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The Murray State News Jan. 17, 2014

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Staff Report One week before classes were scheduled to begin at Murray State, the main campus went black.

The Tennessee Valley Authority ordered the University to shut off the power on campus Jan. 6, as part of an interruptible service contract with Murray State.

Power was back on amid temperatures in the single digits at around 9 p.m.

Catherine Sivills, assistant vice president for communications, said the University has a category-five, medium-risk customer contract.

This means the University has to cut the power when extremely cold temperatures cut across TVA’s service region.

Crews from Facilities Management found generator malfunctions and damage, all caused by extremely cold temperatures Jan. 7.

The crews found damage in at least 40 percent of the major buildings on campus.

Some of the damage included flooding on the sixth floor of Regents Residential College, leaky ceilings in the Old Fine Arts Building and significant impairment to heating systems in the Business Building North.

Kim Oatman, chief Facilities Management officer, said most of the damage on campus was due to pipes freezing, primarily in some of the older buildings on campus.

He said Facilities Management will take care of the piping issues, but a contractor will have to come in for damage caused to sprinkler systems in some of the buildings.

The 37 students who were still on campus during the power outage were moved to the Sid Easley Alumni Center.

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Students practice for Campus Lights at the Old Fine Arts Building, where last week a power outage forced them to practice elsewhere.

Unexpected power outage moves Campus Lights practices elsewhere Rebecca Walter || Staff writer rwalter@murraystate.edu

Single digit temperatures, an electrical outage and change of venue did not stop Campus Lights students from practicing for their performance later this month.

Campus Lights, an annual, student-run musical production, came back on its first night of practice to find a dark building and the students were immediately forced to find alternate accommodations.

Power was shut down Jan. 6 on Murray State’s main campus due to orders from the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Committee meets presidential candidates away from home

The Old Fine Arts Building was one of the buildings affected by the power outage, which is where Campus Lights students hold rehearsals.

Ryan Knight, chairman of Campus Lights, said there was slight panic at first, followed by quick action from the group.

“We were initially very concerned since we had only just begun practicing,” Knight said. “Luckily due to our great music department staff, we were quickly able to find rehearsal space.”

The group was able to hold practices at both First Presbyterian Church and First Methodist Church in Murray.

Ben Manhanke Assistant News Editor bmanhanke@murraystate.edu After months of deliberation, the presidential search committee has narrowed down its initial candidate pool of 65 applicants to 10.

The 10 remaining presidentialhopefuls were interviewed more extensively Jan. 11-12 in Nashville, Tenn., by the search committee, each interview lasting approximately 90 minutes.

The search committee hopes to narrow down the remaining candi-

“It was amazing to see these churches open their doors for us,” Knight said. “It really shows you how much the community is willing to help out Murray State and its students.”

Knight said the production is still on schedule despite the challenges the production initially faced, which he is happy to see due to the rich tradition the production holds for the University.

“Campus Lights is the cornerstone of the Murray State traditions,” he said. “It has been around longer than any of our faculty

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dates again to two to four finalists before a decision is made.

Stephen Williams, search committee chair, said the interviews were a success in reference to the amount of preparation for the interviews on the part of the committee and the candidates’ performances.

“The quality of the candidates was excellent and proved to be a reflection of Murray State’s reputation nationally, as all of the candidates had done their homework and referred to this opportunity as a prestigious career move,” said Williams. “The committee mem-

bers were prepared with thoughtprovoking questions regarding the University’s needs on all levels, representing all constituencies.”

Katie Wilborn, junior from Louisville, Ky., said whoever is chosen as president will have a huge influence on her success and happiness as a student through their governance and so she hopes they are unbiased and focused on improving Murray State’s educational opportunities.

Lucas Palmer, junior from Paris,

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Paducah regional campus opens, lets first students through doors Ben Manhanke Assistant News Editor bmanhanke@murraystate.edu

Lexy Gross Editor-in-Chief cgross2@murraystate.edu

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UP IN FLAMES: An apartment in the Cambridge neighborhood caught on fire Monday afternoon. There were no injuries, but one of the four apartments in the complex was destroyed.

The Red Cross assisted the tenants living in the apartment.

After a year of construction, site work and renovation, Murray State’s Paducah, Ky., regional campus opened the doors of its new facility to students Monday.

Since 1998 and until the new building opened, Murray State hosted its Paducah regional students in the Crisp Regional Higher Education Center.

The new 43,000 square foot, $10 million facility dubbed the Crisp Center welcomed approximately 1,400 returning and new students.

Brendon Cook, senior from Murphysboro, Ill., is taking a half-semester class at the Crisp Center with three other students from Murray State’s main campus.

Cook decided to take the Paducah course because he thought it

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Henry Crisp II stands by his family as they cut the ribbon on the new Crisp Center in Paducah. would be an interesting experience to learn with more non-traditional students.

“The building itself is constructed with a very ‘green’ sense of engineering, which I thought was pretty cool,” Cook said.

Brian Van Horn, dean of Continu-

ing Education, said the facility was necessary to better host the University’s large Paducah student population. At the former campus, classes were moved outside for a lack of educational space.

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PADUCAH From Page 1 Apart from more room, Van Horn said, the goal of the new regional campus building was to provide students with a broader range of degree offerings to help students become more competitive.

He said the campus will continue to cater to primarily non-traditional students. “Continuing education really is difficult for some students we see because they might work two or three part-time jobs to make ends meet,� Van Horn said at the Crisp Center opening.

The average student enrolled at the Crisp Center are between the ages of 30 and 35 and work at least one part-time job. The students are also primarily female, Van Horn said. “The regional campuses by mission and design are offered and built to make access to a Murray State education possible for those who can’t travel or move to Murray,� He said. “A new campus in Paducah will provide more access to non-traditional students and students who are not able to attend Murray State University in Murray.�

Van Horn said he hopes the new facility will help foster a stronger relationship between Murray State and West Kentucky

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By Jan 7., they had been moved back into the residential colleges after power was restored.

Heat and water were also restored in College Courts Jan. 7.

Oatman said the interruptible

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The students have two and a half weeks to practice performances, build the set and get everything in order before they are set to perform.

Emily Birnstein, director of Campus Lights, said one of the things that makes the program special is that is run entirely by students. “There is a very strong sense of

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Brian Van Horn, dean of Continuing Education, explains new camera technology that allows students to participate in lectures from educators away from Paducah, Ky. Community and Technical College, which is located across I-24, opposite of the newly completed facility.

Jay Morgan, vice president of Academic Affairs, said the new facility’s first semester will be a “soft opening,� meaning all the courses currently offered at the Paducah re-

service agreement has been in effect since 2010 and it is a five-year contract.

He said the University received a credit from TVA of approximately $300,000 – $400,000.

With the savings from TVA, Oatman said the University purchased the generator in case of a power outage or severe weather.

He isn’t sure of the cost damages will have on the University so far or how

much it will cost to fix the generator.

Students were able to move in to the residential colleges Sunday as scheduled.

David Wilson, director of residential life, said he could not comment on the condition of the flooded rooms in a few residential colleges on campus.

Facilities Management also provided 31 small space heaters for the staff in Business Building North to

pride for this tradition and you can feel it throughout the whole process,� she said.

Birnstein said despite the setbacks the production has faced, she knows the hard work of the group will pay off in the end. “Luckily we have had people who are very willing to help us out,� she said. “We are lucky to have people in the community who are so generous to us throughout the whole process.�

Campus Lights runs from Jan. 23-26.

Performances will be in Lovett Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 23-25 and at 2:30 p.m. on Jan 26.

“I am excited to see all of the hard work of the cast, crew, and staff come together,� Birnstein said. “We have been working hard and I can’t wait for everyone else to see what we have done.�

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gional campus will simply be transferred and offered at the new facility. However, he said, new courses will be offered this semester in areas such as management, education, engineering and communication.

In the fall, Morgan said the University will focus on increasing enrollment.

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“We’ll be ramping up our advertising in McCracken County and focus on recruitment in southern Illinois and southeast Missouri,� he said. “McCracken County has a very large population base and we feel like would be a nice growth area for us.�

Morgan said the University hopes enrollment increases by 200 students in the spring and that in five years it will be at least 2,000.

He said Murray’s regional campuses are designed to be the nuts and bolts of education and while they won’t offer sororities, fraternities or other clubs and organizations, they continue to provide the same quality education students receive at Murray State’s main campus. “What Murray state is doing in Paducah and the other regional campuses is we’re building a workforce for tomorrow which should help bring business in to our area,�

Morgan said.

Interim President Tim Miller invited Board of Regents member Susan Guess to speak before the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Guess lives in Paducah and is the senior vice president and marketing director at Paducah Bank.

Miller noted Guess’ intense energy and dedication to the Paducah campus. “Today we begin a new era in higher education in Paducah,� Guess said. “Today we give students all across this region an opportunity that did not exist before this moment.�

use in their classrooms and offices since the damage from the power outage affected some of the heating in some parts of the building.

Oatman sent an email last week stating he encouraged staff to keep all classroom doors open at all times so the corridor heat can be distributed. “We are hopeful that the above actions will carry us through the three to four week period while waiting

PRESIDENT From Page 1 Tenn., said he doesn’t think the selection of a new president would affect him. “I think Don Robertson and the Board of Regents make all the decisions,� he said. “A good president would be someone who tried to prove my opinion wrong.�

The next search committee meeting will take place Feb. 7, before

for the coils to be replaced,� Oatman said. “Next week’s forecast is fairly moderate, so it will be a good time to try this and see if it works.�

He said if he sees the plan not working or if outside temperatures get too cold, then he will look into running more circuits from the basement to the upper floors to power more temporary heaters. The last resort, he said, would be to cancel classes in those rooms.

which time the candidates will undergo more detailed background and reference checks.

After this meeting, the final two to four candidates will visit campus to meet with various constituencies on campus before being interviewed a final time by the Board of Regents. The Board will then make the final decision on who is chosen to be president. “I think we have met our next president,� Williams said. “I believe the committee is comfortable that one of these fine candidates will rise to be our next president.�

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New program takes students to Scotland

Police Beat Jan. 9

Jan. 13

9:54 a.m. A caller advised of a fire alarm activation in Lee Clark Residential College.

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

1 0 : 50 a. m. A caller reported damage to Murray State property outside of Woods Hall. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

11:11 a.m. A caller reported the theft of their property from the CFSB Center. Officers were notified, but no report was requested.

1 :3 3 p.m. A caller reported a verbal argument outside of Faculty Hall. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

Jan. 10

11:44 a.m. A caller reported property stolen from the Wellness Center.

Officers were notified and a report was taken for theft under $500.

10:04 p.m. A caller reported a non-injury motor vehicle accident near Oakhurst. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

9: 3 4 a. m. A burglary alarm was activated in Sparks Hall. Officers and Central Heating and Cooling Plant were notified. A report was taken.

10:53 p.m. A fire alarm was activated in Clark. Officers and Central Heating and Cooling Plant were notified. The case was referred to Central Heating and Cooling Plant.

Jan. 11 4:39 a.m. A fire alarm was activated in Sparks. Officers and Central Heating and Cooling Plant were notified.

A report was taken.

12 :34 p.m . A burglary alarm was activated in the General Services Building.

Officers and the building coordinator were notified.

A report was taken.

Jan. 12 12:07 a.m. Racer Patrol reported suspicious people entering the Howton Agricultural Engineering Building after hours. Officers were notified, but it appeared normal.

1 :0 4 p.m . A caller advised of a medical emergency in Franklin Residential College. Officers and the Murray Ambulance Services were notified. A report was taken.

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Jan. 15 4:12 p.m. A caller reported a noise complaint in Hart Residential College. Officers were notified.

7:38 p.m. A caller reported the smell of marijuana in Regents Residential College. Officers were notified and a report was taken.

Call of Fame Jan 14 - 11:44 a.m. A caller reported a stray dog near the Carr Health Building.

Officers were notified and an information report was taken.

Motorists assists – 3 Racer escorts – 2 Arrests – 0

Ben Manhanke, Assistant News Editor, compiles Police Beat with materials provided by Public Safety.

Not all dispatched calls are listed.

Rebecca Walter Staff writer rwalterl@murraystate.edu

Imagine living in a castle, taking a wide range of courses and being minutes away from the largest city in the country.

These experiences are being made possible for students in the new Experience Scotland program provided through Murray State’s Office of Study Abroad.

Robyn Pizzo, education abroad adviser, said the Scotland program started as a way for students to have an affordable study abroad option in an English-speaking country.

“This program is great for students who want to study abroad and experience a new setting without going too far out of their comfort zone,” Pizzo said.

Students live in Dalkeith, Scotland in Dalkeith Palace, which was built in the early 18th century.

Experience Scotland is offered as a semester program and through summer programs, which are divided into three modules.

Each module lasts for three weeks and provides students with three credit hours.

Shannon MacAllister, sophomore from Auburn, Ky., said she chose to participate in the Scotland program this summer to be able to see where her family comes from, and also to gain more independence and freedom.

“I feel like this program will give me the ability and confidence to travel alone,” MacAllister said. “It is a life skill that I think will become valuable to me in my future.”

She said the experience will help to make her more marketable in the future to potential employers.

Kathy Callahan, a professor in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, said she is excited to see the educational

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Martin Luther King Jr. Candelight March and Vigil; Pogue Library Monday: 8:30 a.m.

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opportunities that will be available to students through the new program.

“They will see what it means to live in a different country and learn more about their own country through comparison,” she said.

Callahan said students will get to meet people with different points of view, opinions and experiences than their own, which can add to their educational experience.

“Study abroad programs such as the Scotland program are a great way for students to get involved and learn more about themselves,” she said.

Some of the courses offered through the program include introduction to philosophy, religion, magic and witchcraft, women’s studies and introduction to art.

Callahan said the courses are selected two years in advance to allow students to be able to plan their schedules to best fit their academic goals.

Students are required to take a globalization course during the program, to help better understand the culture and their surroundings.

Pizzo said this is an interesting time for students to travel and experience Scotland, since this year its citizens are voting on possibly becoming independent from the United Kingdom.

“Americans can feel a lot of empathy for the situation,” Pizzo said. “It will be interesting to see this perspective and to be able to view how the citizens feel about this important issue.”

Pizzo said the cost of the semester program is similar to the cost of going to Murray State for a semester.

The average scholarship awarded to students is $2,000 and the minimum scholarship awarded is $500.

The application and scholarship deadline for the Experience Scotland and all spring, summer and fall programs is Jan. 31.

NEW GREECE/ITALY PROGRAM OFFERED • Greece/Italy program begins May 8.

• Students will travel through Rome and Naples, Italy, Athens, Santorini and Delphi, Greece for two and a half weeks.

• Courses available are world civilization, modern Greece and Italy and Digital Storytelling, which was recently added to the program.

• Provides excursions to the Vatican, the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain and other sites around the two countries.

Federal aid, FAFSA available to students Ben Manhanke

Martin Luther King Jr. weekend schedule of events

Photo contributed by the Office of Study Abroad

While studying in Scotland, students will have the chance to visit famous landmarks such as Eileen Dolan Castle.

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January marks the beginning of the spring semester for many colleges, but for students also represents the time to begin applying for federal student aid.

Submission of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) begins Jan. 1 of every year and lasts until June 30.

The FAFSA determines who is eligible to receive federal grants, loans and to participate in work-study programs.

For most Murray State students, according to Jennifer Thorn, associate director of Financial Aid, approximately 70 percent of federal aid will come in the form of unsubsidized loans such as the Stafford Loan.

Thorn said most students who apply and complete the FAFSA are eligible for some form of assistance although that would not necessarily be need-based, like the Pell Grant which is awarded to students

with low Expected Family Contributions (EFC).

She said those who apply for aid and submit their FAFSA can see results in a week, but it doesn’t mean that the process is necessarily complete once you fill out the FAFSA and submit it.

“If the FAFSA is not filled out correctly or if you’re selected for verification by the federal government, you will have to complete the verification or correct the FAFSA before being able to be awarded any aid,” Thorn said. “The time it takes to confirm the aid you will receive depends on if you filled the FAFSA out right the first time.”

Jason Robertson, senior from St. Louis, Mo., said he currently receives both subsidized and unsubsidized loans from the government.

He said filling out the form last year was pretty straightforward and he only needed help getting his parents’ tax information.

Sean McDonald, a sophomore from Evansville, Ind., said filling out the FAFSA can

be a little frustrating, but is worth the effort.

“For what (FAFSA) gets me, it’s worth it,” he said. “My entire college is being paid through financial aid.”

Timeliness in filling out the FAFSA and submitting it is es-

For what FAFSA gets me, it’s worth it.

My entire college is being paid through financial aid.

- Sean McDonald, sophomore

pecially important for residents of Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee because any stateawarded grants distributed by the state government as a result of students’ FAFSAs is done so on a first-come, firstserved basis.

The state of Kentucky awards CAP Grants, up to $1900 per year grants, based

on if a student is eligible and receiving a federal Pell Grant.

Thorn said Kentucky’s state government usually runs out of money to supply this grant by late January.

In addition to missing out on potential state aid by not filing FAFSAs in a timely manner, waiting to submit your FAFSA by the June 30 deadline may not give Murray State enough time to confirm financial aid.

“Filing the FAFSA before that semester is up, allows us to award and verify the loans,” Thorn said.

“If you don’t apply for the aid until after the semester is up, there’s a chance you will not be able to receive loans until the next semester,” Thorn said.

In addition to sending councilors to high schools in the region to help students file their FAFSA for the first time, she said Murray State will also offer several workshops on campus for Murray State students to participate in throughout the semester.

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After two days of power outages and generator malfunctions, Murray State seemed ill prepared for the weeks of subzero temperatures.

However, much of the chaos on campus could have been prevented if it was not for one small detail: a contract stating that the Tennessee Valley Authority could shut off electricity whenever the service region exceeded certain power levels.

The stipulation ultimately meant no power, heat or running water to more than 40 percent of campus facilities.

The benefit was that signing the contract ensured Murray State would get a significant discount on electricity costs.

The savings from the agreement went toward new generators, which malfunctioned and left no options to students who lived in dorms, ate at Winslow Dining Hall or exercised at the Wellness Center over break.

The faulty generators should have us wondering if this contract

is worth the benefit of a cheaper bill. Paying someone to fix the generators seems counterproductive when the goal is to save money.

Does the discount make up for the damages caused by water pipes that froze and burst?

This is not the first time TVA has been subjected to skepticism from its customers. In fact, it has been a target of dissatisfaction amongst other Kentucky cities.

State Representative Brett Yonts (D-Greenville) voiced his concerns with its lack of transparency when making decisions to shut down vital facilities.

Students at Murray State are currently falling victim to similar, abrupt actions.

While it is easiest to point fingers at TVA for making those decisions, the University is to blame.

This was a contract where the University could have said no and prevented much of the damage from happening in the first place.

A college campus relies heavily on its ability to educate, which in this age requires

steady electricity.

To sacrifice reliable and consistent education for a discount on electricity puts Facilities Management in a position to decide if money is more important than the quality education we are promised.

There are no restrictions on when TVA can shut off power campus-wide.

It could be done when we are learning in classrooms, which compromises the entire concept of learning at Murray State.

Any class syllabus will list distractions that are unacceptable.

The power going out would be the biggest distraction of all.

It is situations like the winter of 2013-14 that should influence Facilities Management’s decision to be more in the favor of students - the very students who were left with no heat in their dorm rooms at recordbreaking low temperatures.

This year marks the fourth year that the five-year contract has been in place.

Fortunately, this is the first time the deal has worked against Murray State.

At the same time, the University should realize how much this contract weakens our campus in times of inclement weather and crisis control.

When looking at the cost of the contract, the savings look like a hefty bonus.

What the University failed to recognize is how the deal would hold up in the small chance that we would see record-low temperatures.

For that, the benefits were outweighed by the cost of the contract failing to protect facilities on campus.

Is the $300-400,000 saved from this deal worth forcing students out of their on-campus homes and public facilities?

After witnessing the large amount of damage dealt to campus, we’re beginning to think that it is not.

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Dispatches from the New Enlightenment

Zing rone: Science is not decided by debate In my last column, I described walking off the solar system down the sidewalk from Main near Sparks to Lizo using a bowling ball for the sun, peppercorns for Earth and Venus, poppy seeds for Mars, Mercury and Pluto, an acorn for Saturn, a walnut for Jupiter and coffee beans for Neptune and Uranus.

The walk truly conveys the enormous distances between the planets compared to their tiny, tiny relative size. Although the planets extended past the Curris Center, our bowling ball William sun’s gravitation extended another 2,000 miles, Zingrone to Hudson Bay Manitoba.

Associate professor That’s one powerful bowling ball. I wonder if Einstein and Newton had that level of insight of psychology just from their formidable mathematical understanding of the gravitational force and the masses involved.

One surprise I didn’t get to: the nearest star is another two light years from that edge of our solar system: Proxima Centuri, and on our campus scale it would sit another 2,000 miles north of Manitoba, near the North Pole ... and it’s a golf ball. Proxima Centuri is a red dwarf only one-seventh the size of our sun.

Google “Proxima Centuri” and look at the incredible and voluminous detailed data we have on its size, distance, makeup, etc.

You can read for hours about its history and future, burning its thermonuclear fuel of hydrogen differently than our sun over millions, billions of years.

Of course all of what you would read must be completely wrong because Ken Ham and Ray Comfort proclaim by Biblical genealogies that the Earth can only be 6-10,000 years old. So the whole history and energy production of our Sun and other stars that require billions of years for the life cycle to complete, the 4.5-billion-year age of our Earth (corroborated by radiometric dating), the entire solar system and our sun is all wrong.

And of course we cannot see a star consume its fuel, we can’t observe such processes, the time frames are just too long.

It’s just like evolution. Since we can’t witness one species turn into another, then according to the Dynamic Duo of Delusion,“it can’t be science.” It seems all this astronomical data and interpretation, all of Cosmological Theory is completely wrong, it isn’t science because these two say so.

The arrogance of these men is exceeded only by the absurdity of

their ideas.

Our sun exerts its gravitational force on the planets, comets and the interplanetary dust as first described by Newton. Gravitational Theory is refined and enhanced by Einstein’s General Relativity Theory.

But of course, gravity is not observable so it can’t be science either.

Additionally, Gravitational Theory is an integral part of the Cosmological Theory that determines the age of the universe, 13.5 billion years back to the big bang.

That has to be all hogwash as well. Good thing we have Ken and Ray to straighten out all these scientists all over the world.

Google “Human Evolution,” “Whale Evolution” or any animal or plant and “Evolution.” You can read for hours and hours about what we know; what tens of thousands of scientists have discovered and are working on daily, all over the globe, adding to the oceans of data we already have that support the fact of Evolutionary Theory.

Google “Rodent Evolution.” Murray State’s own Robert A. Martin, professor emeritus of biology, did seminal work here for roughly 20 years on the subject and published “Missing Links” - a highly regarded book explaining evolution in detail.

Of course everything Bob did, the entire book he wrote, his life’s work, his more than 50 publications: all of it was hopelessly wrong because Ken Ham and Ray Comfort say so.

We should be outraged, especially here at a University, a place dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge, especially a state University, that we have religious leaders, even professors on campus that lie to their students and tell them all this science is wrong, to ignore their professors who teach astronomy, archaeology, evolution or human evolution because non-scientists like Ken Ham and Ray Comfort encourage it.

This is not Bob Jones University or Liberty University or Dayton Bible College. Bill Nye the Science Guy will be speaking here Feb. 3 about the importance of science and science education, the day before he goes to the Petersburg, Ky., Creation Museum to “debate” Ken Ham. Science is not decided by debate. It’s an old scam run by Ham and other Creationists. Bill is well aware the audience will be packed with Ham supporters as usual. Bill has said he doesn’t care and will speak up for science, regardless of the “debate” setup.

The Creationists are against any information that contradicts their absurd interpretations of Scripture.

The quote inscribed above Pogue Library is so good, so appropriate, it bears repeating: “The Hope of Democracy Depends on the Diffusion of Knowledge.”

The News

Opinion

January 17, 2014

5A Did she really say that?

Letters to the Editor As recent headlines declaring Chicago the murder capital of America make clear, our nation’s youth, especially those living in some of our most underserved communities, are facing an epidemic of violence.

We know that most of the crime youth engage in happens after school, when most are under supervision by their parents.

With nearly 85 percent of moms and dads in the workforce, many kids are in the care of someone else for significant portions of the day.

In wealthier suburbs, children can turn to a myriad of options for caregivers: well-trained publicschool teachers, organized afterschool providers and caring faith-based leaders.

However, in urban America, especially in low-income communities where violence is occurring at epidemic rates, there are fewer, if any, options.

Schools in communities like Chicago with high murder rates are overcrowded and underfunded.

After-school programs and extracurricular activities are decreasing under the pressure of budget cuts.

Too often, city parks are dangerous and/or inaccessible. That leaves our most vulnerable children open to being influenced and engaged by other children.

And without any adult supervi-

sion, the consequences of such engagement can easily lead to negative behavior. It’s true, “idle hands are the devil’s workshop.”

Taking the place of traditional caregivers are the notorious gangs plaguing African-American and Hispanic communities.

Gangs are a particularly difficult problem in Chicago.

These gangs offer kids a desperately-needed sense of belonging, self worth, adventure and at the very least, distraction from their present circumstances.

These gangs also offer kids guns, crime and murder as a destructive pathway forward.

Headlines labeling Chicago the murder capital of the country compel us to advance new and proven solutions to violence in urban America.

I believe that this solution involves the constructive “engagement” of our youth.

We need to ensure that every child in this nation that is lacking consistent adult direction has at least one adult in their life who can serve as a positive role model to engage him or her.

A highly trained coach-mentor can be that adult role model.

Kids look up to their coaches more than almost any other adult, especially when they lack a healthy adult role model.

Highly trained coach-mentors know how to use sports to inspire

The SGA blame game values in youth that include selfdiscipline, conflict resolution, teamwork, leadership and personal goal setting.

Anyone who has ever played sports knows that sports are uniquely capable of providing these skills.

And now, a study from the University of Chicago Crime Lab has provided the first scientific evidence that the presence of a coach-mentor can result in a 44 percent decrease in crime.

The study was based on a program that used sports as a primary component for engaging youth from urban communities who were at an elevated risk of becoming involved in perpetrating violence.

And yet, despite the evidence, too many kids do not have access to a coach they can turn to for support and guidance on the many challenges they face growing up.

We know the problem, and we know the solution.

It’s time to act. Corporations should join forces with government in a public-private partnership to support the development of a nationwide workforce of coaches.

Supporting such a program would not only effectively address youth violence, but also provide jobs to young adults who are desperately needed to inspire kids in some of our most underserved communities.

Every dollar invested in the program can produce more than $30 in savings to society in terms of dollars saved from incarceration and would put thousands of our children on a path to success, rather than prison or the grave.

The social return on investment is enormous. We have a responsibility to act now.

From Chicago to Los Angeles, New York to New Orleans, by providing highly trained coach-mentors, we can create change through playing sports.

Paul Caccamo Founder of Up2Us

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A Professor’s Journal

Slaying the f ig urative dragon of procrastination Procrastination is the bane of academia, for students and professors alike.

I see it in my students every day, but as Dr. Terry Ellis, my former pastor, consistently quoted:

Duane Bolin Professor of history

“There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us, That it ill behooves any of us To find fault with the rest of us.”

And so it is with me, the worst procrastinator of the lot, not a very positive example for my students, nor for my son or daughter for that matter.

A few days more and then I will meet all of my writing deadlines in one fell swoop.

Another cup of coffee, and then I will be ready to answer those emails.

I will wait to prepare my discussion notes until after lunch. There’s still plenty of time before the next class.

Surely, those thank you notes can wait.

I am very good at finding something else to do, other than the job at hand.

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Quite simply, I tend to put things off. Even as I write these words I have other writing projects waiting to be completed.

And so despairing that a job will not be done well, I simply put if off for another day.

tice. Little things don’t matter anyway. Big or little, it’s all the same; surely, the thing can wait.

But then, in the way of things, the little things pile up into a big thing.

I remember reading as a child the Julia Fletcher poem, a rhyme that alerted me, even in my child’s mind, to the fact that little things, taken all together, amount to big things through the tick tock of time: “Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land.

- Duane Bolin, professor of history I write off this procrastination to an inner tendency toward perfectionism, but I’m not sure if I agree or disagree with that unknown poet when he or she wrote: “If a task is once begun Never leave it till it’s done.

Be the labor great or small, Do it well or not at all.”

And so despairing that a job will not be done well, I simply put it off for another day, when I can do the thing right.

A big thing must wait until I can really do it jus-

Thus the little minutes, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity.”

In the whole scheme of things, it is after all a matter of priorities, I think.

What tasks simply cannot wait?

What, dear student, are the tasks that are so important they simply cannot be ignored this semester?

Your education must be at or near the top of the list. You are, after all, here at Murray State for that purpose, are you not?

Can we slay the dragon of procrastination this semester? I think the monster is all but dead.

Cheers to ... The narrowing of the presidential search. For those of us who care, it’s just like Christmas Eve. Thank you, Tim Miller, for keeping us posted on the process of finding someone to govern this awesome school.

Jeers to ... Sources who keep information from us and keep our readers in the dark.

Nothing is more difficult than being constantly referred to someone else.

Not everything that happens on campus will blow up into a huge scandal.

No need to be so secretive, guys.

Jeers to ... People stating the obvious on social networks. There is snow on the ground? No way! We seriously had no idea until you posted a status.

We hope you change your major to meteorology soon. We will call you when we need a Facebook and Twitter weatherman.

Cheers to ... The new semester. We hope you all enjoy your new classes, quirky professors and blank notebooks.

Try not to make this semester like last semester. We highly advise against skipping class to play League of Legends.

It has been typical to use this column space to discuss the shortcomings of the Student Government Association at Murray State, but this is a Carly Besser two-sided afOpinion Editor fair that we as students are severely neglecting to consider.

While it is so easy for most of us to blame the SGA for our voices not being heard, it didn’t occur to a single one of us that we have the opportunity to change what we see unfit.

Some will groan about SGA president Jeremiah Johnson and how he isn’t doing his job in the interest of the student body, but when I asked some fellow classmates about why they voted for him, they said he was a strong campaigner.

His signs were all over campus and people recognized his name on the ballot. Because they were familiar with him, they chose him.

This scared me - not because of my personal beliefs, but because someone would vote for such an arbitrary reason. To be fair, at least they voted. Of the entire student population, a very meager percentage actually take the time to log into MyGate and click on a name; something that takes roughly three-five minutes of the day.

The majority of students at Murray State don’t take advantage of their right to participate in campus affairs, and they certainly don’t take the opportunity to influence the outcome by voting, attending SGA meetings and being more aware of their surroundings.

This severe sense of apathy from students is exactly why we are and will be unhappy with decisions made for next year’s budget. As a unit, we have no stance because we simply don’t care.

It’s easy to feel like such a small voice in a sea of politics and money, but this really does not have to be the case. We are the structural support of this school.

We pay thousands of dollars each semester to attend classes here, which gives us influence that we never believe we have.

It is a powerful position to be in, yet few of us are taking advantage of it.

Millions of Americans believe it is their civic duty to vote in presidential and local elections, driving them to make a decision whether they care or not. It should be our civic duty as students to wake up and see the results of our apathy.

How can our student government and Board of Regents make decisions based on what students care about if we don’t say anything to begin with?

That one guy who has such strong opinions on Barack Obama is obnoxious. He’s all over your Facebook feed, saying how this country is going down the gutter.

Did he vote? Chances are slim. The same situation runs parallel to political happenings on campus. If you want to have a strong opinion against decisions, be sure you tried to influence them first. I’m not urging you to barge in a meeting with torches and demand change. No, it’s simpler than that.

Just by voting and taking opportunities to voice your opinion, you are giving a better foundation for decisions to be made. This is our school. We should influence officials to make it a place we would want to learn. It’s time to stop playing the blame game. cbesser@murraystate.edu

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Corvette Lanes nears completion Local bowling alley reopens in March Alex McLaughlin || Staff writer cmclaughlin@murraystate.edu

Corvette Lanes, the bowling alley located next to campus, is now deep into the project which plans to see a completely remodeled building open to the public at the end of March.

Edmiston Marketing, a corporation based in Paducah, Ky., bought the bowling alley and the property in September and is in partnership with local general contractor Jim Spainhour.

The two are seeing through a remodeling project that will revamp every detail of Corvette Lanes.

Everything in the building is being torn out so it can be rebuilt brand new, even though that is neither the most cost effective, nor the simplest way of achieving his goal with the building, Brandon Edmiston, president of Edmiston Marketing, said it is the way he wanted things done.

Spainhour, who manages the vast renovation project, said Murray State students have much to look forward to with the re-opening of the bowling alley.

“All new computerized and automatic scoring for bowling games are being implemented.” Spainhour said. “We have also installed television monitors above each lane if students want to watch a ball game while they are bowling.”

For now, the inside of Corvette Lanes looks far from finished.

However, there are definite signs of progress that show large improvements from the previous state of the building.

An entirely new sound system has been installed, high quality television sets will accompany each bowl-

Photos by Kate Russell/The News

Corvette Lanes, Murray’s lone bowling alley, receives a face lift after Edmiston Marketing, a corporation based in Paducah, Ky., bought the bowling alley and the property in September. Above, Lloyd Todd works on the pin machines. Below, construction workers for Spainhour put up new siding on the old building. ing lane and walls have also been removed to create space to include an addition of a restaurant.

The ground floor of the building will contain the full restaurant and dining area, arcade and bowling alley, as well as a room available to rent out for parties or meetings.

The 4,000-square-foot second story of the building is being transformed into a bar and lounge area, complete with a stage for occasional live music.

Furthermore, AMF Bowling, one of the world’s largest owners and operators of bowling centers, has stepped in to lay down new wood for bowling lanes.

All 18 of the old lanes were more than 50 years old.

Lloyd Todd, a Murray resident who has been with Corvette Lanes for more than 50 years, has man-

aged the bowling equipment since it was installed in the late 1950s.

“The bowling alley has changed a lot since I’ve been here,” Todd said.

“Everything is going computerized, but the bowling pin equipment has stayed the same.”

The community is also stepping in to ensure the success of the bowling alley. Immanuel Lutheran Church has offered its parking space to those who wish to go to the bowling alley in the event Corvette Lanes’s immediate parking fills up.

“Everybody is excited to see something happen and be involved with this place, especially the surrounding businesses.” Spainhour said.

The renovations are being completed in two parts. The first part of renovations finished in November and the rest of the changes are scheduled to be finished by March.

Matt B’s Main Street Pizza sees change Renovations made for the first time since 2009 Mary Bradley || Staff writer mbradley9@murraystate.edu

Serving up pizzas piled high with toppings, Matt B’s Main Street Pizza has been voted a favorite spot in Murray by students, but now they can expect to see the restaurant in a different light.

While the pizzas have been popular amongst many, owner Matt Bartholomy has renovated the store, giving it a new look for the new year.

Manager Aaron Armstrong, who has worked at Matt B’s since 2008, said the restaurant went through the recent renovations during Murray State’s Winter Break.

The changes included new paneling, repainting and waxed floors, and Armstrong said the store will look to add new chairs and tables to the list of renovating within the next few months.

Armstrong said these updates are the latest since 2009, when new seating booths were installed.

The changes have been welcomed by customers as they enter the restaurant and have been received positively by the community.

“A lot of our usual customers that come in on a day-by-day basis or a lot throughout the week have noticed and say ‘this place looks great,’” Armstrong said. “Every time they come in, someone will compliment something about the store, like ‘I really love what you’ve done with the floor with rewaxing it and re-

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Matt B’s workers prepare pizza in their newly renovated restaurant on Main Street. buffing it.’”

Since the store’s opening in March 1997, it’s convenient, close-to-campus location has proven to attract Murray State students, along with customers from the city. Having a social media presence on Facebook has also helped the business.

Students have become dedicated regulars over the years, which has helped the store win multiple awards.

Most recently, those dedicated regulars helped Matt B’s win the Murray Ledger & Times Readers’ Choice Award for “favorite place to get pizza in Calloway County” in 2013.

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Students also voted for Matt B’s pizza in The News’ special edition, Best of Murray, in 2013. Matt B’s has been named best pizza in Murray for several editions.

Armstrong said he believes the updates will continue to bring in students, who the workers have grown to know on a personal level.

One of Matt B’s regulars includes senior Matt Wilham from Louisville, Ky., who said he believes the new changes will help the restaurant shine.

“It helps give the place a newer, cleaner feel,” he said. “I’d heard complaints that it didn’t look like a clean place. With the new renovations, one doesn’t think about the look of the store. It helps bring the food to the forefront.”

Wilham said he believes the store should keep up the pictures that used to be on the wall and continue decorating, but as long as the pizzas taste the same, the store will maintain its popularity.

Armstrong said the company always welcomes customers with big smiles and a warm greeting, and that atmosphere is something Wilham said he enjoys more than a slice of “meat lovers,” his favorite Matt B’s pizza.

“My favorite part of the experience is the quick conversations I have with Matt,” Wilham said. “He is such a charismatic guy. He always looks excited to see you. He has such an enthusiasm about his work that you know that he’s doing something he loves. He’s the best part of his restaurant.”

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Handling distractions has seemed to be the Racers’ specialty this season.

After knocking off two top-five teams in Jacksonville State and Texas Christian, scoring solid rounds on the road and a month and a half layoff the Murray State rifle team earned its second tri-

Photo by Lori Allen, illustration by Ryan Richardson/The News

Junior Marisca Mozeleski aims at a target in the Racers’ tri-match win Saturday.

match victory of the season to start the spring semester.

This is in spite of the fact the team could not practice for two days leading up to Saturday’s match due to the campus-wide shutdown that took away power from Pat Spurgin Rifle Range.

However, the layoff and unavailability of the range made no difference. The squad shot a

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Head soccer coach named Tom Via || Staff writer tvia@murraystate.edu

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Freshman point guard Cameron Payne (1) looks for an open teammate in the Racers’ win against Austin Peay Saturday.

Racers remain perfect Men blow by Austin Peay to take lead of OVC West Jonathan Ferris|| Staff writer jferris2@murraystate.edu

The final two undefeated teams in the OVC West squared off Saturday at the CFSB Center as the Racers hosted Austin Peay in a critical early season matchup.

The game did not live up to its billing, however, as Murray State ran away with an 89-67 victory over its long-time rival to stay perfect in OVC play and move to 9-7 on the season.

Coming off a long road trip to Eastern Kentucky just three days earlier, the Murray State displayed no signs

Women struggle to win in OVC

Tom Via || Staff writer tvia@murraystate.edu

After losing the first two conference games of the season, women’s basketball notched its first conference victory with a 76-68 defeat of rival Austin Peay State Saturday night.

In its two previous conference games, Murray State came up short due to its opponents’ late scoring runs.

“We had been in the other games for the most part, but it feels great to get that first conference win,” junior guard Keiona Kirby said.

The Racers’ game against Austin Peay was their first in a week after the campus lost power an hour before the team

of fatigue as they jumped all over the Governors quickly in the first half.

Led by sophomore Jeffery Moss’ 13 first-half points, the Racers outscored Austin Peay 22-6 over the final six and a half minutes of the half and went into the locker room with a 43-31 lead.

“We had a good burst of energy and a good run at the end of the first half that kind of separated us going into halftime,” Head Coach Steve Prohm said. “That first half spurt was really what I think was the difference in

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played Southeast Missouri State, forcing the teams to reschedule. Despite the large gap between games, the Racers showed no ill effects as they jumped out to the early 23-13 lead.

“I think we were really excited to play,” freshman point guard Janssen Starks said. “We came out with great energy and were able to get it back when our shots weren’t falling.”

While the Racers held a 14-point halftime lead, the Lady Govs rallied to within four points midway through the second half as the Racers struggled to shoot the basketball. With the game close, Murray State’s offense attacked the basket to spark

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From the Sidelines

An escape from reality

Rifle tastes success

Two months ago Racer Athletics announced that women’s soccer would head in a new direction and Monday the decision was made that Jeremy Groves would lead the change.

“It is a fantastic opportunity to come to Murray State,” Groves told Sports Information. “I feel like we can do well here and win an OVC title, which is the reason I took this job. I saw the team play last year and they did a good job against Morehead State, so I am pretty excited about the talent level we have returning.”

Groves becomes the third head coach in the program’s history after replacing Beth Acreman, who ran the team for eight seasons. Groves has a long history of being a part of the OVC, as he was an assistant coach at Morehead State since 2010.

“He has played and coached at the highest Groves level and his knowledge of the OVC will be invaluable as he takes the reigns of our program,” Athletic Director Allen Ward said.

“I'm completely confident he will lead us back to the championship level we recently enjoyed in women's soccer.”

Groves served as the main recruiter for Morehead State and played a part in the recruitment of two players who earned OVC Player of the Year awards last season.

Section B

If your break was anything like mine, you probably spent a lot of time on your parents’ couch watching football.

Football fans laughed, cried, celebrated and mourned with Mallory their teams over Tucker the past month.

Staff writer If you are an Alabama fan, your tears were lessened only by Auburn’s stinging last-minute loss to Florida State.

If you’re a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs, you returned from a seasonlong high to normalcy. If you are a Cowboys fan, you’re used to it.

The nation watched as some teams fell and others rose to great occasions.

We waited patiently to see who would return and who would be drafted, who would be fired and who would be hired.

As the New Year came and went, so did the staples of many teams.

Johnny Manziel signed with LeBron James’ representatives (in true Johnny Football style).

Charlie Strong is headed to coach at Texas (and on a newsworthy side note, Strong will be the first black head coach of any Longhorn sport).

Dorial Green-Beckham was arrested for the second time in his short college career for possession of marijuana.

Laughing, crying, celebrating and mourning is no understatement. The bombardment with news about football couldn’t help but make me wonder why we care so much.

As Americans, we invest a great amount of time, money and sometimes emotion into a sport that most of the world doesn’t even care about.

We follow teams near and far, and if you watch ESPN at all, then you most likely have opinions strong enough to rival Stephen A. Smith.

It is not like most of us have had the opportunity to play football at a collegiate level, let alone professionally. As a girl, I never had the option to play at all (besides intramural flag football, which is a whole other column just waiting to be written).

Most of us don’t know the players, coaches or franchise owners, so why do we stay so invested? I know a lot of people who take fantasy football quite seriously, but their love of the game came before they were ever old enough to gamble on players.

Is it because football is “the American thing to do”? No, baseball is credited as America’s pastime.

In fact, the number of football games adds up to only a small fraction of what most other sports play – and I think that is where our attachment comes into play.

Maybe we love this game for the same reason that we love shooting stars, lightning bugs and Winter Break.

Maybe we love it because it’s a small, fleeting escape from reality.

A Sunday filled with football is a day for all of us to be analysts, reporters and judges.

It is a short amount of time for us to coach without truly coaching, to give feedback to a television and pretend that we’re actually making a difference.

It is a time for many to relive their high school glory days. It is a chance for the person who never wins at anything to one-up a friend.

When our teams win, we win with them, and when they lose, we lose without facing any real repercussions.

So I may not have run any routes or done any drills over the break. I wasn’t training for the playoffs, or starting my offseason. But I did watch a lot of football, and I became a part of many teams.

The NFL would not be a multibillion dollar business without the people at home watching from their couches.

Calling football “entertainment” is an understatement. Football is an escape. mtucker11@murraystate.edu

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the game.”

The teams traded baskets for most of the second half, until the Racers put the nail in the coffin with a 12-0 run late in the game. Murray State held Austin Peay to just one point over the final 5:31.

“I thought they shared the ball, they made the extra pass, we got some timely rebounds and we were able to weather the runs when they made them,” Prohm said.

Six different Racers finished the game scoring in double digits, including Moss, who led the team with 20 points.

Junior forward Jonathan Fairell also had a big night as he led the team in rebounding with 10 – the second highest total of his Murray State career.

“We’ve got players all down the bench from the starting point guard to the last man on the roster,” junior guard T.J. Sapp said. “We’ve got players that can score, but we’re not focused on scoring. We know we’re going to score. Our main thing is stopping the opponent and getting stops on defense.”

The Racers now look ahead to the tail end of a two-game road trip as they prepare to visit Edwardsville, Ill., Saturday afternoon to take on division rival Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

The Cougars have struggled through the beginning of conference play, but are led by an experienced starting lineup consisting of four upper classmen.

The Cougars got the best of Murray State last year when they pulled off a 65-60 upset.

The Racers then return to Murray for a two-game home stand as Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State come to town.

Though Murray State has hit what some may perceive to be a bit of a lull in the schedule, Sapp says Racer fans can expect more exciting things from the team.

“We’re all starting to click a little better,” Sapp said. “The chemistry is getting better. We’re feeling more like a family, we’re getting to know each other a lot better. We’re coming along and people will be able to see that we’re really starting to find ourselves and figure out who we are.”

The Racers and Cougars tip off tomorrow at 1 p.m. from the Vadalabene Center in Edwardsville.

a 7-0 run to push their lead to double digits. Austin Peay made a final charge, cutting the deficit to four once again in the final minute, but the Racers hit their free throws en route to their first conference win.

The Racers shot a season-high 35 free throws in the game, something Head Coach Rob Cross said was what gave Murray State the victory.

“In the second half we attacked and got to the free throw line,” Cross said. “We only shot four in the first half and shot 31 in the second half, and that was the difference in the ball game.”

Kirby led the Racers with 22 points and seven rebounds.

“Keiona Kirby does what she does scoring 20 points but I was pleased with her rebounding,” Cross said. “I thought that was a big difference in the game.”

Kirby’s streak of scoring double-digit points in every game this season finally came to an end Monday night, however, when Murray State lost 67-57 to Belmont; Kirby was pulled from the game with a knee injury after only 19 seconds.

With their main offensive threat sidelined, the Racers struggled

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Freshman guard Janssen Starks looks to drive past an Austin Peay defender in the Racers’ win.

(Photo from Page 1 is junior guard Keiona Kirby.)

SUCCESS From Page 1 combined score of 4,632, defeating North Carolina State by 20 points and Columbus State by 107 points.

Head Coach Allan Lollar attributed the win to the team’s overall past experience and the scouting philosophies of the program. “(The win) says a lot about them staying prepared during the holidays and coming back in a pretty good place,” Lollar said. “It was a good match to start with. There’s not any way to force experience or maturity on anybody. They have to be in that situation and have some success handling it.”

He said as the season develops, the next time the team runs into difficult situations it won’t be as nervous because it has handled them before.

“Having shot in big matches with those kinds of distractions is what we look for when we’re recruiting

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Sophomore Kaitlyn Wilson prepares for a shot in the tri-match Saturday. young people to shoot here,” Lollar said. “Coming here with that is a plus and if they don’t have that, they’ll get it when they get here.”

The Racers were given big days

from freshman Katarina Bisercic, junior Kelsey Emme and senior Bill Harvey.

Bisercic finished first overall in air rifle with a 593 and shot a 572 in

and allowed Belmont to open the game on a 9-2 run.

“Certainly that affected us,” Cross said. “We were out of sorts offensively at the start of the game with seven turnovers in the first three minutes, but we can’t use that as an excuse.”

Murray State responded with a 23-6 run over the majority of the first half that pushed its lead to 11.

However, the Bruins cut the lead to six just before the half with a 3-pointer.

The Racers extended their lead to eight in the opening minutes of the final half, but Belmont scored six 3’s against the conference’s best 3-point defense to take a 5147 lead.

Murray State got within one point as freshman guard Julia Fox scored a layup with two minutes remaining, but that was the Racers’ final basket as the Bruins went on a 9-0 run to close out the game.

“We played well enough to win but we just didn’t hit enough shots,” Cross said. “We had three or four critical defensive breakdowns that (Belmont) took advantage of.”

Murray State concludes its three-game road trip this weekend with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois.

The Racers play at 4 p.m. Saturday against the Cougars, then play the Panthers 7 p.m. Monday.

smallbore, good for fifth overall.

Emme and Harvey paced the Racers in smallbore, shooting 574 each.

Emme also tied for third in air rifle with a 585. Sophomore Tessa Howald tied Bisercic with a 572 to round out smallbore for the Racers.

In air rifle, Howald finished third for Murray State at 582 and senior Michael Burzynski capped the discipline, shooting a score of 580.

“We had a lot of good things going on that I was real happy with,” Lollar said. “It’s a good beginning to the season and it was a good match to start with. I think we did a good job.”

The Racers now turn their sights to yet another big test when they travel to West Point, N.Y., Jan. 17 and 18 to face No. 7 Army and No. 1 Kentucky.

“It’s exciting to go somewhere we normally don’t get to go, and we get to shoot against a couple of good teams we compete against on a national level,” Lollar said. “They know what they need to do to get ready and you depend on them to do the right things.”

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Tchakarova makes list of best tennis players Tom Via || Staff writer tvia@murraystate.edu

For the first time in program history, women’s tennis has a player ranked by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Freshman Eleonore Tchakarova debuts on the list at No. 118 in the national singles rankings for Division 1 players. During the fall season, Tchakarova advanced to the finals in all three tournaments the Racers competed in and brought home two titles. “I was really surprised that I was ranked, but I’m excited for it,� she said.

The ITA determines its rankings every two weeks during the spring and uses a formula based on wins and losses along with the player’s opponents’ rankings. Tchakarova was the only player from the OVC to be ranked by the ITA. Head Coach Olga Elkin was excited she has a player ranked for the first time in Murray State history. “She worked very hard this fall and deserves to have this honor,� Elkin said. “Every day we will continue to build and try and get her ranking up and try to get a couple more girls ranked as well. I think it could motivate the others on the team.�

Besides wanting to ascend to the top ranking, Tchakarova has set high goals for herself in her first spring season.

Said Tchakarova: “I want to win all of my matches and try to win the OVC and just work hard.�

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SPRING SEASON: Senior Adam Taylor eyes the ball in, during a practice match last semester. The Racers open their spring schedule against the Cardinals at Louisville Jan. 17.

Team uses break to prepare for competition Taylor Crum || Staff writer tcrum3@murraystate.edu

With the spring semester comes track and field season, and the Racers have already begun practicing for their first meet.

Head Coach Jenny Severns has been making the team formally practice together for about a week.

Severns said she was not allowed to make practice mandatory over Winter Break, which means the first few weeks of practice can be more difficult than usual for the girls. “Even if people are training on their own at home, it’s definitely a lot different when you get together with the team,� Severns said. “People get pretty sore and pretty tired.�

The Racers’ first competition this season is the Illini Classic, a two-day indoor meet at the University of Illinois. Severns said there is sure to be tough competition at the meet.

Although she said she would love for the Racers to pull off a win, that is not her main concern.

Severns said she simply wants the Racers to do the best they can. “There’s not a big expectation to beat a lot of teams,� she said. “The most important thing is just to see where we’re at so we can see what we need to do to get to where we want to be for the conference championship.�

Not everyone on the team is going to the first meet at Illinois. One of the team members staying behind is senior sprinter and school record holder Sharda Bettis, who is this year’s team leader.

Despite Bettis’ absence, Severns said she believes the team has several members who can take on the leadership role. “We have enough people with a lot of experience that hopefully they will all rally together instead of just one person taking the reigns,� she said.

After leaving last season with a second-place

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In 2013-14 Stampede members now have a chance to win tickets to the 2014 NCAA Men’s Final Four, as well as other items.

In addition to early admittance to men’s basketball games, a T-shirt and spirit items, Stampede members can now have their name put in a drawing for four Final Four tickets.

Each week, one Stampede member will be chosen by Racer Athletics and entered into a national drawing with students from other Division I schools. One winner will be chosen at random.

In addition, Stampede members can win an iPad or gift cards to be distributed at basketball games throughout the year.

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Sophomore Kennedy Berkley jumps over hurdles in a cold morning practice at the Marshall Gage Track. title at the OVC Outdoor Championships, as well as being named OVC Female Coach of the Year, Severns and the Racers are ready to meet bigger goals this season. “We’re always trying to win the OVC,� Severns said. “That’s the goal.�

With the team being more mature and experienced, Severns hopes the team will improve a

great deal from last season. “We have a really good team,� Severns said. “I think we can do some big things and surprise some people. As long as everyone keeps progressing, we have a really good shot at that.�

The Racers will compete at 4 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday at the Illini Classic in UrbanaChampaign, Ill.

Racer fans will have the chance to practice their skills Saturday in Racer Arena at the Junior Racers Sports Clinic from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Athletics Department will host the inaugural event for students from kindergarten through seventh grade.

The clinic allows the children to practice with Murray State athletes and coaching staff for football, soccer, volleyball, baseball and softball.

Participants will rotate stations to learn skills in the different sports.

Racer Athletics is also providing pizza and a bounce house after the clinic is over.

Members of the Junior Racers club get to help form the tunnel at men’s basketball games, exclusive autograph sessions with athletes, half-price admission to basketball games and other perks.

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Teams turn sights toward conference play during break Men gain momentum in OVC games

Women have slow start to new year

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While the majority of students relaxed at home during Christmas break, Head Coach Steve Prohm and his players were hard at work.

After a rocky 4-5 start to the season, the men’s team kicked off the break by getting back to .500 with a much-needed victory over long-time rival Southern Illinois.

Perhaps even more significant than the win itself, however, was the debut of junior T.J. Sapp. The 6 foot 3 inch guard, out of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., transferred to Murray State in January 2013 from Clemson.

Sapp came out with a bang in his debut, scoring 15 points in 17 minutes, including going a perfect 7-7 from the free throw line.

Since then, Sapp has provided a spark off the Murray State bench, averaging 14.3 points and 1.6 steals on 28.4 minutes per game.

With newfound depth and momentum, the Racers faced a tough two-game road trip to round out the nonconference portion of their schedule. After leading at halftime, the Racers lost a 71-64 heartbreaker at Western Kentucky. Eight days later, the team was blown out 72-51 by Dayton, dropping to 5-7 on the season.

As the calendar flipped to a new year, the Racers found themselves facing the beginning of all-important conference play.

To kick things off, the Racers hosted Southeast Missouri State – the team picked during preseason polling as Murray State’s fiercest competition for the OVC Western division title.

Murray State took care of business, defeating the conference rival Redhawks 8275 - a win in which something seemed to click for the team.

Since the Jan. 2 victory over SEMO, the Racers have reeled off three straight double-digit victories against UT Martin, Eastern Kentucky and Austin Peay to improve to a perfect 4-0 start in conference play and 9-7 on the season.

One of the biggest keys to the team’s recent success has been the improved play of freshman guard Cameron Payne.

Payne unexpectedly assumed the starting point guard role before the season began after former guard Zay Jackson went down with an ACL injury.

The 6 foot 2 inch freshman experienced some growing pains through his first few weeks, but now seems to have found his scoring touch.

After averaging just 13 points through the 13 nonconference games, Payne has turned it on of late, averaging 21 points and 5.75 assists a night through the first four OVC matchups.

The Racers have also benefited from the play of forward Jarvis Williams during the winning streak.

A junior transfer from Gordon State Junior College, Williams has been dominant in the paint during his first season at Murray State.

On Jan. 2 against SEMO, Williams pulled down a whopping 18 rebounds, tying a CFSB Center record.

Williams is averaging 10.5 rebounds per game – a mark which ranks him twelfth in the nation.

The Racers have seemed to hit their stride through the first quarter of conference play, but they still have work to do as they enter the heart of the OVC schedule.

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Winter Break for the women’s basketball team proved to be a challenge, as they took some tough losses. However, close games mixed with a few wins helped keep some positive energy flowing.

The Racers started with a four-game road trip in which they only earned one victory.

The trip began facing winless Alabama A&M after nearly a week off from games.

The Racers fell behind early but used a 21-4 run to regain the lead before halftime.

Alabama A&M opened the final half on a 12-3 run, but both teams struggled to shoot the ball well.

Murray State regained the lead with six minutes remaining but only scored once more, eventually falling to the Bulldogs 67-62.

Murray State then traveled to Florida to play in the 2013 Hatter Classic hosted by Stetson.

In the first contest, the Racers faced off against the home team and suffered a 103-72 loss to the Hatters.

Murray State was out of contention early as they couldn’t recover from an early 11-0 run that put them behind 25-10 midway through the first half.

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Stetson finished the game shooting more than 50 percent from the field, while the Racers were held to 33 percent.

The Racers rebounded the next day with an 81-70 win over Bethune-Cookman when junior Keiona Kirby and senior Jessica Winfrey led the team to the victory.

Kirby scored a season-high 28 points in the win, while Winfrey earned her fourth double-double of the season with 16 points and 18 rebounds.

The victory gave the Racers a 7-5 record going into conference play.

The conference portion of the schedule began just before the new year as the team faced off against Eastern Kentucky.

The Lady Colonels grabbed their first lead of the contest 50 seconds into the game and didn’t relinquish it for the rest of the game, defeating the Racers 86-72.

Murray State did rally to 65-63 with 10 minutes remaining, but couldn’t take the lead as Eastern used a 16-4 run to put the game away.

The conference schedule didn’t get easier for Murray State when they took on threetime defending OVC champion UT Martin.

The Racers and Skyhawks traded leads, but a 9-0 run by the Skyhawks late in the second half decided the game.

Murray State got within one point and had the final shot, but Winfrey missed a 3pointer from the corner. The Racers took an 88-87 loss and an 0-2 start in conference play.

However, the Racers notched their first OVC win with a 76-68 victory against AustinPeay Jan. 11 but fell to Belmont 67-57 on the road two days later.

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To buy or not to buy: students assess book options for spring semester Katrina Yarbrough Staff writer kyarbrough2@murraystate.edu

When it comes to buying textbooks, students have options.

There are electronic books, used books, new books and rentals from which to choose.

The University Store provides students with the ability to try out each of the options available for the semester. Price and quality vary depending on the student’s choice.

“I usually buy all of my books new,” said Cameron Bishop, sophomore from Taylorsville, Ky. “I may pay a little more but I’d rather have a book that I know is going to last me the entire semester than one that’s been used a few times by other people. I can also just sell it back to the bookstore once I’m done with it.”

When it comes to the difficulty level of buying books, the prepackaging option in the University Store can save students a great deal of time and can usually guarantee that they get the correct books for their classes.

When books are prepackaged, the bookstore staff will use the student’s existing schedule for the semester and charge them for each book that is listed for each class unless the professor has indicated that it is strictly optional to buy it.

“I used to prepackage my books,” Bishop said. “I stopped once I realized that I don’t always need the textbook and I can just go get the ones I need without having to pay for the ones I don’t.”

Tablets and e-readers have been climbing the technological ladder over the past few years with the releases of high definition Amazon Kindles and mini iPads. Textbook publishers have caught on to the growing trend and students can now purchase a selection of textbooks in e-book form. The prices are slightly lower than a hard copy edition of the book and certainly lighter for those who have tablets or an e-book compatible device. E-books can be purchased from both online websites and the University Store.

“I started using the e-books this semester,” said Erika Glauber, sophomore from Freeburg, Ill. “I saved a lot of money and I don’t have to carry around a book. I just bought the e-book from the (University) bookstore and it’s stored on my iPad. It’s a little difficult to get to certain things I need to find and I had to be certain that the edition matched the hard copy of the book.”

When it comes to purchasing them, reviews are always helpful before committing. The professor’s recommendation and approval to use the e-book in their class is also an important factor.

Online bookstores such as Amazon and Chegg offer a selection of textbooks in the same forms that a student can find in the University Store. With the addition of Amazon Prime, students can now pay a yearly fee and receive discounts or free shipping when purchasing books and other school items.

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A student purchases both new and used books from the University Store. house or searching through piles of books, the student can search the ISBN number of the book they are looking for and the site will pull it up. On the other hand, not every textbook is available online.

“I buy my books from Amazon,” said Savannah Young, freshman from Cadiz, Ky. “Generally, they’re cheaper online, especially when I buy them used. A few scratches on the outside do not affect the information on the inside. I’ve never

bought books from the (University) bookstore because I’ve compared the prices and I wasn’t impressed.”

Relying solely on an online bookstore may cause disappointment if the books are not available at the time they are needed or if the prices are not reasonably different than the cost at the University Store. Making comparisons and getting reviews and opinions from fellow students or professors can save time and money.

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Students are gearing up to make a splash for the fifth annual Western Kentucky Polar Plunge in the freezing temperatures of Kentucky Lake Feb. 15. The event helps raise money for Special Olympics Kentucky athletes.

Last year the event raised more than $100,000, even though it was the coldest year on record. In the event, five people plunge at once.

In roughly an hour, more than 500 people plunge off the dock.

“So far we have 50 more contestants and $4,000 more raised than this time last year,” Laura Miller, director of the Polar Plunge, said. “The event is a great way to meet people for a good cause. Come out and have some fun, but be prepared.”

The event also includes a costume contest, prizes, such as Tshirts, towels and a Caribbean cruise and a 5K walkathon.

There are four ways people can be involved in the Polar Plunge: 5K walk, plunge, 5K walk and plunge, or too chicken to plunge (donating money without plunging, while being a part of the event).

To register, an individual can register alone, with others as a group, representing a university or with friends and family.

The 5K starts at New Beach and ends at Old Beach near the Convention Center. The plunge is held at Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park.

At the end of the event, awards are given to the most significant fundraisers such as King and

Queen of the Plunge.

Murray State students and professors plunge for a cause during the cold season. Professor Megan Smetana, clinical supervisor for Health Sciences and Human Services, has plunged for the last three years.

“It is fabulous and freezing,” Smetana said. “It is very rewarding because it is such a great cause. It also brings people together and positive energy. I loved every minute of it and it is a once in a lifetime experience.”

Students such as Morgan Bordy, a senior from Louisville, Ky., has a special connection with plunging for the cause.

“I have a little sister who has also participated in the event who is handicapped,” Bordy said.

“Last year was my first year plunging and I loved it. I didn’t know what to expect. It is exciting, yet overwhelming because of all the people watching you. It was a great experience and I can’t wait for this year.”

Although some students are familiar with Polar Plunge, student Lynley Sullivan, a senior from Murray, was a first-time plunger in 2013.

But even after one jump, she learned a few things about the event she wished to share with this year’s first time plungers.

“Last year was awesome, “ Sullivan said. “I didn’t expect that many people jumping into freezing water, but I was one of them.

You can prepare yourself for the water with the heated tents, but it is so worth your money and time. I would recommend plenty of people joining the cause, plus it is a lot of fun.”

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Owner Adrianne Rogers bags customer, Samantha Shumate’s purchases.

Flashback to nearly three years ago whenever the only stores in Murray that catered to women’s clothes were JCPenney or Maurice’s.

Bored with only having those two stores nearby, Adrianne Rogers took it upon herself to provide students and community members with a new place to spend their hard-earned money, and with that she brought a trendy, new flair to Murray.

Gate 28 was Murray’s first boutique that focused its sights on selling clothing for the college-aged demographic.

With such a unique name, the story behind Gate 28’s name is just as unique itself.

“My husband came up with the name but we both have our own versions of it,”

Rogers said. “He says a gate kind of leads you to a new direction or a new path in life and I was 28 years old when I opened the store.”

To Rogers the name symbolizes coming home. Before moving back to Murray permanently after moving to Raleigh, N.C., the couple always flew into Gate 28C at the Nashville International Airport.

The tag line of the store describes the clothing sold in the store as “vintage inspired meets country chic” but Rogers said the clothing is not limited to only those styles. Everything from country chic to contemporary trends can be found within the growing store.

“We truly do try to be unique so that we can really stand out amongst the crowd,” she said.

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Campus Lights rehearsals begin Brandon Cash || Staff Writer bcash1@murraystate.edu

For 77 years Murray State has hosted the longest-standing tradition in the South an annual musical production called Campus Lights.

Each year in the spring, the Campus Lights organization elects a board of producers and a production staff who get together to select the show.

The musical choice of 2014 was “Anything Goes” with music and lyrics by Cole Porter.

“‘Anything Goes’ is a fun, upbeat Broadway classic that just came off its Broadway revival in July 2012,” said Ryan Knight, chairman for Campus Lights and senior from Benton, Ill. The story centers around young travelers falling in love at first sight, supported by disguised characters, blackmail and tap-dancing sailors, aboard the S.S. American bound from New York to London.

While Campus Lights is a musical production it is also a student-only organization made up of the brothers

and sisters of the two music fraternities on the Murray State campus.

The board of producers and the production staff meet periodically over a span of three months to discuss potential show options.

After picking three favorites, the Campus Lights members vote for their top pick.

The department of music then approves their decision.

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LIGHTS From Page 5B early January before school started, and they only have about two and a half weeks to transform the idea into a full-fledged production.

They lasted for about 12 hours a day and four hours a day once classes began.

The rehearsal process begins with an acting warm up, such as a game, a physical warm up with the choreographer and a vocal warm up conducted by the music director.

Once the performers run through the entire act, they get notes from the director, music director and choreographer.

If there is enough time after rehearsals they will run back through the entire act or spend more time on parts that need more practice.

“This being my first musical, it has been a very enjoyable but stressful experience,” said Cody Pinson sophomore from Marion, Ky. “Enjoyable because I am meeting so many great people and making new friends. And stressful be-

cause of the pressure that is on everybody to make the play good and to try and memorize so much information in such a short amount of time.”

The brothers of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia created Campus Lights as a fundraiser to pay for the fraternity’s charter.

When World War II came, the sisters of Sigma Alpha lota stepped in order to keep Campus Lights up and running.

And now Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma Alpha Iota work together to bring Campus Lights to Murray State students and surrounding community every year.

“Anything Goes” runs Jan. 23-25 at 7:30 p.m. and there will also be a 2:30 p.m. matinee Jan. 26.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children 12 and under.

The proceeds are used to raise money for music scholarships for incoming freshmen.

Said Knight: “We believe this is still one of the most important and worthwhile things we can do to support the next generation of Murray State.”

A new venture Gate 28 has recently taken on is adding a selection of men’s clothing to the mix.

While men in Murray already have an outlet for obtaining dressier clothes, Rogers wanted to be able to fill another void by offering men a place to shop for a more casual style of clothes.

The all-new men’s section of the store offers men everything from casual T-shirts and polos to denim and button-ups. Gate 28 also prides itself on being the first boutique in Murray to offer both men’s and women’s clothing.

“We had so many women coming into shop and telling us how awesome it would be if we had something for their husband or son or boyfriend and they could just grab it while they were here and make it seem like a onestop shop kind of store,” Rogers said.

Another way Gate 28 stays on top of the latest trends is through social media. The store has an active Facebook account, Pinterest account and Instagram that it uses to advertise specific sales of the day, and also shows customers exactly what the store has to offer.

“We love social media,” she said. “What better way to connect our product and our store

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and our image with people of all ages, genders, races? It’s just a really good way to market our product to all these different people at the exact same time.”

While trends are constantly evolving, keeping up with them could be seen as a challenge for some store owners, but not for Rogers. Chevron is a trend, Rogers said, that is an excellent example.

For close to two years, keeping chevron on the shelves in the store was nearly impossible, but now that the trend is starting to slow down, designers are finding new ways to keep the pattern fresh.

The upcoming trends for spring are what the store is focusing on right now.

“For spring, you’re going to be looking at printed leggings, like fall and winter, only they’re going to be in bright and bold colors like hot pink and yellow,” she said. “A lot more of the solid tunics with the Aztec printed accents also. Maxi skirts will also be making a big comeback.”

While the store has additions every year it has been open, the competition has grown as well.

With more and more stores opening in town, Gate 28 still prides itself on being the first.

Rogers said: “We definitely are learning as we go, and there are a lot of boutiques opening in the area so that shows a lot of demand for the product, but we want people walking around Murray wearing our product.”

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Features

January 17, 2014

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’?

TODAY • 8 a.m.

West KY Boat & Outdoor Show, CFSB Center • TBA Truck & Tractor Pull, William “Bill” Cherry Agricultural Exposition Center • 7:30 p.m.

Cinema International: “Kid with a Bike,” Curris Center Theater

S A T U R D A Y

• 8 a.m.

West KY Boat & Outdoor Show, CFSB Center • TBA Truck & Tractor Pull, Expo Center

SUNDAY

• All Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, campus closed • 8 a.m.

West KY Boat & Outdoor Show, CFSB Center

• 8 a.m.

West KY Boat & Outdoor Show, CFSB Center

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Winter blues

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Icy and barren winter landscape looks like eminent death.

The dramatization of that statement is due to my hatred for the cold and the fact that I look Hunter like a baby deer Harrell walking on the Features Editor ice. So from Thanksgiving to the New Year, I feel the need to hibernate. This year was no exception. The winter chill hasn’t just nipped, it bit hard. But even through all the bitterness I have toward the cold weather, the season of giving, joy, cheer and hot chocolate with extra marshmallows make the winter a little better.

However, the cold nights seem to be the only remnant of the holiday season. While on break, I enjoyed my hometown’s glow of the holiday season. There were Christmas lights in the park and garland draped on each streetlight. The old store window fronts were painted with winter scenes and holiday greetings. Even the local Dairy Queen, known for their flavored fountain sodas, handed out Christmas cards with coupons for a free ice cream cone or soda to those of us they consider loyal customers.

Neighbors shoveled sidewalks for others and community members experienced pay-it-forward acts from strangers.

The overall mood of winter is typically cold, bitter and bare, but the holiday cheer makes the season much warmer. Seeing the smiles and charity of others makes the world a better place.

Though I am not one for resolutions, mostly because I am not a fan of change, I feel as the afterChristmas slump worsens, change is necessary. After all, the holiday season is “merry and bright” not because of the gifts and feasts, but because people go out of their way to put a smile on another’s face.

Since the best part of the season is the state of mind people have around the holidays, imagine what society would be like with if individuals portrayed the Christmas spirit throughout the year. If you don’t already have a New Year’s resolution, take it upon yourself to make the entire winter season a little more bearable with kindness and charity.

Just because the holiday season is over, doesn’t mean winter has to give us the blues.

THURSDAY • 11 a.m.

Red Cross Blood Drive, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Murray • 7:30 p.m.

Cinema International: “The Good, The Bad, The Weird,” Curris Center Theater

Review

Five Winter Break hits and misses

Madison Wepfer Contributing writer mwepfer@murraystate.edu

While students were on Winter Break, the Hollywood box office and scandalous celebrities were hard at work. For all the students who went into hibernation for the past three weeks and missed out on all the hot gossip, here are the highlights: Frozen Fierce and feisty female leads are hitting the screens. No more damsels in distress or lost glass slippers. Sorry, Cinderella.

You’re out; Anna is in.

In “Frozen,” Anna is the bold and fearless sister of Elsa, whose secret powers have trapped their kingdom in an eternal winter. In order to save the town, Anna teams up with Kristoff, a hunky mountain man, and his reindeer, Sven, to free the kingdom from her sister’s icy reign accompanied by a quirky snowman named Olaf.

The film, unlike its Disney princess movie predecessors, focuses more on comedy and sisterly love than romance. This is different than Disney’s usual

thematic motifs, which historically focus on finding true love and being rescued by your “knight in shining armor.” All the same, there is still that same Disney magic that makes you wish you could live in a world with adorable talking creatures and where your hair is always princess quality.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Hobbits, dwarves and elves returned for their second film in The Hobbit Trilogy. Bilbo, Gandalf and the dwarves continue on their journey to save the Dwarf Kingdom from the dragon, Smaug.

Meanwhile, Bilbo grows fonder of the precious ring and a mysterious evil lurks in the shadows.

The film got a bad rap for not following the book. For example, Tauriel does not exist in the book nor does the love triangle.

However, the stunts, the acting and the beautiful set design make up for the differences.

Peter Jackson, the director, made us wince in every battle scene, laugh out loud at the comedic misfortunes of the dwarves and

pulled at our heartstrings at all the right moments.

From the elves’ elegant fortress to the detail in each scale on Smaug’s body, the film is a work of art. Not to mention Orlando Bloom, Lee Pace, Cate Blanchett (always flawless) and the delicious voice of Benedict Cumberbatch. Was I the only one seduced by that dragon? I don’t think so.

Beyonce Queen B has done it again.

And right under our noses! Her fifth album, “Beyonce,” was released Dec. 13.

The work is considered a visual album because each song is followed by a short video. Guest artists on the album include Drake, Frank Ocean, Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake and Beyonce’s husband, Jay-Z. She even features her daughter, Blue Ivy, on the song, “Blue.” She’s come a long way from “Crazy in Love,” now singing songs with themes including feminism, gender and, of course, sweet passionate love.

Let’s be honest, if Beyonce were singing about eating broc-

coli at an accounting seminar, it would still somehow blow all of our minds. Queen B, you can do no wrong.

Golden Globes The Golden Globe Awards were held Sunday and hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler killed it.

Here are the highlights: “12 Years a Slave” won Best Motion Picture Drama. Cate Blanchett won for “Blue Jasmine.” Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical went to “American Hustle.”

Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical was Leonardo DiCaprio for “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical went to Amy Adams in “American Hustle.”

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture was awarded to Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle.” Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture was given to Jared Leto for “Dallas Buyer’s Club.”

Lastly, Emma Thompson threw her shoes and handed off her martini before presenting

the award for Best Screenplay. It was the best thing ever.

Miley’s “Adore You” music video Sweet niblets! Our precious Miley is now officially making soft-core porn and calling it a music video. Either she’s going through some sort of quarterlife crisis, or her publicists are geniuses. Either way, she couldn’t stay out of the tabloids if she tried.

Remember when everyone was shocked by the “Wrecking Ball” video? Then we all watched the video for “Adore You” and our jaws dropped again. You’d think by now we wouldn’t be surprised by anything she does, but she continues to wow us with her … charisma, for lack of a better word. The video was on YouTube the day after Christmas and now has more than 41,000,000 views. As much as I want to scold her and slap her scandalous little wrist, I have to commend her for the fact that America is now obsessed with her. It’s like watching a train wreck. As much as you want to look away, you just can’t.

hharrell@murraystate.edu

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