2008 Woodie Awards
Staff report A man was arrested Tuesday on drug charges and another man was charged with possession of marijuana following an ongoing investigation. Bruce Carter, nonstudent from Murray, and Marvin Williams, sophomore from Lake Wales, Fla., both former Racer basketball players, were charged after Carter allegedly sold about 100 ecstasy pills to undercover agents from the Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force before attempting to flee on foot.
In 1996, Murray State was the first pubic university in the U.S. to incorporate a residential college program. Since then Murray State assigned every student, faculty and staff member to one of its eight residential colleges. Don Robertson, vice president for Student Affairs, said breaking down the University into eight smaller sub-units under the residential college program provides students with more "ways to get involved and more leadership opportunities.
The Racers jumped out to a quick start leading 7-5 but the Sycamores used six three-pointers in the first ten minutes to offset the Racers 10-4 lead in the key. Danero Thomas is currently the leading scorer with eight points already.
For the fourth consecutive year, Kiplinger has named Murray State as one of the top 100 public universities in the nation. Kiplinger's announcement is one in a long line of national recognition for Murray State. Earlier this semester, Murray State was listed as one of America's Best Colleges by U.
A meeting of overall agreement among members, Murray State's Board of Regents took place Friday at 1 p.m. in Pogue Library. After a 15-minute closed session, the Board announced the one-year extension of University President Randy Dunn's contract until 2012.
