Some people enjoy reading. Some people enjoy eating. Some people enjoy lounging on the couch with a video game controller glued to their palm. Brittlyn Sosh, senior from Evansville, Ind., enjoys running. Most beginning runners look into the Couch-to-5K plan or simple fun runs like the Color Run. Sosh, who has been running as a Read More
Poi, an ancient, often unrecognized, style of performance art, has recently been introduced to Murray State’s campus. Poi is the art of swinging and spinning tethered weights in a variety of rhythmic and geometric patterns. The patterns may be arranged into a fluid dance that can also be accompanied by drumming, music or singing.
Kristin Knabel has been dancing her whole life. There is one thing that makes her stand out from any other dancer: she’s in a wheelchair. Due to the birth defect spina bifida, Knabel is paralyzed from the waist down. Karen Balzer, the artistic director of the Jackson Purchase Dance Company, allowed Knabel to continue dancing Read More
Allyson Putman Staff writer With no fashion program or even a mall shopping center, Murray is not known for being the fashion capitol of the world. However, it is home to one of 22 finalists in the Emerging Designers Competition for the 2012 Birmingham Fashion Week. Meaghan Pierce, senior from Owensboro, Ky., is a Read More
Savannah Sawyer Assistant Features Editor Milan, Paris and New York are the fashion capitals of the world. Murray, Ky., wouldn’t normally make the top 100 but Hannah Jarvis, senior from Owensboro, Ky., is working single handedly to change just that. Jarvis, who has been modeling since June, is taking part in a modeling competition Read More
Paige Graves Staff writer Write 50,000 words in one month. That is the challenge of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and it is one not everyone will take. Producing a novel before the clock strikes midnight on Nov. 30 can be a writer’s worst nightmare, but Nicole Tuberty has stepped up to the challenge – Read More
Charlotte Kyle Features Editor What started as a 10-minute musical in the form of a class project has transformed over the course of three-and-a-half years, evolving into a two-hour, 18-song musical. Aaron Krueger, senior from Campbell Hall, N.Y., wrote the music, lyrics and book for the production, a task he describes as “an undertaking, but Read More
Anna Taylor Assistant Features Editor Zach Metzler, junior from Solon, Iowa, juggles almost everyday. What began as a spontaneous activity for him soon became his favorite hobby. Metzler has been juggling since 2009. He said he would go to class at his previous college in Iowa and see the same man juggling. Metzler soon learned Read More