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Lost funds result in tuition increase

  Due to a reduction in state funding, Murray State will raise tuition costs for the upcoming academic year. It is the ninth reduction to state funding within the past nine years to effect Kentucky universities and community colleges. Murray State’s tuition will rise either 4 or 5 percent, University President Randy Dunn said. Undergraduate tuition costs for University of Kentucky and University of Louisville can rise as high as 6 percent. Tuition for other four-year schools can increase up to 5 percent. Community colleges can increase tuition a maximum of 4 percent. Full story

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Earth Friendly & Fashion Forward

Organic, natural fashion trends grow

  Doing good for the environment has never looked better. British fashion designer Anya Hindmarch started a trend in 2007 with her line of natural unbleached cotton handbags reading “I’m Not a Plastic Bag.” The bags were created to replace plastic bags at stores and markets but the bag quickly became a fashion trend. Celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson, Keira Knightley and Jessica Biel became fans of the eco-chic bags. What started around $10 originally grew to $200 per bag for some online venders.  Full story

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Racers win OVC

Senior trio finishes 1-2-3 as the men roll to their 4th conference title

  It was over before it began.  After a first round that saw them jump out to an early eight-stroke lead, the men’s golf team pushed their lead to 12 going into the final round of the OVC Championship and Head Coach Eddie Hunt said all he had to tell his team was not to get fancy. “You don’t get a lot of tournaments where you get a 12-stroke lead, especially going into the last round of a conference championship,” Hunt said. “So basically our attitude was to go out, play a steady round and not do anything crazy.” He said they followed through perfectly. Full story

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Press Box April 30th Edition

Ricky, Greg, and Will talk about Austin Lane, the OVC golf wins, and the World Cup in our final Press Box before August. Full story

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Dunn announces sustainability commission

  The University is continuing its environmental efforts through a new commission announced by University President Randy Dunn on Earth Day.

Like its predecessor, the Commission on Diversity and Inclusion, the new President’s Commission on Sustainability will address campus issues and concerns regarding environmental issues. 
The announcement exceeded the Murray Environmental Student Society’s expectations, said John Walker, junior from Nicholasville, Ky., and MESS president.

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Club hosts first regional steer, heifer show

  Last weekend, the Murray State Block and Bridle Club gave students and citizens of western Kentucky an opportunity to participate in an event never before offered in this region.

  The first Kentucky Bluegrass Invitational Open Steer and Heifer Show was held in the William Cherry Agricultural Expo Center Thursday through Saturday and welcomed over 50 participants.
Becky Mosbacher, chairperson of the event and sophomore from Prairie du Rocher, Ill., said the competition showcased all breeds of beef cattle, vying to be the top in the heifer, steer and showmanship classes.

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Channel Surfing 4-30-10

     I like things to feel complete.

  Every puzzle piece in place, every note played and the whole package wrapped up in shiny paper, topped with a little red bow.
    TV is a format where the end isn’t always known.
   With books you have a beginning, middle and end. Movies wrap up their major plots in two hours with very few questions remaining.

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‘Gently down the stream...’

  The old sports addage, “for love of the game,” may hold no truer meaning for any other sport on Murray State’s campus than rowing. 

After the women’s team was cut from NCAA affiliation, Head Coach Matt Weaver said his decision was simple - keep going. 
“I rowed as an undergrad here, so our men’s team has always been club,” Weaver said. “But whenever they said the women’s team had been dropped from NCAA, I just thought, ‘OK, let’s just join the men and be club together.’ I was a graduate assistant for the women’s team, so I lost my scholarship and my tuition and all of that, but other than that, it was back to normal for me.”

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Campus gets serious about going green

         Flowers and trees are in bloom across campus, but they’re definitely not the only green blooming this semester.

During Earth Week, University President Randy Dunn announced the appointing of a Commission on Sustainability, furthering Murray State’s climb on the ladder of making the campus green.
Some students may not realize the University has been doing its part in leaving less of a footprint even before Earth Week 2010, beginning with the signing of the Talloires Declaration. This declaration, created in Talloires, France, lists 10 ways in which a university can better protect the environment.