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Student in ICU after stabbing Ashley Traylor

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A Murray State student remains in ICU after being stabbed. Meanwhile another student, a former student and a teeanger are behind bars in connection to the incident.

Murray Police Spokesman Brant Shutt said that on Wednesday, Feb. 28 just after midnight, officers found Dalvin Dixon, junior international finance major, with stab wounds at a house on South 15th Street. He was transported to the Murray-Calloway County Hospital.

Sophomore Michelle Rogers said her and Dixon work together at Cracker Barrel and have had a class together. She said she was stunned to hear

about her friend.

“I can’t believe this happened to him,” Rogers said. “He is such a caring, sweet guy.”

Witnesses told police that two males in ski masks and dark clothing had forced their way into the residence.

“It was stated that when the two males entered the home the occupants confronted them and during a brief altercation, Dixon was reportedly stabbed by one assailant,” according to the press release from the Murray Police Department.

Police say the mask of one of the alleged assailants was ripped off during the alterca-

tion, revealing someone Dixon recognized.

Evidence was found at the crime scene that police say put Murray State freshman Trajan Yates of La Center, Kentucky at the scene.

Yates was arrested and charged with burglary in the first degree and assault in the first degree.

A second call to dispatch shortly after reported a possible shooting. During the investigation, police determined that it was, in fact, a continuation of the first stabbing of Dixon.

That call led police to identify two other suspects, former

Murray State student, Maurice Redmond and 18-year-old Hannah Porter of Murray.

Porter was arrested and charged with complicity to assault in the first degree and complicity to burglary in first degree.

Redmond was still at-large and initially thought to not be in the immediate area. Murray State Police sent out a public safety announcement alerting faculty, staff and students to the search for Redmond.

Shortly after, Redmond turned himself into police after information had been circulated throughout local media outlets.

Redmond is charged with as-

sault in the first degree and burglary in the first degree.

Shutt said this was not a random home invasion.

“The suspects had entered into the residence with a prior motive and specific victim,” Shutt said.

Rogers told The News that Dixon underwent surgery early Wednesday morning and was listed in stable condition in the ICU at Murray-Calloway County Hospital. “(He is) one of the funniest guys I know,” Rogers said. “He is a really good student too.”

All three suspects are being lodged in the Calloway County Jail.

Men’s basketball wins OVC regular season outright Blake Sandlin

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Murray State men’s basketball’s comeback effort was so monumental it brought the roof down – literally.

The Racers pulled off a comeback so impressive Saturday night that with 5:49 remaining in the game, lightning struck the Dunn Center, prompting a three hour delay. The delay didn’t deter the Racers from fulfilling their championship aspirations, as Murray State went on to win the game 73-64 and secured the OVC regular season championship.

Saturday’s win marked the Racers’ 25th OVC regular season championship. With Belmont’s win hours before, Murray State needed to win

its matchup with the Governors in order to clinch the title outright. They did just that, executing a 23-point swing to clinch the No. 1 seed in the OVC tournament.

Austin Peay, led by freshman guard Terry Taylor, hit their stride early, opening up an 8-2 lead. With 10:19 to go in the first, freshman guard Ja Morant knocked down two free throws to knot the game at 17.

However, the Governors had just begun. They went on a 20-6 run to close out the half and entered the halftime break with a daunting 14point lead. The Racers went the entirety of the first half without a single three-point field goal.

The Racers exited the locker room facing the second-largest deficit they’ve

ever encountered. On the line was sole possession of the regular season title, their 10-game winning streak and the No. 1 seed in the OVC tournament.

But Murray State wasn’t rattled. They opened the half on a 20-5 run in an astonishing six minute stretch to gain their first lead of the night, 43-42, with 14:36 remaining in the game. While Austin Peay would hang around for the next few minutes, the defensive intensity the Racers’ employed in their second-half run deflated any potential momentum.

The Racers had improved their lead to 63-52 when a loud crash from a lightning strike resonated throughout the arena around 9 p.m., fol-

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Ja Morant and Head Coach Matt McMahon celebrate the win with hug.

Severe storms strike

Tornado hits Murray

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Mayor Jack Rose declared a local state of emergency following the EF1 tornado that struck Murray over the weekend, damaging at least 40 homes on the city’s southside.

“We heard the wind pick up, followed by a strange buzz, and then boom,” professor of history, Duane Bolin wrote in a column for The Murray Ledger and Times. “Evelyn pulled me into the hall and all the lights went out.”

The hardest hit area was the neighborhood surrounding Earl Court. That is where Bolin and his wife live.

“After the storm passed and we got our flashlights and went outside, Earl Court looked like a war zone,” Bolin said in the column.

“The storm missed some houses and businesses completely, hitting others head on.”

Bolin said the damage was minimal at his home but some of his neighbor’s were not as lucky.

“We were listening to the Racers on the radio,” Bolin said in an email to The Murray State News. “The storm largely missed our house,

Earl Court looked like a war zone.

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Two homes were a total loss in the tornado that ripped through a Murray neighborhood.

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The whole thing was a pretty surreal and bizarre experience.

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Saturday night’s severe weather also affected the basketball game between OVC rivals Murray State and Austin Peay at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Midway through the second half of the game, the public address announcer gave all 4,343 fans in attendance the news of a tornado warning that was in effect for the area.

Despite there being severe weather close to the arena, the game continued play. 15 minutes later, the weather threw its punch.

Brendan Parker, junior from Murray, was cheering on the Racers when fans in the stands began receiving tornado warning alerts on their phones, and suddenly a loud crack echoed through the arena and rain began to leak from ceiling of the center.

“There was a loud bang, and large debris fell from the ceiling into the cheerleaders and pep band,” Parker said. “Water started gushing onto the court and there was a momentary panic from the crowd.”

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Mall sees stores opening as quick as others are closing James Turner || Staff writer jturner34@murraystate.edu

Kentucky Oaks Mall in Paducah, Kentucky may receive a new, national retailer in the old Sears building.

Elder Beerman and New York & Company are slated to close soon, raising concerns over the stability of the Kentucky Oaks Mall.

Joe Bell, spokesperson for Kentucky Oaks Mall, said although stores come and go, people shouldn’t jump to conclusions.

“Although (several stores closing) alarms consumers, we’ve been at this a long time,” Bell said. “And we know that there are other retailers and other concepts up and coming all the time.”

Bell said a new national retailer may be coming that could set up where Sears once was. He said they were close to announcing the

name, but couldn’t, pending paperwork.

“They’re still ironing out the details,” Bell said. “Until they sign it, I can’t mention the particular name of that particular store, but I think it’s going to be very popular for people in the area.”

Kentucky Oaks Mall isn’t just one building though. Although people tend to think the enclosed mall is the extent of the mall property, Bell said this isn’t the case. He said all of the outlier stores, including the new Five Guys, Jimmy Johns, QDOBA and a standalone Starbucks, are also part of the mall complex.

“Those are deals we brought to the table…,” Bell said.

Karly Hardin, senior from Paducah, shops at the mall once or twice a month. She said her and her friends comment frequently how the mall is losing stores. From her

perspective, losing a store like Elder Beerman was a sign that the mall was in rough shape. However, Hardin had a couple ideas for the mall to consider in the future.

“Well, I have always said Target. We want a Target,” Hardin said.

Hardin also said a store like Macy’s could help fill in some of the gaps left by closing stores.

Hardin wasn’t the only one to notice a downward trend in the mall. Daniel Dodd and his wife Gabrielle run a restaurant called Branch Out in an area of Paducah known as Midtown. Daniel is a former manager at a second Gamestop that used to be in the mall near the current one.

He worked at the Gamestop in the mall for approximately nine years between 2001 and 2012.

“I think I went in there maybe two times this last

year, and it seemed a lot slower than the last time I was in the mall working,” Daniel said. “I know as time went on, even up until 2010 to 2012… It seemed to go a lot slower as years went on.”

Daniel said that the current climate of the economy is probably to blame for the slower mall traffic.

“I think the mall is a destination,” he said. “It had everything you needed under one roof. That’s now the internet.”

Daniel said strip centers are also more convenient.

People can simply go to the store, get what they want and leave. He said there’s still people that shop in that manner, to a lesser degree.

“People are looking for something different...,” Daniel said. “They’re looking for something you can’t get online or something that’s special.”

‘We have to start somewhere’ Local school officials and parents seek increased security measures Destinee Marking

the middle school, the policy was students came in one door,” dmarking@murraystate.edu Hunter said. “There was a storage room bags were stored in, In the weeks following the because the lockers are not big shooting at Marshall County enough for the middle schoolers High School and Majory to push their bag and their books Stoneman Douglas High School in their locker.” in Parkland, Florida, local school Other measures, Hunter said, officials and parents are reasinclude full-time resource ofsessing school safety and secuficers at the middle and high rity. schools. Resource officers are Tawnya Hunter, public relaavailable at the elementary tions coordinator for Calloway school as needed.

County Schools, said the district Community members are also will take part in a safety training taking action. prior to school starting in the Janssen Lindsey, Benton, Kenfall. Kentucky tucky resiState Police will dent, started simulate an aca petition tive shooter sitwith another uation. individual Referring that could into the training crease secuas a “refresher rity. course,” Hunter The peti- Janssen Lindsey, Benton resident tion calls for said it will be optional be“legislators cause it will be and school ofintense, but from the response ficials to require metal detectors so far, she believes attendance and better security systems to will be high. be installed at Marshall County Calloway County Schools curHigh and all schools in the state rently have the same security of Kentucky.” measures in place at the high As a mother, Lindsey said school and middle school. something needs to be done.

Since the Columbine and “It’s probably not the answer, Heath High School shootings in and we know that there’s noththe late 1990’s, bag checks have ing we can absolutely do 100 pertaken place at Calloway County cent to make this quit happening High School. Hunter said anyall together, but we have to start one who brings a backpack, gym somewhere,” Lindsey said. bag or purse is searched every So far, Lindsey said they have morning. obtained hundreds of signatures.

However, Hunter said bag Anyone interested in signchecks have just started at Caling the petition can reach out loway County Middle School to Lindsey on Facebook, visit following the Marshall County Choppers in Benton, Kentucky, shooting. or visit Southern Roots in Pa“Prior to the bag checks at ducah, Kentucky.

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Nick Bohannon/The News Bags have been searched each day since 1999 at Calloway County High School.

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OVC From Page 1 lowed by a steady stream of water that began to leak from the roof of the arena for over two and a half hours. Debris from the roof and rainwater littered the arena, leaving staff to clean up the wreckage. Players and fans were instructed to exit the main gym while staff attempted to quell the leak.

At 12 a.m. the courts were deemed suitable for play to continue. After waiting three hours to resume play, the OVC championship felt almost palpable to the Racers, and they played like it. They neutralized Austin Peay’s offense and ultimately put the nail in the coffin when senior guard Jonathan Stark nailed a contested three with just over a minute remaining to punctuate the Racers’ 73-64 win and cement a 16-2 conference record.

“I just want to thank God for this amazing opportunity and giving us the chance to win this game,” Stark said after the game. “We went through a lot of adversity; we’ve been going through a lot of adversity all year.

This team, I just can’t thank them enough. We’re amazing. We’ve just got to stay focused. We clinched the first seed, and I just want to thank them and the coaches as well. We’re not done yet.”

Stark finished the game with 31 points, his fourth 30-point game this year.

Morant added 16 points and nine rebounds, while senior forward Terrell Miller contributed eight points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

Stark said he’s never experienced anything quite like

what he felt Saturday night.

“Never in my life have I been apart of something like this,” Stark said. “This is one of the best feelings ever. I’ve never won it since I’ve been in college, and it’s just an amazing feeling. I thank God for it.”

Head Coach Matt McMahon said his players took charge at halftime to address their defensive woes, and the rest fell into place.

“It’s not my team; it’s our players team,” McMahon said. “And they figured out at halftime what needed to be done defensively, and it led to some transition baskets for us. Really, until the ceiling caved in, that was some of the best basketball I’ve seen in the first 14 minutes of that second half.”

The win also improved Murray State’s winning streak to 11. They are now tied with Michigan State and Gonzaga for the longest winning streak in the nation.

Perhaps overshadowed

by Saturday’s championship performance was Stark’s groundbreaking personal achievement. The senior guard passed former Racer De’Teri Mayes (1996-98) to become the all-time twoyear scoring leader in Racer history with 1,353 points.

With the Racers’ win, the OVC tournament bracket is officially set. Murray State will receive a double-bye in the tournament for the semi-finals. They will await the winner of Wednesday’s matchup between No. 5 Tennessee Tech and No. 8 SIUE. The victor of that game will face No. 4 Jacksonville State in the quarter-final. The survivor will then go on to face the Racers on Friday, March 2, at 7 p.m. at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

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Basketball is OVC Tourney bound Blake’s Take

Tourney time

It all comes down to this.

Murray State’s improbable 24-5 season and one of the nation’s longest winning streaks (11 games) will culminate this weekend in Evansville, Indiana.

The Racers will come into the OVC tournament with an OVC regular season title, a No. 1 seed and as a likely favorite, with KenPom.com giving the Racers a 47.3 percent chance to cut the Blake Sandlin nets. But as the past several OVC Assistant Sports tournaments have shown us, anything can happen.

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In 2016, an 18-18 (7-9) Austin Peay team entered the tournament as a No. 8 seed.

The Governors strung together an unprecedented run to advance to the OVC title game, where they defeated UT Martin and clinched an NCAA tournament berth.

Last season, Belmont was the overwhelming favorite to conquer the field with a 15-1 conference record, but an unlikely foil in Jacksonville State thwarted the Bruins’ March Madness aspirations by eliminating them in the semifinals and advancing to win the tournament.

While I don’t believe this tournament’s field possesses any dark horses to challenge the Racers, there are a few higher-seeded teams that could pose a formidable threat to this Murray State team that practically ran the gauntlet in the OVC this season.

One of the two OVC teams to defeat the Racers this year, I believe Jacksonville State has the greatest chance of any team to upset Murray State. At the No. 4 seed and with an 11-7 record in the OVC, the Gamecocks don’t look like the best team on paper, but they match up well with the Racers. Surprisingly, ESPN even predicted the Gamecocks to win the tournament entirely.

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Women’s basketball’s James, Stark honored as season ends in first round Players of the Year Bryan Edwards || Sports Editor bedwards16@murraystate.edu

With its season on the line, the Murray State women’s basketball team was matched up with the task of defeating a team that hadn’t lost a game against an Ohio Valley Conference opponent since February 2016.

Unfortunately for the Racers, Belmont extended its winning streak over conference foes to 44 games, defeating Murray State 88-64, ending its season in the first round of the 2018 OVC Tournament.

Trailing the entirety of the game, the Racers pushed back at the Bruins with a 12-3 run in the third quarter to pull the game to within one point. But it was Belmont junior guard Darby Maggard who pushed right back, scoring nine of her 15 points in the final 3:03 of the third quarter to help her team shut the door on Murray State’s year.

“They’re an exceptional basketball team; there’s a reason they’re undefeated in the conference two straight years,” Head Coach Rechelle Turner said. “They just have so many kids that can do so many things and the bottom line is, you try to stop one thing and they burn you in another.”

After the Bruins walked out of the third quarter with a 10-point lead, they cruised the rest of the way, outscoring the Racers 30-16 in the final quarter to secure a spot in

BLAKE From Page 3 top-ranked scoring offense in both meetings this season.

Ranked No. 1 in scoring defense in the conference, the Gamecocks held Murray State to an average of 69.5 points in their matchups, an impressive amount considering the Racers average 79.6 PPG. Murray State was held to its lowest halftime totals all season in the two meetings with the Gamecocks.

The Racers’ team success is dependent on their success offensively, and if Jacksonville State can successfully slow down Murray State’s offense and force them to turn the ball over, they’ll be in a good position to steal this one. That said, they’ll have to get past their quarterfinal matchup against the winner of No. 5 Tennessee Tech and No. 8 SIUE first.

No. 2 seed Belmont should count themselves lucky they didn’t get paired in the same bracket as Jacksonville State, a team that beat them on two separate occasions this year. Never-

the second round of the OVC Tournament.

Despite the 24-point defeat, Turner said her team fought admirably to keep the season alive.

“I thought kids fought hard and represented ourselves well,” Turner said.

Murray State was led by senior guard Bria Bethea. The second team All-OVC player scored 21 points in her final game as a Racer. She also pulled down seven rebounds.

“Bria Bethea played her heart out today,” Turner said. “She really kept us in the game in the third quarter. Every spurt we had began with her effort.”

Senior guard Ke’Shunan James left a final mark in her illustrious Murray State career with a double-double, scoring 17 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.

Other seniors on their way out are Jasmine Borders and Mary Jones. Borders finished with one point and Jones didn’t record a score on the afternoon.

Turner said she was thankful the team gave her a chance to coach them this season.

“It’s hard when a new coach comes in and you’re used to certain things happening,” Turner said. “The buy-in was there and these kids played hard. The relationship I was able to develop with these players will be something that I hold really special.”

The Racers end their season with an 11-19 record in Turner’s first at the helm.

theless, they aren’t; and barring unpredictable circumstances, the Bruins should find themselves back in the OVC championship on Saturday night.

The field is just too weak, and Belmont is just too good not to advance. Austin Peay at the No. 3 seed is tempting, and is a remarkable feel-good story, but the Governors have been too inconsistent, and you can’t simply bet against Dylan Windler and Amanze Egekeze.

In their last meeting, Belmont pummeled Austin Peay 83-59 while holding freshman guard Terry Taylor and senior forward Averyl Ugba, who average 15.2 and 15.0 PPG respectively, to just nine and six points.

Unless the duo of Ugba and Taylor can rally against the Bruins, I think it’s likely you’ll see the Bruins paired with the Racers in the championship game on Saturday. That’s not a hot take by any means, but it’s only logical. The rest of the OVC has simply been unable to spoil the duopoly of Murray State and Belmont over the duration of the season, and unless a team can put together a 2016 Austin Peay-esque type of run,

we’ll be seeing a rematch of the 2015 OVC title game.

And isn’t that how it’s supposed to be? Two of the most storied programs in the OVC battling for a spot in the NCAA tournament. You can’t write it any better.

Given the two teams advance to the title game, we’ll be in for a blockbuster game. The two most potent offenses in the OVC squaring off for all the marbles. Arguably (but not really) the two best players in the conference, senior guard Jonathan Stark and Windler, will get to square off for the final time, and while the Bruins won in the last meeting, this one will be on a neutral court and Murray State is playing its best basketball of the season.

If the Racers hope to outmatch the Bruins, it’s imperative they stop Windler – although that’s easier said than done.

Four of Belmont’s eight losses have come when Windler scores less than 13 points, so if the Racers can avoid a repeat performance from their Jan. 18 outing, where Windler dropped 21 points, they’ll be positioned to return to the tournament for the 16th time in program history.

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Senior guards Jonathan Stark and Ke’Shunan James headlined the All-OVC basketball awards winners for Murray State.

On Wednesday the award winners for the OVC conference were announced. Two women’s Racers were recognized to go along with three men’s Racers.

James was named to the All-OVC first team, as well as the OVC player of the year. This is the third time in her career that she has been named to the all-conference first team, while it is her first time being named the conference’s player of the year. James was the leading scorer in the conference (21.4 PPG) as well as being in the top five in rebounds (8.1 RPG) and steals (2.0 SPG).

Senior forward Bria Bethea was named to the All-OVC second team. This is the first time two teammates have both been named to the all-conference teams in the same season since Ashley N. Hayes and Amber Guffey were in 2008-2009.

Bethea was second on the team in scoring, averaging 15.6 points per game and was second on the team in rebounding, pulling down 6.1 a game.

Stark’s name was called the most for the men’s basketball team. He was also named to the All-OVC first team to go along with the OVC player of the year honor. This is Stark’s second time being named to the all-conference team and his first time being named the conference player of the year. This is the second straight season that he has led the OVC in scoring (21.7 PPG).

Senior forward Terrell Miller and freshman guard Ja Morant joined Stark on the All-OVC first team. Morant averaged 12.6 PPG, 7.3 APG and 6.8 RPG in his freshman season.

Miller’s All-OVC first team recognition was the second of his Racer career. Miller put up 14.7 PPG to go along with top 10 rebounding numbers with 8 RPG a game. Stark and Miller are the 28th and 29th Racers to be named to an all-conference team twice during the collegiate career.

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$40,514.96 raised for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Lindsey Coleman News Editor

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In the past year, teams of students have been working tirelessly to raise funds for one of the nation’s worthiest causes: finding cures and saving children who are cancer patients at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

On Feb. 23, 131 students participated in Up ‘til Dawn, during which time they played games, painted canvases to donate to the hospital, danced to a silent disco and celebrated the $40,514.96 they raised and literally stayed awake ‘til dawn in memory and honor of the patients and parents at St. Jude.

Ashley Traylor, Up ‘til Dawn Executive Director and junior from Helena, Alabama, said staying up all night “for the kids” gives them just a glimpse of what the families and patients at the hospital are going through.

“Whether it’s a parent who has a child at St. Jude and they’re losing sleep because they’re worrying about their health, or they’re a patient and they can’t sleep because they’re in pain suffering, we do it in honor of them,” she said.

Contrary to popular belief, Traylor said the event is not Greek-related and is open to any student.

“One of our biggest goals for next year is dispelling the misconception that Up ‘til Dawn is only for Greeks,” she said. “We want to get residential colleges and clubs involved. We want it to be a campus-wide effort to fundraise for this hospital and to share the mission of St. Jude.”

Greek organizations do garner some of the biggest support for Up ‘til Dawn though, since they have competitions to see which organization can raise the most money. This year, Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority and Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity took home the top spots by raising $6,607 and $3,690, respectively.

“Our fundraising was really slow in the beginning

is covered by donations. Everything is free to the families, including transportation, food, housing and treatment.

Traylor had helped raise money for two years at Up ‘til Dawn as a participant, then took her talents to the role of Executive Director.

She said she always loved being a part of something bigger than herself.

“I’ve been to the hospital

diseases. To know that I’m involved in increasing the cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent and more makes me very thankful that I get to be a part of St. Jude Up ‘til Dawn.”

Megan Homme and Aaron Schlenther were two of the 15 students who served on the Executive Board alongside Traylor.

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131 Murray State students participated in Up ‘til Dawn, a cause that raises money for patients and parents at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. but after Christmas break, we came back and we had a huge push,” Traylor said. “We went from $15,000 to $40,000 from January to February.”

Traylor said it costs $2.4 million per day to operate St. Jude, and everything at the hospital.

two times and to see what my money is going toward is life-changing,” Traylor said.

“It humbles you and it makes you so incredibly thankful for your health and the health of your family. Those kids are battling life-threatening

Director and senior from Chesterton, Indiana, has been on the Executive Board for three years. Through social media and online fundraising campaigns, she focused on getting the word out.

“I knew I wanted to be a

part of something in college that gave back, so when I heard about the opportunity to support a St. Jude event, I became involved immediately,” Homme said.

Each year at the event, Homme said they’ve had a St. Jude patient come and share their story. “ H e a r i n g t h e t h i n g s they’ve gone through at such a young age really puts your own struggles into perspective,” Homme said. “St. Jude saved their lives, and your donations are what made it all possible.”

Aaron Schlenther, senior from Lexington, Kentucky, was the event co-director.

This was his second year serving in this capacity.

“The event is important because it is a celebration of all the efforts people have put into raising money throughout the year,” Schlenther said.

Two years ago, he said he was inspired to be a part of Up ‘til Dawn by the amount of money they were able to raise for such a worthy cause.

“I loved what they were raising money for,” he said.

“I am passionate about it and wanted to help as much as I could.”

On March 8, the Executive Board will host one last event called the No More Chemo Rally to celebrate lives saved at St. Jude. Teams of students will compete to see who can spread the word to the most people and there will be prizes for the winners.

Even though Up ‘til Dawn has ended, fundraising continues until April 15 and every penny goes straight to St. Jude.

Hitting high notes

Professor Maribeth Crawford represents Murray State well at legendary concert hall

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Professor Crawford performed Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626 at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 19.

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There is a dated joke: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

Practice.” Practice and determination has paid off for assistant professor of music, Maribeth Crawford, who traveled to New York City to perform on Feb. 19 in the legendary concert hall.

Crawford participated in the Distinguished Concerts International New York. As a soprano, she was one of four soloists performing Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626.

Crawford said she contacted Assistant Artistic Director of DCINY, James Meaders, to get an audition.

“I recorded an audition

tape and submitted it to be considered for this concert,” Crawford said. “Dr. Meaders was my choral director at Mississippi College, where I completed my undergraduate degree in vocal performance.”

Crawford said it is important to work hard and build connections with those in your field.

“It might be that a colleague, mentor, teacher, etc. will be the very person to open doors for your career,” Crawford said. “It also never hurts to let people know that you are interested in certain parts or performances.”

Leading up to DCINY, Crawford said she had good fortune in her prior musical endeavors.

She won the 2012 Great Lakes Regional NATSAA voice competition, as well as the Voices of

Mississippi voice competition in the artist category in 2015.

“I’ve had the good fortune to perform with several orchestras and opera companies, including the Paducah Symphony Orchestra,” Crawford said.

One of the more interesting performance opportunities, Crawford said, has been the opportunity to travel as a soloist with the New Sousa Band to China, performing in Shanghai, Beijing, Yunnan, Yinchuan and Kunming.

DCINY was Crawford’s fourth time performing as a soloist in the Mozart “Requiem;” she performed it along with the other three voice faculty members at Murray State in 2016.

“Other than practicing and making sure that I feel completely comfortable with the music and the text, I work on visualizing that things will go well and focusing on the power of this gorgeous music,” Crawford said. “All I can do is my very best. I can not control anything else.”

Since beginning her musical career, Crawford said she has made new realizations about her life aspirations over time.

“When I first began to perform, my goal was to sing with the Metropolitan Opera, and I was working towards having a full-time singing career,” Crawford said. “Sometimes life happens and that’s when I started to realize my love for teaching.”

Crawford said she is content with meeting her goals both from a performance and teaching perspective.

“My career priorities are focused mainly around my teaching and helping the next generation of singers,” Crawford said. “The fact that I get to continue to grow and experience new horizons as an artist is just so satisfying.”

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Millennials in the Workplace workshop to be held for students Amy Turner || Staff writer aturner32@murraystate.edu

Graduating college is a milestone to be celebrated, immediately followed by an intense job search. From the need to pay back student loans to finding fulfillment in their dream jobs, millennials are starting to enter the workplace.

To help in this transition process, The Town & Gown Partnership is hosting a workshop sponsored by the City of Murray and Heritage Bank. The workshop will be taking place on March 7, starting at 7:30 a.m. until noon in the Murray Room of the CSFB Center.

Town & Gown coordinator, Carol Brunn, has been involved in the planning process of this event from the beginning. She said the goal of the event is to bring professional development opportunities to millennials and business leaders.

According to Forbes.com, millennials will comprise more than one of three adult Americans by 2020 and 75 percent of the workforce by 2025. This means that businesses and universities are doing more research to understand what this new market demographic will look like. Brunn said the Millennials in the Workplace workshop is hoping to be a part of that process.

“Town & Gown recognizes the importance of providing professional development opportunities that are both

effective and affordable,” Brunn said. “As the millennial generation is the largest generation to enter the workforce since the baby boomers, this timely topic will offer our business leaders some insight into the diverseness of this generation.”

Speaking and leading the event is the mayor of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and president of Momentum Consulting, Carter Hendricks.

Registration for the event can be found online at www.raceralumni.com. The event costs $50 and registration ends March 2. Currently, over 50 people have registered to participate and 15 businesses will be represented between Kentucky and Tennessee, Brunn said.

However, registration can also be done the old-fashioned way - pay by check, print a paper copy of the registration form, fill it out and send it to Brunn or the Office of Development.

“When I became the coordinator for the Town & Gown program in 2016, we surveyed all of our business partners to get their input on areas that Town & Gown could have a greater impact,” said Brunn.

“The survey revealed that professional development was an important component to them.

We hope to vary the professional development topic each year and are looking forward to bringing in more exceptional speakers in the future.”

The Heart of the Matter

Leaving a lasting mark

“Remember, you are going to die.”

I first heard t h e s e words at a Emily Williams conference Features Editor I attended in Atlanta nearly three years ago but this past week they have rung more true and echoed in my mind more than they did so long ago. In a massive arena surrounded by thousands of college-aged students just like me, it was hard then to wrap my mind around what I was hearing and just what it meant to me.

Today, I am only just beginning to understand it better and I am slowly learning how to live like it is true - because it is. Someday, we will all pass away. We will expire. We will cease to exist on this planet.

But the world will go on. Of course, there will be people left on Earth to feel the sting of our absence. There will be a time of mourning and crying to be had by those that we intertwined our souls with while we were here.

But after a certain point, even though we will never be forgotten, the memory of us will fade. And the question I am left with is this: What will I leave behind when I am no more? Whose life will my words still be touching when I’m no longer here to give a loving touch?

Recently, I have realized just how fleeting life can be.

I am watching a loved one suffer the effects of Alzheimer’s, a famed pastor that I grew up admiring and listening to finally passed on to be with God after 99 years of service. I have watched teenagers in my church process the deaths of two classmates after a shooting that they should never have had to witness. In a season of my life that has been characterized by such joy and excitement, I have also felt the reality that none of this is permanent and we must look forward, keeping the bigger picture in mind.

Accomplishments are great.

Success is great. Getting the grade is great. These are all good things that we should strive for as we march forward in this life. But is what we are leaving behind on this Earth really something that is going to make a difference in the life of someone else? Are we living for ourselves or for something bigger than ourselves?

I know that I am guilty of becoming so overwhelmed with my current circumstances and stresses of the day that I forget to keep the bigger picture in mind. And that’s so easy to do. But what if instead of being engulfed by tasks and stress and duties, we noticed what was going on around us. Maybe someone sitting at the table next to us in the coffee shop has just gotten bad news and needs a word of encouragement today. Maybe a friend of yours is hurting but doesn’t feel like anyone has the time to listen to what is going on in her life. Maybe you can be the one to make a difference and leave a lasting impression.

So many times, these columns that we write are sugar-coated with funny anecdotes, heartfelt memories and something to brighten your day. I love those and most of the time, I like to write them.

But today, I am remembering the lives of those who no longer have the opportunity to make new memories or make a difference. I am remembering them, and I want to honor them by doing something more in my life than making an A or getting that job or being the best at something.

I want to leave behind a legacy that follows me long after the grave. I want to leave behind something that someone can cling to in their darkest hour, a hope and the promise of a brighter future that is waiting for them ahead.

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Shining a spotlight on history The Department of Global Languages and Theatre Arts honors the legacy of Anne Frank

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The story of Anne Frank is one that was discovered and retold based off the writings of the 13-year-old’s diary that recorded the realities of life when living in hiding. To bring this story to life, the Department of Global Languages and Theater Arts put on the play “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

The play was performed on campus from Tuesday, Feb. 19 through Saturday, Feb. 24. The small, home-

town feel of the Wilson Hall Theater combined with the hard work and talent of the cast and crew led to sold out performances almost every night Macy Betz, junior from Evansville, Indiana, said.

“The Diary of Anne Frank” showcases the story of Anne Frank, a jewish girl who was forced into hiding with seven others during World War Two. After two years, the group was found and sent off to concentration camps leaving Otto Frank (Anne’s father) as the only survivor, according to annefrank.org.

The lead role of Anne Frank was played by Betz who joined the theater two years ago. Betz changed her major her sophomore year to theater after deciding it was her dream career. In the two years since switching career paths, this is the second role she has played in a university play. She played the character Tess in the fall play “Crazy About You.” Betz said the experience of being a lead character and of the theater program have been slightly overwhelming but amazing.

“It’s a lot,” Betz said. “Especially with this show.

Anne, it is her diary. She is going to have a lot of dialogue and a lot of lines. But, it really is a fun role.”

Betz was joined by nine other cast members, two student designers, the stage manager and the director.

Forest Calhoun, freshman from Owensboro, Kentucky, played the character of Viktor Kugler in the show.

“My favorite part of Anne Frank would have to be the opportunity to play a real historical and dramatic char-

acter,” Calhoun said. “I typically play comedic roles, or fictional characters but Viktor Kugler was a real person with motivations, dreams and a plethora of likes and dislikes.”

Both Betz and Calhoun praised the theater program for being diverse and supportive. Betz said that the auditioning process can be daunting but overall, everyone is full of encouragement.

“Theater itself is a very challenging career to get into,” Betz said. “We’re all striving to get in good roles and in shows, but it is very

supportive. The world needs more people who are supportive no matter what.”

President Bob Davies posted on Facebook to praise each of the actors and actresses, the student designers, the stage manager and the director, Lissa Graham-Schneider, individually for the performance.

“What an amazing theatrical experience,” Davies wrote.

“But the students of Murray State under the direction of dedicated faculty make this even more meaningful.”

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The Department of Global Languages and Theater Arts performs “The Diary of Anne Frank” in the Wilson Hall Theater to carry on a legacy and shine a light on history.

The diet stigma 4 diet sodas that will change your beverage game

Grant Dillard Contributing Writer gdillard@murraystate.edu

Diet sodas have been around for a long time, about as long as regular sodas.

They often have the reputation of being inferior to their regular counterparts when it comes to taste. Sure, they have little to no calories but taste is very much the most important factor of soda, like any other beverage. However, there are still a few exceptions to this stigma: some that manage to maintain the diet formula, while also having a good taste. For those who want a soft drink, but don’t want those pesky calories creeping in, here are some diet drinks to satisfy.

DIET MOUNTAIN DEW

This is the only diet beverage that manages to taste just as good, if not better than the original. Rather than tasting like a watered down copy of its predecessor, Diet Mountain Dew has its own unique flavor that really makes it stand out. Drinking more than one bottle doesn’t even seem to result in extreme sickness, unlike the original.

Definitely check this out.

COKE ZERO

The only diet drink on this list not to have the word “diet” in its name, Coke Zero easily destroys the original Diet Coke in the taste department. While not as satisfying as the original Coca Cola, it still leaves a good taste in one’s mouth after every sip. It’s the opposite

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Search for these four diet sodas next time you are in the soda aisle at Kroger or Walmart. of Diet Coke, which has the distinct flavor of Coca Cola if one left ice cubes in it for over an hour.

on campus, so students will have to look elsewhere, like Walmart.

DIET DR. PEPPER This is another diet ver-

sion of a popular soda that still has a good taste to it.

Though unlike Diet Mountain Dew, the mystery of whether or not it’s better than the original isn’t that difficult to solve. The original is better, but that doesn’t mean Diet Dr. Pepper is awful. There’s still enough good taste to make it satisfying enough.

Michelle Hawks Staff writer mhawks@murraystate.edu

DIET DR. PEPPER CHERRY

Want something even better than Diet Dr. Pepper? Look no further. How this manages to have such a fantastic flavor, yet have little to no calories is simply amazing. In fact, it’s so that the regular Dr. Pepper Cherry doesn’t matter. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy to find in vending machines

Murray State professor expresses his desire to serve the community

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On Jan. 25, Paul Walker, an associate professor at Murray State filed to run to represent Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District.

Before facing incumbent,James Comer Jr., Walker will have to face his democratic opponent, Alonzo Pennington, during the primary election on May 22.

Walker’s platform includes three main points: creating a less divisive culture, increasing the emphasis on education and finding a solution for affordable and accessible

healthcare.

Walker said he would also like to see people respecting each other-something he feels has been lost.

Walker has been an associate professor of English at Murray State for 11 years.

He said his experience as an educator and his desire to expand how he serves the community played a large role in his decision to run.

“I feel like now is the time,” Walker said.

He said he believes it is the duty of each generation to create a better situation for the next generation.

“Students represent the next generation,” Walker

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Professor Paul Walker has filed to represent Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District.

said.

He said each year, he sees a rise in his students’ anxiety levels, especially in regard to what will happen after graduation.

He said he realizes he is not a politician; however, he said there is a need for those in office, especially in Kentucky, to be in touch with the people they serve.

Walker said he loves his job as a professor, but also said he feels as if this is an opportunity for him to serve in a different way.

“I have no idea what the future holds for me,” Walker said, “But I’d always want to come back to be a teacher.”

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The Olympic Games have long represented unity, (mostly) friendly competition and, perhaps most importantly, money. To host either the summer or winter games is an honor, yes, but also a huge commitment. There are few cities that have pockets deep enough to fund such a venture.

As the costs associated with hosting the games have climbed into the tens of billions, some have begun to question how much they’re willing to pay for bragging rights and a potential tourism boost. Cities that have dropped bids for upcoming games such as Boston and Stockholm have their answer: not quite enough.

Initial estimates for the cost of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea were set at a meager $7 billion, though the final tally is closer to $13 billion, according to a report from CNBC.

This pales in comparison to the $51 billion bill Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia incurred from hosting the winter games in 2014. And these are not outliers: Tokyo is set to host the 2020 Summer Olympics with an estimated $12.6 billion budget, though this figure, reported by CNBC, is likely to increase.

The price tag associated with hosting the games often increases due to necessary infrastructure improvements needed to accommodate a massive influx of visitors. Said improvements are often outlined by the International Olympics Committee. The Council on Foreign Relations reported “the IOC requires cities hosting the summer games to have a minimum of forty thousand available hotel rooms.” And that’s just one of such undertakings hosting cities must take on to meet their Olympic-size promises.

Bidding for Olympic fame has be-

come bogged down by political espionage and under-the-table deals. IOC President Thomas Bach has vowed to reform the bidding process, though the IOC has regularly dealt with its own fair-share of negative press.

It’s important the issue has been acknowledged, however, and Bach appears sincere in his mission.

But what if the bidding process was sidelined permanently? It has been suggested the IOC designate certain cities that will rotate hosting the Olympics. This would eliminate back-alley bribery and the costs associated with bidding (these can amount to hundreds of millions of dollars).

Sure, some nations will have their feelings hurt if they’re not chosen to be part of the host rotation, but so what? The financial burdens of construction and security often fall on the backs of taxpayers. Montreal only just finished paying off the debt

it accrued from hosting the 1976 Summer Games in 2006 (that’s three decades of taxpayer strain for those counting). Most of these costs were associated with building Quebec’s Olympic Stadium which has become not-so-fondly known as the Big Owe. Why should the layperson be penalized for the actions of a government vying for fame and fortune?

The Rio de Janeiro games became infamous for the Brazilian government’s razing of slums, towns and villages located on or near venue sites. Entire communities were displaced to accommodate for new infrastructure and environmental cleanup efforts, neither of which were considered successful.

The IOC awarded Rio de Janeiro status as a host city despite the nearly insurmountable hurdles the city would have to clear before the Olympics began. It was a poor decision, one which innocent people paid for with their homes and meager livelihoods.

Building ski courses and other winter venues requires quite a bit of space. Pyeongchang destroyed “tens of thousands of trees from the slopes of Mount Gariwang, including ancient and rare species” to make room for ski slopes, according to a report by The Guardian. The forest is considered a sacred site by many across Asia, and, despite plans to replace over a thousand trees, the damage has been done. It’s an environmental travesty on many levels.

This destruction need not occur in the future, though.

If the ballooning financial and environmental costs of constructing Olympic venues and villages continue to rise, the IOC will need to start playing hardball. Instituting a defined roster of Olympic hosts will cut down on unnecessary construction and waste. At the very least, sustainability and humanitarian causes must be pushed to the forefront of the committee’s decision making process.

No tradition is worth displacing innocent people or further tainting our environment. If the Olympic Games are to continue to represent unity and good faith, they must evolve to survive.

The Fine Print

Living a Distracted Life Bob Valentine

Contributing writer rvalentine@murraystate.edu

It is official: We are living distracted lives in a distracted world.

There, doesn’t that make you feel better? It explains a great deal about what is happening all around us, even if we’re not terribly aware of what exactly is going on.

In the last few days, the people who brought you the internet, text messaging, cellphones, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, livestreaming and the rest of the instant gratification tools have come forth to join parents, teachers and newspaper editors in their fear of pervasive media. Silicon Valley is officially troubled at our dependence on, and addiction to, their toys and tools.

Of course, this won’t be news to anyone on a college campus. Publications from Computerworld to The Atlantic have long decried the isolating and distracting influences of mobile devices. Studies have examined the influence of our device dependence and, generally, the results range from the troubling to the terrifying.

The opioid problem may be a drop in the bucket by comparison.

It is instructive that organizations like Google

and Facebook have admitted an interest in the “dark side” of digital media. This kind of admission makes it easier to believe that the problem with distracted living is more than the imagination of old-fashioned thinking from baby boomers or disgruntled Generation Xers.

And those people- the eldest of the last two generations- are not immune from distraction.

The old joke from the 1960s was the grandfather who had a wallet full of photos of his grandchildren. The new joke - and it ain’t funny - is the grandfather who has a smartphone full of photos; this is an infinite improvement over an old leather wallet, and an hour of agony for the poor person who made the mistake of asking, “How are the grandkids?”

Grandmothers are just as capable of texting in the doctor’s waiting room as their grandchildren are during classroom lectures. While kids can wile away time with “Angry Birds” or “Candy Crush,” older adults can do online crossword puzzles or Sudoku. There’s never a reason to simply sit there and be bored.

The media has always taken the wrap for distraction. Mothers of the 1930s would scold fathers who read the evening paper before dinner instead of playing with the kids. A whole generation in the 60s was raised without the knowledge

of their parents because one’s favorite TV shows could not be missed.

Maybe that’s why the children of the 60s and 70s have become the helicopter parents of the 2010s: They learned the painful lesson of growing up with distracted parents and are attempting to right past wrongs. Maybe.

This time the distraction may have gone too far. Our society’s solution will be to impose laws.

Perhaps corporations will limit your access to the media out of fear of lawsuits. It will take years, but if a harm can ever be proved, our society will react to it. “Overreact” is probably the better word.

In the meantime, each of us must ask ourselves a single question: Am I distracted from life itself?

The answer is as varied as the people who will ask it, but the preponderance of evidence suggests we are missing important parts of our lives in order to participate in the trivial. Most of us are not going to the White House for dinner this week, nor will we be invited to Prince Harry’s wedding.

The plight of the earthquake victims in Formosa, heartbreaking as it is, is not as important to you as the plight of a friend who has lost a treasured family pet. We know we can watch the news and consume the blogs, but can we listen and console? Can we be present for that?

If not us, then who? And if not now, then when?

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The National Weather Service surveyed the damage on Sunday.

“Two homes were a total loss, with roof decking removed, windows blown out, and part of an exterior wall caved in due to projectile impacts,” according to The National Weather Service Storm Report.

At least four businesses also sustained damage. The NWS survey team reported dozens of trees were uprooted or broken.

Rose’s office said the city’s “cleanup and restoration plan” will begin on Thursday, March 1 when the Street Department will begin collecting debris.

“The initial effort will begin in the hardest hit areas of Murray: Fairlane, Catalina, South 11th Street and Earl Court,” according to the press release from the mayor’s office.

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Residents who live outside of the hardest hit areas but still within the city’s identified clean up area, will be next on the road department’s list for debris removal.

City officials are asking residents and business owners in the identified storm area to separate the storm debris into two piles: construction debris and brush debris. Brush debris, defined as being six feet or less, will be collected and burned at a later date.

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“The whole thing was a pretty surreal and bizarre experience,” Parker said.

After a three hour delay, the game resumed just after midnight.

Emily Hancock, junior from Bumpus Mills, Tennessee and Murray State’s OVC Campus Correspondent, was sitting on media row beside the Austin Peay cheerleaders when water began flooding the court.

“The water and some debris fell on them [the cheerleaders],” Hancock said. “I didn’t know anything had happened until 4-5 of them popped up from where they were sitting on the floor and began to run.

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The annual brush pick up will be in April and residents and business owners are encouraged to use that time for all other non-storm related brush. More information on the event will be forthcoming on the City of Murray’s website at www.murrayky. gov.

“Community members not residing or aiding in the cleanup and restoration efforts are urged to avoid the area impacted by the storm to maintain the safety of those working in this congested area,” according to the press release.

The State of Emergency issued on Saturday night will be in effect until March 5, 2018. This will allow the expedition of the cleanup and restoration efforts.

“It also provides the opportunity to apply for FEMA funds which are available to public entities for the reimbursement of expenses incurred due to additional manpower and equipment utilization,” according to the press release.

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bleachers in a hurry, which I believe sent a signal to all the fans to get up quickly and get somewhere safe.”

Hancock said as people sought safety, Murray State’s media team stayed and waited patiently for answers about how the game would continue.

Despite the three hour delay in the game from the inclement weather, she said Austin Peay ensured everyone was safe and comfortable.

“I would like to thank the people of Austin Peay for continuing to make us feel at home and protected, even through all the chaos,” Hancock said. “Whether they were coaches, staff, police officers from the city of Clarksville, they all asked if we were making it alright or if we needed anything.”

The game resumed just after midnight, and the Racers claimed their OVC championship trophy around 12:30 a.m.

The National Weather Service surveyed the damage early in the week and determined that an EF2 tornado packing winds of 125 mph, touched down near the arena.