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NEWS

OPINION

SPORTS

FEATURES

SHEMBERGER ELECTED FACULTY REGENT

DEAD WEEK IS FAKE NEWS

RACERS TAKE THIRD IN OVC TOURNAMENT

STUDENTS SUBMIT ARTWORK IN ANNÉE FOLLES SHOW

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but 31 percent oppose it. The News also held a poll on Twitter, where 69 voters shared their thoughts. The poll showed 64 percent in support and 36 percent in opposition.

Virginia Sisemore, sophomore from Madisonville, Kentucky, does not see the benefits of raising the age for tobacco and vape products.

“Vaping has been shown to help people stop smoking, and I am one of those people,” Sisemore said.

“I don’t understand why vaping is included in that category.”

Sisemore also said she wouldn’t be upset if the age was raised, but she does believe that adults would be losing their rights to purchase tobacco products.

States including Indiana have attempted to propose the same legislation to raise tobacco age, but have failed. However, Arkansas, Illinois, Maine, Utah and Virginia have been successful in raising the legal age for tobacco use. Chicago, Illinois and Washington D.C. also raised the age to 21.

Branden Kelley from Marshall County, Kentucky, said he opposes McConnell’s decisions because he thinks there is already too much government regulation.

“If you can join the military and vote at 18, you should be able to choose what you do to your body,” Kelley said.

Despite some of the disapproval, McConnell said he believes that he can successfully pass the proposal.

“As you well know, I’m in a particularly good position to enact legislation,” McConnell said. “And this is going to be a top priority that I’ll be working on now.”

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Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced a proposal for legislation to change the purchasing age of tobacco.

McConnell hopes to introduce national legislation to change the age for tobacco and vape use from 18 to 21. McConnell announced his plans for his proposal during a press conference in Louisville, Kentucky on April 18.

In 2017, 14.1 percent of high school students used e-cigarettes and 10.6 percent used smokeless tobacco in Kentucky, according to Truth Initiative.

“We have an epidemic of nicotine consumption either through cigarettes or through vaping in high schools and even middle schools, not only in our state but around the country,” McConnell said.

McConnell said he not only wants to raise the age to deter young smokers, but also because he believes hemp could replace tobacco

as a cash crop. He also said tobacco has remained a cash crop nationwide because of the loyalty farmers have to the crop, but hemp could provide a beneficial alternative.

“Kentucky agriculture is moving in a much different way with industrial hemp, which we hope to lead the nation in,” McConnell said.

While McConnell supports the growing industry of hemp, he hasn’t spoken in support of the legalization of marijuana.

“In the previous Farm Bill five years ago, I inserted a provision that allowed pilot projects - because remember hemp was considered a controlled substance under federal law going back to right after World War II so it was treated like this more controversial cousin that we’ve all heard of,” McConnell said. “Some states are actually legalizing [marijuana], but that’s not what we’re involved in. We’re talking about industrial hemp.”

The News conducted a poll on Facebook to see how readers feel about McConnell’s proposal. The results showed that 69 percent of 189 voters support the proposal,

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Subject was caught breaking into a vehicle. The subject was charged with possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, meth, opiates and cocaine. The subject was also charged with two counts of theft from vehicle over $500, three counts of theft from vehicle under $500, nine attempted counts of theft from vehicle under $500. The investigation is still open.

Rape was reported on campus in the residential halls after unwanted sexual contact from an acquaintance occured on April 15.

Harassment was reported on Waldrop Drive after unwanted contact and communications from an acquaintance occured on April 19.

The investigation is still open.

Animal cruelty was reported at Waterfield Library after an animal was left in a vehicle for an extended period of time with no water or air flow. The investigation is still open.

The Police Beat is compiled with material provided by Public Safety and Emergency Management. Not all dispatched calls are listed.

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The News held polls on Facebook and Twitter to hear readers thoughts on McConnell’s proposal.

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Shemberger elected faculty regent in runoff election

Mallory Hlava Contributing writer mhlava@murraystate.edu

Melony Shemberger was voted faculty regent after the runoff election ended on April 18.

S h e m b e r g e r answered the following questions from The News on April 22. Some answers have been lightly edited for clarity.

What inspired you to run for faculty regent?

“I really made the decision in late 2018.

Part of it was personal for me, even though Murray State didn’t have complete control over this, I just felt like if I was in a position where I could try to voice these concerns better, but it had to do with the state tuition waiver. The Kentucky General Assembly last year authorized a bill that would allow public universities in Kentucky to not have to honor the state tuition waiver. I’m taking graduate courses at the University of Kentucky. Those were paid for by a state waiver, so I didn’t have to pay for anything except an online course fee.

For us, those employees that work full time at a university, that’s a benefit. That benefit was stripped. Again, no fault to Murray State, but it was just something that

really bothered me, so I want to make sure that whatever education benefits that we have, that those are protected. That was one of the reasons. Then, the other large reason is we just have not had good communication. We don’t receive communication from the faculty regent as far as what’s been going on at the board level. Sure, we can get in and maybe watch the stream of the meetings, but not everybody can sit here and do that, or not everybody can go to the meetings. It had been historically that the previous regents would send an email just saying, ‘This occured, this is how I voted and this is what I think we should be concerned about.’

We didn’t get that kind of dialogue. That bothered me. I am part of the faculty senate, but it’s different than on the Board of Regents level.”

What are some changes you would like to see and implement now that you are faculty regent?

“I want somebody in a position where they can really represent us and not be afraid to vote no even when the decision is going to benefit the University as a whole.

We have to think about faculty. Faculty are not

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necessarily well-known to the board. They kind of see us as, and I just mean this generically, but I think they see it as we’re just employees.

Really, without the faculty, we wouldn’t have a university. I’m only one person, let me just say that. What I do plan to do is make sure faculty are informed. For the first meeting, I want to have an informal pre-meeting forum with faculty if faculty have time to stop by and tell me what their concerns are.

When I get the board agenda, I want them to see it, too. So, I’m going to share that with them.

Then, they’ll get more communication from me after the meeting. I’ve already told them that weekend after the meeting they would get a full report from me. They would know what happened, what took place, how I voted and how the others voted. I’m going to be very transparent.

We have to establish a solid level of transparency between the faculty regent and the faculty.”

What are your priorities as faculty regent?

“I just want to make sure I tell the faculty’s story to the board.”

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“I want to encourage the board to be curious about what we do as faculty. I’m going to have maybe an invitation to the board members. Not all at once, but if a board member wants to come in on a classroom, I can arrange something with a faculty member who would love to share what they do in their classes with a board member. I want some faculty members who are doing good things with teaching and research. I want them to come share that with board members. I want the board to see more faculty, as far as activities. Faculty are busy. When they’re not here, they’re maybe at a conference or meeting, so they’re constantly busy.”

Is there anything else you would like Murray State to know?

“Faculty could not do what they do without staff. We can’t teach and run registrar. We can’t teach and try to run fees and payments. Our staff are really important, and the students are the core. We’re building you so that you can have a strong core that will go out after you graduate and do well. I think faculty are any univer-

Photo courtesy of Melony Shemberger Shemberger will serve a three-year term as faculty regent.

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I don’t think it’s really ever been done to have the spotlight on the faculty. Even when I was in college, I was amazed by the faculty. I was a little intimidated by them, but I held them at high esteem. I thought, ‘There’s never going to be a time I could do something like that,’ and then I just kept working my way up. Our faculty do a lot outside of the classroom, and I want to send that message.

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to do their research and they’re trying to meet deadlines with journal editors. They’re trying to write grants for funding for their projects, and not just for their projects, for student projects. They’re advising students. They’re serving as organization advisers. I don’t know how much we can put on a faculty member’s plate if we continue to slash positions and the funding continues to dwindle.”

Shemberger will serve as faculty regent for a three-year term ending in 2022.

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Happening this week on campus...

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Saturday, April 27

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Mindfulness Workshop H.C. Franklin College Commons

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Softball vs. EKU at Racer Field. Free fish and chips will be available for all in attendance

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Spring Racer football game at Roy Stewart Stadium

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Opening day of “The Underpants”

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“How to Lose a Guy in 9 Innings” baseball game at Reagan Field

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Honors College formal at the Curris Center Stables 7 p.m.

High Valley concert at the CFSB Center

Sunday, April 28

Monday, April 29

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Baseball vs. EKU at Reagan Field

Mirror Selfie Booth & Music Marker

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Softball senior day at Racer Field

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Dean Marcie Hobbs retirement reception in Mason Hall Auditorium

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“Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse” at Elizabeth College Amphitheatre

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Wednesday, May 1

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35th Annual Harry M. Sparks Distinguished Lecture in the Murray Room of the CFSB Center

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Spring ‘Mini’ Health Fair on the third floor of the Curris Center

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Tinsel Town Tuesday showing of “Risen” in the Curris Center Theatre

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Showcase of “Criminally Passionate” in the Robert E. Johnson Theatre

Our View

April 25, 2019

Editorial Board Blake Sandlin Interim Editor-in-Chief 270-809-6877 bsandlin1@murraystate.edu

The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board.

Dead Week is fake news

As finals week approaches and the panic of possible bad grades sets in, students are hitting the books.

Something that might ease the stress of Bryce Anglin finals would be Dead Week, a week of utter Production Manager nothingness on campus, giving students 270-809-5874 the peace and quiet they need to study and zanglin@murraystate.edu work on their final papers and projects.

Certain universities observe this time, Daniella Tebib cancelling classes and prohibiting professors from assigning work and adminNews Editor istering quizzes and exams. Some uni270-809-4468 versities, while not giving students a full dtebib@murraystate.edu week, observe a day to at least offer some breathing room.

Sara Howell Murray State is one of a number of Features Editor Kentucky universities that choose not to 270-809-5871 observe this much-needed time. showell6@murraystate.edu The funny thing is, many professors at the University still refer to it as Dead Week.

Gage Johnson It gives a sense of inconsistency to students Sports Editor who are frustrated with Murray State’s lack of any sort of breathing room.

270-809-4481 Other Kentucky university students gjohnson17@murraystate.edu are in the same boat; Northern Kentucky University, Eastern Kentucky University, Megan Reynolds Western Kentucky University and Opinion Editor Morehead State University are all schools 270-809-5873 that offer no observance of the so-called mreynolds12@murraystate.edu “Dead Week.”

The University of Louisville, while not David Wallace observing the full week, has what is called Chief Copy Editor Reading Day. 270-809-5876 “UofL has one day between the last day dwallace15@murraystate.edu of classes and the first day of finals with no classes,” Natalie Humble, a sophomore from the University of Louisville, said.

Connor Dame All class activity has to be complete by Ad Sales and Circulation the last day of classes and there can be no Manager university-sanctioned events on Reading 270-809-4478 Day, Humble said. cdame2@murraystate.edu Bellarmine University observes a similar day called Study Day. While there can be Brock Kirk no assignments or other class requirements Photography Editor on this day, the campus still holds events.

270-809-5878 These activities, however, are designed to help students calm down and relax before jkirk11@murraystate.edu finals begin.

Bellarmine professors are also in their Kalea Anderson offices all day during Study Day so that any Chief Videographer students looking to ask questions are free 270-809-5878 to do so. Some professors even hold spekanderson29@murraystate.edu cial study sessions.

The University of Kentucky is one of the Dr. Stephanie Anderson few Kentucky universities that observes a Adviser • 270-809-3937 sanderson37@murraystate.edu 2609 University Station Murray State University Murray, Kentucky 42071-3301 msunews1927@gmail.com Fax: (270) 809-3175

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Submissions should be 600 words or less, and contributors should include phone numbers for verification. Please include hometown, classification and title or relationship to the University. The News reserves the right to edit for style, length and content. No anonymous contributions will be accepted. All contributions should be turned in by noon on Monday of each week via email to atraylor@ murraystate.edu.

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full week of Dead Week.

During UK’s Dead Week, professors are not allowed to assign any new homework, projects, presentations, quizzes or exams that were not already placed in the syllabus at the start of the semester.

Professors can cancel classes, but some do not, and as such are allowed to require attendance.

“Usually professors don’t give a hoot about the intention of Dead Week, so they always put things in the syllabus for Dead Week,” Kelly Loewen, a graduate student at Ohio State University and UK alumna, said.

So, even when a Dead Week is offered, the observance is seemingly ignored and the title is just for show.

It’s like universities just don’t understand that students and professors need a break before the “boss battle” that is finals week.

Professors and students alike go through the sickening stress and mountainous pile of work that only seem to grow in the last few weeks of the semester.

Students have final projects, presentations, papers, journals and assignments that all have deadlines falling the week

before finals. Professors have to grade all of that, on top of going to meetings and advising student organizations in election season and hosting end-of-the-year potlucks.

The anxiety of it literally makes students and professors sick, it weakens their immune systems, it drags their ability to function into the ground. It feels like your body is giving out with each passing minute.

That’s where the necessity of Dead Week, or at least some sort of break like Reading Day or Study Day, comes in.

A time to sit back and finish those final papers and projects, to really get that studying done and knock those finals out of the park.

People were not built to be awake five days and nights straight, eyes glued to study videos and textbooks. Your mental health does not need to be jeopardized for the sake of your education, and anyone who tells you otherwise is dead wrong.

To the students and professors out there, take care of yourselves. This time of the school year is hard, but you’ll pull through.

You always do.

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Popeyes opens for business

Levi Brandenburg Contributing writer lbrandenburg@murraystate.edu

Breanna Harris Contributing writer bharris1@murraystate.edu

After beginning construction earlier this year, Popeyes opened in Murray on April 15.

Popeyes is a Cajun chicken fast food restaurant first founded in 1972. Supreme Foods, a franchise based in Mayfield, Kentucky, is the owner of the new addition to Murray’s growing number of restaurants.

George Cleveland, manager of Popeyes, said business has been booming since opening.

Some students are

excited to see new restaurant additions in Murray.

“I think Popeyes opening brings something different to Murray because I am so used to Popeyes being in bigger cities,” Janae Pembrook Ward, sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri, said. “So, it’s nice to see the restaurant here.”

With the restaurant being open for just over a week, some customers said they have enjoyed the positive atmosphere that Popeyes has brought to Murray so far.

“I’m happy we finally have a chicken place because we really needed one,” Tameia Brown, senior from Radcliff, Kentucky,

said.

Popeyes also offers a discount for students with a college ID. “Murray State students will receive a 10 percent discount if they show their Murray State ID,” Cleveland said.

Students will also have the opportunity to apply for part-time jobs at Popeyes.

Kevin Newell, the primary owner of the company and Murray native, said the company is looking forward to hiring Murray State students for part-time jobs.

The fast food restaurant is located in front of Walmart, next to the Murray-Calloway County Chamber of Commerce, on 12th Street.

Mackenzie O’Donley/The News Popeyes opened for business on April 15.

Sports

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April 25, 2019

Racers take third in men’s golf OVC Tournament Keith Jaco Staff writer rjaco@murraystate.edu Murray State men’s golf finished its season on a high note on Wednesday, placing third in the OVC Championship at the Shoals Golf Club in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

The Racers moved up one spot into third place in round three while scoring three-day totals of 285-288-287–– 860. With Murray State’s third-place finish, the Racers finished the 2018-19 season with consecutive top-3 finishes.

Head Coach Eddie Hunt thought his team played exceptionally well this week.

“I’m extremely proud of this team,” Hunt said. “I thought they all played excellent and contributed to a really great tournament. We struggle some in the spring but after getting the lineup we needed we had all five players contribute to the team.”

Jacksonville State took home first place on scores of 277-282-277—836 while Gamecock sophomore Jesus Montenegro received first place for individuals with scores of 67-68-69–– 204.

The Gamecocks finished the tournament with four of their five participants finishing in the top 10 with sophomore Quim Vidal Mora placing second behind teammate Montenegro by three strokes.

Belmont finished the tournament in second place on scores of 275-289283––847 with Bruins’ senior Noah Trenkler placing third with scores of 68-74-66––208.

Junior Avery Edwards, from Paducah, Kentucky, was the Racers’ highest finisher, ending the tournament tied for fifth place while scoring three-day totals of 71-68-72—211.

With Wednesday’s fifth-place finish, Edwards ended the season with back-to-back top-5 finishes.

Edwards was one of seven participants named to the OVC AllTournament team, making him the first Racer to receive this honor since Patrick Newcomb in 2013.

JSU sophomore Maximo Portais, Montenegro and Mora were also

Photo courtesy of @MSUMenGolf Murray State men’s golf poses with its awards after placing third in the OVC Tournament.

named to the OVC All-Tournament Team along with Belmont’s Trenkler, Austin Peay sophomore Chase Korte and Eastern Kentucky junior Billy Basham.

Junior Austin Knight, from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, finished in a tie for 14th place on scores of 72-7172—215.

Senior Gabe Wheeler, from Sikeston, Missouri, finished in a tie for 22nd place in his last tournament as a Racer on scores of 71-74-72— 217.

Hunt is excited to get back to work with multiple players returning next season.

“I think we have a really good nucleus coming back, four of our top 5,” Hunt said. “We’ve got a couple of really good freshman coming in so I think it will be a lot of competition and we’ll be a lot better; [I think] we’ll have a great opportunity to win the OVC next year.”

Murray State finished the tournament second among the field in birdies with 51 and fifth in pars with 172.

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Racer soccer adds nine for 2019 Alyssa Crum Contributing writer acrum@murraystate.edu

After kicking off his first season with an OVC Championship—the second straight for the Racers—Head Coach Matt Lodge will bring in his first recruiting class for the 2019 season.

The Racers lost five seniors from last year’s team, including four starters—senior goalkeeper Alex Steigerwald, senior midfielder Caroline Ashton, senior forward Cori Cain and senior forward Katie Brooks.

Coming into the Racers’ program is a nine-freshman class that consists of Grace Bodker, Tori Bonno, Carlee Crafton, Parker Greer, Maddie Griggs, Gillian Nithang, Lauren Payne, Lilly Strader and Jenna Villacres.

Bodker is from Sunbury, Ohio, and came from Big Walnut High School. Bodker competed in the Classic Eagles Red FC club team, won a state championship with Villacres and sophomore forward Abby Jones in high school and was awarded 2018 Top Drawer Soccer All-American Watch List honors.

Bonno is from Mason, Ohio, and came from William Mason High School. Bonno joined the soccer team after her senior year at WMHS as the captain of the Comets. Bonno competed in the Greater Miami Conference and earned five goals

and nine assists for 19 total points in 2018. Bonno earned First Team All-GMC but also First Team All-Southwest Ohio honors for her performance.

Crafton is from Henderson, Kentucky, and came from Henderson County High School. Crafton is another in a line of relatives to become a Racer as her grandfather and two uncles before her were Racers. Crafton led her team, the Indiana Fire Junior South Club team, to several championships, including one championship win in 2016, the Midwest Regional League Championship in 2016, the Indiana State Cup Championship as well as the MRL Championship in 2017.

Greer is a Murray native and came from Murray High School. The incoming forward led the Tigers to a 66-26-2 record during her four years at Murray High. In her senior season Greer scored 38 goals, giving her 125 career goals to break Murray State sophomore forward Lydia Grogan’s Murray High career goals record.

Griggs is from Henderson, Kentucky, and came from Henderson County High School. The purpose of bringing her onto the team was to add intensity to the Racers’ offensive attack. Griggs broke both the Henderson County and KHSSA records for career goals with 217 goals made throughout her soccer career. Also, Griggs was awarded the Player of the Year award in the years 2015-17 consecutively.

Nithang is from Ankeny, Iowa, and comes from

Ankeny Centennial High School. Nithang is confirmed as a champion competitor and a talented midfielder. Her accomplishments include leading the Iowa Rush soccer team to victory when her team won four consecutive state cup championships from 2014 to 2018. Also, Nithang led the Jaguars to the 3A State Championship.

Payne is from Louisville, Kentucky, and attended Sacred Heart Academy. Payne led the Valkyries to a 2018 state championship. The incoming midfielder also took the opportunity to travel abroad to Liverpool, England, with the ODP International Team in 2018.

Strader is from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and attended University Heights Academy. Strader was also added to the team to establish a prominent offensive attack for the Racers. Strader holds county records for goals made in a season with 53, and career goals with 164.

Villacres comes from Westerville, Ohio, and she attended Westerville South High School.

Villacres will join fellow sophomore goalkeeper Cera Prather as they look to replace Steigerwald, a four-year starter for the Racers.

Villacres also played for the Classics Eagles Red FC Club team Jones and Bodker in 2018. The trio won the state cup championship. Villacres was also a 3-year captain for the Westerville South Wildcats where she earned First Team Ohio Capital Conference honors in 2017.

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Students submit artwork in Année Folles show Alexis Schindler Staff writer aschindler1@murraystate.edu

The walls of the Murray State University Clara M. Eagle Gallery is decorated with the expressive artwork of students for the Année Folles Student Art Exhibition.

The exhibition opened April 19 and was presented by the Organization of Murray Art Students and the Murray State University department of art and design. It is an annual show juried by a different art professional of national repute every year.

This year’s exhibition juror was Hannah March Sanders. Sanders is an assistant professor of art at Southeast Missouri State University.

Many different forms of art were represented at the exhibition varying from woodwork, drawing, video, painting, photography and more.

Gallery worker Nance Craven, a senior from Stewart County, Tennessee, was one of the many students to have pieces make it into the exhibition.

Craven had three pieces of her art in the show. Two of the pieces were woodwork and one piece was a drawing.

Craven’s woodwork pieces, “Why Can’t We Connect?” and “Riding the Waves,” and her drawing piece, “Homage,” all incorporate hands.

“My main theme of my art is hands and how we use those to create ideas or narratives,” she said.

Craven said the one word she would use to describe all the art presented in the gallery is diverse.

Many awards and scholarships were awarded on the opening night of the gallery.

Sanders gave Sarah Martin, an assistant professor of art and design, a juror’s statement to read. Martin read the statement before handing out the awards.

Sanders said in the beginning of her statement that she was hon-

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It’s been a crazy couple of years and I couldn’t have been this successful with my work without the help of my peers and the amazing faculty in the art and design department.

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ored to juror for the exhibition.

“I hold Murray State’s department of art and design and its students in high esteem,” Martin read from Sanders’ statement. “I would like to congratulate all the students who submitted to this exhibition as well as the faculty members who encouraged them and helped them to grow these works of art.”

Sanders said in her statement that she jurored the exhibition with the voice and vision

of her particular experiences and education.

One of the highest awards was Best in Show.

Lu Colby, a senior from Tawas City, Michigan, won the Best in Show award with her piece “Shame, Shame.”

The award also came with a monetary prize of $500.

Colby said “Shame, Shame” is commenting on the shame of infertility in American society.

Colby won the same award last year.

“Winning Best in Show two years in a row is an amazing feeling,” Colby said. “It’s been a crazy couple of years and I couldn’t have been this successful with my work without the help of my peers and the amazing faculty in the art and design department.

She is excited to see where she’ll go next with it.

“I’m really happy to be a part of the art scene here in Murray getting my art out there for people,” Colby said.

“Shame, shame” was not Colby’s only piece in the show. She had two other pieces as well, “All the dirt from my kitchen” and “7 Months.”

Colby said her favorite piece out of the ones she has in the show is “All the dirt from my kitchen.”

“That’s my newest work that I’m working on right now,” she said.

“I’m really excited with where I’m going with it as a body of work goes.”

The Clara M. Eagle Gallery can be found on the sixth floor of the Fine Arts building. The exhibition will be open until May 3. There is no cost to enter the gallery and it is open to the public.

Richard Thompson/The News Cara Crowley submitted this piece of artwork to the show.

Richard Thompson/The News Eriko Whittaker submitted this piece of artwork to the show.

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Traveling around the world for education Anderson going to Estonia with help of Fulbright Scholar Program Claire Smith Staff writer csmith110@murraystate.edu The Fulbright Scholar Program is an international education and exchange program that is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The program offers teaching and research grants in over 125 countries.

Autumn “Grace” Anderson, senior from Huntsville, Alabama, earned an English Teaching Assistant award to teach English in Estonia.

“Some of the things I will be doing are serving as a resource in conversation groups, providing small group instruction, assisting students with reading and writing English, and organizing American culture-related activities,” Anderson said.

The program allows recipients to meet, work and live with people in their host country. The grants last anywhere from nine months to a year.

“It was a somewhat rigorous process, but I had great faculty advising me throughout,” Anderson said. “In that application you have to include a statement of grant purpose about what you are going to do while in your country and a personal statement about why you want to participate in the program.”

Through Murray State there is a committee review for a joint recommendation of a student to the program. Once Anderson had all the

materials to apply she waited several months before finding out she was a semi-finalist.

“I couldn’t believe that I had actually gotten it because I had told myself again and again that I wouldn’t,” Anderson said. “Getting the email notification saying ‘Congrats!’ was too surreal.”

Latricia Trites, professor of TESOL and English at Murray State, works with Fulbright applicants.

“I have met with at least three students, two of which did get accepted into the Fulbright program,” Trites said.

“I have read their statements of purpose and their bio information and helped them to revise these statements so that they reflected what the review team at Fulbright is looking for.”

Trites has been a reviewer for the Fulbright program for the last five years and has participated on the campus interview team twice with both of the applicants being accepted as a Fulbright ETA. “When I talked with both of them, I told them that they should be honest about who they are, what their plans are and what they have learned about the country to which they hope to go,” Trites said. “I told them not to have grandiose plans for activities outside of the actual teaching, but should set more realistic goals for community activities.”

Trites said she discusses with the applicants the types of things

reviewers are looking and what things can turn them off.

“Having been a Fulbright Scholar as an academic advisor, supervising 16 ETAs (Taiwan 2008-09), I also share with them my practical experiences in an effort to help them see the larger picture about what the ETA experience is and what opportunities are possible,” Trites said.

Carole Inman, a student development counselor for the Honors College, helped Anderson during the application process.

“Knowing the end of your junior year is the ideal time to start preparing,” Inman said.

“The application is due Oct. 5 and as soon as you get back to school we start meeting probably six or seven times for an hour or two each working on the application.”

The application has to be well thought out and include a personal statement and a statement of purpose that can only be one page, meaning that every single word has to count.

“Grace was an education major and she found that Estonia has an excellent educational system,” Inman said.

“Part of the Fulbright wants to know that there is no way you can go to any other country but this country.

This country was the perfect match because it had the specific program Anderson was looking for.

A total of 29 Fulbright applicants applied to Estonia with only three of them receiving the

Photo courtesy of Grace Anderson Grace Anderson will teach English in Estonia.

scholarship. One other important aspect of the application process is three professor recommendations.

“Honestly, when I read hers they knew her so

well,” Inman said. “It really is a testament.

When you are in college you really need to know your professors. They wrote incredible stuff.”

Anderson will be the

second student from Murray State to be awarded the scholarship in the last two years. The school also currently has four Fulbright recipients from other countries.

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