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FACES PLACESStudent finds passion in design,creates own clothing brand, 5B

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CAREER FAIREvent gives students advancedjob opportunities, 3A

STAFF OPINIONNewspaper weighs personalfreedom, same-sex marriage, 4A

OVC TOURNAMENTRacer men must win two gamesto qualify for Big Dance, 1B

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More than 200 students withvehicles parked in the residentialcollege parking lots and near RoyStewart Stadium were greetedMonday morning by yellow No-tice of Violation tickets from theMurray Police Department.

The violation these studentswere being notified of: failure topurchase city stickers from thecity of Murray as per the new in-terpretation of the city stickerordinance enacted last March.

The NOVs warned those vio-lating the current city ordinancethey had 10 days to purchase acity sticker or they would be sub-jected to a $100-$500 fine. Theticket itself did not carry a fine.

Consequently, city hall wasflooded Monday by hundreds ofstudents all wishing to purchasecity stickers and stave off any

impending penalties.Matt Mattingly, city adminis-

trator, said the purpose of the no-tice distribution by the MPD wasnot to force students to complywith the ordinance, it was justpart of the law enforcement’s re-sponsibility.

“It’s almost a year now sincethe ordinance changed; studentsstarted school back in Augustand now we’re in the beginningof March,” Mattingly said. “Wefelt like there had been enoughtime for students to understandtheir requirements.”

Mattingly said he thinks theeducation aspect of the ordi-nance has been a success so fardue to close cooperation be-tween the city and Murray State.The University allowed the cityto supply personnel and pro-vided a space to sell the city

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Dunn visits constituenciesto announce BPR report cuts

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President Randy Dunn answers questions from SGA senators Wednesday evening after he presented the earliest budget report to the constituency.

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Following a semester and a half of fi-nancial evaluations, the University’sbudget planning and review teams havesubmitted their final reports to the Pres-ident’s Office.

The BPR teams were originallycharged with the task of finding a way tocut expenditures by $2.3 million in an ef-fort to make up a state-made deficit tothe University budget.

On Monday afternoon, PresidentRandy Dunn presented the proposedbudget cuts to Faculty Senate. Each

member received a copy of the docu-ment and were allowed to ask Dunnquestions regarding concerns they had.

As a result, FacultySenate passed a reso-lution expressing ap-preciation towardthe President and hispromotion of sharedgovernance throughthe budget reviewprocess.

The group, how-ever, did not passthe resolution con-cerning compliance with the Univer-sity policy and the protection ofacademic programs in the president’s

budget planning review process. On Tuesday afternoon, Dunn visited

two more constituency groups, StaffCongress and Student Government As-sociation.

Dunn allowed for debate on the rec-ommendations, which were dividedinto categories of nonacademic and ac-ademic.

Prior to constituent meetings on Feb.25, Dunn and Chief of Staff Josh Jacobsbegan collapsing the report and identi-fying priority recommendations.

Following the condensing process, thevice presidents met with Dunn and Ja-cobs to make suggestions and decide

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William Shakespeare invaded MurrayState this week during the annual cele-bration of the Shakespeare Festival.

For twelve years, the English depart-ment has sponsored this week-long eventfilled with performances, lectures and ed-ucational workshops.

“The Shakespeare Festival has thingswhich are both educational and entertain-ing,” said Rusty Jones, chair of MurrayState’s Shakespeare Festival. “There is a lotof outreach and many diverse events forthe community and the region in general.”

This year, Daryl Phillipy, assistant pro-fessor of Theater, conducted a workshop

on Shakespeare’s metrics set to rockmusic in Wilson Hall. The event wascalled Shakespeare’s Dance Party.

“The Dance Party was a new experiencefor the students,” Phillipy said. “I hope theywere able to free some inhibitions and tookaway some understanding of the ‘music’ ofShakespeare’s language.”

In addition to the Dance Party, the the-ater department hosted a flash mob andShakespearean insult battle in the CurrisCenter Rocking Chair Lounge on Tues-day. T-shirts and other small prizes weregiven to the students who participated.

The largest parts of the festival thisyear, however, were the performances of

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The City of Murray Long RangePlanning Committee voted on Feb.22 to authorize Mayor Bill Wellsand his staff to hire an engineeringfirm to start a process that couldend in the relocation of City Hall,two fire stations and the police sta-tion in 2015 fiscal year.

This proposal also includes theconstruction of a new city hall andthree new fire stations.

City Administrator Matt Mat-tingly said the committee met inexecutive session to talk about po-tential acquisition of property. Hesaid when the committee reassem-bled in open session the group

gave an overview of public safetyfacilities within the city.

“Basically the city of Murray islooking to move City Hall,” Mat-tingly said. “With that move thecurrent City Hall would be usedfor the police department.”

The plan proposed by Wells andhis administration will start withseeking the engineering servicesthat the committee authorized.

Mattingly said the city hopedto hire a local firm to build thenew City Hall, rehabilitating thecurrent City Hall and buildingnew locations for Fire Stations 1and 2.

The recommendation to the com-mittee was to relocate City Hall,which would make more space foroffices, the map room and expansion

of their Customer Service Center. If the plan is deemed feasible by

the Long Range Planning Commit-tee, the design work should takeplace during the 2014 fiscal year.

The current City Hall was built in1978 and had renovations done tothe HVAC system, fire alarm, eleva-tor and architectural work in 2002.

He said the city is also looking atrelocating Fire Station 1 to 16thstreet on an area of approximatelyfour acres that was donated byMurray State in 2009. This wouldhouse the main fire station.

He said Fire Station 2 would berelocated to the north side oftown, between Woodcrafter’sGalleries and Holmes FamilyRestaurant.

He said the city is also looking toexpand the fire and police servicesto the west of Murray.

The city would need to hirethree additional firefighters forFire Station 3 once all the con-struction is complete and the sta-tions are in their new locations.

Along with the movement ofthe fire stations, the police de-partment will also get a newhome. The plan is to move thecity police department to the cur-rent city hall building.

“For years the police departmenthas been out of space,” Mattinglysaid. “They are currently working

City Hall to relocate, makeroom for police department

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The Murray Long Range Planning Committee is planning to relocate City Hall.

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Basically the city ofMurray is looking to

move City Hall. With thatmove, the current CityHall would be used for

the police department.”-Matt MattinglyCity Administrator

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SEASON END: The women’s basketball team fell short to Eastern Kentucky (62-51) Wednesday afternoon in a first-round game of the OVC Tournament. See page1B for coverage of the game and the men’s bid for an OVC championship.

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out of a 5,000-square-foot facility and the cur-rent city hall facility is approximately 16,000square feet, so that would give them a lot moreroom for operations and for parking.”He said it also allows the police department to

stay downtown, a better place from which to dis-patch.“Our current locations of the fire stations do

not currently provide the adequate service levelwe need and doesn’t allow for expansion in thefuture,” Mattingly said.The goal of the police department is to a have

a response time of four minutes or less fromeach location. It’s a top priority to relocate FireStations 1 and 2, he said.“We feel like we have a delayed service cur-

rently on the southwest of town with all of thesubdivisions,” Mattingly said. “We are tying toprepare for future growth.”

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which parts of the list needed expan-sion or more background informationprior to final submission.The six-page draft could change be-

fore the Board of Regents sees it afterDunn visits other constituencies oncampus. Dunn said if all of the recommen-

dations form the working draft madeit past the Board of Regents, then ap-

proximately $6.2 million could begenerated through savings to the Uni-versity’s operating budget in the com-ing fiscal year.Two open forums will be held at 9

a.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesday in theBarkley Room, located on the thirdfloor of the Curris Center.Steve White, assistant professor of

biology, said many of the items listedas nonacademic items in the long-runeffect academics. “Cutting and reducing some hous-

ing scholarships was marked nonaca-demic,” White said. He said if that means a student does

not attend Murray State then that hasan academic impact by cutting out astudent who would otherwise be pay-ing tuition.Bonnie Higginson, vice president of

Academic Affairs, said budget cutswere never a pleasant item for a Uni-versity to consider, but her impres-sion is that at this point there seemsto be a general balance.“Some items might generate a lot

of discussion,” she said. “There aregoing to be things that students, fac-ulty and staff wont like, but it is notas bad as what most people feared.”The University’s administrative

council met Tuesday morning, priorto constituent meetings, so Dunncould lead the group step-by-stepthrough the condensed BPR report.Higginson said the administrative

council was created at the beginningof Dunn’s presidency and is com-posed of the vice presidents andprominent leaders who representdifferent aspects of the University.She said the deans of each academiccollege were also at the councilmeeting Tuesday morning.“The allocated time for the meeting

was two hours,” she said. “While thegroup was thorough in its discussion

of the recommendations, we did notextend beyond our allocated time.”Higginson said reactions were

mixed, but the constituents under-stand the University had to find waysto save money. “As far as the items that are aca-

demic, particularly as they relate tothe academic colleges, the cuts arenot terribly significant and shouldnot impact students largely,” shesaid. “However, there are some ad-ditional items that are fairly large indollar savings that could have a neg-ative impact on the academic side ofthe University.”

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“Twelfth Night” and “The Duchessof Malfi.” The plays were per-formed by the American Shake-speare Center actors fromStaunton, Va., as a part of theirTempt Me Further Tour.These actors are professionals

who attempt to recreate the Shake-spearian or Renaissance feel inevery show they perform. They in-volved the crowd in each perform-ance by having audience memberssit on the stage. Much like the performances of

Shakespeare’s plays, curtains andsets were not used. “The performers come here to

offer low-cost, professional theaterto Murray State students, facultyand staff,” Jones said. “But they alsoprovide the entire region with low-cost, professional theater.”These performers also aided the

theater department with an actingworkshop which took place at Play-house in the Park.In previous years, the ASC per-

formances and workshops havedrawn in more than 2,000 MurrayState students and communitymembers. According to Jones, thelarge turnout is good for numer-ous reasons.“This provides more outreach to

the community,” Jones said. “Weare able to offer the communitythis level of professional theater,and frankly that is a public servicethe English department will carryon as long as they can.”Preparation for future generations

of education majors is another rea-son Jones said he believes the festivalis helpful to Murray State students.“Those who are education majors

here at Murray State will face teach-ing Shakespeare,” he said. “We arehelping produce teachers who willhave a much better grasp of Shake-speare after seeing a professionalcompany perform the play.”Phillipy said he agrees the stu-

dents benefit greatly from seeingthe plays performed on stage and

attending the workshops.“The Shakespeare Festival ex-

poses our theater students toShakespeare in live performance,”Phillipy said. “It helps them gain agreater appreciation for the won-derful legacy that Shakespeare hasleft for actors.” At 3:30 p.m. today, the ASC will

host a stage combat workshop inFaculty Hall Room 208. Theworkshop will feature MurrayState’s Fencing Club and will lastabout an hour.Bringing the festival to a close

this evening, the ASC will presenttheir last performance of “TwelfthNight” at 7 p.m. in Lovett Audito-rium. Tickets are $5 with a studentID and $10 for the general public.

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stickers on campus at the beginning of theschool year.“I myself was a student at one time and I know

this is new to them and I know it’s going to taketime for them to understand the process andwhat the requirements are,” he said. “Hopefullystudents will adhere in the next 10 days and buythe $50 city sticker that is required of them; oth-erwise if they decide to forego that, the penaltyis very steep.”Mattingly said he does not believe the police

will be allocated again to specifically patrol thecampus for city stickers for the remainder of thisfiscal year. He has not, however, personally spo-ken with the police chief.According to Alan Lanier, director of finance

for the city of Murray, 17,969 stickers have beensold from April 1 through Dec. 31 and of those,2,125 were sold to individuals claiming to be stu-dents. As of Dec. 31, no fines had been issued inMurray as a result of not complying with the citysticker ordinance. The police action Sunday night and Monday

morning, whereby officers systematicallychecked student and faculty vehicles on campus,marked the first premeditated mobilization ef-fort made by the MPD to enforce the new ordi-nance on the part of the city.While Lanier said the city has no way of knowing

if an NOV is given to a student or non-student, hedid say 211 NOVs were written last weekend alone.President Randy Dunn said the police action

last weekend took him and many of the adminis-trators by surprise as he was under the impressionthe city was not completely certain of its author-ity to enforce its municipal ordinances on campus.He said as Murray State’s legal staff and the

Murray State Police have investigated the legal-ity of enforcing city ordinances on campus, theyhave found the city is within its rights to do so aslong as they are addressing individual behavior.“Our Murray State general counsel’s office found

a 1992 opinion of the Attorney General whichstated a city ordinance could be enforced on stateproperty when the purpose is not to regulate theuse of the state property but to regulate the con-duct of individuals,” Dunn said. “By statute, thecity police could exercise its powers anywhere inthe county in which the city is located.” The enactment of a new city sticker policy on

March 22, 2012, overturned an exemption forstudent’s which had lasted since 1961 when the

ordinance was first drafted. The majority of citycouncil members found the city could not treatone group of citizens, Murray State students, dif-ferently from any other group and argued theycould not continue to legally justify treating stu-dents on campus as a separate class of citizens.

Mark Welch, director of community relations,said the new interpretation of the city sticker ordi-nance is also part of a broader issue about how thecity pays for itself in lieu of having no payroll tax.He said the sales of city stickers is a major rev-

enue stream for the city. Sales from the past yearalone total $817,931. Money from the purchase ofcity stickers primarily pays for the upkeep andconstruction of city roads as well as other vari-ous features relating to the roads, such as policeenforcement of them and general safety.“Most municipalities have a payroll tax, but we

do not,” Welch said. “Having a payroll tax wouldactually raise more money than the city stickers,but I think the political climate right now in Mur-ray would make passing a payroll tax difficult.”Most cities impose a payroll tax of 1-1.5 percent

on residents similar to federal and state incometax. If a resident makes $35,000 a year, $350-$425would be taxed annually by the city dependingon what percent of a resident’s income is taxed,a monumentally greater price than what Murrayresidents pay for a city sticker.

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33::4477 pp..mm.. A caller reported averbal altercation at the 800block of College Courts.66::3388 pp..mm..An officer reporteda medical emergency at theCFSB Center. Murray Am-bulance Services were noti-fied and a report was taken.

1122::2200 aa..mm.. A caller reportedsmelling marijuana at ClarkResidential College. Officerswere notified and a citationwas issued for drug para-phernalia to Yazeed Al-dalbhi, non-student fromMartin, Tenn. 11::0000 aa..mm.. An officer checkeda suspicious person at theRoy Stewart Stadium park-ing lot. Caleb Smith, fresh-man from Leoma, Tenn., wasarrested for alcohol intoxica-tion in a public place.

33::1177 aa..mm.. A caller reported afight at Regents ResidentialCollege. Officers were noti-fied and Michael Morrissey,freshman from Murray, wasarrested for alcohol intoxica-tion in a public place. 99::3399 pp..mm.. A person fell at theCFSB Center. Officers werenotified and the person de-nied treatment.

22::5533 aa..mm.. A caller reported averbal dispute at SpringerResidential College.88::4499 pp..mm.. A caller reportedsmelling marijuana at HesterResidential College. Officersissued a citation to DimitriTaylor, freshman fromFranklin, Ky., for possessionof marijuana.

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partment requested to speakto an officer concerning asuspicious person at the Im-manuel Lutheran Churchparking lot. 33::4466 pp..mm.. A caller reportedash in the stairwell of WhiteResidential College. Officers,Murray Fire Departmentand the state fire marshalwere notified.

55::1133 pp..mm.. A caller reporteddamage to Murray Stateproperty at Hart ResidentialCollege.1111::3355 pp..mm.. A caller reportedsmelling marijuana in HartResidential College. Officersissued a citation to ReyonWilliams, junior from At-lanta, Ga., for possession ofmarijuana and parapherna-lia.

1122::5599 pp..mm.. A caller reported aparking complaint at theCurris Center. The MurrayState ticket writer was noti-fied.33::3311 pp..mm.. A caller reported re-covering a stolen bicycle. Of-ficers were notified and areport was taken.

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Feb. 28 Staff Report

Kentucky State Police responded toan automobile accident Saturdaymorning on Highway 94 East in Cal-loway County.KSP trooper

Jody Cash of Post1 in Mayfield, Ky.,responded to thetwo-vehicle acci-dent near milemarker 11 on KY94E.KSP said 20-

year-old MurrayState studentShelby Theisswas driving westbound and lost con-trol of her vehicle while crossing anice-covered bridge.Theiss' car entered the opposite

lane of traffic and hit an oncomingvehicle driven by 63-year-old WilliamBlackford. Blackford was driving a1996 Freightliner. She was taken to Murray-Calloway

County Hospital where she later died.No other injuries were reported andboth Theiss and Blackford werewearing seatbelts. A memorial service for friends and

family will be held at 2 p.m. on Sun-day in Wrather Auditorium.Theiss was vice-president of Alpha

Omicron Pi social sorority.Jason Hinson-Nolen, Greek life co-

ordinator, said within a community ofmore than 1,000 members, there willbe a large amount of grieving.Said Hinson-Nolen: “It’s a time for

the community to come together andwe see that happening a lot.”

Staff Report

Thomas Begley, associate professor inhealth sciences and human services, diedSunday at Lourdes hospital in Paducah, Ky.Begley died of natural causes, according

to the McCracken County Coroner. A memorial visitation was held Thurs-

day at J.H. Churchill Funeral Home in Mur-ray. No additional services were held.David Kraemer, chair in the college of

Health Sciences andHuman Services, saidBegley was key in the de-velopment of the occu-pational safety andhealth program at Mur-ray State. “The department is

deeply saddened by thisloss of a friend and col-league,” Kraemer said.

“(Begley) was not only a professor, but astrong supporter of the University com-munity and a team player.”Kraemer said Begley not only supported

the OSH program, but he also supportedthe students in it as well.Begley had been on staff at Murray State

since 1976, serving 36 years at the Univer-sity.He also served on Faculty Senate for 34

years.

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Students strengthened theirresumes for the spring semes-ter Career Fair Wednesday,where they had the opportu-nity to make first impressionsand meet potential employers.Employers at the fair varied

from technical support posi-tions to the Marine Corps. When it comes to charac-

teristics in a possible appli-cant, the common themeamong the employers were anoutgoing personality, a firmhandshake, a smile and strongcommunication skills.Michael Denny, Murray

State graduate and employerfor Crop IMS, said within thefirst 10-15 minutes, employersmay understand an intervie-wee’s work ethic and theirability to work with others.While the Career Fair is not

meant to be a hire-on-the-spotsetting, it is a place where stu-dents could potentially earnan interview.Employers are also looking

for pizazz on a resume, some-thing to set a student apartfrom the rest. For many, hav-ing experience in the fieldbeing applied for is a definiteadvantage. Having knowledge of the

equipment, software or typeof company hiring is sug-gested as well.For applicants entering the

workforce, gaining experienceon their own time shows agood attitude. Extracurricular activities

can also give students an extraboost.Whether it be sports, Greek

life or a love of reptiles, hob-bies set a resume apart fromthe others. Josh Wallace, an employer,

said a resume should includea student’s character. Wallacewas looking to fill the spot ofsafety manager for the RehrigPacific Company.Ross Meloan, director of

Career Services, said the fairis one of the easiest ways tomeet potential employers. Hesaid it is a powerful network-ing tool for students lookingto enter the job market, andfor those trying to scope itout. Several Murray State pro-

grams, such as agriculture and

occupational safety andhealth, have students createresumes for class credit.Murray State also provides

extra help for students wish-ing to clean up their resumesbefore they give them away atthe fair. The Career Services web-

site has tips and suggestionsfor creating a resume, andKatie Mantooth, a CareerServices counselor, will revisean emailed resume within twodays of it being sent.The website has graphics

explaining what to avoid post-ing on social networking sitesas well as a phone number forstudents to call if they wish toset up mock interviews forsome rehearsal time beforethe main event.

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Kids say thedarndest things.And, sometimes,you, dear stu-dents, write thedarndest things. An essay re-

sponse is requiredon every examina-tion that I give inmy history classesat Murray State. You usually

produce well-rea-soned, well-organized and well-crafted essays within a fixed blockof time, one hour and fifteen min-utes for a Tuesday/Thursday class.

Sometimes, faulty sentence struc-ture, poor word choice and fuzzythinking produce sentences that Iwince at and savor all at once, sen-tences that I am quick to include in agrowing ‘student blooper’ file.My favorite bloopers come in the

written offerings of history students.I grade essays for style as well as con-tent, and sometimes students resentsuch meddling. On one of my course evaluations

one student moaned (and I quote di-rectly): “This is a history class not anEnglish class I do not feel me Englishdown fall should make me loosepoints. Even English class was givemore than 5 min. after answering 40problems to write 3 pages with nogram. & spelling mistakes.” Oh well.In an examination essay, one of my

very own students stated that “thebiggest gold rush in the 1880s was the1849 gold rush.” My students are notthe only culprits, however. RichardLederer, a teacher in Concord, NewHampshire, is the editor of “An-guished English,” a book in which hecompiled some favorite bloopers fromhis students at St. Paul’s School.One of Mr. Lederer’s students wrote

that “Ancient Egypt was inhabited mymummies, and they all wrote in hy-draulics. They lived in the SarahDessert and traveled by Camelot.” In a unit on ancient Greece, a stu-

dent revealed that “Socrates was a fa-mous Greek teacher who went aroundgiving people advice. They killedhim. Socrates died from an overdoseof wedlock. After his death, his ca-reer suffered a dramatic decline.”In American history, one student

elaborated on the early years of Abra-ham Lincoln. “Lincoln’s mother diedin infancy,” the student wrote, “and hewas born in a log cabin which he builtwith his own hands.” My favorite blooper came from the

pen of a student contemplating theachievement of Sir Francis Drakewhen the explorer circumnavigatedthe globe. Perhaps the student wasconfused when he or she wrote, “SirFrancis Drake circumcised the worldwith a hundred foot clipper.” Oh me.Students, I write this column to

make an important point. A president of a Kentucky college

once told students just like you that“to be educated means to be aware ofthe importance of language and toemploy it accurately.” “You may have the skills necessary

to become a first-rate manager,” hesaid, “but if you cannot write a decentmemo, if your words are imprecise,and your thoughts unorganized, andyour syntax muddled, you are likely tobe thought incompetent.” The president concluded that “the

proper use of language is routinely ac-cepted as a mark of intelligence, thefirst basis on which we are judged, bythose whose judgments matter.”

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A (more) perfect unionCChheeeerrss && JJeeeerrssCheers & Jeers is written bythe Opinion Editor. Questions, concerns or com-ments should be addressed todgriggs@murraystate.edu

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

As spring approaches, so approaches a season defined by new beginnings. Spring is aseason marked by new marriages, new additions to families and new relationships.But for same-sex couples in the commonwealth of Kentucky, in the city of Murray

and at Murray State, this season of love and marriage only brings a stinging re-minder that these rights are not theirs, that they are denied these rights by ourdemocracy.We believe that in this season of new beginnings, we as a nation should reaffirm our

belief that all men and women are created equal, and that whether gay or straight, allshould have the right to marry the person they love. Let our new beginning stand as a new birth of freedom.America is not a perfect union. We have seen the dark days of slavery, of Jim Crow, of

women denied the right to vote, when children labored in the factories and when theelderly spent their twilight years in abject poverty. We have, however, recognized the injustices that have plagued our union and

sought correction. We are a work in progress – making marriage equality the law ofthe land would put us one step closer to the “more perfect union” of which Lincolnspoke and for which our brave men and women in uniform have fought and diedfrom Valley Forge to Iwo Jima.The question of morality is intertwined with this most moral of unions. What could

be more moral than treating all people equally in the eyes of the law? Those who oppose marriage equality often do so in the language of biblical morality,

but in doing so, they neglect America’s historic separation of church and state. In Amer-ica we hold that no religion should have the right to dictate the laws of our democracy.We preference no belief or non-belief, we privilege no denomination. Those who wish to substitute the morality of one religion over a nation with a diver-

sity of faiths and beliefs seek to deprive the vast majority of Americans of their right tochoose how or if they worship. They seek a redefinition of what America is – biblical morality rather than legal equal-

ity, biblical law rather than constitutional law. Shall the U.S. be governed by priesthoodor by the people?Even if marriage equality were to become the law of the land tomorrow, it would not

force one pastor, one priest, one rabbi or one imam to perform a same-sex marriage.The religious freedoms of the many will not be lost to secure legal equality for our gaybrothers and sisters.Spring is a time for new beginnings. With marriage equality being weighed by the

Supreme Court and discussed as close to home as last’s nights forum on marriageequality at Richmond Residential College, we believe it is time for a new beginningin America. Our new beginning should be one in which every American shall be allowed to

marry whomever they choose based not on their gender, but on the love they havefor one another. We have no illusions that this will solve all of the problems that plague us. We know

that we all won’t sit and hold hands and sing kumbaya around a campfire if marriageequality became law tomorrow. But we do know that if we can make this change, if wereaffirm our commitment to our ideals as a people, we can get one step closer to thatmore perfect union.

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One thing that al-ways baffles meabout my conserva-tive friends is howinconsistently theyapply their ‘liveand let live,’ philos-ophy. Keep out ofthe corporateboardrooms, theysay, but make surethere’s no funnybusiness going onin the bedroom.

It’s simply a wonder that these ‘live freeor die’ conservatives seem willing toimpose on the rest of us a moral codethat says business should be free to doas it pleases, but that women should berequired to undergo invasive proce-dures before they can choose to have anabortion. Philosophically, this kind of thought

comes full circle with the embryoniccorporate nanny-state developing in theAmerican workplace. Usually a term used to deride govern-

ment that interferes with daily life byconservatives, the nanny-state withwhich Americans are more familiarcomes not from the halls of Congress,but from the corporate boardrooms. If you work for a living, you know

what I’m talking about. I work fast foodwhen I’m not writing for The News andI can tell you that I’ve seen this kind ofthing all too often. There’s an explicit policy on the

books prohibiting management andcrewmembers from intermingling out-side work. A coworker of mine was ex-plicitly denied a raise because “he playstoo many video games” (as written bymy supervisor on his performance re-view, no joking here).Another one of my coworkers was

denied a 25-cent raise by that same su-pervisor because he has long hair,something that I should note has neveraffected whether or not my femalecoworkers have gotten raises.The corporate nanny-state is but a

component of a larger development inAmerican workplaces – the return ofthe authoritarian workplace, a placewhere workers have no rights, no say,and no choice but to comply. Like thecompany towns of old, the new authori-tarianism in the business world has de-veloped largely as a way to preventworkers from speaking up. Bosses are to be obeyed even if doing

so would put your life at terrible risk.Potential rebels are screened out bybizarre personality tests that force jobapplicants to be a better liar than theircompetitors. Invasive drug tests areforced upon every applicant, and in theevent of an accident at work. Unpaid in-ternships are an opportunity, not a mod-ern form of slavery. You don’t have theright to go home whenever your shift isover; you have to ask for permissionfrom your boss. Your wages are depend-ent upon what they’ll report, not whatyou’ve actually worked.Perhaps the trend towards an authori-

tarian workplace is part of the broadertrend towards authoritarianism in theUnited States. The Occupy protestswere dispersed with force outsized tothe supposed threat they posed. Theright of protesting has been curtailed bycourt order and by legislative act. TheInternet, a forum for democratic dis-course unlike any other, is steadilybeing encroached upon by corporateAmerica in the name of enforcing copy-right law. Is the authoritarian workplaceout of place in an increasingly authori-tarian society? Or is it symptomatic of abroader problem – a problem that has atits core the need to manage those whoaren’t benefitting from the current eco-nomic and social order in the UnitedStates?

Devin Griggs is vice president of fi-nances for the Murray State CollegeDemocrats.

dgriggs@murraystate.edu

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Abortion is a constitutional right. To prove my point, Iwill break down the relevant parts of the FourteenthAmendment. According to Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment,

no state “shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citi-zens.” Separated by a semi-colon, the next clause states that no

state may “deprive any person of life, liberty or property.”Syntax and grammar are extremely important here.The semi-colon means that readers should consider

both clauses together. While they hold separate ideas, the fact that there is a

semi-colon and not a period between the clauses showsthat they are being held in tension together.Notice the change in objects between the two. The first

clause speaks of “citizens of the United States” while thesecond clause specifically changes the word to “any per-son”. What does this mean? Why are these clauses pur-posefully separated? This is not a separation about the unborn. This is a sep-

aration for the foreign-born. This clause makes sure that all noncitizens, whether

they be refugees, visitors or foreign exchange students, aretreated fairly under American law just like citizens. To make this clause refer to fetuses would be a perver-

sion of its original intent.Therefore, any state that passes laws to inhibit my ac-

cess to a medical abortion is violating my constitutionalrights. Carrying an unwanted child to term has the potential to

harm my life, my liberty and my property. Removing my safe legal ability to terminate an un-

wanted or nonviable pregnancy is a violation of my Amer-ican freedoms.

In 1857, the Supreme Court of theUnited States decided a case known asDred Scott v. Sandford. In this case, thehigh court ruled by seven to two thatslaves were property and that Congresscould not regulate or prohibit slavery inany of the American states. Slavery had existed in southern states

prior to the adoption of the Constitu-tion and it was generally, though notuniversally, accepted that slavery wasconstitutionally protected in those areas. First, the Louisiana Purchase and

then the Mexican War raised the ques-tion of expansion into new states. TheMissouri Compromise of 1820 and theCompromise of 1850 attempted to dealwith the festering issue, but it wouldnot go away.Stephen A. Douglas then proposed

the idea of “popular sovereignty”whereby new states would have thefreedom to choose or reject slavery byreferendum. This was implemented bythe Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. TheDred Scott decision of 1857, only thesecond time the Supreme Court had de-clared an act of Congress unconstitu-tional, then nullified this policy andruled that neither Congress nor thestates could prohibit slavery anywherein the United States.Why would anyone oppose this solu-

tion to this age-old problem? The high-est court in the land, made up ofeminent and learned jurists, had deter-mined the law of the land and certainlyno one was required to own slaves if hedid not want to. Moreover, it enshrinedfreedom of choice, supposedly a goodthing, as the law of the land. But somepeople did oppose it and one of thosepeople was a lawyer from Illinoisnamed Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln opposed the Dred Scott rul-

ing as well as the Kansas-Nebraska Actbecause he believed slavery to bemorally and ethically wrong. Regard-less of how the Supreme Court mayhave (incorrectly) interpreted the Con-stitution, Lincoln believed slavery to bea violation of the principles upon whichthe United States was founded. To him,the primary American founding docu-ment was the Declaration of Independ-ence, and its teaching that all peopleare created by God with “unalienable”rights such as “life, liberty and the pur-suit of happiness.” Lincoln simply didnot accept the Southern argument thatthe property rights of slave ownerstrumped the liberty and, in some cases,the life right of slaves. Lincoln also cor-rectly thought that slavery corruptedthe character of slave owners as well asslaves themselves, and that it was ablemish on our national character. Westill suffer from the legacy of this mostunfortunate chapter of our history.The 40th anniversary of the United

States Supreme Court decision Roe v.Wade, January 22, 2013, also decided byseven to two, prompts me to suggestthat today we might take a lesson fromAbraham Lincoln; that he is commonlyregarded as the greatest of all our presi-dents is not an accident. Roe v. Wadedoes not require abortion; like DredScott v. Sandford, all it does is give theright to choose. What could be wrongwith that? What would Lincoln say?Lincoln truly knew how precious life

was because he had lost his mother, hissister and his only true romantic love toearly and tragic deaths. Today, with amuch larger population and modernmedical science, we are much more ca-sual about life. Again, regardless of howthe Supreme Court may have (incor-rectly) interpreted the Constitution, Ibelieve, and I believe Lincoln wouldagree, that abortion is a violation of theprinciples upon which our nation wasfounded. As the Dred Scott opinion saidthe property interest of the slave owner

trumped the liberty interest of theslave, Roe v. Wade says the liberty in-terest of the mother trumps the life in-terest of the unborn. That position ismorally and ethically wrong. As slaveswere living humans with God-given un-alienable natural rights, so are the un-born; the difference is that the abortedunborn are not around to be seen andheard. The natural rights of life, libertyand property are not three equal rightsthat must be juggled in some kind ofbalancing test. Life comes first, thenliberty and then property.Simply put, we do not have the right

to harm others to benefit ourselves. Norights are absolute. The exaltation ofthe right to choose is a chimera. We arenot allowed the choice to steal ourneighbor’s car, to defame his characteror to kill his wife, to drive while intoxi-cated or, increasingly, to smoke in pub-lic places. Why? Because it harms otherpeople. Much of what government isabout is denying the right to choose;“Obamacare” denies people the right tochoose not to have health insurance, forexample. A fundamental hallmark of a civilized

society is that it protects its weak anddefenseless, and there is nothingweaker and more defenseless than anunborn child. As with slavery, abortion corrupts the

character not only of those who engagein it but also of those who defend it andit is a blemish on our national charac-ter. What a society requires, defends,tolerates, sanctions and prohibits goes along way toward defining it.Much has been said lately about vio-

lence involving the unlawful use offirearms, and the recent shootings areterrible tragedies, indeed. But guns andtheir availability are not the real problem. The real problem is the decay of our

society as evidenced by, for example,incessant and extreme violence in en-tertainment media, the removal of ethi-cal symbols from our public places, thedecline of the family and by our devalu-ation of human life through lawfulabortion. Morally speaking, there is nodifference between killing a child be-fore it is born and after it is born. People are decisively shaped by the

society in which they live. We havesown the wind and we are reaping thewhirlwind.The Dred Scott opinion virtually

made the Civil War inevitable. Slaverywas ended by this civil war and twoconstitutional amendments that fol-lowed. Roe v. Wade will not lead to civil war

but it has contributed significantly toour current highly contentious politicalenvironment and what might be calleda culture war. Though several constitutional

amendments have overturned SupremeCourt decisions, that will not happen toRoe v. Wade because 13 states dissent-ing will defeat the proposal. So, wheredo we go from here? Where we go from here is that we

can support the culture of life at everyopportunity, and there are many, one ofwhich is voting in the next election. When those 40 and under vote they

should remember that their parentscould have lawfully terminated thembefore they were born. As someone has said, “All that is nec-

essary for the triumph of evil is thatgood men do nothing.”

Winfield RoseProfessor of

Political Science

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On Wednesday, the presidentof Venezuela died after he suc-cumbed to cancer,A funeral was held for HHuuggoo

CChhaavveezz after the 58-year-oldcontroversial socialist leaderdied after his forseen death.Elections will be held in 30

days, and Vice President NicolasMaduro will assume the presi-dency in the interim.

Digging crews are still siftingthrough the rubble of what usedto be the home of Jeremy andJeff Bush before a 20-foot-wide,50-foot deep sinkhole collapsedpart of the building killing JJeeffffBBuusshh Thursday.By Saturday most of the

house had been demolished byworkers eliminating the threatof any further collapse. Rescue efforts have since

ceased although the body is stillmissing.

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Last week, representatives fromPhi Mu and Kappa Delta took a cam-pus tour which provided them withthe opportunity to learn more aboutMurray State's campus and the typi-cal day of a student. Each sorority had the chance to

meet the Panhellenic extension com-mittee, where they discussed Greekcommunity and what the committeeexpects of a new chapter. The meeting with the extension

committee was followed by lunch withmembers of the Panhellenic council. Originally four groups were sched-

uled to visit Murray State, but JasonHinson-Nolen, interim Greek life co-ordinator, said Gamma Phi Beta is nolonger in consideration for the newsorority coming in the fall. He said Gamma Phi Beta is chang-

ing its national focus and doingsome reorganization and it is over-committed by deciding to drop outof the running for the new MurrayState sorority. Hannah Mylor, representative for

Sigma Sigma Sigma on the extensioncommittee, said both visits have gonewell and they are excited to have DeltaZeta visit next week. “They were educational and pro-

vided insight into these national or-ganizations and how they would fit onour campus,” Mylor said. “I think it's agreat idea to add a new sorority tocampus. Our campus is ready to ex-pand and grow.”The representatives started their

day with a tour of campus. Theywere then interviewed by the Exten-sion Committee, which consists of arepresentative and an alumna fromeach sorority on campus, along withseveral other staff involved in stu-dent affairs. Afterward the representatives from

Kappa Delta and Phi Mu went tolunch with the Panhellenic ExecutiveBoard. Each group then gave a pres-entation that was open to the entireGreek community and was followedby a reception hosted by the currentsororities on campus. “A new sorority is an opportunity

for women that haven't previouslybeen involved in Greek life to get in-

volved, and for incoming freshmenthat are looking for an experiencethat is different from what is alreadyoffered with one of our existingsororities and to become a part of theGreek community,” Mylor said.

She said Panhel-lenic enjoyed thegroup’s perspectiveon the Greek com-munity and appre-ciated theirexcitement for anew sorority to jointhe community. During the pre-

sentations, thesororities ex-

plained their extension and colonyplans for Murray State and their com-mitment to share a value-based soror-ity experience with unaffiliatedwomen on campus. The day concluded with a recep-

tion hosted by the Panhellenic com-munity in the sorority suites. Jessica Winkles, extension director

for the Phi Mu fraternity, said Phi Muwas thrilled to have the opportunityto make an extension presentation at

Murray State and to be considered asan addition to the fraternity andsorority community.“We enjoyed meeting with mem-

bers of the Murray State Universityadministration, office of fraternityand sorority life, extension commit-tee and Panhellenic community,”Winkles said.She said Phi Mu is interested in

opening a new chapter at Murray Statefor the strength and reputation of thefraternity and sorority community andshe believes Phi Mu would benefitfrom having Murray State students asmembers of their organization. Kirstin Barry, extension and new

chapter development manager forKappa Delta sorority, said KappaDelta was unable to provide detailedcomments about the visit, but thegroup had an enjoyable and inform-ative day on campus and would behonored to return to Murray State.Delta Zeta is the last group to visit

campus and will present to the ex-tension committee on Wednesday.The extension committee will makeits vote for which sorority come toMurray State in the fall on March 15.

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Whether it is sneaking a quick text duringclass, browsing through Facebook or postingan update on Twitter, most college studentswill admit to having used their phones in theclassroom at some point. According to a study complied at Wilkes

University in Pennsylvania, 91 percent of col-lege students admit to having used their cellphones during class.Due to such high statistics, several Murray State

professors have implemented a zero-tolerancepolicy toward cell phone use in the classroom.Among these professors, Winfield Rose,

professor of government, law and interna-tional affairs, said his biggest objection to cellphone use in the classroom is that it can in-terrupt the learning process and make it hardfor the class to get back on track.“If a cell phone goes off in class it is a dis-

traction for everyone, for the professor as wellas the students,” Rose said. “It is rude to dis-turb other students who are trying to concen-trate on the topic of the day.”Rose mentions in his syllabus the fact cell

phones are not to go off in class and there isno text messaging allowed due to the affect ithas on other student’s ability to focus on class-room discussions. Many teachers at Murray State are similar to

Rose and have no texting policies for the class.Some professors give warnings before beingon a cell phone can effect a student’s grade.Many cell phone policies are listed in the syl-

labus handed out at the start of the new semes-ter. The policies can very from professor toprofessor, but when questioned, some studentssaid they do not read the syllabus or the policy. Most policies state the use of cell phones is not

permitted in class. All cell phones must remainoff or on silent and kept in a book bag or purse. Among those students surveyed in the

Wilkes University study, 25 percent said oth-ers texting during class makes it difficult tofocus and 75 percent reported being distractedby a ringing phone at some point during class.Bellarmine Ezumah, professor of journalism

and mass communication, said her main prob-lem with cell phone use in class is it distractsthe student from learning as well as other stu-dents who are trying to pay attention.“My priority is to have students learn,”

Ezumah said. “If students are multitaskingwith things such as texting, there is a higherlikelihood that they are not paying close at-tention and processing everything which isbeing taught.”

Ezumah said since she mentions in her syl-labus as well as the first day of class that tex-ting is not allowed, she has experienced fewproblems with the issue thus far.She said if there was a problem with a stu-

dent persistently texting in class, conse-quences could result in the student be askedto leave class due to the disruption cell phoneuse can cause.According to Bonnie Higginson, vice president

of Academic Affairs, students always discoverways to distract themselves from their studies.“Students have always found ways to be dis-

tracted in class,” Higginson said. “Prior to cellphones, students exchanged notes.” Higginson said a University-wide rule on

cell phone use might be something worth ex-ploring for Murray State.Some Murray State students tend to agree

with the professors, saying the main objectiveof going to class is to learn, not to text.DePaul Hendrix, junior from Cadiz, Ky., said

students need to put cell phones aside to gaintheir full tuition’s worth and completely graspthe subject matter. “Students pay for their education, meaning

they’re paying the professor to teach themwhat they need to know,” Hendrix said. “If stu-dents are too busy on their phones and notpaying attention, then they’re clearly wastingtheir time and money.”At Murray State, students with a Kentucky

residency and classification of undergraduatepay $285 per credit hour, meaning a typicalthree hour class costs $855. Factor in the cost of textbooks averaging at

$80-$100, and students can end up losing theirtime and money from distractions such as tex-ting in class. According to a recent study done at the Uni-

versity of Pittsburgh, college students whofrequently text message during their classeshave difficulty staying attentive to classroomlectures, which can consequently lead to pooracademic performance.The study showed texting in class interferes

with a student’s ability to pay attention, whichis necessary for effective cognitive learning.Students who did less texting during class

tended to be ones who practiced higher levelsof self-control and reported paying more at-tention to the instructor.Not all students think it should be up to the

University to decide on a cell phone use policy. Other Murray State students believe since

they are who is paying for their education,they should ultimately be the ones making thedecision on whether it is acceptable to text inclass or not, not the teachers.Becca Kilby, sophomore from Murray, said

more professors need to be more understand-ing with texting occurrence in the classroom,such as when an emergency arises that thestudent must deal with immediately.“Sometimes there are situations out of the

student’s control,” Kilby said. “When these in-cidents occur, professors need to be more un-derstanding about cell phones being used andrecognize that emergencies do happen.”She said people need to learn the rules.In the study done by Wilkes University, 62

percent of students believe texting in classshould be allowed, provided it did not distractothers around them.“No distraction is good, but there have al-

ways been ways for students to tune out,” Hig-ginson said. “It is my hope that our facultyteaches in a way so that students are inclinedto learn instead of being disengaged.”

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Two Murray State students areleading a program through theAmerican Red Cross Associationthat will use fundraising to aidmembers of Calloway County.Laura Nightingale, from Hop-

kinsville, Ky., and Tyler Cope,from Mayfield, Ky., are both dou-ble majors in Youth and Non-profit Leadership andOrganizational Communication.They were selected to be the stu-dent coordinators for the Heroescampaign sponsored by theAmerican Red Cross. This campaign is new to the

Murray State campus. The funds collected for the cam-

paign are used to aid residents ofCalloway County. They assist andprovide necessary supplies forfamilies who experience disasterslike fires or floods. The American Red Cross is also

responsible for blood drives oncampus.Nightingale and Cope will come

up with fundraising ideas, in col-laboration with various organiza-tions at Murray State to help raisethe money. All fundraising efforts will con-

tinue through the end of March. “I think it will be like us going

to the organizations and then theorganizations themselves doingthe fundraising,” Cope said. “Wewill just be delegating tellingthem this is what we need, andcan you do this.” The University Store, located in

the Curris Center, is already sup-porting the campaign by collectingmonetary donations. After a purchase, customers are

given the option to donate. When a person donates, their

name is displayed in the bookstorewindow. Carolyn Byrd, a University

Store employee from Murray, said

as long as the bookstore is sup-porting the campaign, studentswill come and donate.Nightingale said after hearing

the organization present the idea toher YNL 351 class, she wanted totake on the opportunity with theassistance of Cope to lead the cam-paign. After an interview process,they were both selected to helplead the program with donations.Nightingale and Cope have no

set precedent. Cope said there is nospecific goal they have to reach in-stead they are setting the goals andstandards for the University. “We’re not exactly sure what to

expect so were just throwing it outthere and hoping people will pick itup and run with it,” Nightingale said.“For the University I would hope

students and organizations becomemore community aware of whatgoes on with the Red Cross and theamount of funding they need tocontinue to provide the servicesthey do,” Nightingale said.“I think it’s important for stu-

dents on this campus to be awarethat it is more than just blooddrives, but the things they do play apart in affecting the people of Cal-loway County and meeting theirbasic needs,” Cope said. “We our-selves can volunteer to go out tothose people, to help fundraise, tobuild up this community. As a com-munity, we can make a difference.”

Alex Berg || Staff writeraberg1@murraystate.edu

Dining Services has been striving tomake Murray State’s dining areas moreconvenient for students since last se-mester. Lately, they have been concentrating

on Fast Track and Winslow DiningHall by turning to students for foodrecommendations.Tim Bruce, department chef and man-

ager at Winslow, said Dining Services isworking to gather more suggestions fromstudents in several ways.Bruce said Dining Services has placed

a recommendations box in Winslow andFast Track for any students who havesomething specific they would like to seeon the menu. Dining Services is also encouraging

students to post suggestions on theirFacebook page. He said the recommen-dations will hopefully be implemented bythe end of Spring Break. Keawanna Houston, junior from Car-

bondale, Ill., is a Fast Track employee andsaid they get recommendations from stu-dents almost every day.“The most international suggestions so

far have been for Mexican churros and anitem called Pocky’s, a popular Japanesesnack food,” Houston said.Paula Amols, director of Dining

Services and Racer Hospitality, saidthey are open to any suggestions, buthave been hoping for recommenda-tions concerning international foods tobe served at Winslow.Amols said Dining Services has

reached out on several occasions to in-ternational students who have asked for

more options, but they have not gottenmuch of a response.“What we have been hearing more re-

cently is requests from some of the Mid-dle Eastern students for Hallal food inWinslow,” Amols said.Winslow has also made a recent up-

grade concerning its fish menu. DiningServices is currently acquiring their fishthrough a new vendor called Sea2Table,a company that until recently, dealtmostly with restaurants.Amols said the fish Sea2Table sells are

caught by local fishermen and are caughtin a sustainable manner.“The company can identify exactly

which boat and which captain caught

our fish, and they provide us with thatinformation which is displayed on theserving line,” Amols said.Although the prices are higher than

the fish Dining Services used to buy,they are willing to spend more for thesake of quality and sustainability. “It is worth the expense for a quality,

healthful fish, and it is nice to be able tosupport local fishermen around thecountry,” Bruce said.Poached salmon, caught in Alaska, was

recently served and proved popular. Said Bruce: “I think the student’s

knowledge of this and their recognitionof its quality has definitely boosted theamount of fish we serve.”

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Sports Editor: Jaci KohnAssistant Editor: Carly BesserPhone: 809-4481Twitter: MSUNewsSports

Section B

LOCAL GALLERYMurray State displays state, national art in Fine Arts, 5B

WHAT’S INSIDE

RACER CLASSICMen and women’s golf compete at home match, 3B

FINAL SEASONThe women’s basketball teamsays goodbye to seniors, 4B

MIDTERM MADNESSStaff gives tips for studying formid-semester exams, 5B

I have been a’L-raiser for aslong as I canremember. TheUniversity ofLouisville hasgiven me yearsof entertain-ment, and hasbeen the sub-ject of manyyears of undy-ing fandom onmy part.

Hours werespent watching games in the liv-ing room with my family, and I donot even know how much moneyI’ve spent just to watch my fa-vorite team in person.

The Angry Bird, the Yum! Cen-ter and the stacked basketball ros-ter Louisville brings to the tableeach year is more than enough tomake me proud to be a product ofsuch a great city, with an evengreater athletic program.

With that being said, I loveMurray State, too. The only thingI’m not used to is being in an envi-ronment where the majority ofpeople bleed blue by default.

That’s right. I am surrounded byUniversity of Kentucky fans onevery corner of campus. Nothingsticks out worse than a lone, redranger in a Big Blue Nation.

While most would say if you cannot beat them, join them, I simplycouldn’t. Watching the semifinalsof the NCAA tournament in theRegents College lobby last year re-inforced how alone I was.

I was the only Cards fan amongAnthony Davis’ personal cheerlead-ing squad. Even when Louisvillelost, I was already pre-planning mytrash talking for next season. How-ever, before I opened my fat mouthin pure jealousy of the Cats winningthe National Tournament, I thoughtabout something.

Being a fan of any sport, in away, is a passage of self-identity aswell as an unofficial club. Fans ofthe same team stick together. Itapplies anywhere.

When Murray State went to theOVC tournament, more Racerfans showed up to Municipal Au-ditorium than fans of TennesseeState. Tennessee State’s campus isroughly 15 minutes away fromwhere the tournament took place,so it speaks volumes of how loyala community of sports fans canreally be.

Even though the basketballteam is not having as historic of aseason as they were last year, stu-dents still show their devotion bywaiting in that annoying, long lineto get tickets.

It is exciting, as a sports enthu-siast, to see so many fans of teamsin different regions coming to-gether and finding commonground. I can honestly say I havenever met a St. Louis Blues fan, ora hockey fan for that matter, untilI came to Murray State.

While I once pledged undyingallegiance to Louisville, anddeemed any other college team ir-relevant, I have grown to adopt anathletic tolerance.

Even though we are not the ath-letes, we should still be expectedto have the same amount of dig-nity and sportsmanship the play-ers need to express whenever theyplay a game.

While I may not like your team, I respect that you are asports fan just like I am. It is acommon bond we share. Instead of constantly battlingeach other, we should come together with the shared interest of watching games.

Though I bleed red and alwayswill, I am officially waving thewhite flag. I won’t wear your team colors if they do go on towin the Big Dance this month, but you will certainly get a con-gratulations. I have a dream thatmy fellow Louisville fans will oneday live on a campus where theywill not be judged by the color oftheir jerseys, but by their love ofthe game.

Here’s to you, sports fans. cbesser@murraystate.edu.

I have a dream

Out of LeftField

Carly BesserAssistant Sports

Editor

Jonathan Ferris || Staff writerjferris2@murraystate.edu

A long season full of ups and downs fin-ished Saturday with a second consecutivehome loss for the men’s basketball team.

Despite the adversity which hasplagued the team since well before theseason started, the task facing the Racersremains quite simple: win two games andadvance to the NCAA Tournament, orlose and go home.

After seemingly righting the ship witha double-overtime win against MoreheadState, and a convincing BracketBusterswin over South Dakota State, the Racersclosed out the regular season in the worstway possible, dropping home games to 8-19 UT Martin and 14-15 Southeast Mis-souri.

When asked about the final two games,senior forward Ed Daniel summed up theRacers’ struggles in one word.

“Defense,” Daniel said.“We have to get back to defending on

Carly Besser || Assistant Sports Editorcbesser@murraystate.edu

The No. 8 seed Murray State basketballteam ended its tournament journey early ina 62-51 loss against Eastern KentuckyWednesday night.

Led by senior guard Mariah Robinsonwith 23 points and 11 rebounds, the Racersput up a strong fight in the first half.

“They’re a solid defensive team,” HeadCoach Rob Cross said. “They were gettinga lot of layups. We could have changed thecompletion of the game.”

A deep three by Eastern Kentucky guardMarie Carpenter began the quick tempostyle of play. Robinson retaliated with hersignature shot beyond the arc, along with alayup in the paint.

From there, the Racers dictated the ma-jority of the first half, snatching offensiverebounds and pushing ahead of theColonels, who were forced to convertearly in the game. Freshman forwardKelsey Dirks’ 6-foot-3-inch frame was akey component in Murray State’s defense,grabbing rebounds and scoring two sec-ond-chance points.

desperate to stop a strong run, the

Colonels put the Racers at the line, wherethey shot 80 percent. Before the Racerscould run with the lead, the shooting drivewent cold, giving Eastern Kentucky the op-portunity to inch its way to a one-pointlead with three minutes left. Murray Statewas 23 percent from the field by the buzzer.

“Earlier in the game, we were doing agood job rebounding.” Cross said. “Theyended up rebounding us by six, and thatwas one of our keys.”

After keeping the Racers out of thepaint for the final five minutes, MurrayState left for the locker room, down byfour. Despite the deficit, Robinson wasonly three rebounds short of a double-double and had 11 points.

With the second half starting with East-ern Kentucky in possession, it was afootrace to both sides of the court. Scoringremained stagnant as both teams turnedover the ball in a rush-style offense.

The Racers were revitalized after a pairof free throws were made by Dirks, end-ing a second-half scoring drought. Robin-son followed suit with another 3-pointshot, tying the game up against an East-

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In addition to losing the win-ningest class in school history, Mur-ray State Athletics will also loseanother figure at home football andbasketball games.

Paul Radke, who has been thevoice of women’s basketball for 27seasons, men’s for 24 and football for20 seasons, will retire this year.

He announced his last home gameSaturday during the 84-68 loss againstSoutheast Missouri.

“Sometimes in every person’s life,you know when the time is right to letthe next person have their turn,” hesaid. “Both my wife and I feel that thisis a good time to do this.”

After working in higher educationfor 38 years, Radke and his wife willbe retiring to Foley, Ala. The movewill bring him closer to his children,who live in Alabama and Mississippi,and to his wife’s mother, who lives

in Orange Beach, Ala. He said he is not done working,

however. He plans to do something,though he is not sure what that will be yet.

Before Saturday’s game, MurrayState honored him for his time at theschool. Radke said he was surprisedby all the fans’ appreciation and thatthe feeling was rewarding.

“I just did a 360, just kind of look-ing at the student section, the bandand all the fans who sit right behindme that I talk to on a regular basis, allthe folks on the upper deck that paygeneral admission just to come inand watch a game,” he said. “It wasjust a blur.”

The hardest part for him was at theend of the game, when it was time forhim to sign off and say goodbye for a final time he said. He got very emotional and still gets emotionalthinking about it.

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Two games to make Big DanceRacers need

OVC wins forNCAA entry

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Senior Brandon Garrett struggles to break through Southeast Missouri’s strong defense during the final home game of the season Sat-urday night. The Racers need to win two games and to make it to the NCAA Tournament.

Season ends with lossto Eastern Kentucky

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Senior Kyra Watson dribble past an Eastern Kentucky defender at the OVC Tour-nament game Wednesday night. Though the team started out the first halfstrong, they could not hold back EKU’s strong defense.

Paul Radke retires after announcing 27 seasons

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Paul Radke announces at his final home game Saturday. Radke has worked at Murray Statesince 1986 and will retire to Alabama at the end of the semester.

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“I have that way that I always say it,which is ‘We appreciate your supportof Racer Basketball, come again andplease drive safely’,” Radke said.“Well, I started it, and I couldn’t finish it. A lot of the fans kind ofcheered and yelled and they helpedme get through it.”

That moment, he said, was one hewould never forget. There was a lot of love in the room that day, and he re-ally appreciated it.

When Radke started at Murray Statein April of 1986, he did not expect tostay long. He thought he would stay forthree years and then move up the career ladder, which was 27 years ago. Currently, Radke is the director of development for the Hudson School of Agriculture.

He is also the Associate director ofgift planning and has worked as the di-rector of school relations.

When Radke came to Murray, he fellin love with the city and the University.He said it became home to him eventhough he grew up in Wisconsin andlived in Chicago, Ill.

“Murray State has given me an oppor-tunity to be able to grow professionally,to be able to raise my girls in a safe, nur-turing environment and to have lots offun just working here,” he said. “It’s aplace that I am going to truly miss, but I

will not be a stranger.”One of the things Radke is most ex-

cited to come back to Murray State foris Homecoming, and not having towork the event.

“I get to go to Tent City, and I canstay there as long as I want withouthaving to run up to the press box inRoy Stewart Stadium to get ready forthe football game,” he said. “I will beable to yell at the officials like everyother fan does. I will be able to antic-ipate Racer One being let loose on a touchdown.”

He said he is excited to come backand be an alumnus. Even though he didnot graduate from the University, hestill feels like one in body and soul.

Radke said he got into announcing ona dare. He was a pitcher at GeorgeWilliams College and the public address announcer for his college wasleaving. They were holding open auditions, which his roommate daredhim to go to.

“I used to kind of mess around withit in the room, you know the way guysdo,” he said. “My roommate was a bas-ketball player and a volleyball player.So I would introduce him in the roomjust to kind of get him pumped up for a game. So one thing led to another and I got picked.”

As a junior, he became the publicaddress announcer for basketball and volleyball. This opened manydoors for him. In the ‘70s in Chicago,there were many international volley-ball matches.

He was able to announce the Russ-

ian National Team when it camethrough and played the United StatesTeam, as well as the Japanese Na-tional Team.

He also announced some SouthAmerican teams and the Cuban Na-tional Team when they were still ableto travel to the U.S.

All in all, he has announced for bas-ketball, soccer, football, some swimmeets and water polo matches. Onething he never announced for, how-ever, is baseball.

“Here, I am, a baseball athlete atheart, and I have never really gottenthe opportunity to do a baseball game,other than my daughters softballgames,” he said. “I have had a front rowseat to a lot of great games, not onlyhere at Murray State, but growing up,and it has been a lot of fun.”

For about the last 20 years, Radkehas been the public announcer for thethree major sports: football and menand women’s basketball.

He started as just the women’s bas-ketball announcer, then slid into allthree sports over the years.

“I have had some blessed experi-ences,” he said. “I have had players fallin my lap. I have had players jumpover my head. I have heard somewords that I probably should not haveheard. I have had cokes dumped on me, I have had water dumped on me, but I would not have changed it for anything. Its the best seat in the house.”

To read about some of Radke’s fond-est memories, go to thenews.org.

ern Kentucky team, that was originally leading by as muchas seven.

A tightly-locked zone defenseexecuted by the Racers stoppedthe Colonels in their tracks, givingthem time to regain an advantage.Eastern Kentucky kept an edge insteals, putting them in possessiontwice as often.

Down by six with just 3:30 left inthe game, the Racers hustled toconvert, making faulty passes andpoor shot selection.

Both teams were in the bonus,with Murray State trying to grasppoints behind the line. TheColonels were not fazed by thefrantic pace, but instead extendedits lead to double digits in thefinal minute of play.

The game, and season for theRacers ended in a loss by 11.

“We stuck in, and we playedhard,” Robinson said. “I’m veryproud of the team.”

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the perimeter to where we’re able to pressurethe ball, deny passing lanes and push peoplefarther out,” Head Basketball Coach SteveProhm said. “We’re having a tough time guard-ing the basketball off the dribble right now andI think that’s been our biggest weakness. Youwin at a high level by defending and we’re notdoing that right now.”

During the two-game skid, the Racers strug-gled mightily to defend the 3-point shot. UT Martin and SEMO shot an astronomical 58 percent from beyond the arc during the two games.

The Murray State defense allowed opponentsto easily find wide-open shots, and the Racerspaid the price.

The team will have to figure out its defensivestruggles quickly, however, as they face EasternKentucky tonight in the semi-finals of the OVC

Tournament. If they can regain the defensiveprowess which was present earlier in the season,and defeat the Colonels tonight, they will ad-vance to the finals tomorrow night to play eitherBelmont or Tennessee State for the champi-onship, and earn an automatic NCAA Tourna-ment bid.

“We’ve just got to be better on the defensiveend,” senior guard Isaiah Canaan said. “We’vegot to be more locked in and focused on our defensive assignments. They always say defensewins championships, so now we’ve got to go prove it.”

Despite two straight losses, the Racers remainconfident heading into the tournament as the de-fending champions. The team is led by six sen-iors, all of whom have participated in multipleOVC Tournament games, easily making them themost experienced team in the field.

Though they may be struggling heading intothe tournament, Canaan reminds fans he and theother seniors have not forgotten the dominancethey exhibited in the tournament a year ago.

“We’ve been taking bullets all year long andeveryone wants to shoot us down,” Canaan said,

“but until it’s all said and done and someone elseis holding up the trophy, we’re on top. That’swhere we plan on staying, and that’s what we’repreparing for.”

Compared to last season the Racers find them-selves in a much different position headed intothe tournament. In fact, ineach of the last three sea-sons, Murray State enteredthe tournament as the No. 1seed and clear-cut favoriteto cut down the nets.

This season, however, theRacers find themselves withthe No. 2 seed and are con-sidered by many as an under-dog. With the team limpinginto the tournament withconsecutive home losses, and a dominant Belmontteam seemingly poised to win its first OVC crown,the Racers no longer remain the favorites.

Senior Brandon Garrett said the team’s re-cent struggles has put them under a lot ofteams’ radars. Garrett sees this underdog sta-tus as an advantage, however, as some teams

may label the Racers an easy target and over-look the defending champions.

“(Other teams) probably think we’repushovers, and every team thinks they can beatus,” Garrett said. “If I were them, I’d believe ittoo, but we’re going to come out Friday with ourheads high and all the swagger in the world.”

Pushovers or not, Prohm said he is not happyabout the way the Racers’ season ended, and heexpects his players to respond.

“These guys are best when they’re a littleangry,” Prohm said. “And they should be angry,because I’m angry. We’ll be ready. I’m lookingforward to it.”

When asked if he was in fact angry, Daniel’sresponse was loud and clear.

“There’s a lot of heat in us right now,” Danielsaid. “The next team that plays us is probablygoing to be mad they got these Racers.”

As the team prepares to fight for its seasontonight, it can rest assured the slate is wiped clean.

When the players hit the court tonight at 8p.m. in the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville,Tenn., the entire season is reduced to one sim-ple concept: win or go home.

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Senior Mariah Robinson tries to shoot over the top of Eastern Kentucky defenderSenior Raechele Gray during Wednesday nights loss.

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It was sup-posed to beIsaiahCanaan’s night. The All-

Americanguard who hastaken this cam-pus and thisentire commu-nity by stormhad one finalgame at theBank. Poised to see him join the

2,000-point club and earn one lastvictory, more than 30 family mem-bers and 8,000 fans filled thestands, all there to see him onelast time. It might as well havebeen changed from Senior Nightto Isaiah Canaan Appreciationnight. Canaan had other plans. I had heard rumors before the

game that he would give up hisstarting spot to Jordan Burge, thefour-year walk-on who has yet toscore a point. I was doubtful. Surely Canaan

wouldn’t give up his Senior Nightstart for Burge. He’s a senior, too. Yet, the starting players’ num-

bers were displayed on the score-board before the game, andCanaan’s No. 3 was replaced byBurge’s No. 33. All I could do was let out a big

smile, laugh and do my best not tocry in front of everybody. Despite Canaan’s gesture,

the evening didn’t have a story-book ending. Burge failed to score his first

points, and Canaan ended thenight with 1,999 career points. Additionally, the most success-

ful senior class in program historyended its home career with an an-ticlimactic 16-point loss. As far as I’m concerned, none of

that even matters. After the game, Head Coach

Steve Prohm told the media, “Ifyou’re not playing the game to im-pact people, what are you doing itfor anyways?”It is so easy to get caught up in

the excitement and the winning ofsports.I am guilty of it all the time.A loss by one of my favoritesports teams can literally ruin my entire day. Sports have a tendency to bring

up emotions in all of us. Win orlose, sports can cause our per-spective on what’s really impor-tant to fly out the window. Sure, it sucks that the Racers

lost. I’ll be even more upset if theylose this evening in the semi-fi-nals of the OVC Tournament. But I was reminded of how ir-

relevant the scoreboard really iswhen I saw Burge and Canaan em-brace at center court before thewalk-on left the game for thefinal time.Prohm is right. At the end of the

day, the trophies lose their shineand the banners become yellowedand dusty. It is the people you meet and

the memories you make in lifethat should motivate you to dowhat you do. Starting on Senior Night is a

memory Burge will carry withhim the rest of his life. Losing to SEMO on Senior

Night will be forgotten as soon astonight’s tournament game tips off. jferris2@murraystate.edu.

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JJoonnaatthhaann FFeerrrriiss

Staff writer

Staff Report

Men and women’s golf played two-dayevents Monday and Tuesday to tee offtheir spring season schedule.The men’s team traveled to the

Hoover Country Club to play in theSamford Intercollegiate in Hoover, Ala. The last time the Racers played was

Nov. 5-6 to finish the fall season with asecond-place out of 13 in Gulf Shores,Ala., against golfers from Vanderbilt andRice. Samford University hosted the

matches that started Monday.After the first day, Murray State

placed 15th of 18 overall in the SamfordIntercollegiate. The Racers 15th-placefinish tied them with Southern Illinoisand Bowling Green State at a score of 308. The first round started late after a

delay to due to frost on the green. Thesecond round of golf was not playeddue to darkness. The individual rankings for Murray

State were topped by senior HunterYork, who ranked 16th of 94 playerswith 1-over-par 73. Tyler Brown, senior,scored 1-over-par 76, leaving him in 45thplace. Patrick Newcomb, senior, earned61st place with a 78. Freshmen PrestonFrench and Daniel Harper scored 81stand 88th place respectively with scoresof 81 and 84.The second day, the Racers earned a

14th place finish out of 94, with a scoreof 919. Newcomb led Murray Statewith his 28th place performance with afinal score of 224, and York placed37th with 226. French and Brownplaced 56th and 82nd out of the fieldwith 231 and 239 respectively. Auburn

University won and took home thetitle with a final team score of 865.As for women’s golf, the Racers

hosted the Time Warner Classic atMiller Memorial Golf Course to starttheir own spring season Monday andTuesday. Last year, the Racers placedsecond out of eight. Murray State teedoff with similar success in 2013 as Mur-ray State led in 1st place in a field ofeight schools after the first day.Murray State finished Monday with

an overall score of 312, which firmlyplaced them ahead of second-place Lip-scomb University with 321 and third-place Austin Peay University at 324. Junior Delaney Howson scored an

even-par 72 to lead the Classic, andteammate Alexandra Lennartsson, sen-ior, made a 76. Alli Weaver finished the first day

with a score of 81 in 11th place while So-phie Hiller and Abbi Stamper tied in 20th place with 83. Gina Nuzzo,sophomore, earned an 87 to round out the Racers for their first round of golf in 2013.The second day was canceled during

the middle of second round play due toinclement weather conditions. Murray State won the classic using

the team scores from the first 18 holesplayed Monday. Howson was a medalist for the event

with a score of 72, which was aided byan eagle on the fifth hole.Men’s golf moves on from the Sam-

ford Intercollegiate to play the Mondayand Tuesday at the Grover Page Clas-sic in Jackson, Tenn. The women’s team will play in the

March 18-19 Bobby Nichols Intercolle-giate in Sevierville, Tenn.

Golf

Racers have strong start to spring

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A friendly, bubbly young lady sits downin a relaxed position with her hair in aponytail and her hands stuffed inside hersweatshirt pocket. This young lady goes by the name of De-

laney Howson. A Canadian native fromToronto, Ontario, Howson is a member ofthe women’s golf team and a junior financemajor at Murray State, but why did shechoose Murray State? “Honestly, it was kind of a fluke,” She

said. Howson said her coach back home knew a

recruiter who had connections with MurrayState Women’s Golf Coach Velvet Milkman.After looking at other colleges in Georgiaand South Carolina, Howson preferred theatmosphere of Murray State to any otherprospective school. “I actually do like the small-town feel,”

Howson said. “Everyone is so friendly.”However, Howson said the transition into

college took its toll on her. “I was really excited the summer before I

was coming in,” she said. “I got here and itwas a meltdown. It was beyond terrifying. Iknew no one.”Howson says despite not knowing any-

one, her team was immediately acceptingof her. She now describes her team as hersupport system. “We rely on each other all the time,”

Howson said.As a lover of hockey and lacrosse, Howson

said golf was not her first love, as she did notpick up the game until the age of 14, with thehelp of her brothers.

Not only did her brothers lead her ontothe golfing path, but her mom was a big in-fluence as well.“My mom didn’t want me playing

lacrosse anymore,” Howson said. “(It was)a little rough.” Howson’s mom did not like the danger-

ous effects of lacrosse and hockey. There-fore, she wanted her daughter to go intotraining with a golf coach. As the saying goes, mother knows best.

Howson’s golf career took flight, and she wasnamed OVC Freshman of the Year duringher first season at Murray State. Howson was also the first golfer in the

University’s history to qualify for the UnitedStates Golf Association’s United StatesWomen’s Amateur Championship in WestBloomfield, Mich. “I’ve never been to a better run tourna-

ment,” Howson said. “It was an unbelievableexperience to play in a big event like that.”Although Howson is an outstanding

golfer, she is just like any other student atMurray State, balancing schoolwork witheveryday life. When she has spare time, Howson said

she loves to hang out with her teammatesand eat at her favorite restaurant in Murray,Jasmine Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar. As far as a future in golf, Howson said

it would be a great experience, but she has other goals. “I want a degree,” Howson said, “but ob-

viously I would enjoy doing somethingwith golf.”This summer Howson plans to head

back to Toronto and work full time at a golf course and play in a few tourna-ments.

Howson tee’s off, hopes to continue success

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Stepping onto the court of the CSFBCenter, joined by their families withroses in hand, it was the final night the Murray State seniors would play athome in uniform.

Guards Mariah Robinson and TessaElkins and forwards Kyra Watson andJessica Holder were honored Saturdayfor their contributions to the program, as it would be their last performance in Murray.

It was a bittersweet moment that wasstill difficult to process, Elkins said.

“The good news is, we’re moving on tothe post season,” she said. “It’s the lasttime we’ll play in this gym. It’s not some-thing that has quite sunk in yet. We mightonly have one game left.”

The attitude from the commemorationchanged when the Racers fell to OVCrival Southeast Missouri by three points,leaving the Racers with an 8-8 regularseason record.

All the seniors started against the Red-hawks, but Holder was seated shortlyafter her first minutes of play to preventfurther straining of her injuries. Shemissed more than two seasons due to in-jury and went through several surgeries,preventing her from seeing much time onthe court. It was painful to walk out on herfinal game, she said.

“It hurts,” Holder said. “It’s somethingthat’s going to take a lot of time for it toheal, and I think it’s going to make ithappen a little faster if I’m not puttingit through the stuff I’m putting itthrough. It was one of the hardest deci-sions I’ve ever made, but when Godcloses one door he opens another. It’snot the end of the world.”

Forward Watson brought energy andmomentum for the Racers Saturdaywhen she scored 11 points and pulleddown five rebounds. With little time toplay left, she said she feels a sense of ur-gency to leave the program with a mem-orable performance.

“I feel like an animal,” Watson said. “Ifeel like I’ve been away for a long time soI owe it to my team to step up and beeverything I can be for them.”

Robinson ended the performance

against SEMO on a positive note. She ledthe Racers with 23 points and six rebounds, just four shy of a double-dou-ble. She was also awarded a certificatefrom Mayor Bill Wells for her hours of community service.

This season, Robinson reached manymilestones in her athletic career by scor-ing more than 1,500 points and securingmore than 500 rebounds.

She currently holds the program recordfor the most 3-point shots made in Mur-ray State’s history.

Head Coach Rob Cross said he wasdisappointed to lose a game on SeniorNight, but is proud to see the playersgrow as both athletes and representa-tives of Murray State.

“The good thing is they’re leaving theprogram better than they did their fresh-man year,” he said. “We have a winningrecord. They should feel good about leav-ing the program better than it was.”

While it feels like the end for the sen-iors, it will not be the last game they haveto look forward to. Despite the loss toSoutheast Missouri.

Even outside the court, Cross said he isglad to see how the seniors have im-proved as people. They will be inspiringand hard-working people after their ca-reers at Murray State, he said.

“I’m incredibly proud of them,” he said.“I’ve seen a lot of growth out of them andI know they’ll be successful in any en-deavors they get into. ”

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The Racer softball team will play its finalpreseason tournament at the Evansville In-vitational Saturday and Sunday.

Murray State is scheduled to face Bowl-ing Green State and the University ofEvansville in Evansville, Ind.

Head Coach Kara Amundson said shewants the team to continue to compete inall of their games and focus on its game,rather than if the team wins or loses.

“We still haven’t really fully embracedbeing able to compete through seven in-nings,” she said.

Amundson said she believes the teamneeds to work hard play a solid seven in-nings this weekend in Evansville.

She said she believes being able to stayconsistent through seven innings is goingto be a key factor in conference play.

Amundson said she hopes the team canbetter compete through the adversity andstruggles of close games. She wants theteam to battle through all of their gamesand not let up, regardless of the score.

“Being able to compete start to finish issomething we’re still really looking forwardto doing,” Amundson said.

She said she believes certain playersneed to step up at different times to helpthe team pull through some of their closegames.

Amundson said she wants the team tohelp each other in tough situations. If it

does these things, the team can accomplishtheir goals this weekend she said.

The Racers finished the Magic CityClassic last weekend with one win and three losses.

Two of the games against the Universityof South Alabama and the University of Al-abama at Birmingham were close games.The Racers lost 0-1 and 0-2 in those games.

With some tweaking, Amundson said shesees the team coming out on top in Evans-ville. She said the team displayed a lot ofpositive things, despite the losses.

She said she believes the team did notovercome the adversity in close games aswell as they could have.

“We’re working this week in practice tomake sure we’re learning from those ad-versities,” Amundson said.

Even with three losses, she said she be-lieves all of these preseason tournamentsare a learning opportunity for the teamand good things will come out of these be-ginning games.

The team did record one win overNicholls State. The game was close, and theRacers managed to come out on top.Amundson said she was proud of the win.She said a win is always a good thing.

Amundson said she said she hopes toaccomplish the things the team lackedlast weekend and compete its hardest tobring home a few more wins before thestart of the regular season.

The Racers first game is against BowlingGreen State at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Faces & Places is a weekly seriesthat profiles the people and placesof Murray. Every person and everyplace has a story. Let us tell it.

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Kory Savage, junior from Clinton,Ky., has taken his interest in art anddesign to the next level. He is thecreator of Savy Brands Clothing.

Before Savy Brands, Savage hadnever considered being a fashiondesigner of any kind. He said theproject started as a spur-of-the-moment decision while participat-ing in an internship for WaltDisney World. One day during theinternship, Savage was helping afriend with his homework wherethe task was to design something,he said. Savage then sketched a de-sign for his friend which was laterprinted on a shirt.

After his friend told him what ahit the shirt had become, Savagedecided to take this interest fur-ther. Inspired, hedrew up another sketch that wasdesigned for a shirt for himselfand his friends in Murray.

“I was impressed by the people

(at Disney),” Savage said. “It wasamazing to experience the feelingyou get by sparking a conversationwith someone of a different raceor religion just by asking themabout the clothes they are wear-ing.”

Savage said he has always beeninterested in art and design, butwhen it came to clothing design,there are not as many males in-volved in the industry.

“I’ve always wanted to do some-thing (with my creativity),” Savagesaid. “My dream was to become aveterinarian, but as I took thecourses, I began to realize I en-joyed other things. (Designingclothes) always came to mind, butdidn’t seem like it could have be-come a reality.”

Savage knew starting a clothingbrand would be expensive, whichis what held him back, he said. Itbecame a reality when a long-timefamily friend told him they wouldsponsor his idea of printing andproducing shirts.

He draws up his ideas via AdobeCs6 and sends it off to be printed.As a result, his family friend

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Student creates, sells savvy shirts

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“Procrastination is the key to success,”Sarah Sunderman, senior from Mas-coutah, Ill., said with a laugh, as she knowshow far her statement is from the truth.

It is with that in mind that many stu-dents find themselves caught up in thestress, tests and overall madness that ac-company midterms. Students need to becareful, however, as stress can take a tollnot just on the mind, but on the body andeven grades, reports show.

When studying for tests, studentsshould study in small increments, HannahRobbins, senior from Lockhart, Texas,said.

“It’s better to study for an hour, thentake a break, then study for another hourthan it is to just study nonstop,” she said.

Studying in increments helps studentsretain more of what they study, while alsokeeping stress levels down. It gives thebrain time to process what has beenlearned and file it away, whereas nonstopstudying can cause the brain to fatigueand stop processing what the student isstudying, she said.

“Study in groups,” Kenny Fister, scienceengineering and technology senior lec-turer, said. “It’s better to have four or fivepeople working together to figure some-thing out than just one. That way, if oneperson doesn’t know it, someone elsemight.”

When students study in groups, theyshould still take breaks and even make something fun out of the studybreak time.

“Go get something to eat, play a gameor take a nap,” Sunderman said. “It letsyou relax for a minute.”

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Murray State’s Clara M. EagleArt Gallery will be displayingboth regional and national worksof art this weekend.

Both the Kentucky Nationalexhibition and the Kentucky ArtEducation Association RegionalHigh School Art Show will beheld tonight from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.All works submitted will be dis-played in the Eagle Art Galleryfor public view, free of charge.

The Kentucky National is a bi-ennial event which Murray Statehosts in unison with the KyAEARegional High School Art Show.

The Kentucky National fea-tures a survey of quality, contem-porary art in America. This is thesixth year Murray State hashosted the event. According toColin Tuis Nesbit, director ofUniversity Galleries, submissionscome from across the country,

representing different regionsand demographics. This year,Kentucky National generated 167submissions, he said.

The show is juried, meaningsomeone examines the portfoliossubmitted by participants andchooses the best ones to displayin Kentucky National. This year’sjuror is Jill Dawsey, associate cu-rator at the Museum of Contem-porary Art in San Diego.

“For us, a juried show is afundraiser,” Nesbit said. “But itgives these participants access tosomeone and making sure theyare looking at their work, whichis an opportunity most artists arenot going to have.”

Murray State holds the Ken-tucky National every other yearfor a variety of reasons. Both stu-dents from the University andothers across the country benefitfrom the exhibition.

“Kentucky National gives artstudents an exposure to a lot of

things that are happening rightnow across the country,” Nesbitsaid. “It is essentially a poll ofcontemporary art across thecountry.”

Nesbit also mentioned theshow allows all the participantsto build up their art careers bybeing featured in the exhibition.

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Several churches in Calloway County arecollaborating with local organizations forCommunity Impact Day on Sunday.

Community Impact Day was an idea im-plemented by Tricia Foster, a member of theImmanuel Lutheran Church. The purpose ofthe event is to bring the community out toaid organizations with multiple projects,such as constructing bookcases, cleaningplanters downtown and planting seeds,among other things.

About 10 volunteers from at least sixchurches have been planning and organizingthis event for several months. They calledvarious organizations in the area in search ofplaces that need some extra help. The volun-teers had problems finding places that werein need, but that just shows the generosity ofthe community already, said Kristin Taylor,event organizer, from Murray.

“This project is important because itbrings together different churches in thecommunity to help meet needs right here,

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helped him mark something offhis bucket list, and they turned hisidea into a real-life project.

“My inspiration is in myself ofcourse, but it is also bigger thanme,” Savage said. “It comes frompeople, music, art and where everelse I can get the feeling from.”

Currently, Savy Brands clothingsells only T-shirts and crew necks.Savage would like to eventuallysell hats, tanks and frockets. Thedinosaur logo was an accidentaldiscovery.

While researching prehistoricanimals for a class, Savage said hecame across a cartoon T-Rex andthought it would be a good ideafor his shirt. The diamond on hisother shirt was inspired after

starting the process. For a dia-mond to shine it needs to be pol-ished, Savage said.

“Depending on the profit frommy current shirt sales, I will thenmake other products available forbuyers,” he said.

For now, the future of SavyBrands Clothing is unknown. Sav-age said it is a dream to see hisshirts being worn around the coun-try; however, his ultimate goal is tostill become a veterinarian.

“I definitely will keep SavyBrands Clothing going long aftermy first goal is hopefully accom-plished,” Savage said.

Savage currently sells T-shirtsand crew neck shirts for $20-34.The clothing is for both males andfemales and is made withpreshrunk cotton.

Students can purchase SavyBrands Clothing at savybrand-sclothing.com.

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information becomes very valuable to the artists who are trying to get into biggershows or teach at different institutions,” Nesbit said.

In addition to the benefits of the artists,Murray State receives interest from aroundthe country during Kentucky National.

According to Nesbit, the Murray State department of art and design’s website along

with the Kentucky National website havegenerated more than 1,900 hits.

Nesbit also said the accepted artists willreceive an exhibition catalog featuring alldisplayed works.

Also available for the public view are thesubmissions of high school art for theKyAEA Regional High School Art Show.

This show is juried by the professors in theMurray State department of art and design.However, winners from the art show willhave their work go on to the next show.

Scholarships are also given away to thehigh school artists.

The regional show not only presents stu-

dents the opportunity to have their work dis-played and examined by professors, but alsoallows the students to meet with those pro-fessors during the opening of the exhibit.

“Students like to see all their work up inthe gallery,” Nesbit said. “Ultimately, it is agreat recruitment tool. The faculty has directaccess to see the student’s portfolio.”

Although the exhibit opens tonight from 6-8 p.m., Murray State students as well ascommunity members are invited to browsethe Clara M. Eagle Gallery during normalviewing hours.

The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Monday through Friday.

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where we live,” Taylor said.This is the first year for the event and the volun-

teers hope it will make a positive impact throughoutthe community so it will be held annually.

“We want to help in the community by assisting thepeople who do the serving,” Foster said. “One of thegoals is to expose people to the different organiza-tions. We also want to show our kids about volunteer-ing, and develop ongoing service projects for familiesto do.”

There will be nine events between organizationssuch as Angels Clinic, Life House, Playhouse in thePark and several others. There are also four projectsthat are specifically kid-friendly so that the wholefamily can be involved.

The event will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday,starting at any of the event locations. Concluding theday will be a dinner for volunteers at 5:30 p.m. at Im-manuel Lutheran Church.

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When you hear Spring Break, whatcomes to mind? Lying out on thebeach? Relaxing, having a good timewith friends? Luke Bryan’s latestalbum, “Spring Break … Here ToParty,” revolves around the concept ofSpring Break.While Bryan does a decent job of

demonstrating he knows how somecollege students feel about SpringBreak, by the time you get to the thirdtrack, “Buzzkill,” that’s exactly theturn the album takes.Bryan’s album is mediocre at best.

With such intelligible lyrics as “If youain’t here to party/You picked thewrong place/You picked the wrongFriday night/You’ll be missing out/Onthe best damn time of your life,” fromthe fourth track, “If You Ain’t Here ToParty,” it kind of makes me wonderhow he made it this far as a musician.The artist fits nearly every stereo-

type of country music in this album.Almost all of the songs on the albummention drinking and pick-up trucks.Don’t let me forget his impression

of a woman in the song “Little BitLater On.” If I didn’t already dislikethe album from the first four tracks,the fifth track is what would havedone it in for me.I always have hatred, for lack of a

better word, for artists who don’twrite their own music. No, not eventhat, but artists that can’t even singabout songs that can relate to theirlives to make it somewhat believable.But that’s not even the case with

Bryan. He’s mentioned before duringinterviews that he does write his ownmusic. That just makes this albumeven more confusing to me.The man is 36 years old, so why is

he even singing about Spring Break inthe first place? He’s married with twosons, why is he singing about othergirls?The sixth track brings back some

credibility to Bryan with “In LoveWith The Girl.” But it almost seemstoo forced. I understand not sayingthe name of the girl in order for yourfans to relate the song to their per-sonal lives, but did he really have to

go with ‘the girl?’ Sounds like he’scompensating for something, as if he’strying too hard to convince everyonethat he really likes this girl.The creepiness of his lyrics does

not end there. He has a song entirelydedicated to sorority girls.Basically, the entire song is men-

tioning different sororities. We get it,you were a frat boy in college, thatwas more than 15 years ago, get overit.Bryan has had success in the past,

so this albummay just be a fluke. Lastyear he won every single award forwhich he was nominated at the Amer-ican Country Awards, which includeArtist of the Year and Male Artist ofthe Year. He won six awards alone forthe song “I Don’t Want This Night ToEnd,” including Single of the Year, Sin-gle by a Male Artist, Music Video ofthe Year, Music Video by a MaleArtist, Most Played Radio Track andMost Played Radio Track by a MaleArtist. He also won Album of the Yearfor his sophomore album, “Tailgatesand Tanlines.”This year, Bryan has been nomi-

nated for Entertainer of the Year, MaleVocalist of the Year, Album of theYear (for “Tailgates and Tanlines”)and Vocal Event of the Year at theAmerican Country Music Awards.Before listening to the 10th track, I

decided to give it the benefit of thedoubt. Considering the track is titled“Love in a College Town,” I figured itwould be talking about finding theone you love while you’re in college,which is something a lot of people canrelate to, including Bryan himself (hemarried his college sweetheart in2006).Instead the track was about a one-

night stand with these wonderfullyrics about not being able to pay at-tention in class, “I’m gonna fail thistest/Thinking about your dress/Layin’on my floor/Runnin’ out the door/A-A-B-A-C, that sounds good to me.”What surprises me even more is the

fact that this isn’t Bryan’s first SpringBreak album. This is his fifth.Some of the tracks that are featured

on this album were also featured onprevious albums, which has me ques-tioning, if you’re going to reuse songs,what’s the point of putting out a new

album in the first place?None of his previous works were

even recognized, so why he keepsmaking these albums is beyond me.The first two did not make the Bill-

board U.S. chart or the Billboard U.S.Country chart. The third made it toNo. 6 on the Billboard U.S. Countrychart and No. 23 on the Billboard U.S.chart. His fourth Spring Break album

topped off at No. 2 on the BillboardU.S. Country chart and No. 9 on theBillboard U.S. chart.The only song on the album that

could somehow relate to Bryan, is thesong “Cold Beer Drinker,” where hetalks about how he has responsibili-ties but he likes to kick back at the endof the day with a cold one in hishands.

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music industry,many artistshave goneunder fire fortheir use of cer-tain recordingmethods to cre-ate a song andmake it soundthe best it pos-sibly can.The followingquote wasbrought to my

attention by my mom just last weekand I couldn’t pass up the opportu-nity to share it with all of you.“Technology is not necessarilyhelpful in my hands. Trying torecord and manipulate audio takesme away from the emotional trajec-tory of a song. Some might arguethat it’s the most important instru-ment because it records and en-hances all the others. Othersbelieve technology is making musicless musical.Which brings me to a questionI’m asked consistently in inter-views and discussions: “Has today’stechnology lowered the quality ofmusic from that of previous gener-ations?”I believe that as long as peoplehave hearts and minds and the ca-pacity to laugh, cry, dance, feel andfall in and out of love, a good songwill always find an audience be-cause it connects us to our human-ity. If technology can help peoplemake that connection, I’m a fan.”The quote is an excerpt from theCarole King biography, “A NaturalWoman: A Memoir,” in which sheexpresses how she feels about themusic industry today. It never really occurred to methat auto-tune, along with othertechnologies that are commonlyused today by many artists, couldactually be a good thing.Of course, I still stand strong bymy belief that the music industry isnot what it used to be, but maybethese new additions can be for thebetter.King said she never wanted to bea performer; she only wanted towrite music. It was James Taylorwho asked her to perform onstagefor the first time.If anyone is wondering who ex-actly is Carole King and what songsdid she write, check out her secondstudio album, “Tapestry,” whichshe won a Grammy for Album ofthe Year in 1972.The album features hits such as“I Feel the Earth Move,” “(YouMake Me Feel Like) A NaturalWoman” and “Where You Lead,”which later went on to become thetheme song for “Gilmore Girls.”King makes a good point. Beforeyou are quick to judge others fortheir tastes in music, really take asecond and try to understand whatmeaning they take away from thesong.Music means different things todifferent people. That’s the greatthing about it. You can take a songand make it relatable to somethingyou’re going through. And if thatmakes your life just the slightest biteasier, then who are we to judge?ssawyer@murraystate.edu

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