failed to get anything going in the third extra period. Jordan Benton missed a 42-yard field goal attempt, which put the Redhawks in position to steal the win. SEMO earned one first down before bringing on Knight to kick the game winner. “We never really got into rhythm until late
TRADITION From Page 1 “Tailgating is a tradition here,” he said. “All our guys know Saturdays are tailgate days.” Garrison said his fraternity is like other groups on campus and across the country because they like to have a good time and blow off steam from a busy week of classes and work. He said tailgating for them starts about five hours prior to game time. “We set up the tent, the grill and some cornhole boards,” he said. “Then, when people walk by, we give them a burger and they stay and talk and we have a good time.” Tailgating is unique at Murray
in the ball game,” Hatcher said. “When you get down here with a chance to put the game away, you’ve got to take advantage.” The loss dropped the Racers to 4-3 on the season and 2-1 in OVC play. Senior defensive back Brandon Wicks said the team must now put the loss behind them and move forward. “We always knew (SEMO) was better than (its) record,” Wicks said. “Records don’t mean anything when you get into conference play. We’ve just got to come out next week and play a better game than we did today.”
State because it is the only time alcohol is allowed on campus. Bubb said allowing alcohol has always been a touchy issue, but the administration felt that if fans can be responsible, they should be allowed to consume alcohol. “I think that when you’re dealing with a football game, you’re not only dealing with a student crowd, but you’re also dealing with an adult crowd that is different than what’s on campus on Monday through Friday,” he said. “The desire to be lenient and willing to work with that group presents some challenges, because then you have students that are not allowed to drink because they aren’t of age.” Bubb and another member of the athletic staff are at every game to make sure the different groups follow the guidelines.
Taylor credits Purcell for helping him take the next step in his abilities. Taylor came to Murray State last season after spending two years at Tyler Junior College, where the team finished second in the nation twice. “He taught me to focus more and slowed the game down,” Taylor said. “He has me working more with my feet and it has helped my game a lot.” At the regional tournament, Taylor defeated his opponent from Tennessee Tech 64, 6-2. Taylor dropped the first set to his Memphis opponent 6-0. He started off strong in the second set, leading 2-0, but his Memphisopponent rallied and sent Taylor home with a 6-2 loss. Taylor says that while this year has been a struggle for him and the team, it will benefit the team when conference play rolls around in the spring. “We have to keep working hard because we have had tough tournaments and haven’t had any easy matches,” Taylor said. “The matches will be easier in conference play because of these tournaments in the fall.” The team dropped all its other matches at the tournament, but did have a close match in the doubles portion with Taylor and junior Max McLean. The Racer duo led Purdue 4-2 in their match, but couldn’t hold off the Big Ten team and fell 8-6. Purcell was proud of the effort the pair put up against its opponent. “Adam and Max play very well together, so I’m looking forward to seeing how those two play the rest of the year,” Purcell said. The team has a few weeks to prepare for the Kenlake-Murray State Invitational Nov. 1-3.
In addition, members of the Alcohol Beverage Control sometimes police the tents and parking lot to issue citations if a minor is caught drinking. Bubb said his biggest fear is people flaunting the fact they can drink and break the rules, leading to the possible ban of alcohol altogether. “My responsibility is to make sure people are acting in a reasonable and responsible manner,” Bubb said. “ I make sure their individual tailgate parties are not causing problems with other fans and spectators that are here at the game, and that for all practical purposes they are following our guidelines.” While it may seem strict at first, Garrison said he thinks the staff does a good job with policing the area.
“They let us do our own things,” he said. “We always have people come tell us if we’re doing anything wrong. They keep it in check and I really like it.” Bubb and Garrison both think tailgating is about something much more than the food and drinks, though. Having fans come out to the stadium for the game boosts morale and gives a positive atmosphere to game days. Garrison said tailgating is a crucial part of supporting the athletics program. He said all the students are out there for a common goal. “We’re all out there for the simple fact we’re supporting the athletic program,” he said. “It’s Murray State pride. It brings the students together, and that’s what I love about tailgating.”
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It was two different games, but the same result for the soccer team, which dropped a pair of conference games at Cutchin Field this weekend. Murray State had 43 shots in two games but only scored three times, leaving Head Coach Beth Acreman and the team searching for answers. “This was just a frustrating weekend,” Acreman said. “We get all these shots and prove we are a dangerous team, but just couldn’t finish plays.” The weekend started with Southern Illinois Universty Edwardsville and while the Cougars outshot the Racers in the opening half, Murray State was ahead on the scoreboard. Freshman Lyssie Wright passed to freshman forward Lauren Frazier, who scored in the 18th minute, giving the Racers an early 1-0 advantage. However, it did not last long, as the Cougars crossed a ball into the Murray State 18-yard box and got it past freshman goalkeeper Savannah Haberman to tie the game. Five minutes later, Murray State regained the lead when freshman Kenzie Downey found junior Julie Mooney, who put the ball past the Cougar goalie for her team-high sixth goal of the season. Things looked promising for the team, but it all changed after an SIUE injury stopped the match. After a 15-minute delay, play resumed. However, momentum shifted to the Cougars. SIUE scored two goals off set pieces just one minute after play resumed, putting the Racers behind 32 with 30 minutes to play. “We had a great first half,” Acreman said. “And after the injury the team was just rattled for some reason.” SIUE kept racking up goals, leaving Murray State reeling after a 5-2 defeat. During its next game, the team responded to the loss with 29 shots against conference leader Eastern Illinois, but once again couldn’t get the goals it needed. Even though the Racers led in shot total, Eastern Illinois made the most of their five opportunities on net. The scoring opened with the Panthers shooting a laser from 25 yards out in the 24th minute to grab the 1-0 lead. Murray State responded seven
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Freshman Lauren Frazier passes the ball past a sliding Eastern Illinois defender during Sunday’s match at Cutchin Field.
We played really inspired, and getting 29 shots and 15 on goal is what we were going for today. It was just one of those days that the ball didn’t want to go in the goal. - Beth Acreman, soccer head coach minutes later as Mooney found the back of the net for the second time over the weekend to tie the game. Midway through the second half the Panthers took advantage of a Murray State communication error and scored the game-winning goal
as their forward beat Haberman. The Racers peppered the Panther goalkeeper with 11 shots in the second half, but couldn’t get any of them past her. Murray State’s best scoring chance came on a header by senior Shauna Wicker, but the ball went right into the goalkeeper’s hands. “We played really inspired, and getting 29 shots and 15 on goal is what we were going for today,” Acreman said. “It was just one of those days that the ball didn’t want to go in the goal.” While the results have the Racers near the bottom of the conference, Mooney is near the top in two offensive categories. Her seven goals have Mooney tied for second most in the conference, while she is also tied for the league lead with five assists. “Other teams scout her, but she always seems to find a way to get chances,” Acreman said. Acreman expects better results if
the Racers can continue their aggressive offensive play. “If the team can come out like the did (Sunday) and play that well, then they can beat anyone,” Acreman said. The team has its longest road trip of the season, this weekend, with games at Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State.
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As the men’s and women’s basketball seasons fast approach, the CFSB doors open for Racer Fan Jam. All Murray State basketball fans have been invited to attend Thursday, Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. to watch both intersquad scrimmages. Admission to the event is free for everyone. Local business owners will be in attendance to give away prizes - including tickets and lodging for the OVC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn., for one fan. The Racer Band, Dunker, Racer Girls and Murray State cheerleaders will also be in
attendance. Fans can purchase season tickets during the proceedings and students can sign up for the Stampede. The Stampede membership is $10, students can also register on goracers.com. Children 12 and under can join the Junior Racers Club for $10 as well. Those in attendance will be able to get autographs of their favorite Racer athletes. The men begin the 2013-14 season with a home exhibition against Freed-Hardeman Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. The women tip off their season the following day with a home game against Berea at 4 p.m.
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The Murray State Tradition: Part 5 It’s almost that time of year again, Racer basketball fans. Last January, I used my columns for a four-part Murray State Tradition series highlighting Jonathan some key figFerris ures in our basSports writer ketball history. It all started with an assignment for which I had to examine the question of why basketball is so popular in Murray. As I began interviewing and researching, the historical significance of the Murray State basketball program left me in complete awe. I knew the least I could do was retell some of these stories. So here we are, counting down the weeks and days to the opening tip of the 2013-14 season. As we prepare to meet a new team of Racers in just a few weeks, I imagined now was an appropriate time to go back and retell the stories of four more of our basketball forefathers. If you missed out on last year’s stories, you can search the name of this column on TheNews.org. We’ll begin our look not with a player, but a coach. Back in January, I wrote about the founder and first coach of Racer basketball – Carlisle Cutchin. Today, we look at arguably the second most iconic coach after the founder himself – Cal Luther. Luther played college basketball at Valparaiso University from 1949-51. After college, he spent two years serving in the military before beginning his coaching career at the University of Illinois. Luther was hired away from Depauw University in 1958 to become the sixth head coach of the Racers. He inherited a struggling Murray State program which had failed to post a winning record in each of its two previous seasons. The new head coach quickly turned the program around. In 1964, the team won the OVC Tournament and made the program’s first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. From there, Luther’s teams went on to post 14-straight winning seasons, including two more OVC championships and another NCAA Tournament berth. Luther accepted the role of Athletic Director in addition to his coaching responsibilities in 1967, leading Murray State’s entire athletics program to great success. During his 11 years as Athletic Director, Murray State programs claimed nine conference championships and one All-Sports Trophy. Luther left Murray State in 1978 to become the head coach at Longwood College, but would later return to the OVC in 1992, coaching at UT Martin from 1992-99. His 319 wins as an OVC Head Coach (241 at Murray State and 78 at UT Martin) make him the secondwinningest OVC coach of all time. Inducted to the Murray State Hall of Fame in 1986 as a coach and administrator, Luther was one of the first in a long line of world-class coaches to call Murray State home. jferris2@murraystate.edu
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Racers snap losing streak, look to add road wins Taylor Crum || Staff writer tcrum3@murraystate.edu
The Racers broke their three-game losing streak Friday with a 3-1 win over University of Tennessee Martin. Head Coach David Schwepker said having sophomore outside hitter Emily Schmahl back in the lineup helped lead the Racers to the win. Schmahl took a short leave of absence to attend to a minor injury. She returned to the floor after missing the last seven games the Racers played. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a big plus for us, that she was back in the lineup,â&#x20AC;? Schwepker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had a good game that night.â&#x20AC;? Schwepker said the rest of the team had a good game that night, too, playing big at the net and executing hits. The next day, however, was a differ-
ent story. The Racers were swept 3-0 by Southeast Missouri. Schwepker said the Racersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lack of hitting was the main reason the team suffered the loss. Sophomore middle blocker Alyssa Lelm and sophomore setter Sam Bedard were the only two players that were positive in hitting against SEMO. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was all about hitting,â&#x20AC;? Schwepker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you look at the hitting percentage as a team, we hit zero. They were all having a bad hitting day. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working on, so hopefully this weekend will be different.â&#x20AC;? This weekend, the Racers are on the road to face conference foes Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois. Schwepker said playing a few away games may be able help the Racers get
back on track. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems like we play better on the road than we do at home,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think a lot of it is there are too many distractions at home.â&#x20AC;? Overall, Schwepker said there is nothing special to winning, and the Racers are not doing anything different in practice. He said the team just needs to be more consistent on its hitting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still going to come down to hitting,â&#x20AC;? Schwepker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No magic, nothing special. They are very capable of doing it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a matter of if they are going to do it or not. Hopefully, they will have their minds ready and get going.â&#x20AC;? The Racers play today at 7 p.m. against the SIUE Cougars. They travel to Charleston, Ill., Saturday for a 6 p.m. game against the Eastern Illinois Panthers.
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served for the spring, the softball team christened its new field with a perfect 8-0 record this fall. The team outscored its opponents 51 to 10 and were led by sophomore Shelby Miller who batted .519. Softball returns to action in the spring when it travels to the Tiger Classic hosted by Louisiana State.
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Murray State athletics have been busy so far this semester. While Homecoming may be celebrated with football, there has been no shortage of accomplishments from the other student athletes that wear the blue and gold. From setting school records to bringing home victories, Murray State athletics has been adding to its record books. Football Murray State football is off to a 4-3 start to the season, hosting rival Austin Peay this weekend. The Racers have had their share of close games, with three being decided by less than a touchdown. The team is led by preseason AllOVC senior wide receiver Walter Powell. Powell is contending for the Walter Payton Award, given to the top football player in the FCS. Volleyball The volleyball team started in record fashion, earning three preseason championships and a program record of 10 nonconference match victories. Senior Katlyn Hudson became the 15th player in Murray State history to record 1,000 career digs.
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Junior Andrea Eskauriatza sends a ball back over the net during practice this year. Tennis On another court, the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis teams have been racking up their own wins. In two tournaments, the women have had nine finalists - with six claiming victories. Andrea Eskauriatza and Eleonore Tchakarova each made two championship appearances in each tournament they have competed in so far
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this season. Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis has been highlighted by senior Adam Taylor who competed at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships, one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest collegiate tennis tournaments in September. Softball While the diamond is usually re-
Golf Murray State golf has had strong showings by both teams this year. On the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, the season opened with a first-place finish in the Drake Creek Invitational at Drake Creek Golf Club in Ledbetter, Ky. Senior Delaney Howson earned OVC Golfer of the Week after shooting a school record 5-under-par in the second round of the tournament. On the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, the team has finished third in its first four tournaments. Junior Jordan Smith and sophomore Preston French have turned in solid outings. French won the Murray State Invitational with a 6under-par, earning him OVC Golfer of the Week. Rifle Racer Rifle opened its season at the Ole Miss Invitational, placing fourth in the 10-team field, with the second highest team score in air rifle. Freshman Jack Berhorst led the
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Cross-country Cross-country has had a busy fall, running in four events in three different states. Both squads earned perfect scores against OVC foes at the Belmont Opener. The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team finished second and third at two contests in Illinois. The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team has been led by sophomore Cole Cisneros, who was named the OVC Runner of the Week in late September.
Soccer Soccer began the season with its best start in program history, and is in the midst of OVC play. Junior Julie Mooney leads the Racers with seven goals and five assists. After it four-game unbeaten streak was snapped, the team ran into a rough patch and sits 11th in the conference, where the top six teams will make the OVC tournament. While fall sports near the end of their schedules, other winter programs are set to begin their own seasons.
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Which app is right for you? Students voice opinions about music-based apps Spotify Spotify is useful for those who prefer to listen to a full album, particular artist or playlist, without purchasing the music. Spotify can be downloaded from almost any app store and on any device. Spotify offers a diverse range of music for all stations. “I like Spotify because it’s very diverse
Pandora Many radio apps allow the user to create their own station based off an artist or song, the most notable being Pandora. Pandora is an Internet radio website, which also offers a music app for all types of mobile devices. “I love Pandora; it’s convenient, easy
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iTunes is oftentimes viewed as a more secure music provider. The song or album is purchased and downloaded to the users’ device where it remains until deleted. iTunes users have the option to create entire playlists, listen to a specific artist or album and even shuffle through their library.
Professors take stand on accepting student friend requests via social media websites T h i s i s t h e s ec o nd s t o r y i n o u r s oc i a l m e d i a s er i e s . T he fea tu res wr iter s a t Th e News wi ll re p or t on how st ud en ts a nd p ro f es s o rs a re u s i n g s oc i a l m e d i a a n d ho w t he y c a n u se th e si te s to b est of th e ir a bil ity. Mckenzie Willett Staff writer mwillett2@murraystate.edu
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Everyone today has some kind of social networking site. Although preferences vary between Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, most people cannot go very long without checking their social networking accounts. Many students have strong opinions on social media and proper etiquette. However, students also wonder if professors felt the same way about staying connected with family, friends, students and colleagues. Do they really get involved in social media as students do every day? Would professors accept a friend request from a student? In reality, most professors use email and the Canvas infrastructure to communicate with students. However, some professors such as Marcie Hinton, assistant professor of journalism
and mass communications, don’t see a problem with accepting a friend request on Facebook from a student. “I will accept the friend request from the student, but I will not send them one, in case they want to maintain privacy,” Hinton said. “I encourage students to join LinkedIn and request a connection because that is a professional site that can result in connecting me as a recommender to a potential employee.” Despite students sending the request, other professors feel as though Facebook is a more private social media platform. For that reason Robert Lochte, chair of the department of journalism and mass communications would not accept a student’s friend request. “I normally don’t accept the friend request of a student because I don’t think they want me to know about their personal lives,” Lochte said. “Facebook is something I use every day, and I don’t
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Compiled by Brandon Cash, Contributing writer Is music people listen to defined by how they listen to it? Spotify, iTunes and Pandora music apps all have a different way of providing music, but that doesn’t mean they’re perfect.
in its music,” said Lorna Hayes, freshman from Cadiz, Ky. “I like music from other countries that I can’t find on iTunes or Pandora, but I can find them on Spotify.” Artists who are not signed to a label or have a record deal aren’t likely to be on Spotify, because Spotify requires a third party distributor to send music to the company. “One of the best albums by Radiohead in my opinion, is ‘In Rainbows,’” said Jordan Love, junior from Earlington, Ky.
“It’s not on Spotify because they didn’t release it through a label.” Another perk of Spotify is the convenience of sharing music. Spotify uses social media and allows users to connect with Facebook friends and Twitter followers. This makes sharing music with friends easier. Spotify also combines the random sampling of Pandora tunes with the convenience of iTunes playlists by offering a type of Internet radio. With Spotify, users can have the best of both worlds.
and listeners get a wide variety of music at their fingertips,” said Cara Stevens, senior from Lake City, Mich. “On the down side, sometimes the playlists can’t read my mind and they kind of suck, and after 40 hours you have to pay.” When asked about the downside of the Pandora mobile app, most students stated that the only downside was the mobile cap. The mobile cap creates a time limit is 40 hours of free music a month on a
mobile device. However, it is unlimited if the user is listening on a computer. Another downside that disappoints students is the limited number of song skips they are allowed to use in one hour. “The cons of using Pandora would definitely be the ads that pop up every few songs that you can’t skip,” said Heather Broughton, freshman from Falls of Rough, Ky. “Also, I’m not a subscriber: I get enough out of just having an account, even if I have to deal with advertisements.”
In order to keep up with the competition, however, Apple, Inc. created the iTunes Radio app. The iTunes Radio app provides the ability to create a station based around a specific artist of interest, and iTunes will stream music directly from their store which may not be in your personal library. “I buy most of my music, so I use iTunes a lot but I don’t use iTunes Radio because I’ve already been using Pandora and Spotify so I don’t bother switching,” said Jessie Hedrick, freshman from Pala-
tine, Ill. “Also I listen to channels on iTunes Radio and I don’t like them as much as channels on Spotify or Pandora.” iTunes music app is only compatible with Apple devices. So, devices like the Kindle or Nook tablet will not support music purchased from iTunes. “The bad thing about iTunes, Apple’s not very compatible with anything,” said Gus Ayres, sophomore from Glasgow, Ky. “I tried it on my computer a few years ago, and now I can’t get any of my songs back.”
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It is move-in day and Spencer Ray, sophomore from Evansville, Ind., is fighting the crowd of last-minute shoppers gathering their dorm supplies for the fall semester at Walmart in Murray. He is looking for a speaker to play music in his room. As he searches for the perfect speaker with the right amount of bump for an awesome level of noise pollution, Ray comes across one small black speaker with 50 hours of battery life. Here’s the best part - the price is not outrageous. “I can take this anywhere,” Ray said to himself as he picked up the box. Once Ray found the perfect sound system, he was ready to leave. But he looked to his left to find mobile platforms and dollies for $10.
People have walked up to me on campus every day since I started. They tell me about how I have made their day. - Spencer Ray, sophomore from Evansville, Ind.
“Heck yeah,” Ray said. “This is perfect. I’m going to carry it around everywhere.” This was more than two months ago. But little did Ray know, his simple, yet out-of-the-ordinary idea would spark interest in the student body and have people talking about the mysterious guy rolling a speaker around campus. A transfer student from Western Kentucky University, Ray began classes at Murray State this fall doublemajoring in recreation and youth leadership and nonprofit. Between classes and his extracurricular involvement in tennis club and Sigma Pi as a new member, Ray finds time to walk around campus playing music for all to hear. “I wake up every morning and get ready for class,” he said. “I find a playlist (from Pandora) for the day and plug it in as I head to class.” Ray’s playlist can consist of anything imaginable, from reggae to classic rock and even some boy bands in between. He frequently asks his friends what they want to hear on campus, as well. The ion speaker is strapped to a small black dolly with pink velcro. The 50 hours of battery life allow Ray to plug in his iPhone, open the Pandora application and play requested genres, songs or specific decades of music. “I literally like every kind of music,” Ray said. “I can listen to anything, from classical Mozart all the way to Disturbed rock.” Although he has been playing music on campus since August, Ray waited until
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Ray picks a different playlist each day to play across campus. mid-September to create the Twitter account @MSUSpeakerGuy to spread the word. He quickly found students on campus had already been talking. “People have walked up to me on campus every day since I started,” Ray said. “They tell me about how I have made their day. (They
told me) how they were having a horrible day, but hearing (songs from) ‘The Lion King’ made it better.” Ray’s positive feedback does not stop there. Some admire and are inspired by the idea Ray generated. “I had one girl tweet me,” Ray said. “She said, ‘to the
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The basics: Shandra Sullivan, freshman from Hardin, Ky. Q: Who is your celebrity style icon? A: My celebrity style icon would definitely have to be Emma Stone. She is refined and classy but she still has this edge that gets her style noticed. Q: What do you think makes an outfit unique? A: Shoes are definitely the most unique part of an outfit. They’re what ties the whole outfit together.” Q: What is your favorite thing to accessorize your outfit with? A: I don’t really have a favorite accessory, per say, but I love to mix looks. It’s totally normal for me to wear a pair of cowboy boots with a fancy dress or do a chunky necklace with a T-shirt.
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MUSIC From Page 5B MSU Speaker Guy, whoever you are, I love you. I absolutely love you.’” Most students have heard Ray blaring music outside while walking across campus, but some have been a part of the action, like a “High School Musical” in college. “The first time I played in Winslow, I played ‘Shout,’” Ray said. “It was really cool because people started getting up and dancing.” Not all take kindly to the decibels echoing off classroom walls, however. Ray has been asked to both turn down and turn off his music at certain times, especially in crowded places, such as the Thoroughbred Room and Curris Center. “An older gentleman asked me to turn the music
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Spencer Ray carries his speaker around campus and plays song requests from students. down,” he said. “I am really polite and I just said ‘yes sir,’ and turned it down. If someone asks me to turn it down, I will turn it down.” Recently, Ray has had more issues concerning his hobby. He took to his Twit-
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ter account to update his followers on his inactivity on campus. “I am in a pickle,” Ray tweeted on Oct. 4. “I have been told by a professor that if he hears my music one more time he will call the
police, said it is invasion of privacy.” Ray plans to confront the professor and try to talk things out first. “I will probably go and apologize and say ‘hey, I didn’t mean to disturb the
class’, but I will turn it down,” Ray said. “I probably won’t turn it off.” Ray has been without his speaker for two weeks. He has seen a huge reaction in the student body. “People come up and ask me where the speaker is,” Ray said. “I just tell them, ‘well, I got in trouble.’ But I always tell them not to worry because it will be okay.” Ray said if the situation escalates and he is forced to turn off the speaker, he will continue looking for more options. “I’m going to see what I can do,” Ray said. “Maybe I can set up a table with my speaker and get students to sign a petition.” Regardless of the few times he has had a negative reaction, Ray still believes for every two people who don’t like his endeavor, there are eight people who do. “The majority of people like it,” Ray said. “And I do it to brighten someone’s day.”
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see it as a problem for other professors to accept the request.” Though this may seem strange to students, some professors navigate the fine line of social media etiquette by avoiding it all together. “I would not accept the request from a student, simply because I don’t have one but if I did, I would rather meet face to face,” said Donald Bridgeman, professor of Humanities and Fine Arts. Though Bridgeman prefers the face-toface interaction that social media cannot produce, he does not feel like accepting a friend request from a student is inappropriate. “I don’t have a problem with accepting the request, only if it’s outside of the classroom,” he said. “That would be socially acceptable in my opinion.” Many professors use Facebook and other forms of social media for business only. Everyone has their own opinion about social networking and how it works, but it depends on the professor if they were to accept or deny your request.
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Walking through campus this time of year, pink is easily spotted on T-shirts, hats and flyers. It is because October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Murray State Women’s Center hosted an event Thursday to help raise awareness. The event, Paint Me Pink, brought people to the Curris Center where they offered manicures to anyone who made a donation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Whether the person made a donation of $1 or $10, they received manicures for a good cause. This was the first year of Paint Me Pink. The Women’s Center hopes to expand and make it an annual event. Prior to the event, Abigail French, director of the Women’s Center, was unsure how the event would turn out. “Since it is the first year we have done this, we don’t know quite what to expect yet,” French said. “But we definitely plan to make this a yearly event and hope for it to continue to grow.” There were approximately 65 people who stopped by to donate and have their nails done in the four hour length of the event. Another purpose behind the event, was to educate the public on breast cancer. The event had a variety of booths set up for those who attended. People were also able to have their questions answered by healthcare professionals who shared their knowledge on mammograms and treatment options. “The most important thing for students is to have the awareness of the symptoms and when they should be checked up on,” French said. “We really want to push all the early detection stuff.
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Alex Carney, freshman from Paris, Tenn., and Deepa Loganathan, freshman from Murray, take a break between classes to get their nails painted for the good cause. We really want people to keep it in mind because they are getting to that age where they need to be checked up on.” The nail salons Personal Touch and Reflections both donated their time and efforts to the event and expected nothing in return. “We’ve all had family members affected by breast cancer,” Deanna Darnell, manicurist at Personal Touch Salon said. “We just really thought this would be a great way to give back and I think all of us who came can agree to that.” French said what surprised her the most about the event was the outpour-
ing of men that got their nails painted pink, the number almost higher than the number of women. Although they didn’t reach their original goal of $500, the Women’s Center still raised more than $200 for the Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation. “It’s a great opportunity for students to make a small donation to someone else,” French said. “I think in college we are always trying to encourage giving back and making a difference. So this event has those two things in one program: raising awareness and raising money.”
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