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Nov. 1, 2013

Vol. 88, No. 12

Library ends 24-hour week Meghann Anderson News Editor manderson22@murraystate.edu

For the last four years, students have camped out in Waterfield Library for all-night study sessions during finals week. This year, the all-nighters in the library end at 3 a.m.

While dealing with campuswide budget cuts, the University library is shutting its doors from 3 to 7 a.m. during finals week.

These hours are saving the University almost $6,000.

The full 24-hour service for two weeks costs around $3,000 per semester, while the extended hours schedule only cost $500, which the University Libraries will pay in full.

The Student Government Association developed a proposal to extend the library hours from 12:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. The money to operate during the extended hours is coming from University Libraries.

Several proposals were made to find an option that satisfied students and the budget task force. One option was to defer the cost of keeping the library open to the Campus Activities Board, another was to allow for extended hours.

Dean of University Libraries Adam Murray said he has data showing around 3 a.m., the number of students using Waterfield decreases greatly.

“We found that there were less than 100 students utilizing the library between the hours of 3 a.m. and 7 a.m.,” Murray said.

Jessica Jacobs, junior from Brookport, Ill., said the library

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supportive of enrollment efforts.”

He said the recruitment and retention of students takes the entire University community.

“I believe our students realize after visiting our campus that Murray State has a valuable package to offer,” Dietz said. “We offer an affordable price for an outstanding education and the ideal student life experience. The growth we experienced this year is something to celebrate.”

Last year, Murray State saw record-breaking numbers for the freshman class.

Overall enrollment increased by 2 percent and the total number of students was 10,832.

“Our increase is a reflection of our high quality academic programs, strong financial aid offerings and af-

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One hundred and eleven students.

That is the difference in the number of students from Fall 2012 to Fall 2013. Fall 2013 saw a .99 percent increase in enrollment from Fall 2012.

Fred Dietz, executive director of Enrollment Management, said enrollment for the fall semester is 10,943, which is the highest ever for the University.

“This is quite an accomplishment and is a reflection of everyone's work on campus,” Dietz said. “To increase enrollment requires the work of faculty, students and staff and that clearly was the case this past year.

The Murray State family is always

University to discuss new budget cuts, additions

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Former Murray State President Randy Dunn formed 12 budget review teams to evaluate expenditures at the University and to cut almost $6.2 million from the budget last semester.

Now, a little more than six months after the final recommendations were presented to the Board of Regents, the budget task force is once again looking to cut another $3 million from the 201415 budget and find ways to earn extra revenue.

Interim President Tim Miller formed several sub-committees in

fordable tuition, room and board rates,” Dietz said. “Murray State continues to be one of the best buys and families recognize that when choosing to go here.”

Last year, the University was at its highest enrollment ever, with the largest freshman class in school history.

Fall 2012 enrollment showed a 6.5 percent growth in freshmen and an 18 percent increase in international students.

Interim President Tim Miller said increasing funding from the state is based on different metrics on how well the University performs in enrollment, retention and graduation rates.

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charge of coming up with recommendations to save the University approximately $3 million in the 2014-15 fiscal year. The recommendations from these Miller committees will be presented to the Board of Regents in December.

He said the University will also need to make cuts or increase revenues to cover approximately $700,000 in increased health insurance costs and approximately $1.1 million to make up for a gap in

the budget that had previously been covered by the reserve fund.

Miller said the final list of recommendations that will be presented to the board should be finalized in about two weeks.

“Some of the recommendations are going to be real general,” Miller said. “Administration are going to look at recommendations to determine actual savings.”

In an email sent to the Murray State community, Miller wrote, “Budget Task Force committees will soon be making recommendations on how Murray State University can reduce expenditures, increase revenues and become

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Changes to crosswalks, streets Local pub applies for liquor license

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Weeks after installing street signs along the crosswalks on 16th Street, the University has hired the engineering and testing firm of Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering & Testing, Inc. to research a more permanent solution to a problem that has plagued Murray State since its western expansion.

The street signs were put in place this month in order to aid students in crossing the street as well as cars that use the road. According to the study recently completed by Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering & Testing, Inc., more than 11,000 vehicles use this strip of road a day, and there are approximately 6,000 crossings made by pedestrians.

The study showcases three possible options for the street, other than doing nothing, and analyzed these plans based on the impact on existing and planned development, the impact on mobility, the environment and safety, as well as how easy they would be to implement. The study rated each plan in these five categories as “good,” “fair,” or “poor.”

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Students cross 16th Street on one of the crosswalks with a safety sign in the middle of it. This sign was replaced after being hit by several vehicles.

The first alternative to the street signs is to close 16th Street from Miller Street to Calloway Avenue to thru traffic, re-routing traffic to Murray’s remaining street system. According to the study, closing this section of 16th Street would add approximately 5,800 more vehicles to 12th Street’s traffic be-

tween Main and Chestnut as well as approximately 3,500 more vehicles to sections of 18th Street, Main Street and other parts of 16th Street.

This plan was rated “poor” in the categories of its impact on existing

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Mr. J’s Bar and Grill will soon be able to serve hard alcohol if the restaurant’s request for a liquor license is approved by Kentucky’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Located on 15th Street in Murray, Mr. J’s Bar and Grill has been open for approximately three months. The restaurant currently has a malt license, which allows the sale of malt beverages such as beer.

Mr. J’s has more than 60 different kinds of beer, including seven on tap. But due to demand, James Hudgins, the manager of Mr. J’s, has recently applied for a liquor license.

Hudgins said the city of Murray has already approved his request for the license, and that he is now waiting on final approval from the state, where the application must be reviewed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

The process for licensing includes an inspection by the Fire

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Marshal, the city zoning board and Health Department must approve the request and the city of Murray has to sign off on the license before it can be submitted for final approval.

The license will allow Mr. J’s to sell hard alcohol, in addition to the beer it already has available.

The type of license applied for is referred to as a 50/50 license, Hudgins said.

Because Mr. J’s is a restaurant with a bar, and not simply a bar, 50 percent of quarterly sales must come from food for the license to remain valid.

Hudgins does not believe maintaining 50 percent food sales will be difficult.

He said most people coming in to drink will eat while they are there, as well. He also said he does not believe that selling liquor will change the atmosphere of Mr. J’s in a negative way, but will only improve the restaurant.

Hudgins said more than 60 percent of his customers are students

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ENROLLMENT From Page 1 “We welcome larger classes,” Miller said. “We need to make sure we do a great job retaining students and getting them graduated in a reasonable amount of time without a lot of debt.”

Miller said the University only has enough facilities to maintain about 12,000 students.

“We need facilities for them to stay in and plenty of food for them to eat,” Miller said. “Once we get to the point (of 12,000 students) it’s going to take a lot of planning to build additional dorms, add more faculty, teach more classes, provide more services. It’s going to cost more to have more students.”

Miller said Murray State has the second lowest tuition in the

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state and he wants to keep it that way.

He said he is pleased to have a record enrollment of students this year.

“Our challenge and obligation is to retain these students as they progress toward graduation, provide them with outstanding educational opportunities and ensure that they are prepared to enter the job market and become productive citizens,” Miller said.

Since 2008, the University has continued to see a progressive growth in student enrollment.

While the final enrollment number is released, the breakdown of students by classification and other demographics is not yet available.

Don Robertson, vice president of Student Affairs, said he thinks the University has another large freshman class.

“This is the second largest freshman class at Murray State,” Robertson said. “Enrollment is up overall compared to last year. Any increase is good.”

By the numbers 10,943 students enrolled in Fall 2013

10,832 students enrolled in Fall 2012

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LICENSE From Page 1 or University faculty and staff. He hopes that with the addition of liquor, his customer base will only get wider.

Hudgins applied for the liquor license after numerous requests from customers for drinks that he could not sell, and said his main motivation for obtaining the license is to better serve his customers’ wants.

“We just like to make sure we give the customers what they want when they come in,” Hudgins said.

Sherry Hudgins, wife of James Hudgins, is his partner in running the busi-

ness.

She said she is excited to see how the clientele of the restaurant will change with the introduction of liquor sales, and that she is glad they will be able to offer a full range of drinks.

“If a customer wants it, we’ll have it,” she said.

The bar will truly be premium, Hudgins said, when they can make and sell any drink a customer requests.

Mr. J’s is open until midnight Monday through Saturday.

The restaurant features live music Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights, and karaoke Tuesday and Thursday nights.

The bar opened this semester after several renovations were made to the building.

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and planned development and mobility, “good” in the categories of its impact on the environment and safety and “fair” for its ease of implementation.

The second alternative would be to reconstruct 16th Street with a depressed-elevated roadway from Miller Street to Calloway Avenue. At the cost of $9.3 million, the section of 16th Street from Miller Street to Alexander Hall would be depressed and a raised roadway would be constructed from Alexander Hall to Calloway Avenue.

Over this depressed section, two pedestrian overpasses would be constructed allowing students to walk above the traffic while where 16th Street would be elevated, a pedestrian underpass would be created allowing traffic to pass over pedestrians.

This plan was rated “good” in the categories of its impact on existing and planned development, mobility and safety and “fair” for its impact on the environment and ease of implementation.

The final recommendation made

by Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering & Testing, Inc. was to relocate the section of North 16th Street

hours being cutback will affect her studying because she said she feels more confident by reviewing the material prior to the exam; all-nighters work well for her.

“Although ideally it's nice to have sleep, I always feel more confident if I review information until right before the exam,” Jacobs said. “This will affect my studying in the fact that I'm still going to feel the need to pull allnighters. However, instead of being in my study zone, I will have to interrupt my focus to move to another location.”

Don Robertson, vice president of Student Affairs, said studies show students who get sleep before an exam perform better than students who cram all night, so he is hoping the extended hours will encourage students to get some sleep instead of staying in the library all night.

Jeremiah Johnson, SGA president, said the Senate passed the proposal to extend library hours so students would have some form of extended hours during finals.

“We do understand it might not benefit every student, but it’s a

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Students ride bikes across 16th Street, which is crossed by thousands daily. from Miller Street to Calloway Avenue to the west by one block creating a mini-bypass of west campus.

The proposed relocation would follow what is currently Olive Street, Kentucky Avenue and Calloway Avenue, include two 12 feet lanes, bike lanes and sidewalks on each side of the new street.

The cost of construction of this would be $8.3 million as well as $300,000 for the cost of the relocation.

This plan was rated “fair” in all categories.

Tim Miller, interim president, said

16th Street is a priority for him and the University because of the amount of traffic that stretch of road sees and how many students utilize that crossing.

He said meetings have been scheduled with the state transportation department in which the University will be asking for the funds necessary to finance these plans and that hopefully the state will be receptive to their request.

Said Miller: “(16th Street) is a problem. We have got to do something.”

BUDGET From Page 1 more efficient in our operations as we begin the preparation of our 2014-15 annual budget. In addition to our committees, we seek your comments and suggestions concerning how to better improve the University in meeting our mission.

You are certainly more aware in your day-to-day employment or student environment of potential savings or improvements that need to be made than I am.”

Miller encouraged emails with recommendations on how to save money across campus.

The final budget recommendations will be presented at the Dec. 13 board meeting. start and it is way better than not having extended hours at all,” Johnson said. “I strongly encourage students to use the library during finals, because with declining use in that early morning timeframe, it will be hard for future SGAs to lobby the administration to keep the building open for extended hours.”

Julia Hilkey, SGA vice president and president of CAB, said if they were to keep Waterfield Library open for 24 hours during dead week and finals week, it would cost $6,000 of CABs budget.

“Those are dollars that come from students’ activities fees,” Hilkey said. “We didn't think that it was right to use all of our students’ money to service less than 10 percent of our student body.”

Hilkey said Lee Clark Residential College will open its study lounges and the Curris Center open during those hours to convenience those students who would be in the library.

“Students seem to care very little,” Hilkey said. “We have a few irate senators, but for the most part, I think the students realize they can find other places to study.”

Finals week begins Dec. 9 and ends Dec. 13. Extended library hours will also take place the week before finals.

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Police Beat Oct. 24

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6:29 p.m. An officer conducted a traffic stop outside Elizabeth Residential College. A written warning was issued for disregarding a stop sign.

11:56 p.m. An officer conducted a traffic stop on Payne Street. A written warning was issued for driving with only one headlight.

9:08 a.m. Central Plant reported a fire alarm activated in Woods Hall. Officers and the Murray Fire Department were notified.

11:05 a.m. Officers received a call from Hart Residential College advising of a student stuck on an elevator. The report was referred to Facilities Management.

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Oct. 29

1:26 a.m. A caller reported a noise complaint in the parking lot outside James H. Richmond Residential College. Officers were notified and an information report was taken.

8:39 a.m. A caller reported a theft complaint in the Lowry Center. Officers were notified and a report was taken for theft by unlawful taking of less than $500.

12:16 p.m. A caller reported a motor vehicle accident on 15th Street. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

9:08 p.m. A caller reported vandalism at Roy Stewart Stadium. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

Oct. 26 1:16 a.m. Officers were informed of the hunt for a missing person from Graves City, Ky. An information report was taken.

8:57 p.m. Racer Patrol notified officers of people littering off the foot bridge. An information report was taken.

Oct. 27 9:47 a.m. A caller advised of a medical emergency at White Residential College.

Officers and the Murray Ambulance Service were notified. A report was taken.

11:51 p.m. A caller reported an intoxicated person in Regents Residential College. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

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Oct. 30 5:48 a.m. A caller advised of a sparking outlet in Winslow Dining Hall. Officers and the Murray Fire Department were notified.

10:00 p.m. A caller reported an individual asking for drugs in Waterfield Library.

Officers were notified and a report was taken.

Call of Fame Oct. 24 - 9:41 p.m. A caller reported the smell of gasoline in Elizabeth. Officers and the Murray Fire Department were notified. A report was taken.

Motorists assists – 7 Racer escorts – 6 Arrests – 0

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

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Springer-Franklin Residential College took home the President’s Cup in athletics and James H. Richmond and Lee Clark residential colleges tied for the President’s Cup in top academic performance.

The President’s Cup rewards the top residential college in both outstanding academic and athletic performances every year.

Dean Anthony II, co-president of Springer-Franklin, said winning the athletics award felt great and was made possible by the hard work of several people.

“We kept our eye on the prize all season,” Anthony said. “Everyone worked really hard and we strived to be the best.”

Anthony said he hopes the success of Springer-Franklin will be repeated again in the future.

Elizabeth College came in second place

in the athletics division and Clark and Hart residential colleges tied for the third-place spot.

The athletic sector of the President’s Cup is determined by participation and finished points in both major and minor sports.

The academic award proved to be a close race this year, with less than one point separating the first and third-place winners.

Richmond and Clark tied for the first place spot, and Hart placed third.

Shannon Mitchem, president of Residential College Council for Richmond, said she is honored and proud of Richmond for taking home the first-place prize.

“Education and academics is what our time at Murray is all about, so I am very glad we won this award,” Mitchem said. “Our college is made up of several different students who all came together and made this happen.”

Andrew Green, president of RCC for

Clark, said he could not be more proud to see all of Clark’s hard work pay off.

“Academics are such a huge part of the college experience,” Green said. “It does not come second to anything else.”

Green said he would like to thank everyone who worked hard to make the award possible for Clark.

The academic sector of the President’s Cup is awarded to the residential college with the most outstanding academic performance all-around.

Interim President Tim Miller spoke at the award ceremony and said the importance of residential colleges cannot be stressed enough.

“Our residential colleges help our University stand out from the rest,” Miller said. “They are extremely important to our success.”

Miller said he encourages the residential colleges to keep up the good work.

Bee Creek trail project in progress Kate Russell || Staff writer krussell13@murraystate.edu

In little more than a month, students and residents of Murray will have a new walking and biking trail to enjoy at Bee Creek Park.

The multi-use trail will be just under a mile and a half long, looping both the north and south ends of the park, and crossing at the bridge over Bee Creek. The 8-foot-wide path will go around the perimeter of the park’s 19 soccer fields.

Peyton Mastera, projects administrator for the City of Murray, said this project has been years in the making. Mastera has worked on the development of the trail in conjunction with Murray Transit Authority as well as Murray-Calloway County Parks and Recreation Department.

Mastera said the project received formal approval from the Murray City Council last Thursday, and construction is scheduled to begin Monday. The trail is scheduled to be completed within 30 days.

Robin Zhang, associate professor in the department of geo-

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Students sit on a bridge and rest along one of Bee Creek Park’s trails. sciences, has work on this project with her students for the better part of a year.

Zhang said her spring 2013 Land Planning class drafted a Bee Creek Scenic Trail plan for the city as a service-learning project.

Her 26 students presented the work they had done at MSU Scholar’s Week to the mayor and to the city council. The city coun-

cil approved a budget item for the first part of the project.

“The students worked hard, and the city's implementation of the plan is the best reward we could hope for,” Zhang said.

“For students at Murray State, it presents an example of how we can bring learning to life, while making a significant contribution to the community.”

Zhang said the trail will provide public green space and wildlife viewing areas for all to enjoy, promote healthier lifestyles and decrease the risk of pedestrian/cyclist-vehicle collision.

Tab Brockman, the park director of the Murray-Calloway County Parks and Recreation Department, has been a part of this project as it has developed over the past few months.

Brockman said he can not wait to see the new multi-use trail completed.

“It’s just going to be a great addition, not only to the park, but to the whole community,” he said.

He said the demand for walking trails has increased in the past few years, as more people have become concerned about fitness and health.

Brockman’s long-term vision for Murray is to have a multi-use trail surrounding the city. He believes that a walking/biking path around the city would be a great addition to Murray.

Said Brockman: “This project will really introduce Bee Creek to the whole community.”

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This year’s graduating class may be the last one that can say it remembers a time when students could prep for finals any hour of the day at Waterfeld Library.

That’s because being able to study in the wee hours of the morning is about to become a thing of the past. Forthcoming budget cuts are being blamed by the Student Government Association for the cancellation of extended library hours, which the SGA has judged as not worth the cost when lined up with other student activities and priorities funded out of the Campus Activities Board budget.

There’s a lot of blame to go around here and we have a lot of bones to pick with the parties that are ultimately responsible for the end of extended library hours at Murray State.

First and foremost, we have a bone to pick with the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Since 2008, according to the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, the Commonwealth has slashed funding for higher education by a wopping 28 percent.

That means less funding for Murray State, higher tuition bills for you and less access or restricted access to services that students depend on. Cutting funds for education is not a winning strategy for a state with a 19.4 percent poverty rate.

The governor and members of the General Assembly should be berated by every person in this state for cutting funding year after year, for cutting this lifeline on which so many Kentuckians rely.

The University should not escape blame here, either. The fact that education is cut year after year while the state literally burns money elsewhere (locking up drug addicts comes to mind) reflects not only on the Commonwealth, but also on the University itself.

Where are its representatives in Frankfort?

Why aren’t they fighting to keep more of that funding?

We also want to take issue with the idea that anything needs to be cut in the first place. Last year’s budget review teams and the recommendations made by those teams made clear that the University isn’t exactly hurting for money, funding cuts from Frankfort notwithstanding.

The blame game can only get University officials so far before the facts (one being that the University is and has run a budget surplus) come into conflict with fiction. The University can spare the missing money that the CAB says

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it will need to operate Waterfield for 24 hours a day during finals week.

The SGA, which ultimately made the call to cut extended library hours, perhaps deserves the most blame for failing in its most basic mission – standing up for the interests of students.

The fact that SGA would not go to bat for students who rely on extended library hours is part of a wider problem at Murray State; that of near total student disempowerment.

Students, whom this University is supposed to house, feed and educate, have had no say in this matter.

We should no longer pretend that the SGA adequately represents the student body at Murray State.

The last SGA elections, like most SGA elections, was marked with extremely low voter turnout and few real choices. Students do not

have a way to voice their discontent through the SGA so long as the SGA does not and will not act in the interest of students.

What can be done? What should be done?

That’s not for us to decide.

If students want extended library hours, it is clear that at this point, they’re going to have to demand them from the administration and from SGA. Students are going to have to make angry phone calls to their SGA representatives and to the administration.

Extended library hours are a Murray State tradition worth preserving. Students needing extra time to study should have a place to do so and they should be able to do so whenever they feel like doing so.

We don’t believe this is a controversial demand; but if students really want it, they’re going to have to fight for it.

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Bolin: Students must follow their bliss, live as they are meant to live I always wondered if my father would have wished that my brother and I would follow him in his twin callings of pharmacist and minister.

We both, my brother more than me, helped out at the family drugDuane Bolin store during the summers, but neither one Professor of of us ever felt comhistory pelled to follow in his footsteps at the prescription counter or the pulpit.

I will always be thankful that my father never insisted that we follow him in his chosen professions. Instead, he gave permission for us to follow our own bliss. The writer William Zinsser had the same experience.

“I saluted my father for not holding me to his expectations for me,” Zinsser wrote.

I hope my own son and daughter feel such a freedom, such a release.

I wish that all of my students – each of you – have the same opportunity, but to be frank many of you seem bound to your parents’ and friends’ expectations or ideas about what you should do with your lives.

Zinsser encouraged his students and now his readers to be comfortable with change, not to fear changing one’s major or even job in order to do what one truly loves to do.

“Change is a tonic,” he wrote.

Don’t assume that if you don’t do what other people seem to be insisting that you do, it’s the end of the world.

- William Zinsser

In a 1988 commencement address at Wesleyan University, Zinsser used the occasion to remind parents “that their children have one life and should be allowed to follow their own best dreams.”

“Don’t assume that if you don’t do what other people seem to be insisting that you do, it’s the end of the world,” he told the graduates.

If you change to follow your own path, he said “something very nourishing can happen – a blessing, a form of grace. Be ready to be surprised by grace.”

That commencement day in 1988, Zinsser told those Wesleyan graduates that “One of the themes I’ve been talking to you about this morning – though I haven’t used the word – is separation. It’s very much on your mind today, and it will be many times again, and it will always be painful; none of the changes I made in my life were anything

but scary at the time I made them. But there are two ways to think about separation: as a loss, or as a beginning. To separate is to start fresh.”

Change is a tonic. Zinsser returned to the theme of change and separation to end his talk.

“For you, I hope today will be the first of many separations that will mean putting behind you something you’ve done well and beginning something you’ll do just as well, or better. Keep separating yourself from any project that’s not up to your highest standards of what’s right for you – and for the broader community where you can affect the quality of life: your home, your town, your children’s schools, your state, your country, your world.”

According to Zinsser, change can help one to “live usefully,” and “nothing in your life will be as satisfying as making a difference in somebody else’s life.”

Zinsser does not let teachers and parents off the hook. “It comes down to permission,” he writes. “I’m struck by how scarce that commodity is.”

As professors, we must give permission to our students, to give permission for them to be all that they can be, certainly, but also to follow their bliss, to do what they are meant to do, to live as they are meant to live.

That might mean that a change is in order. For after all, change is a tonic.

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Dispatches from the New Enlightenment

Zingrone: Religious ideas must yield to new knowledge The Christian Faculty Racers took out an ad recently featuring prominent scientist Francis Collins, director of the NIH, co-discoverer of the cystic fibrosis gene and head of the government effort that mapped the human genome.

He is an Evangelical William Christian, but claims there Zingrone is no conflict between reliAssociate professor gion and science: “God can be found in the cathedral of psychology or the laboratory.”

I feature Collins and two other Christian scientists in my evolution lecture, given in my PSY 180 courses every semester.

Psychology textbooks refer to evolution regularly in explaining human behavior, and I provide my students detailed information on evolution most have never heard since many Christians do not share Collins’ conciliatory view of science and religion.

Poll after poll show nearly half of the U.S. population denies evolution thanks to the well-funded efforts of conservative Christians. Sounds like a mighty big conflict of religion versus science to me. I show my students that denial of evolution is absurd given the oceans of data and using Collins and the others as examples of Christians and scientists who defend evolution. Though inviting students to read Collins story, my colleagues at CFR neglect to suggest students go to his website: “BioLogos.” There, he tries to convince Evangelical Christians their religion must be interpreted in

terms of modern science, tacitly acknowledging there is an undeniable clash of religious and science claims; else he wouldn’t need the website at all!

The only way to reconcile the inescapable conflict of religion and science is for religious ideas to yield to new knowledge.

Religious claims are proven wrong by science, never the other way around. It has been going on for centuries and is now accelerating exponentially due to the incredible advance of science in the modern age. Collins’ BioLogos website unequivocally supports the very new and damning genetic evidence that humans could not have evolved from only two people: the Adam and Eve story is a metaphor at best, myth at worst.

Modern human populations are descended from thousands of individuals not two, and 10’s of thousands of years ago, not six. As a non-theist I wholeheartedly applaud Collins’ efforts and admire him greatly as a scientist and have no issue with his rather deistic perspectives on God that one gets from reading his interview on the CFR website or his book “Language of God.” If you believe that there must have been a Creator being, that some agent must have started it all, go for it, enjoy.

Interestingly, Collins believes miracles may have occurred long ago, but admits they haven’t happened in his lifetime and are most likely incredibly rare if they happen at all. As a practicing scientist he knows they do not figure in the pursuit of knowledge.

Like the other Christian scientists I feature in my lecture he leaves his religion at the laboratory door. God is not found in the lab; he can’t get in.

No matter how devout a scientist may be, and I

don’t doubt Collins’ sincerity one bit, he doesn’t expect prayers to be answered in his lab.

He didn’t hope for miracles to make the cystic fibrosis gene magically appear one day beside a burning bush, he didn’t expect to beat the private attempt to map the human genome by having the three billion base pair sequence handed down to him inscribed on stone tablets.

He knows the world doesn’t work that way. Just what is so special about the few hundred square feet that make up a scientist’s lab that God never seems to have any influence inside it? What if you do fieldwork? No conflict between science and religion you say?

As a scientist, Collins knows the earth isn’t the center of the solar system, Adam and Eve is a metaphor, females do not issue from males ribs, Evolution happened: not Noah or the flood, there were never giants in the human race, the earth is 4.3 billion years old, human longevity was never hundreds of years, female humans don’t have offspring in their 90s, language evolution is well documented without a Tower of Babel, and if someone hears voices in their head to slay their son with a knife for a burnt offering, they need medication, and quickly. Francis Collins and science: 10, Bible: 0 … and we aren’t even out of Genesis yet!

That’s how the conflict is settled; religious claims are reinterpreted or outright rejected. I invite all of the Murray State community, students and faculty alike to attend the University of Chicago evolutionary geneticist Jerry Coyne’s lectures Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 in Freed Curd Auditorium on “Why Evolution is True” and “Faith is not a Virtue: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible.” Decide for yourself.

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While reading William Zingrone’s articles in the last two editions of The News, I have been struck by several thoughts.

The first is how the pieces bring to mind Jonathan Edwards’ famous piece “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” The strong belief system which brooks no discussion, the slash and burn attacks and the almost fanatical recitation of one’s own views; all these are hallmarks of an extremist position in any belief system. Zingrone is arguing for a belief system – just one different from religion.

The first article seemed to blame religions for all mass killings. He seemed to have forgotten Stalin, Pol Pot, Hitler, Attila, Genghis Khan, all of whom

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killed for political reasons, not religious ones. It does not hold that only the religious kill.

Rather, super zealots in any setting go to extremes.

Lastly, Zingrone pulled an old trick in use back when I debated for Murray State. Since one person held a position, therefore all within that belief system are the same.

That would be much like arguing that because Hitler used genetics and bloodlines to kill that all of Darwin’s evolutionary work should be thrown out.

My BS in math and physics shape my life. The Bible relates a sequence of events in creating the world. Science follows the same sequence: the sun

is formed, earth is made, liquid covers the earth, creatures develop and then man appears. Both sides pretty well agree on this.

So the discussion is over length of time periods and who or what started it all.

Having heard that a thousand years is but a twinkle in God’s eye, I figure that God’s days can run pretty long in our years. Did life appear just by accident? Wonder what the probability statistics say about that? Or did somebody set up the systems of the universe?

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Fact and Fiction “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

So goes a quote commonly attributed to the British author George Orwell.

Devin Griggs I don’t disagree Opinion Editor with Orwell – in fact, it’s time we had more people willing to tell the truth about the society that we live in today.

We live in a time of universal deceit. We are lied to by politicians, we are lied to by our bosses (who, of course, ultimately control the former by means of what any reasonable person would consider bribery by way of campaign donations) and we are lied to by the media. Nothing is as it seems.

We are taught from a young age to respect and support an economic system that does not serve our interests.

Case-in-point: how many working stiffs have benefitted from the so-called “recovery” we are now experiencing? Unemployment is officially at 7.2 percent, a rate that understates unemployment by including the underemployed, those who would otherwise be working longer hours, and excluding those who have simply stopped looking for work. A more accurate reading of the unemployment can be gauged using the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ own U6 rate, which gives us a real unemployment rate of 13.6 percent for the month of September.

Our economic system does not provide for those who need the most provision. It does not guarantee access to life-saving operations.

It does not guarantee access to food and shelter. It does not guarantee access to higher education. It does not protect or preserve our natural environment.

It allows for the richest of the rich to sap 95 percent of the income gains in this “recovery” while the rest of us struggle to make ends meet. It has allowed for CEO pay to skyrocket while workers’ wages remain (adjusted for inflation) where they were in 1973.

We are told that ours is the best system in the world. It is true that the American economy does a few things very well – it creates a large number of millionaires and an even larger numbers of beggars. It destroys the environment. It converts every single human action or emotion into something from which profit can be extracted.

Capitalism is, at its root, the robbery of those without by those with. It is a system that does not promote human well-being or human growth and development – unless you are one of the rich few who benefit from the system. It is the rich versus the rest.

And you and me? We’re the rest.

We haven’t done well in the last three decades. Reaganomics, Clintonomics, Bushonomics, Obamanomics – call it what you want, but don’t call it fair and don’t call it free. We are the first generation that will, in all likelihood, be worse off than the generation that came before us. We are saddled with student loan debt, we are paid next to nothing and we have no way of climbing out of it.

That is unless we do something.

We, and only we, can change the way things are into the way things can and should be. We must take a stand. We must tell the truth.

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

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Mattingly, city administrator, would increase the pay of these professions by $2,080 beginning Dec. 6, and again by the same amount on July 1, 2014.

Mattingly said the salaries of Murray’s firefighters and police officers are below the national average according to the data he had been tasked with collecting. He said increasing pay will make those professionals more likely to stay in Murray and not seek employment elsewhere.

The council voted to pass the first reading of this plan unanimously. This increase in salary would represent a $2 increase in their hourly wage.

To pay for the increase in local police officer and firefighter salaries, it would cost the city an additional $110,000 annually. In part to help balance this, and other amendments made to the city’s budget, the council next discussed levying a tax on all property in the city.

The floor was given over to any citizens wishing to comment on the proposed tax rate for 2013 before a vote was cast.

Carolyn Marcum was the only citizen to step forward and said she thinks with the way the economy is, and with additional costs families must pay, this is not a good time to increase taxes on the citizens of Murray. She said the city council was able to balance its budget last year without the additional taxes.

Mayor Bill Wells said the city has incurred a number of additional costs not present last year, necessitating the tax.

The ordinance was put to a vote after the public hearing and its second reading and

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The Murray City Council unanimously passed the first reading of a new ordinance to accept the $1,637,141 gifted from the state transportation department for the altering of U.S. Highway 121.

The discussed funds will be used by Murray for the relocation of electric and cable utilities to allow the converting of north U.S. Highway 121, from U.S. 641 to North 16th Street and from North 16th Street to the Old Coldwater Road intersection, into a five-lane highway.

These funds and the Highway 121 Five Lane Project were made possible by the passing of House Bill 267 by Kentucky’s House legislators in March 2012.

The bill allocated $10,090,000 for major roadwork, construction plans and bridge replacements in Murray-Calloway County in 2012, $3,010,000 for 2013 and $585,000 scheduled to be utilized for local projects in 2014. This money is part of a larger $3.5 billion budget for similar road plans across the state.

The council also discussed the acquiring of 2.2 acres at the corner of Squire and Robertson roads to be developed into another fire station to allow the Murray Fire Department easier access and faster response times to the south side of Murray.

The city council also voted at its last meeting to increase pay for certified firefighters and police officers. The plan, presented by Matt

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Murray City Council members discuss the future of U.S. 121 at the last city council meeting. passed with a vote of 8-4 with Danny Hudspeth, Pete Lancaster, Greg Taylor, F. T “Butch” Sergeant, Jason Pittman, Mike Faihst, Pat Scott and Robert Billington Jr. voting for and Jeremy Bell, Linda Cherry, Dan Miller and Jane Shoemaker voting against.

The ordinance, now passed, will result in the

collection of 42.6 cents for every $100 of a property’s appraisal value.

Shoemaker said that while she hopes and wants the firefighters and police officers to receive the increase to their salaries, she thinks there are other ways the city could explore to raise the money without increased taxation.

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Howson earns OVC honor

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Senior women’s golfer Delaney Howson is a true representation of the phrase student first, athlete second. Howson has broken record after record with her exceptional talent both in the classroom and on the course. Her latest feat is being the first women’s golfer in Murray State history to be named the OVC Scholar-Athlete Award.

To receive the award, a player must have performed athletically with distinction, maintained at least a 3.25 GPA and conducted themselves in a manner that gives a good reputation to the athlete, university and the OVC. Howson has gone above and beyond those qualifications in her college golf career, excelling athletically and maintaining a 4.0 GPA. “Education-wise, I’ve always had a 4.0,” Howson said. “I’m not going into a class hoping to make a B or a C. I work to get an A in all my classes.”

According to Head Coach Velvet Milkman, hard work and determination are two traits that make Howson such a strong leader.

“On the golf course, they know that if they can play like Delaney plays, we’re going to be successful,” Milkman said. “In the classroom, she’s the first one in the Weaver Center when we get back from the tournament the next day. For the underclassmen to see her in there, it sets an example.”

Howson credits spending time in the Weaver Center as part of her success in school, but she has developed other useful habits, too.

“I’ve gotten to the point where I’m very comfortable going to ask my professors for help,” she said. “I’m that person. I ask questions. I don’t really have a problem asking teachers to explain something again or do another example.”

Howson is also active outside the classroom and golf course. She is a member of the business fraternity Beta Gamma Sigma, the national collegiate athlete honor society Chi Alpha Sigma and an active member of the Student Athlete Advisory Council.

Howson is spending the beginning of her off-season looking for internships and jobs, but is still unsure what exactly she wants to do with her career.

“I’m going through the whole process right now, talking with teachers about career opportunities,” she said. “I don’t see myself working at a bank. I’d rather work at a company and move up that way.”

Before she arrived at Murray State, Howson could be found competing with her three older brothers in her hometown of Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.

“Our whole family’s been really competitive and involved in sports all the time,” Howson said. “We’re always cheering each other on. It’s nice to get a text from my brothers, and knowing that they’re thinking of me even when they can’t watch.”

Although she enjoyed the season, Howson said there were a few things she would change about her freshman year after leaving her family behind.

“I think I was a little too uptight and intense my first year here,” she said. “I was kind of homesick. I would have approached my freshman year differently. I got really shy when I got here, and that’s not really who I am. I would have acted like myself and showed people that I’m goofy and I’m loud.”

Milkman said Howson has grown

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In their last tournament of the fall season, junior Andrea Eskauriatza (above) won the title in No. 1 singles play, while sophomore Carla Suga (below) teamed with sophomore Megan Blue to claim second place in doubles play.

Women’s team nearly doubles number of titles Tom Via || Staff writer tvia@murraystate.edu

Women’s tennis concluded the fall portion of its schedule with five more titles at the Arkansas State University Invitational.

The team, which won six titles in its previous two tournaments, nearly doubled its championships and is looking to use these results as momentum builders for the spring season, according to Head Coach Olga Elkin.

“The girls have seen the success we have had this fall, and I think they are very excited to turn this season’s success into the spring,” Elkin said.

The team claimed three individual titles, along with two of the four doubles draws that were at the tournament in Jonesboro, Ark. Junior Andrea Eskauriatza brought home the women’s number one singles draw in perfect fashion.

Eskauriatza won all three of her matches without dropping a set, with her toughest competition coming in the tournament final.

Taking on the top seed from Arkansas State, Eskauriatza won the first set 6-2. Going for the perfect tournament, Eskauriatza took a 5-1 lead before losing three

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Top teams bite bullet against Racers in rifle Nick Dolan Assistant Sports Editor ndolan@murraystate.edu

Racer Rifle proved to be up to the task over the weekend as it defeated two top-five teams in Jacksonville State and Texas Christian.

The Racers (4-1) earned their second tri-match victory, outshooting the Gamecocks, ranked No. 3 coming in, 4658-4653 and the Horned Frogs, ranked No. 4, 4658-4650 at Pat Spurgen Rifle Range.

Murray State Head Coach Alan Lollar said moving forward this proves to his group of shooters they can win and maybe become one of the best teams in the country.

He said this win is a big deal because rifle is a individual sport.

Lollar said he and the shooters have to deal with what the team expectations are, and until they beat good teams, it’s hard to expect to beat those teams.

“Now they know that they can expect to compete and win against teams that are ranked higher than them in the polls,” Lollar said. “So, it’s a big deal for confidence.”

Sophomore Kelsey Emme finished first overall in both air rifle and small bore. She shot her season’s best in both disciplines as well, with scores of 592 in air rifle and 585 in small bore.

Freshman Katarina Bisercic followed Emme with her own season bests. Bisercic fired scores of 580 and 585 in small bore and air rifle, respectively, good for a second overall finish.

In small bore, senior Bill Harvey shot a 577, sophomore Tessa Howald finished at 571 and freshman Jack Berhorst rounded out the day with a 557.

Howald also finished eighth in air rifle with a season best of 587; Berhorst shot 579 along with senior Michael Burzynski to cap the Racers’ win.

Lollar said they were able to put

their training and match performance together to get the result they wanted, something they can build off as they hit the road for the Buckeye Open at Ohio State Nov. 9.

“Sooner or later you have to have some success from your training,” Lollar said. “It validates what you’ve been doing and how you’ve been training.”

Lollar said the victories help the team understand that the things they are doing in practice and in matches is getting them better and is preparing them to compete.

He said another important thing to remember is the players never stay the same.

“You either get better or you get worse,” he said. “You always want to get better. It’s consistency and knowing they’re going to show up on match day. There will be other teams that are ranked higher than us again and it’s just the next step on the road to the end.”

Rivalries exist in every sport at every level.

There’s the third Saturday in October when the Alabama Crimson Tide face off against the Tennessee Volunteers – Ryan granted, it hasn’t Richardson been much of a Sports Editor game the past few years, but it is a rivalry nonetheless.

There’s the Red Sox and Yankees, the Celtics and Lakers, Duke and North Carolina. The list is endless.

While on the field or on the court, tempers flare, taunting comes cheap and more than a few hard hits are made that are not so accidental.

Off the field, though, the rivalry simmers down.

I’m not naive enough to think it disappears completely – I played sports, so I know a rivalry becomes part of your entire lifestyle.

What I’m saying, though, is when the clock hits zero or the last play is made, athletes can be civil with one another.

Whether it is grown men giving each other the half hug after an NFL game or little children giving each other high fives, handshakes after the game are a trademark of sportsmanship.

It shows that we can all get along, we can be humble, we can put our differences behind us.

It shows that there will always be a winner and loser, but in the end it’s about respecting each other and respecting the game.

Sure, there will be grudge matches and revenge. That’s what makes it a rivalry.

But athletes can – and in my opinion, should – still be friends.

There are those outliers who will hate others no matter what, but for the most part, I see friendships between athletes of different teams.

I can still remember winning a state championship game in Coach Pitch league baseball nearly 15 years ago against my biggest hometown rivals.

A few of those players I despised ended up being some of my close friends in high school.

That’s what sportsmanship is. It’s realizing you’re just a player in something bigger than yourself.

As I was growing up, it was a quality instilled in athletes everywhere from the time they were children still learning the game.

Unfortunately, sportsmanship seems to be fading from the game.

There are actually rules against it.

I recently found out high schools in Kentucky are being told not to shake hands after games due to too much risk of fights and conflicts.

This is outrageous.

Players need to be taught civility and humility. They need to know how to move on.

Taking away the supreme act of sportsmanship is exactly how not to teach such things.

What’s going to stop players from settling conflicts after the game?

How are they going to learn to deal with other life issues?

It is my strong opinion sports provide one of the best avenues for teaching. If we teach players not to shake hands after a high school game that means next to nothing in the long run, how are they going to learn to deal with conflicts when they have jobs and families?

Something has to change. We’re going in the wrong direction.

Rivalries are important. They give fans something to cheer for.

But sportsmanship is what matters most. It’s what truly keeps the game alive.

My blood runs red for Alabama football, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Redskins.

But I still have friends who love Tennessee, the Chicago Cubs and the Dallas Cowboys.

I’ll trash talk on game days and hold victories over their heads.

Or I’ll hang my head on a loss.

In the end, though, I’m a good sport about it.

I’ll shake their hand if they’ll shake mine. mrichardson5@murraystate.edu

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PHASE ONE: Interim President Tim Miller addresses visitors at the ground-breaking ceremony at Johnny Reagan Field. Assisting in the ceremony, pictured from left to right, are Director of Athletics Allen Ward, ‘Breds Head Coach Rob McDonald, former head coach and Hall of Famer at Murray State Johnny Reagan, Dean of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach John Yates and Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement Bob Jackson. Visit TheNews.org for the full story on construction plans.

mentally on and off the course since her first year.

“I think the way I’ve seen her grow the most is in her mental aspect of the game, such as having more confidence,” Milkman said. “She was fairly shy when she came in, as they all are. Once we all got to know Delaney and the wonderful young lady that she is, she got more comfortable.”

Despite being shy, Howson played in the top five for the Racers in every tournament since being put on the roster during her freshman year.

As a freshman, she placed eighth at the OVC Championships, was honored as OVC Freshman of the Year, earned OVC First Team Honors and was the first golfer in the program’s 18-year history to qualify for the USGA Amateur.

Howson’s sophomore and junior seasons were riddled with awards and honors as

November 1, 2013 well. Now, as a senior, she has already managed to win two medalist titles and break the school record for the lowest round twice.

Howson has one final goal before graduation – an OVC team championship.

“I haven’t had that yet, so that’s obviously the number one goal for the year,” she said. “That’s always our team goal, but being my last year here, it’s definitely top priority.”

Howson’s success is nothing new for her coach.

“She doesn’t surprise me anymore,” Milkman said. “You can’t be around her on a daily basis and not expect great things from her. She wants to succeed. She will succeed in whatever she does.”

Milkman said Howson will leave behind a legacy.

“That’s what you want to leave, is a legacy that you have raised the bar for future golfers to shoot for when they come in,” Milkman said. “You hope that freshmen come in and say: ‘I want to be the next Delaney.’”

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straight games to her opponent and calling over Elkin.

“She called me over and she had been focusing on what had been happening the last four games, and I was able to calm her down so she could focus on the next game,” Elkin said.

After the conversation with her coach, Eskauriatza did not allow a point in the final game, taking the set and the championship.

Senior Carla Suga joined Eskauriatza in the number one draw and fell in the tournament’s opening match, but regained her focus to win the consolation side of the tournament.

After falling 7-6, 6-3, Suga did not drop another set in the tournament and claimed fifth place in the top draw. In the consolation final, Suga was forced to play extra games in each set, but was able to win in straight sets 7-5, 7-5.

“She played very well in the finals, and I am proud of how she

was able to refocus and win the rest of her matches,” Elkin said.

The other two singles wins came from the freshman duo of Eleonore and Verginie Tchakarova, who each won their individual draws.

Eleonore competed in the flight two draw, and like her teammate in the top draw went unblemished in her matches.

Taking on OVC competition in the final, Eleonore put on her best performance of the tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 win over the Southeast Missouri player.

Verginie was slotted in the number four draw by Elkin and didn’t drop a set until the semifinals. The freshman lost the opening set of the semifinal 7-5, but showed composure to rally from behind with back-to-back 6-1 set wins to advance to the finals.

In the finals, Verginie settled back to her usual play and brought home the team’s third individual title with a 6-3, 6-0 win.

“This was the best that I have seen both Eleonore and Virginie play this year throughout a tournament,” Elkin said.

Sophomores Megan Blue and Erin Patton competed in the third flight at the ASU Invitational.

Looking to join their teammates with victories, both played well, but Patton took a three-set loss in the semifinals.

In the other semifinal, Blue cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 win to advance to the Racers’ fourth final in the tournament.

Blue fell in a tiebreaker in the first set and could not rally in the second set, taking the tough 7-6, 75 loss to be runner-up.

In the doubles portion of the tournament, Elkin shook up the normal teams, pairing Eskauriatza with Patton and Suga with Blue.

The changes paid off for Murray State, as both would make it to a championship match.

Eskauriatza and Patton competed in flight two of the tournament, which was formatted as round robin play.

The new pair pulled out a narrow 8-7 win in its opening match against Central Arkansas and easily won the next two matches to claim the title.

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Blue seemed to be on a similar track when it made the finals with a close 8-6 win over its ASU opponent. Standing in their way was a team featuring one of own teammates, Suzaan Stoltz.

Elkin put Stoltz in the fourth draw, and Stoltz was teamed up with a player from Southern Illinois Carbondale. In the tournament final that featured three Racers, it was Stoltz getting the 87 victory over Suga and Blue.

“I stayed away from that one match,” Elkin said. “It is always tough to play against your teammate, but they all did well with that.”

The Racers continued to have success in the doubles portion of the competition when the Tchakarova sisters dominated their first two matches.

In the championship match, the sisters battled but fell to Arkansas State 8-6.

Women’s tennis concludes the fall portion of its schedule with 11 championships won in three tournaments.

The team returns to action Jan. 26 when it takes on Lindsey Wilson at Kenlake State Park.

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The soccer team defeated Jacksonville State 10 in its final road game of the season and is preparing for its last game.

Head Coach Beth Acreman said she was pleased with the team coming together on the road and claiming the victory.

“We focused all week on finishing the season strong, and I was so pleased for the players that we were able to play well,” Acreman said.

The teams played a scoreless first half with the Gamecocks controlling the tempo and holding the Racers to five shots, none of which went near the Jacksonville State net.

The Racers continued to withstand the Gamecocks and turned up the pressure in the final 15 minutes. The Murray State score came from a lucky bounce.

Junior forward Julie Mooney spun and dribbled past her defender and took her 10th shot of the match, which was blocked by the Gamecocks’ goalkeeper.

The ball bounced to junior Bronagh Kerins, who put the ball in the back of the net in the 80th minute and gave the Racers a 1-0 lead.

“Our attacking players had been working hard all week on finishing, so I was really pleased to see Bronagh execute and get us on the scoreboard,” Acreman said.

Murray State is preparing for its final game of the season at Cutchin Field.

Seniors Tasha Merritt and Shawna Wicker will be honored before the game against rival Austin Peay.

Merritt and Wicker have come from different paths, but each have left their mark on the Murray State program.

Merritt, senior midfielder from Aberystwyth, Wales, has been a part of the team since arriving in July and said she has enjoyed her

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Junior midfielder (3) Julie Mooney carries the ball upfield as junior defender Bronagh Kerens (10) stands open for a pass during a game against University of Arkansas at Little Rock this season. time in the U.S. “I’ve loved every minute of it here, but I am disappointed I didn’t get the wins I had hoped for,” Merritt said.

While Merritt was only a member of the team this season, she brought tournament experience, after playing for Ashton Villa Ladies Football Club of the FA Women’s Premier League.

Merritt said she plans on staying at Murray State until the end of the spring semester and could get another year playing for the Racers.

“I’m going to try to appeal so I can play an-

other year here, which I would love,” Merritt said. “If not, I will just go back home and play for my club.”

Merritt has scored two goals and has two assists this season. She said her favorite memory was the team’s first conference win and her contribution to that win.

“When I scored against Tennessee Tech, it was my favorite moment of the season,” Merritt said. “Putting the ball in the back of the net - I was happy for the team and it put the nail in the coffin.”

The other senior to be honored Sunday is midfielder Wicker, who has played for the Racers throughout the past four seasons.

Wicker made major contributions in her freshman year, starting in 13 games and scoring three goals during the season.

Wicker said she is a hometown girl, since she played soccer at Calloway County High School, but she said this senior day will be much different than her last one.

“It will be bittersweet to leave these girls and the family atmosphere that we have as a team,” Wicker said. “To know they are going to be practicing and I won’t is going to hurt the most.”

In her four seasons at Murray State, Wicker has scored 12 goals and has been the main presence in the midfield of the Racers’ lineup.

Acreman and Wicker have a relationship that dates back to when Wicker played club soccer and Acreman was her coach.

Acreman spoke about the change she has seen in Wicker since then.

“She is a great ambassador of Murray State,” Acreman said. “She is a great person to be around and always is positive.”

Wicker said her future includes graduation and marriage in May. She also hopes to teach health and physical education and become a soccer coach.

“I’ve learned a lot from Coach Acreman these four years, and I hope that it has prepared me for being a coach,” Wicker said.

Wicker would not rule out the possibility of becoming head coach for the team she is about to leave behind.

Wicker and Merritt said they are not sure how they are going to react before the game when they are honored.

“I’m not an emotional person, but I know I will be emotional leaving the game,” Wicker said.

The Racers host Austin Peay at 1 p.m. Sunday at Cutchin Field.

Haberman looks t o i m p r ove o ve r n e x t t h r e e ye a r s Jonathan Ferris || Staff writer jferris2@murraystate.edu

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Freshman goalkeeper Savannah Haberman readies to kick the ball back into play during a game this year.

Freshman goalkeeper Savannah Haberman has come a long way since her dad signed her up for recreational soccer in her local mall at age four.

With just one game remaining in her first season as a Racer, Haberman has proven herself as one of the top goalkeepers in the OVC. Winning two Goalkeeper of the Week awards and totaling three shutouts so far, Haberman has provided consistency in net for a soccer team with few seniors.

Haberman, however, wasn’t born a soccer player.

“No one in my family has ever played soccer,” Haberman said. “My brother got into wrestling and band and my parents were left wondering what they were going to do with me. My dad saw a sign in the mall for recreational soccer and he signed me up. I gave it a try and I’ve been playing ever since.”

Haberman’s soccer career began in Clarksville, Tenn., playing recreational and club soccer for fun. Despite her family’s lack of familiarity, Haberman took to the sport naturally. At age 10, the young soccer star even held her own as the only girl on her team.

It was not until high school, however, when Haberman realized her talent playing for the Louisville, Ky., club team, called United 1996 FC. It was there the young goalkeeper began receiving interest from the college ranks.

“A lot of the girls on my team were talking to big programs,” Haberman said, “so I figured I was good enough, too. Several small-school coaches began emailing and talking to me and I started to realize I really was good enough to play past high school.”

As a local star of her high school team, and a significant contributor for United 1996 FC, interest in the

up-and-coming goalkeeper only increased as she neared graduation.

Haberman committed to Eastern Kentucky, but eventually re-opened her recruitment after the coach left the university. She found an old email from Murray State Head Coach Beth Acreman, and reconsidered becoming a Racer.

“I wasn’t a hundred percent happy at (Eastern Kentucky),” Haberman said, “so I came back to Murray for my official visit and I knew this was it.”

Within the month, Haberman had scheduled her classes, switched her scholarships and officially became a Racer.

“What really sold me was the people,” Haberman said. “Everyone I talked to here was so much friendlier, and I already knew some of the girls from playing against some of them in high school, and I knew how good they were. The people at the other schools weren’t as nice or welcoming. It just felt like home. It was a quick decision, but I’m glad I made it.”

Haberman joins 10 other freshmen on a Racer team seemingly building for the future.

Having already matched the win total of last year’s team full of upper-classmen, brighter days appear to be ahead for Racer soccer.

“It takes so long to develop a really solid team,” Haberman said. “We’ve had some success, and we have some really talented players and I just think we’re going to get so much better. If everyone stays and develops as the team, we’re going to grow so much, and we’ll be in the top of the conference by our junior and senior years.”

With a year under her belt, and a young core around her, Haberman is ready to patrol the Racer net for several years and cement her place as one of the soccer players to look out for in the OVC.

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After losing to Eastern Illinois then defeating SIU Edwardsville last week, the volleyball team improved its conference record to 3-7.

Sophomore setter Sam Bedard said the loss proved the Racers needed to work on team unity.

“We did not play as a team,” Bedard said. “I think if we would have been there as a team, we could have pulled out the win.”

Head Coach David Schwepker agreed with Bedard, adding that bad passes and hitting errors contributed to the loss.

However, the game against SIUE was much different than the game against Eastern Illinois. Not only did the Racers win, but they swept SIUE in three sets, an outcome very different from the last time the two faced off.

Schwepker said the team played with confidence against SIUE, a quality the team has been lacking the last few games.

“I’ve had faith in them this whole time knowing that they definitely have the ability to be very good,” Schwepker said. “When they get out there and play with that confidence, they have the ability to win.”

The Racers’ lack of confidence may be the result of losing lone senior and team captain Katlyn Hudson.

Hudson is currently on a leave of absence due to a concussion.

Bedard said the atmosphere on the floor has changed since Hudson’s absence, but the team is making adjustments. “(Hudson’s) a leader out there,” Bedard said.

“She’s a great player. It has changed a little bit, but a couple girls, including myself, have tried to take that leadership role and have done a great job with it.”

With the season nearing an end, the OVC tournament is approaching quickly.

Although the Racers have three wins under their belts in conference play, Schwepker said it is still

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Murray State sophomore Sam Bedard prepares to set the ball for an offensive play against Eastern Illinois. possible for the team to make the tournament.

“We’ve just got to win a bunch of matches,” Schwepker said. “I think if we could end up with a 7-7 record, we could get into the tournament.”

Like Schwepker, Bedard said making the OVC tournament is a huge goal for her since the Racers did not make it to the tournament last year.

“I would like to experience that,” Bedard said.

“I’m sure everyone else on my team would like to have that feeling too – of being in conference, maybe even winning conference and then experi-

encing the NCAA tournament. That’s every college player’s dream.”

Next on the schedule for the Racers are conference opponents Tennessee State and Belmont, two teams the women have yet to face this season.

Schwepker said the only way the Racers can prepare for the next two games is to focus on improving themselves and staying confident.

The Racers will play in Racer Arena tonight at 7 p.m. against Tennessee State and Saturday at 2 p.m. against Belmont.

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MEDIA DAY: Men’s Head Basketball Coach Steve Prohm answers questions during media day at the CFSB Center. Prohm’s Racers were picked as co-favorites in the OVC West Division, along with Southeast Missouri State.

The Pylon Pythons made short work of the Scallywagz Monday night in intramural flag football.

Their 40-0 blowout made it the Pylon Pythons’ second straight shutout after beating A.S.S.E. 19-0, for their second win of the year.

With the loss, the Scallywagz were held winless at 0-2 on the year and were not able to get anything moving offensively or stop the Pylon Pythons on defense to begin the game.

The Pylon Pythons took possession of the football near midfield after two early touchdowns, and despite two penalties, scored their third touchdown of the game in just five plays.

The Pylon Python’s quarterback fired a ball nearly 25 yards to the back left corner of the endzone where his receiver made a toe dragging catch to extend their lead; the extra point attempt would be no good.

The Scallywagz were forced to punt on their next series and the Pylon Pythons again returned the ball into excellent field position.

They took advantage just three plays later, all passes, to put them up four scores.

The Pylon Pythons picked off their first pass of the game two plays into the Scallywagz’ next series and picked up decent yards on the return.

However, it didn’t take long for the Pylon Pythons to convert their opportunity as they scored on their first play of the drive.

It looked as if the Scallywagz might get on the board on their next series after a long run down the right side of the field, but the Pylon Python’s defense came up big again with another interception.

They scored after three plays, capped off by a 5-yard touchdown pass completion.

Sophomore Pylon Python Kyle Lautner was quick to point out the defensive effort and the momentum a win like this gives them.

“Our defense is great because we have two star rushers,” Lautner said. “It makes it easy for our corners and safeties to pick the ball off.

We feel like we have a good chance to be a good solid team through the year. Hopefully we’ll make it to the next level.”

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The Murray State Tradition: Part 6 When we look at the success of Murray State athletics today, there are a few key individuals to whom much credit is owed.

Bennie Purcell is certainly Jonathan near the top of Ferris the list.

Staff writer Purcell left his hometown of Mount Vernon, Ill., in 1948 to become a part of the then “Thoroughbred” basketball team.

Purcell was the leading scorer for the 1951 team that went 21-6 and won the first of what is now 38 OVC championships.

In many ways, Purcell began the storied tradition of winning at Murray State.

A two-time OVC Player of the Year recipient, Purcell took the OVC’s newest team to unprecedented heights.

After winning the first conference championship in 1951, Purcell came back for his senior season and led his team all the way to the NAIA championship game.

The Thoroughbreds lost to Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State), but Purcell was named player of the tournament and also became just the fifth Thoroughbred to be named an AllAmerican.

To this day, Purcell is one of just 13 Murray State men’s basketball players to have earned All-American status.

Purcell did not miss a single game during his four years and finished his career with what was then a school record 1,108 points.

After his career as a Murray State player, Purcell played professionally for the Washington Generals – a regular opponent of the Harlem Globetrotters.

He returned to Murray State in 1963 to teach and become an assistant basketball coach.

In 1966, Purcell became the head tennis coach, and his team immediately won the conference championship that same year.

His men’s tennis teams dominated the competition throughout the 1980s, winning conference championships each year. His teams racked up 11 conference championships in Purcell’s 22 years as head coach.

Purcell was inducted into the Murray State Hall of Fame in 1969 and his number 21 hangs from the rafters of the CFSB Center today.

Additionally, the Bennie Purcell Murray State tennis courts are named after him.

Between his historic career as a basketball player and his equally impressive tenure as a tennis coach, Purcell is truly one of the architects of the Murray State athletic program today. jferris2@murraystate.edu

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New apps are appearing everywhere you go. Many students can find an app for just about anything they could imagine, including games and social media sites. Here are some helpful, free apps that can make your college life productive.

Whether it’s finding Wi-Fi hot spots, keeping up with social media, tracking weight loss or everywhere in between, there’s an app for that.

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My Fitness Pal can help students keep track of healthy eating and daily exercise. In order to reach fitness goals, this app can help calculate the calories consumed in one day and keep track of calories during the week. This helpful tool can track daily consumption of food, drinks and exercise. If it is difficult to keep track of a daily calorie intake, then look no further than this app. Students will not have to worry about calorie counting or writing down everything they eat, as this app does it for them.

“Some of my friends have it,” said Alexis Macklin, freshman from Louisville, Ky. “I would consider downloading it to my phone.”

Social media is a must-have in order to keep up with what friends are doing. Tweetdeck, created by Twitter, can help organize groups, tweets and conversations all into one screen. This app will allow the user to connect to Twitter as well as Facebook. In the app you can create different columns tracking trends, hashtags, celebrities, activity and even direct messages. Tweetdeck will store all the data it accumulates in one useful app.

“No, I’ve never heard of this app, but yes I would consider downloading it,” said Savannah Spann, freshman from Paducah, Ky.

Flashcards are a proven method as a way to study for tests or quizzes. Handwriting hundreds of flashcards can be taxing and the Quizlet app is there to help. The app creates digital flashcards. There will be no more searching for lost flashcards because they are stored on the phone, in one place.

This app is a helpful way to organize information for a class. It also allows its user to create separate flashcards to make studying less stressful. Quizlet also has a special tool which allows other users of the app to study with their friends. Show off scores to friends by competing with them.

Finding a way to budget money is something every college student will need to do. Mint can help organize receipts and see how much money is left in a bank account. This app can help keep track of where money is going and how it is being spent. The app helps students create a budget of their own by suggesting the amount of money that should be spent on specific activities such as dining out.

“I have heard of the app, but I didn’t know what it was about,” said Tashae Grooms, senior from Princeton, Ky. “I heard about it on Facebook. I would consider downloading it for myself.”

Having an Internet connection is a necessity when it comes to college students. With the shoddy Internet connections on campus this app will allow students to search for other available networks to use. This app will show the nearest Wi-Fi spot around campus.

It can show what might be available near and far. You can search for nearby spots, worldwide and offline anywhere.

“I use this app a lot,” said Mayer Bailey, senior from Memphis, Tenn.

“I used this app at least five times over this past weekend because I was lost in Illinois. My roommate also uses the app and we can sync our phones together.”

‘Crazy in Love’ reveals violent relationship

Annual Highland Festival takes over Central Park Breanna Sill || Staff writer bsill@murraystate.edu

Katrina Yarbrough Contributing writer kyarbrough2@murraystate.edu

The Women’s Center hosted Crazy In Love, a hands-on exhibit about domestic violence on college campuses. The program was meant to make students and faculty aware of the warning signs of domestic violence.

“The exhibit is helpful to those involved in domestic abuse, as well as loved ones who may be involved,” said Kendall Swinney, graduate student from Murray. “It lets people see the different types of abuse, as well as how to determine if a relationship is unhealthy. It can be hard to realize that a relationship is unhealthy until you are aware of the warning signs.”

The exhibit was free of charge and open to all students and faculty on campus from Monday through Thursday in Wrather Museum. The Women’s Center also encouraged and invited volunteers to help guide and answer the questions of those who visited.

“I wanted to volunteer for something that would help me if I ever needed it,” said Quiana Mayes, sophomore from Murray.

“Being a woman, the exhibit showed me the warning signs of an unhealthy relationship so that I am better prepared if I ever experience a similar situation.”

The walk-through exhibit included journal entries of a fictional couple it was showcasing, as well as video clips and other visual aids such as notes left around a house and day-to-day to-do lists. Separated into four rooms, an entire relationship over the course of less than a year was depicted.

Each room represented different stages of what is known as the battering cycle.

According to the Women’s Center, the battering cycle includes the honeymoon stage, the tension building stage and the acute explosion stage.

Room one of the exhibit introduced the new relationship, the honeymoon stage, as something beneficial to both parties involved. The journal entries written by Jenna, the female involved, were full of excitement. Her to-do lists were full of dates with Chris, the boyfriend, group outings with friends and study time for exams.

Usually, the honeymoon stage is full of presents, praise and the belief that nothing could go wrong.

In rooms two and three, Jenna’s stress level increases and plans begin to disappear.

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The 2013 games of the Murray Highland Festival were held Saturday. The event boasted different kinds of Scottish-Celtic heritage celebratory events including events like stone throws, tug-of-war and caber-tossing.

According to Brad Robertson, treasurer of the Highland Society, 550 people attended the event this year, which was a smaller number than in years past. He said the wind and cooler temperatures lessened the number of attendees.

“I enjoy the cold so it didn’t bother me too much,” said Benjamin Tidwell, senior from Murray, Ky. “Some may have been dissuaded from attending the event though because of the weather.”

The festival has a large range of activities which include everything from music to traditional Scottish athletic competitions.

“The Highland athletic competition is what generally draws the biggest crowd,” Robertson said. “There are events like the lumberjack games and stone throws. There are also games that test strength, too. People throw long poles which are actually big-

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The $5 entry fee into the event and the money raised were used to provide tents and living quarters for Scottish families who were in attendance.

The Highland Society also donated $500 to the charity chosen by the winners of the tug-of-war competition.

Despite the weather, there were people dressed in traditional Scottish attire.

“There were quite a few men who were participating in the event who were wearing traditional Scottish dress, which did include kilts,” Tidwell said.

Although this was Tidwell’s first experience at the event, he did have a few suggestions on how he thought the event could have been improved as a whole.

“More Scottish-style cuisine I think could have made the event a more immersive experience,” he said. “Maybe make the athletic competitions more accessible or have more of a competitive atmosphere.”

The festival is an annual event which has been held in Murray Central Park since 2006, but before its move, the festival had been held in Paducah since 1996. The event had to be moved to Murray because of its continued growth.

Student aspires to motivate others with public speaking Faces & Places is a weekly series that profiles the people and places of Murray and the surrounding areas. Every person and every place has a story. Let us tell it.

Breanna Sill || Staff writer bsill@murraystate.edu

Everyone wishes they could find a way to make a difference in other people’s lives. Whether that be through a newspaper article, a heartto-heart with a friend or even a smile from a stranger, everyone wants to make a difference. Shannon Mitchem impacts the lives of others through public speaking.

Mitchem, sophomore from Evansville, Ind., has adapted her own way of getting through to people. She came up with the idea for “Love, Faith and Responsibility (LFR)” as a way to make an impact on people’s lives and will speak on her idea Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the Carr Health Building under the supervision of Patricia Long, professor in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts.

“(The speech) is made up of three lessons,” Mitchem said. “I’m teaching not just on relationship love or love in God; it’s more about the love of yourself, family or friends. All aspects of love. Same with faith and same with responsibility.”

By speaking about the ideas, Mitchem wants listeners to learn about themselves and others.

“Everyone needs to help themselves before they can help anyone else,” she said. “That’s what I have done for the past few years, and that is how I came up with my three concepts.”

Mitchem said she is normally very shy and quiet but whenever it comes to public speaking she has always been very comfortable.

“When I was in high school I went through a lot, in a nutshell, like anyone else,” she said. “I just felt the need to help people and I felt like the best way to do that and reach the most people was through public speaking.”

Her goal for her idea will continue to grow the more she speaks on it.

She hopes that by continuing to

speak on school campuses or with other organizations, it will provide her with leadership opportunities.

Eventually, she believes her concepts can grow into their own organization and somehow create scholarship opportunities to other students interested in public speaking and be able to influence other people the way she was influenced.

Jeff Bethke is someone Mitchem considers one of her biggest influences. He writes poetry and turns it into rap and then posts it on YouTube. He raps about his past and things he has gone through.

She said both of her parents have been a big support in her public speaking, but her dad has had the biggest impact on her.

“If I had to really narrow it down, I would say my biggest support has been my dad,” Michem said. “He has always told me to stay strong and stay in your faith. I’ve learned a lot from him and he has always inspired me to just keep going.”

In her concepts, Mitchem wants to

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Shannon Mitchem will give a speech about “Love, Faith and Responsibility,” Nov. 5.

be able to show listeners they are never alone. Whatever that person has gone through, there is someone else who has gone through it, too, and there is a way to get past whatever it is.

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SESAME STREET CHARACTERS ENCOURAGE HEALTHY FOODS Michelle Obama announced the characters from “Sesame Street” will be used to push fruits and vegetables to kids.

The goal is to promote healthy eating habits to children.

Characters such as Elmo and Big Bird will appear on stickers, labels and signs in the produce section of a store as early as next spring.

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Forty-four years after the legendary Woodstock festival, the concept of peace, love and music lives on – even in Murray.

Clarkstock is an annual event on campus. The concept was created by Murray State graduate Neil Lovett in 2009 with the help of the Lee Clark Residential College staff and council for the 40th anniversary of Woodstock.

The event was held from 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday on the Intramural Fields for both students and community members.

The proceeds raised at the event benefited Main Street Youth.

“Main Street Youth is a great organization that gives underprivileged kids a place to go after school,” said Peter Hausladen, residential director of Clark.

“The primary reason we put on Clarkstock is to raise money for this organization.”

This year, Clarkstock raised more than $500 for Main Street Youth.

“Raising over $500 for the cause was what the success of Clarkstock was based on,” said David Petrie, junior from Millstadt, Ill. “The fact that it was a total blast was just the cherry on top.”

The event featured live music by local bands. Since there was limited seating surrounding the stage, many gathered on the grass to hear the bands play. Regardless, the music was heard throughout the entire field. This year’s festival featured Barefoot and Blue, Peacock and the Feathers and Think Harder.

Other games and activities were also organized for those who attended Clarkstock. Volleyball, soccer, football and corn toss were a few of the games in which anyone could participate.

Clark also provided food and drinks. Tye-dye T-shirts, which were created for the event, sold for $10.

One difference among the previous

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Peacock and the Feathers perform songs from its new album at Clarkstock.

Clarkstock festivals was the number of attendees. This year had the highest number if participants to date, Petrie said.

In the past, between 150 and 200 guests attended Clarkstock. This year, despite the cold weather, more than 225 came out to enjoy the activities provided.

“Even though it was the coldest Clarkstock on record, it was well attended,” Hausladen said. “The weather might have deterred some

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ROBIN THICKE FACES LAWSUIT FOR HIT SONG Robin Thicke and his collaborators on the hit song “Blurred Lines” are being sued for copyright infringement by two of Marvin Gaye’s children.

The song is reminiscent of Gaye’s song “Got to Give It Up.” The lawsuit looks to block other artists from using bits of Gaye’s songs in their songs.

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people from attending, especially in the beginning of the afternoon, but once people came out to the event they stayed for quite awhile.”

The event has transformed into a tradition at Murray State and has room for improvement.

“I have no doubts that each year Clarkstock can improve,” Petrie said. “I look forward to more bands, more people and ultimately more money raised for Main Street Youth. I cannot wait to see what next year has in store.”

exhibit showed that the tension building stage develops when stress overwhelms the relationship.

Arguments and fights replaced sweet messages and caring words.

Tension between the couple involved putting the other person down and making them feel as if they were the cause of the struggling relationship.

Room four, the final room, showed Jenna realizing she was in an abusive relationship and is ready to get herself out. Restraints against Chris were acquired, but for someone as abusive as he was, Chris didn’t accept Jenna leaving him.

Ultimately, actions were taken too late and it led to her unfortunate death. Acute explosion, showcased in room four, is the stage when the abuser accepts that they are out of control and releases rage through hitting, yelling, humiliation and sometimes the use of weapons on the victim. The stage doesn’t end until the abuser believes the victim

has learned his or her lesson, which could sometimes mean death.

“The Women’s Center held Crazy In Love to open eyes to similar situations,” said Stephanie Smith, senior and Women’s Center worker from Murray. “Domestic violence isn’t talked about often.”

The interactive and realistic exhibit, Crazy In Love, brings attention to signs that could save a loved one’s life. Warning signs include pushes, slaps, forceful restraints, breaking of furniture or any other physical action that could cause pain to a person or destruction of property. Emotional warning signs include the ignoring of feelings, withholding of affection, humiliation, manipulation and restriction of social life with friends or family.

“Relationships are over-hyped these days,” Smith said. “They move fast. They tend to start off normal and the people involved are crazy in love. They ignore that people can change and don’t see the signs or refuse to see them.

It’s a real issue that needs to be addressed. The exhibit was designed to be a conversation starter of sorts.”

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Features

November 1, 2013

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’?

TODAY • 9:15 a.m.

Supporting Diverse Learners: Differentiated Instruction Forum, Curris Center, Small Ballroom • 7:30 p.m.

Cinema International presents “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,” Curris Center Theater

S A T U R D A Y

• 8 a.m. - noon Downtown Saturday Market, Downtown Court Square • 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Lost but Loved Animal Rescue Home for the Holidays Paw Festival, Central Park • 7 p.m.

“Shrek: The Musical,” Playhouse in the Park

SUNDAY • 2 a.m.

Daylight Saving Ends: Don’t forget to set your clocks back Saturday night.

• 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Expressive Monday, The Women’s Center • 3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Abs, Cores and Glutes, Wellness Center, aerobics room • 5 p.m.

PRSSA meeting, Wilson Hall, room 115

MONDAY

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T U E S D A Y

• 5 p.m.

It’s all about results: Using TEGRITY to Improve Student Performance, CTLT classroom, 3rd floor Oakley Applied Science Building • All Day Expo Safety Days, William “Bill” Cherry Expo Center

• 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

Tai Chi (all levels), Carr Health Building, dance studio • All Day Expo Safety Days, William “Bill” Cherry Expo Center

W E D N E S D A Y

THURSDAY • 10 a.m.

Senior Salute for December 2013 graduates, Curris Center Dance Lounge • 4 p.m.

Department of history education and research, Faculty Hall, room 505

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Arcade Fire’s latest album, “Reflektor” draws inspiration from the band’s life-changing trips to Haiti and Jamaica. Those influences are prevalent in the band’s fourth studio album.

Arcade Fire connects on latest album Savannah Sawyer || Features Editor ssawyer@murraystate.edu

“Reflektor,” Arcade Fire’s fourth studio album, is the kind of album where all I want to do is listen to it on my record player, lying in my bed, doing nothing but taking in what the band has created for my listening pleasure.

There are so many different parts of this album, so many voices that come together which would be amazing to hear on vinyl – in its purest form.

The two-disc album begins with the title track “Reflektor.” The song has a disco-esque beat to it, different from traditional Arcade Fire tracks.

The tune sets a theme that is heard

throughout the album.

By the time the final track “Supersymmetry” plays, you realize how well the album is tied together. It’s symmetric.

Although the album has an upbeat sound to it, the words behind the music reach something deeper and more meaningful relating back to the band’s time spent in Haiti and Jamaica. You can hear those influences in different tracks on the album.

“I was learning from what I saw and applying it to my own life, lyrically,” lead singer Win Butler told Rolling Stone. “I’m not trying to tell other people's stories. We’re just trying to allow an experience to change you.”

What is great about Arcade Fire is how connected the members are to one another.

Just by listening to this album, you can tell how in sync they are – the way they harmonize together – and that’s not just because singers Butler and Regine Chassagne are married.

There is so much going on in this album that could very well turn people away. Putting different sounds together, even different genres, can be disastrous.

But, “Reflektor” is so carefully crafted, with the help of co-producer, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, that it draws the listener in rather than pushing them away.

Facts & Tidbits Artist: Arcade Fire Album: “Reflektor” Released: Oct. 29 Genre: Rock, Indie, Alternative Similar to: Vampire Weekend, Beach House and MGMT

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Trick-or-Treat Halloween is one of the best holidays, hands down. I mean, who doesn’t like getting candy?

Or, when you’re older, you can buy a huge bag of candy for the Savannah “trick-orSawyer treaters.”

Features Editor When I was little, Halloween was the best thing that could possibly happen. My neighborhood is set in a wooded area, so it was always fun and spooky trick-or-treating.

Weeks in advance, sometimes even months, I would think about what I wanted to be that year. Then, my mom and I would go out and buy or get material to make my costume. Some of my favorite costumes have been Peter Pan (pictured right), a ’50s girl and, in high school, my friends and I made our own costumes and dressed up as the Fanta girls (pictured below).

But, as the years have passed, I have been less likely to dress up. It’s not that I frown on people my age that do, it’s just not my thing. Even though I don’t participate in the same Halloween events I once did as a kid, the holiday is still great because there is something for everyone.

When I was younger, the best thing was dressing up and going to school in your costume and eventually trickor-treating.

At this point in my life, I’m enjoying things like pumpkin picking and carving and, well, just about anything pumpkin flavored.

In a few years, when I have my own family, I can’t wait to start the cycle over again by dressing up my kids as whatever they want and taking them trick-or-treating. ssawyer@murraystate.edu

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“Grown Ups 2”

“Recharged” by Linkin Park

“Mirage” by Clive Clusser

“Call of Duty: Ghosts”

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The News November 1, 2013