2008 Woodie Awards
The fact you are still peeling from a Spring Break sunburn doesn't stop the plethora of papers and projects from piling up as the semester comes to a close. When the weather gets warmer, students seem to fall into a slump as if they were still on vacation.
Judy Jordan has lived a lot of life. She has been homeless, living in a green house and her car, and temporarily paralyzed. Jordan doesn't let that get her down; she instead channels it into her poetry, and it has paid off. Jordan, a professor at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, will be the next writer to appear in The Murray State University Reading Series at 7:30 p.
Yesterday marked the third successful Skay-nay, a time of prayer and reflection held in the Cumberland Room on the third floor of the Curris Center. Skay-nay was sparked by an idea from the Rev. Emily Burch, associate pastor and director of college and young adult ministry at First United Methodist Church.
Each week The News will feature a different issue that affects our campus, community and ultimately our world. It might seem strange, but the rapid growth of a deadly epidemic may be partially caused by a few vacations. Since the early 1980s, the world has seen unprecedented growth of the sexually transmitted, and thus far incurable, Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome epidemic.
Rock climbers tackle Mount Everest, swimmers plunge into the English Channel and writers, directors and actors sign up for the 24/7 Festival when trill seeking. Tonight begins the second annual Sock and Buskin 24/7 Festival, an event in which several theatrical processes including writing, directing and acting are sped up and condensed into 24 hours.
Fifteen women will line up in long, shimmering formal dresses, with great big smiles and crossed fingers in hopes of being crowned the next Miss Murray State Saturday. Linda Dihn, sophomore from Murray and coordinator of this year's Miss MSU Pageant hosted by the Student Government Association and the Campus Activities Board, said this year's theme is "A Night on the Sea.
Before I can begin to address the content of Panic at the Disco's latest release, "Pretty. Odd.," I must ask fans everywhere to take a moment to lament the loss of a fallen punctuation mark. The band, once known as Panic! at the Disco, has dropped the exclamation point loved by fans and despised by copy editors.
Russell Springs, Ky. Now that the weather has finally started to warm up, it's time to pull out your bathing suit and boat shoes. This week, The News is curing spring fever. Lake Cumberland, located in Russell Springs, Ky., is only a four-hour drive from Murray.
You know you're from Kentucky if half your friends are spending the first Saturday in May going wild in the infield or parading around in over-sized hats with mint juleps in hand. Secretariat raced it in one minute and 59 seconds in 1973. Last year, Street Sense raced it in a little over two minutes.
Spring has sprung and what better way to celebrate than by attending a spring festival featuring bands, barbecue and other fun activities. The Public Relations Student Society of America partnered with the Murray-Calloway County Parks and Recreation Department are hosting the first Bands 'N' BBQ Blowout from 10 a.
