Campus organizations unite

Amanda Crider Staff writer

On Sept. 18 Murray State students will join together for Unity Day, a celebration of diversity. Unity Day begins at 10 a.m. Students will receive ribbons outside the Thoroughbred Room to promote unity awareness. A Unity reception at the Curris Center Theatre from 3:30 to 4 p.m., will precede the Unity March across campus. Secretary for the International Student Organization, Elena Goncharoff, senior from Tajikistan, said the Unity March brings a sense of belonging to international students. "The march is intended to bring a sense of unity to all the international students represented at Murray State," Goncharoff said. "The emphasis of this year's event is to promote interaction with American students." The march begins at the Curris Center at 4 p.m., goes through campus, around the residential college circle and ends at Winslow Dining Hall. Following the march, there will be a Unity Dinner and karaoke from 5 to 8 p.m. David Milam, freshman from Memphis, Tenn., is a member of the Campus Activities Board, one of the organizations participating in the event. Milam said Unity Day is special because it reaches out to all students. "(Unity) supports in bringing the whole campus together because it sets out to do what we were made to do, which is become unified." Vice President for the Student Government Association, Derek Nance, senior from Murray, said this is an important event for SGA. "It's one of our biggest events that promotes multicultural awareness and it's just one more way for this diverse campus to come together," Nance said. The Black Student Council and the Residential College Association also sponsor Unity Day. Amanda Crider can be reached at amanda.crider@ murraystate.edu.