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Even universities have to do a littlehouse cleaning every now and then.

While much of the work the Uni-versity tries to schedule during theless crowded and warmer summermonths, some projects do come upwhile regular classes are in session –not unlike the maintenance roof workon Wells Hall this month.

Lined out through specific stipula-tions in the University 2012-13 Oper-ating Budget, Facilities Managementhas a calculated budget of nearly $13million for this year, which goes tosupport funding for projects such asbuilding and equipment maintenance,building services, facility design andconstruction and utilities.

Of the $12.9 million for this year’sbudget, Chief Facilities Officer KimOatman said the University spends anaverage $1.7 million per year on main-

tenance across the University.For every project visible to the gen-

eral public, such as the new basketballfacility, however, there exists almosthidden cosmetic improvements tobuildings like Wilson Hall and the

eventual demoli-tion of OrdwayHall, Oatman saidthere are evenmore projects or-ganized unbe-knownst tostudents and fac-ulty alike.

“These mainte-nance tasks dooften go unno-

ticed since they take place on top ofthe roofs, in mechanical rooms ofbuildings and even sometimes under-ground,” Oatman said. “However,they are essential to the operations ofthe University.”

While the crew at Facilities Man-

agement can handle many of the dailytasks required to maintain the generalupkeep of the University, some tasks,Oatman said, are just too big for theManagement staff.

One such project is the repair andre-tarring of the Wells Hall roof.

Despite the best efforts of the em-ployees of Facilities Management,large renovations and improvementsare best completed with the help ofoutside assistance and the budgetsupports these contractors.

“It is essential to keep water frominfiltrating our buildings, so due toage and deterioration all of our roofsget replaced periodically,” Oatmansaid. “Our crews do routine mainte-nance such as cleaning out roof drainsand making minor repairs, but due tothe equipment and expertise requiredto re-roof a building, it is typicallymuch more efficient to have done by

Campus facility maintenance work underway

Chris Wilcox || News Editorcwilcox2@murraystate.edu

Jerry Wayne Walker Jr.pleaded guilty to six counts oftampering with physical evi-dence Tuesday morning in theCalloway County CircuitCourt, marking the end to analmost 14-year-old battle overthe Paducah man’s innocencein connection to the fatal Hes-ter Hall fire of 1998.

Walker was indicted twice

for setting the early-morningblaze on the fourth floor ofHester, but both times hewalked free – most recently inJuly, when a jury found him in-nocent.

Michael Minger, a sopho-more music student who livedon the far end of the fourthfloor, lost his life in the HesterResidential College, formerlyknown as Hester Hall.

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Meghann Anderson || Assistant News Editormanderson22@murraystate.edu

FFollowing a Kentucky Supreme Court rulingthat took place last spring, students, facultyand staff are allowed to keep concealed

weapons in their vehicles, but are being advisedto keep them hidden.

The ruling states that education institutions inKentucky are in violation of the law if they donot allow students, faculty and staff to keep con-cealed weapons in the glove compartments oftheir vehicles. To prevent licensed weaponsfrom being stored in private vehicles is contraryto the fundamental Constitutional right to beararms, the opinion states.

Murray State Police Chief David DeVoss saidsome students and staff were under the impres-sion that it was a requirement to keep a weaponin plain sight when it was left in a vehicle in Uni-versity parking lots.

“With a weapon in plain sight, one runs therisk that the vehicle will be entered to steal both

the weapon and other per-sonal property,” DeVosssaid. “It is most prudent tokeep a weapon out of sightwhen parking a vehicle inUniversity parking lots.”

For hunters, DeVoss rec-ommended storing theweapon in a safe place offcampus.

“If one must keep a weapon in his vehiclewhen parking on campus, it should be stored outof sight to prevent an unlawful entry,” DeVosssaid.

Murray State Police officers will respond toany calls regarding a weapon on campus.

The Supreme Court ruling does give universi-ties the right to prohibit weapons on all otherentities of campus – a policy Murray State en-acted years ago.

DeVoss indicated that there had been some

Walker pleads guilty

HIDING GUNS

Chief suggests concealed weaponsfor campus vehicles after ruling

ONLINE:Murray Stategun policy forstudents andfaculty.

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With the resignation of Uni-versity Provost Bonnie Hig-ginson, President Randy Dunnhas selected individuals toserve on a search committee –charged with doing a nationalsearch for a new Universityprovost.

Higginson said applicationsfor the position were likely tobe due in early February afterthe University advertised theposition in publications likeThe Chronicle of Higher Edu-cation.

Dunn said in prior searchesof the same magnitude, theUniversity hired a firm with anin-house search committeeserving in tandem.

He said this time, due tocost and time restraints, the

University has opted to useits own search committee.He said the cost incurred for

the benefitr e c e i v e dwas a de-terminingfactor, be-cause hesaid theUniversitycould savem o n e ywhile stillgetting the

best candidates.“We think we can get the

same end results by using thetalent we have here at the Uni-versity,” he said. “I have askedJack Rose to chair the commit-tee.”

The provost selection com-

President selectssearch committee

File Photo

This 1998 photo of Hester Hall shows cordoned-off police zones and a firetruck after an early-morning arson blaze destroyed most of the fourth floor,killing one student and injuring another. Jerry Wayne Walker Jr. pleadedguilty Tuesday to tampering charges that made the 14-year-old case difficultfor authorities.

Photo illustration by Kylie Townsend/The News

Murray State Police Chief David DeVoss recommends students faculty and staff keep weapons stored in their vehicles stored away so as to prevent thelikelihood of a break-in. This comes after a spring Kentucky Supreme Court ruling on guns in cars on university campuses.

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Photos by Beamer Barron/The News

A Swift Roofing Inc. employee prepares to begin apply hot tart to the roof of Wells Hall.

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88::2277 aa..mm.. A caller reported atheft to officers at PublicSafety. Officers took a reportfor theft of a credit/debit card. 33::1122 pp..mm.. A caller reported atheft of property from RegentsCollege. Officers were notifiedand took a report for theft ofmail matter. 55::1188 pp..mm.. Officers issued a ver-bal warning to a driver onGilbert Graves Drive for fail-ure to illuminate headlightsand speeding.

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1122::0044 aa..mm.. Officers issued a ci-tation to Jordan Wilbanks, sen-ior from Louisville, Ky., fordrinking in public.1122::1111 pp..mm.. Central Plant work-ers reported an animal com-plaint at Central Plant.Officers and the grounds de-partment were notified. 55::1100 pp..mm.. The fire alarm inWinslow Dining Hall was acti-

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33::4444 pp..mm.. A caller requested anofficer to check on a person inthe Waterfield Library parkinglot. Officers were notified andtook an information report.77::1111 pp..mm.. A caller reported ananimal complaint at the Biol-ogy Building. Officers were

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88::0055 aa..mm.. A caller reported athreat of fire at the Roy Stew-art Stadium. Officers, the Mur-ray Fire Department and thestate fire marshal were noti-fied.22::5588 pp..mm.. A caller reported anoninjury accident at theHowtown Agriculture Build-ing. Officers were notified andtook an information report.44::1199 pp..mm.. A caller reportedlocking their keys in their ve-hicle at Waterfield Library. Of-ficers were notified and tookan information report.

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external roofing contractors.”With the job bid out on Sept.

6, Swift Roofing Inc. in Murraymade the lowest bid for theWells Roof Replacement Proj-ect, bidding the job at $153,090.The project includes removalof existing roof, new insula-tion, new 4-ply felt roof withasphalt coatings and all newcounter flashing around theperimeters.Oatman said the funding for

roof replacement came froman internal repair account des-ignated and planned for thepurpose and was part of theoperating cost fixed in theUniversity budget. The projectis expected to finish late thismonth.Don Robertson, vice presi-

dent of Student Affairs, said re-pairs conducted for theUniversity were less about get-ting by and more about prece-dence and planning, aspreventative maintenance isdefinitely planned each andevery year through commit-tees and consultations withUniversity officials and in co-ordination with Facilities Man-agement.“There is a budget and a pri-

ority list of things that need tobe done,” Robertson said. “(Fa-cilities Management) hasmoney set aside for unex-

pected needs. (The Univer-sity) puts aside X amount ofdollars for our residence halls,as well, and there is money setaside for major constructionand also day-to-day opera-tional maintenance.”While several educational

and general campus buildingsfall under the care of FacilitiesManagement, Robertson saidthere are some buildingsunder the care of Auxiliaryfunding, which is also an ap-propriation within the 2012-13University budget but operateunder their own funding on ayearly basis.

“Auxiliary buildings have topay for themselves,” Robertsonsaid. “There are no Universitydollars that go into the auxil-iary buildings. Winslow, the T-Room and other facilities haveto come out of the Auxiliarybudget.”With student and faculty

traffic at high points duringthe fall and spring semesters,several projects go on holduntil the summer when mostof the students have gone backhome and workers can movefreely in the buildings.Bonnie Higginson, vice pres-

ident of Academic Affairs and

whose office is in Wells Hall,said she understood whilesome maintenance had tooccur regardless of the incon-veniences and costs, all propercare and consideration is takenwhen deciding which projectsneed to come first.“I know Facilities Manage-

ment is very conscious of ac-cess issues and would notengage in a project during theacademic year that wouldcause a major disruption,” Hig-ginson said. “I guess I wouldterm these minor disruptionsas just minor frustrations formost of us.”

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initial local confusion follow-ing the policy ruling thatguns in vehicles legally had tobe visible – opposite of theactual ruling and officialMurray State recommenda-tion. “Some people thought we

were asking people to leaveweapons in plain sight,” De-Voss said. “We do not suggestthat because it can initiatecriminal acts.”Don Robertson, vice presi-

dent of Student Affairs, saidthe University does not wantstudents to get in trouble andthere are lots of students whohave guns for hunting orother reasons.The policy statement re-

garding weapons states,“weapons and dangerous ma-terials are prohibited on allproperty owned or controlledby Murray State University.This prohibition encom-passes, but is not limited to,outdoor areas, classrooms,laboratories, residential col-leges and other living facili-ties, office buildings,performance halls, and audi-toria, museums, dining facili-ties and arenas, farms,parking lots and vehicles onproperty owned or controlledby Murray State.”The University’s policy de-

termines a weapon as any-thing that can be shot or iscapable of producing death orserious physical injury.Knives, other than pock-etknives, swords, nightsticks,karate sticks, death stars, arti-ficial knuckles and bow andarrows are all consideredweapons. The policy statement does

not prohibit the possessionof a firearm, with lawful au-thority if it is located in andnot removed from a private-or University-owned vehicleand is kept in an enclosedcontainer, compartment, orstorage space installed asoriginal equipment in the ve-hicle.Any student in violation of

the policy is subject to disci-plinary action, including ex-pulsion from the Universityand other legal actions. Policy decisions like these

have encouraged some stu-dents to carry weapons forsafety reasons.Kimberlie Moore, sopho-

more from Hampton, Ky., saidshe plans on getting her con-cealed weapons permit whenshe turns the legal age of 21. “I personally travel to

school about 20 miles eachway,” Moore said. “If I wereto break down on the inter-state or get stuck somewhereI can have protection withme. I know that guns are anissue but that’s just becausepeople are uneducated aboutthem.”

mittee will be charged with recom-mending two to four unranked can-didates who would serve as finalistsin the search.Those finalists would do on-cam-

pus interviews in the spring.Dunn said he hoped to have a

new provost in position by July 1.If the selected candidate is not

in position by that date, Dunn saidhe would serve in capacity – pro-vided the candidate only needed afew weeks during the summer. If a candidate is selected and

needs more time than feasible,Dunn said an interim might be ap-

pointed who would assume therole for the summer.Jack Rose, faculty regent and pro-

fessor in the College of Education,said as chair of the search commit-tee he will help guide the group inselecting two to four candidateswho will then be recommended toDunn.“Overall we’ll be looking for (ap-

plicants) who will be effective inmaintaining the high quality wehave now,” he said. “We’d like some-one who would lead us forward toeven greater heights.”Rose said there were standards of

the position, which were obviouslynecessary such as a doctorate andyears of experience, but he said thekey is finding someone who is vi-sionary and compatible with theUniversity’s goals.

The tampering charges relate to a se-ries of letters Walker admitted to au-thoring following the dorm fire. Theletters, according to CommonwealthAttorney Mark Blankenship, led theprosecution to believe Walker was be-hind the fatal fire. The six lettersWalker wrote named suspects in thecase. None of the individuals provedpromising to Kentucky State Police orlocal authorities, but because Walkerseemed to know so many details aboutthe case, a case was opened againsthim, which led to his first trial, whichended in a hung jury.Walker’s second and final trial in July

ended in an acquit-tal, leaving the 1998arson a mystery thatmay never besolved.“We started on

this journey a whileago and we didn’texpect it to becomea cold case,”Blankenship said.“This is not the get-

ting off place the Commonwealth waslooking for, but we all know we have toaccept the jury’s verdict. I do appreci-ate Jerry Walker for doing the rightthing and accepting responsibility forthe fabricated evidence. This is wherewe all now get off this case.”Blankenship and Walker’s defense at-

torneys Dennis and Richard Nullarranged a plea deal prior to Tuesday’s

hearing that stipulated a diversion sen-tencing with no jail time. Additional conditions include yearly

community service to be served atMurray State’s Michael Minger Memo-rial Garden and that he write a formalletter of apology to law enforcement forfabricating evidence and destroying thecredibility of the case.Foust, prior to Walkers plea, read the

terms of the diversion agreement.Subject to the diversion agreement

Walker said he was guilty and that he hadalready provided the letter of apology.Dennis Null said the case had taken

many forms over the years and he wasglad it was finally being settled.Said Null: “We appreciate the court’s

consideration and Blankenship doinghis job. Now this is finished and hope-fully everyone has learned from the sit-uation.”

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If you are a student, member of thefaculty or staff, or administrator atMurray State, you cannot help butknow that our university does a greatmany things well.After all, the university garners acco-lades from various prestigious sourcesyear after year.We do things the right way, whetherit is civic engagement, life-changingstudy abroad programs, nationally-rec-ognized athletic programs or academicprograms that involve deep learningthat prepare students for something

more than simply occupations and careers.In my own department, my colleague Dr. CharlotteBeahan recently spoke at an Asian Studies Conferenceat Berea College.One student’s response to Dr. Beahan’s presentationsays it all: "I really want to thank the Asian Studiesdepartment for hosting this event. This was by far theBEST Asian studies colloquium speaker I have seen atBerea. Her speech was funny, yet informative. It was ina style that I felt both rookies and scholars could reallyunderstand. She did not take an antagonistic tonetowards the PRC (People’s Republic of China) which Ifind common in discourse of their policies, yet it wasalso not propaganda. She had such a well written andwell performed speech. I came in there with a huge list

of questions, and she answered each one in the speech.This was really convo worthy. I loved it so much; themonth I waited for this convo was well worth it.Thanks!"Another colleague, Professor Ted Franklin Belue,organized the third annual Roots Music Concert, whichtook place in Wrather Auditorium Wednesday evening.It was Wrather Auditorium, which is a great venue, butit could have been Carnegie Hall.The McKendrees “perhaps Western Kentucky’s pre-mier bluegrass band,” displayed their usual rich har-monies and “precise instrumental interplay.”Fidula, led by Jim and Inge Wood Wood, and accom-panied by Hillary Bevels and 17-year-old Nate Strasserwowed the audience with virtuoso performances on adizzying array of instruments, including fiddle, viola,cello, keyboard, guitar, banjo, and mandolin. When IngeWood sang “Five Smooth Stones” I leaned over to mywife Evelyn and said, “That was just fantastic.”

The evening concluded with Ranger Doug of Rider’sin the Sky and The Time Jumper’s Fame and AndyRiess, also of “a first-call Nashville lead guitarist since1981,” playing swing numbers on vintage Archtop gui-tars. What an evening.”Yet another history department colleague, Dr. WilliamMulligan, has organized and sponsored an ongoingResearch Forum every Thursday afternoon at 4:00 or4:30 in Faculty Hall, Room 505, where graduate students,undergraduate students, and faculty members presenttheir research in a relaxed, collegiate setting.Dr. Mulligan’s forum has revolutionized the culture ofour department and given our students and facultyexcellent feedback for ongoing research and writingprojects.The Research Forum is open to the campus communi-ty and the community at-large. I promise you will enjoythe intellectual stimulation.Another opportunity to hear the work of our studentswill come the week after Thanksgiving.Students in my HIS 400 Senior Seminar and Profes-sional Engagement class will give Oral Presentationsand Critiques of their Senior Papers on Monday andWednesday afternoons from 3:00-4:15 in Faculty Hall,Room 506.Please come and support these students in FacultyHall, Room 506. There will be time for questions fromthe audience. The program is free and open to all.jbolin@murraystate.edu

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More than a decade has passed sincethe devastating Hester Hall fire thatcaused the death of one student andinjured another. Most of us weren’there when it happened, but the impactof that fire on our day–to–day lives atMurray State is something that weshould not overlook. Since 1998, we have seen the reorga-nization of campus housing on the resi-dential college model, a result of theHester fire and the resulting death ofsophomore Michael Minger. Safety measures have been increasedand policies changed to make all of ussafer.The unfolding drama that hasengulfed Murray in the aftermath ofthat fire has been the trial of JerryWalker, the prime suspect thoughtresponsible for starting the fire. Walker was initially acquited in 2001for his role in the fire before beingbrought back to court earlier this yearfollowing new evidence surfacing in thecase. Walker was again acquited for hisrole in starting the fire.On Tuesday, Walker did, however,plead guilty to six counts of tamperingwith evidence in a related trial afterreaching a plea agreement with Com-monwealth Attorney Mark Blankenship. This brings a close to the saga ofJerry Walker and the Hester Collegefire, does it not?We would venture that no, it doesnot. After spending over a decade try-ing to prove the guilt of Jerry Walker,the Commonwealth has failed to pro-duce a case against Walker that linkshis actions to the Hester College fire.

It has wasted resources that mighthave been better served elsewhere in arepeated attempt to get Walker convict-ed for a fire that two juries are con-vinced he did not set.How many more times will we traveldown this road? Will Mr. Blankenshipbe satisfied this time around, withWalker fulfilling his end of the pleaagreement, or will we watch anothertrial unfold in the next few years? It seems that in the pursuit of justice,a few things are being overlooked.Namely, the notion that someone otherthan Jerry Walker could have beenresponsible for the Hester fire. In the time and with the resourcesthe Commonwealth has spent trying toconvict Walker, we might have beenable to do a bit more digging into theincident itself. We might have been able to call up afew new suspects and see if the puzzlepieces came together for the Common-wealth to make a case. We might have finally been able to dothe family and memory of MichaelMinger justice, but instead, the Com-monwealth has spent our dollars andour time on a lost cause.There’s no doubt that this incidenthas left some wounds that have yet toheal and has cut all of us at MurrayState and in the city of Murray deep. Ithas changed how we live our lives andgo about our daily activities on campus. Yet the fact of the matter is that wemay never truly know who started thefire. We may never have justice for afellow Racer because of the wastedefforts of the Commonwealth on anincreasingly difficult case to make. We wish turning the page on thewhole thing was easy to do – but that’stalk when there’s justice to be done.

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I read Dr. William Zingrone’s response to my let-ter and his thinking in it is as interesting as his ear-lier missive in The News.Dr. Zingrone asks us to believe, “ ... non–religious

group members don’t take down others’ posters (ofour own) as part of their heathen moral code.” I’veread too much history and I’ve seen too much of theworld to believe that.Then he says, “hundreds of secular groups all

over America regularly deal with having theiradvertising materials defaced or taken down.” Whatdoes that mean? Who are these “hundreds ofgroups”? What do they have to do with MurrayState? What does “regularly” mean? Where does thisinformation come from? And, if I’m understandingDr. Zingrone correctly these two unsubstantiatedstatements are meant to support his, “I’ll stick withmy “probably someone(s) religious.” If that’s howDr. Zingrone makes sense of things, I guess that’show we makes sense of things.What’s more interesting is Dr. Zingrone’s next

statement where he says, “ ... since 80 percent ofAmericans identify with some religion, if Mr. Herrcan spare a moment from his chuckling, he can dothe math.” This statement leads to two importantquestions: Why did Dr. Zingrone choose to use reli-gion as the identifying characteristic of the group hefocused on? And what was the link between theevents on campus and that group?By Dr. Zingrone’s logic since 95 percent of the

people in the US listen to the radio each week, Dr.Zingrone could have said that “the posters wereprobably taken down by someone who listens to theradio,” but he chose “someone(s) religious.” Since“do(ing) the math” is important to Dr. Zingronewhy not note that 97 percent of the US populationeats meat and suggest that eating meat leads tointolerance?In math, the answer you get is only as good as the

equation you build, and it seems the one Dr. Zin-grone built tells me more about his preconceptions,than it does about mathematics or about how theposters came down.And while I don’t believe the wind selectively

removed posters from across campus, I’m also notwilling to ignore the possibility that they may havebeen removed by someone who had a personal ani-mus towards Dr. Zingrone, or his group, or by

someone who might have had a competing interestwith the event. What makes me sad is that thoseconsiderations weren’t raised by Dr. Zingrone.When Dr. Zingrone chose to say that the posters

were taken down by “probably someone(s) reli-gious” he chose to ignore larger groups and alterna-tive explanations, and that doesn’t seem reasonableor kind.And what’s it called when you identify certain

types of negative behaviors and you ascribe thosebehaviors to an entire group of people, and thenwhen something goes wrong, even if you have noproof of what happened, because of your beliefsregarding that group of people you blame thatgroup for what happened?There’s a word for that isn’t there?

Opinion

If there’s onething that Ameri-cans are good at,it’s nation-building.We’ve done a lot tobuild up our alliesand even our for-mer foes. Wehelped the Japan-ese come out oftheir own defeatand our invest-ments abroad dur-

ing the Cold War helped turn thetide against the Soviet Union.In his campaign for a second term,

the president called for nation-build-ing at home. Here are a few pastAmerican leaders that he could lookto for inspiration.

1. Alexander HamiltonIn all of American history, there’s

perhaps no one more responsible formaking America what it is todaythan Treasury Secretary AlexanderHamilton. Hamilton pushed for anational bank, federally-funded infra-structure projects and protectionismto develop American manufacturing.A new national bank would be anidea worth looking into – the presi-dent could fund a lot of his own ini-tiatives in other areas by borrowingmoney not from Tokyo, Berlin orBeijing, but from the American peo-ple in the form of a bond drive.

2. Henry ClayI might be a bit biased here in that

Clay hails from the Commonwealth,but nevertheless, the three–timepresidential candidate and mentor toAbraham Lincoln would be a good fitfor the president’s drive to revitalizeAmerican infrastructure. Whilespeaker of the house and as a senatorfrom Kentucky, Clay proposed the“American System,” building onHamilton’s proposals with a strongemphasis on “internal improve-ments.” We desperately need toupdate our infrastructure, and thepresident would be wise to look intoHenry Clay’s “American System” fortips on how to get it done.

3. Abraham LincolnAnother great Kentuckian (don’t

let the Illinoisians fool you), Presi-dent Abraham Lincoln not onlydefeated the Confederacy andrestored rule of law in the south, butalso built a transcontinental railroadin the midst of it all. Lincoln alsowasn’t afraid to raise taxes on thewealthy to finance it. Higher taxeson the rich and railroads stretchingacross the country? Sign me up.

4. Franklin D. RooseveltAs if beating polio, the Great

Depression and Hitler weren’tenough, FDR also found time tobuild schools, parks, roads andbridges during his time in office. Astimulus program that did all thatand more is something Obama hastackled before, but economists arguethat it’s been too small. The presi-dent should go big, just like FDR’sNew Deal did in the 1930s.

There are many ways to tear anation down but few to build one up.Here’s hoping the president learnsthe right lessons from American his-tory.

Devin Griggs is vice president offinances for the Murray State CollegeDemocrats.

dgriggs@murraystate.edu

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By Gregory KnippBy Casey VandergriftTownGrift

Shupe: Women need to be taken seriously

What’s Mitt upto now? by Gregory Knipp

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Everyone knows thatwomen can’t drive …… When they aren’t in a

car. Otherwise, they areprovided that same oppor-tunity to earn their license.To say that they are equal inall aspects of life is untruethough. One need only lookat our current politics to seethis.Think about what politi-

cians have said. Paul Ryandoes not believe a womanshould be able to have an

abortion even if she is raped or her life isthreatened.Republican Todd Akin announced that preg-

nancy from legitimate rape doesn’t happen. Asthough if you get pregnant from rape, youwanted to be raped.Or let’s think about the arguments in

response to rape such as “she shouldn’t bewearing those clothes.”Fair enough on the argument that if a woman

doesn’t want to be ogled she probably should-n’t reveal so much of the areas that makes themale loins tingle with happiness. That is aboutas far as that argument goes. Honestly, whoreally thinks that the clothes make people sex-ually assault each other?Last time I checked, there isn’t a rape orgy

occurring in the quad because some guy sawanother girl in revealing clothing. Although,I’m sure we’ve all heard the stories of certainparties.Apparently, men have the right to put the red

tape on your uterus. Also, to force you to have

this huge tool shoved in your vagina that’s big-ger than most men, admit it guys. Transvagi-nal Ultrasound!Perhaps we should step back to what the

propagandist Rush Limbaugh has to say aboutwomen who want birth control. When he wasasked about birth control and a young femalecollege student taking it he proceeded to callher a “slut” because she needed to take birthcontrol every day. Well, that’s howbirth control works. You haveto take it on a regular basisin order for it to be effec-tive. Plus, birth control isalso used by somewomen in order to helpbalance hormones asprescribed by theirdoctor.Speaking of vagina,

did you know if youhave one that you proba-bly won’t be making asmuch as a man?You need not look further

than where you’re standingreally. I have no idea what it is

about vagina that makes itworth less than a sausage fest butthere’s apparently something.There must be because women on the samelevel as men and who have even been therelonger still get paid less.While some may say the woman’s place is in

the house and not the workplace, I disagree. Awoman’s place is where ever she wishes to be.True that I believe that all should live up to

their potential and make a difference in societybut if a woman wants to be a housewife, thenshe can be that just as they should be an exec-utive if they wish – doesn’t mean she can’tmake a difference in the community.They have the right to choose where they

want to be and while I may hear that theirplace is the kitchen I don’t believe it. My ownmother showed me that a woman can do the

work and raise a family. If women couldn’t work then whenwe went to war we would havecrumbled. While men were in thewar, women were in the facto-ries. They created everythingwe needed to survive the war.They kept the country goingwhen no one else was here todo so. Then they took care ofthe ones who came back fromwar. If it weren’t for them,America wouldn’t exist.Women have shown they can

carry the load of the country throughthe toughest times so why are we treat-ing them like they can’t? Why do wemake them have to prove themselvesmore than males? Why do we try totake away their maternity leave?I’m not sure if my male parts make this

ironic or not.Somewhere along the line something has

gone wrong and we still refuse to do anythingabout it. Perhaps now is the time to start changing it.

Otherwise, when the lightning strikes the clockat precisely 10:04 p.m. we’re sending you back… to the kitchen!

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Tattoos still taboo in workforceLexy Gross || Staff writercgross2@murraystate.edu

Tattoos, a common form of self-ex-pression among college students,have seen a rise in popularity over thelast decade, but have also been re-moved at an increasing rate.A study performed by The Patient’s

Guide – an online publication – stateslaser tattoo procedures increased 32percent in the last year. Many patientshave claimed future employment as amain reason to remove visible bodyart. Tattoo artist Jason Agee, owner of

Ain’t That Art, said he usually warnsstudents of the consequences of get-ting a visible tattoo.“We still see students coming in

wanting these tattoos on their neckand hands,” Agee said. “We try to talkthem out of it and give them our per-spective.”Agee calls neck and hand tattoos

“job-stoppers” because they are themost visible. Another consequence isthey tend to fade faster than tattoos inother locations. Another common tat-too is on the wrist, said Agee.“Most of the time (employers)

won’t get too crazy about the letteredwrist tattoos like faith, love, family orsomething like that,” Agee said.“Those can typically be covered upwith a watch if necessary.”Blake Walton, junior from Paducah,

Ky., said he does not think it matterswhat a tattoo says.“I know my employers wouldn’t

have hired anyone with a visible tat-too,” Walton said. “I made sure thetattoos I have weren’t visible becauseI don’t think it’s professional.”

According to a survey conductedby Careerbuilder.com, 31 percent ofhuman resource managers considertattoos to be the main physical attrib-ute that could limit a candidate’s po-tential. Agee said he believes the job in-

dustry will have to become more le-nient because so many youngerpeople have tattoos. Today, one quar-ter of Americans between the ages of18 and 50 have some form of body art.“I don’t think employers will have a

choice,” Agee said. “Especially restau-rants and small stores around here,they want to hire college studentswith or without tattoos.”Katie Mantooth, a counselor for

Murray State Career Services, saidstudents should research the cultureof the company they are pursuing.“There are some fields where a

more creative display of who you are,such as a tattoo, is acceptable,” Man-tooth said. “Someone in the musicproduction industry may be able to bemore creative than someone trying toreach a prominent accounting firm.Those are more professional, conser-vative environments.”Mantooth said appearance is im-

portant to impress a group of profes-sionals in an interview. She saidappropriate physical appearance isimportant.According to Mantooth, the job in-

dustry has not become lenient on vis-ible tattoos. She said some businesses and even

the military have focused on turningaway applicants with visible art in thelast few years.“I would definitely tell students to

plan ahead,” Mantooth said. “I think

that’s hard when students are figuringout who they’re trying to be in col-lege, but those are the consequences.”Many of the customers getting

larger, visible tattoos are profession-als set in their career with extra in-

come, said Agee. He said many stu-dents consider getting larger tattoos,until they understand the price of thepiece. “It definitely deters a college stu-

dent when they find out a larger piece

could be $100 an hour and take 4-6hours to complete,” Agee said.Agee as well as Mantooth agreed

students should wait to get visible tat-toos until they consider their futurecareer choices.

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Open house encourages Greek LifeA Greek Life open house is being held on Nov. 28 at 7 p.m.

in the Curris Center Ballroom for anyone interested in Mur-ray State’s Greek Life. Each organization will have a booth and representatives

to discuss membership in their organizations. The Interfra-ternity Council has also decided to offer free registration toany student that comes to the open house, which is a $25 sav-ing.Other activities include cornhole and a DJ. The ultimate

goal of the event is to increase interest in Greek Life in a re-laxed atmosphere.If interested, contact Jason Hinson-Nolen, interim GreekLife coordinator, at 809-6953.

Former University professor discusses bookJoseph Fuhrmann, professor Emeritus from the history de-

partment, is presenting his book titled, “Rasputin, the Un-told Story” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 19 in the Curris Center Theater. Fuhrmann will discuss what is true and what is fiction

about Grogori Rasputin, a Russian monk who had an influ-ence on the Russian Empire. After the discussion, Fuhrmann will have a book signing

and will be open for questions. For more information on the discussion, contact

Fuhrmann at 753-4161.

Paducah extended campus receives bidsA & K Construction in Paducah, Ky., recently won the bid

for the rights to construct the Murray State Paducah ex-tended campus.According to Kim Oatman, chief facilities officer of Facilities

Management, the construstion firm bid nearly $8.1 million.The architectural firm Peck Flannery Gream Warren Inc.

started the design in January and the Board of Regents ap-proved the design at its April meeting.Oatman said the project should be nearing completion by

December of 2013.The new campus will replace the Crisp Center, the Uni-

versity’s current Paducah campus.

Two College of Business professors awardedTwo professors in the Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of

Business received the Best Paper Award in the EducationGroup of the Academy of Business Research InternationalConference in Biloxi, Miss., on Nov. 7-10.Gerry N. Muuka and Bellarmine A. Ezumah authored the

award-winning paper, “AACSB Accreditation Towards As-surance of Learning Best Practices for the 5th Year Mainte-nance Report.” Their paper will also be published as a peer-reviewed ar-

ticle in the Academy of Business Research Journal. Muuka is the associate dean of the Bauernfeind College of

Business and the director of the M.B.A. program. Ezumah isan assistant professor in the department of journalism andmass communications.

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Students who don’t want towalk across campus to theWinslow Dining Hall, theThoroughbred Room or thefood cart in the BusinessBuilding are going to have an-other option soon.A food truck, like the ones

seen on the Food Truck Raceon Food Network, will be ar-riving to Murray State’s cam-pus next semester. Paula Amols, director of

Dining Services and Racerhospitality, said she anticipatesthe truck will arrive by SpringBreak.“It will take three to four

months to build, and we firsthave to go out to bid on it tomanufacturers,” Amols said.“It might not be until some-time (this month) when the ac-tual order is placed, and thenwe have to allow for the holi-days and those arenot very pro-

ductive times of year.”She said the staff at Dining

Services is still working outthe details of the menu, butshe said it will serve fooditems students want, such ashamburgers and french friesand the menu will vary de-pending on the time of day.“I expect lunch to be the

main meal as it goes aroundcampus, and we'll want to startout with a relatively smallmenu until we work out all thekinks and gauge what the de-mand is,” Amols said. “We willprobably have some sort of hotand cold sandwiches, fries,bottled beverages and ifthere's enough refrigeratedspace, some of the Jasminesushi.”She said the truck will be a

fully equipped mobile kitchen,but storage space is limited sothey will use a small number

of ingredi-ents.

“We alsoexpect to bring the

truck to sporting eventswhere there are currentlyno concessions, and Uni-versity events like All-Cam-pus Sing, Homecoming andRacer Week,” Amols said. “Wewill also test the demand earlyin the morning at locationswhere commuters arrive, andsee if breakfast sandwichesprove to be popular.” She said the food truck will

accept flex dollars as well ascredit cards, the new staff andfaculty meal plan and cash.

The tentative name for thetruck is "Pony Express", andthe truck will be wrapped inan appropriate graphic design,in the Racer blue and gold.Amols said she wants to ac-

knowledge all the supportand help Dining Serviceshas had on this project,from the staff at Pub-lic Safety, Informa-tion Technology,Transportationand Healthand Safety.The students

who have heard word aboutthe food truck have noted theidea is a good one and agree itwill help save students time.Amber Miller, senior from

Owensboro, Ky., said she andher friends thinks a food deliv-

ery system would be very con-venient. "Food delivery systems are

perfect for busy individualswho do not have time to shopevery week," Miller said.“Since these meals are easy to

prepare, they defi-nitely save us

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To help combat confusion and explainthe nature of the Islamic faith, severalprofessors held a panel discussion onTuesday, during International Week, tohelp bring about discussion on the topic. Brian Clardy, assistant professor and

coordinator of Religious Studies, led thepanel, along with the aid of TaufiqRashid, senior lecturer and ZacheryHeern, professor. Each of thepanelists work within theCollege of Humanities andFine Arts.Clardy began the panel by

stating the overall objec-tives, which included a briefhistory on the religion ofIslam.“Islam is definitely a reli-

gion of tolerance, peace andgoodwill,” he said. “It is a re-ligion that not only hasspanned centuries but has, to date, 1.6 bil-lion followers all over. It follows the basicAbrahamic traditions and sticks to itsown written word with the Quran.” Clardy raised numerous questions at

the event to help set the tone of discus-sion. He asked where the religion going,has the golden age of Islam happenedand how could Mohamed Gandhi’s biog-raphy, a film cause a global impact?The panel was created to promote se-

rious, intellectual dialogues throughoutthe University, he said. Clardy said diver-sity is among one of the greatest assetsMurray State possesses.He said he hopes students will take

from the panel a new perspective. Hesaid students need to debunk the stereo-

types and that he believed it was impor-tant to stop seeing foreign as different. Heern’s discussion focused on the his-

tory of the religion and the important ad-vancements made by Islam,developments that contribute to thewestern world. He said when people lookat Islam through a historical lens they seeso many great contributions that areoverlooked, and that the Islamic coun-tries have been the middlemen of trade.

Heern said some of the most basic hu-manistic knowledge is based on thetranslations of Islamic works. He be-lieves that the religion is in its golden ageand one great thing about Muslim cultureis the followers have no history of racialdivisions like the Western Civilizationhas. Heern said one of the biggest problems

that Islam faces is nationalism, because alarge number of the countries were set-tled by European powers. On the otherhand, though, Horn said something thatis not greatly realized is most Muslims doaccept modern technology. “For example, Al Qaeda is very adept

in using the Internet,” he said. “Although

most reject enlightenment principals,modern technology is something they, asa majority, are very open to grasping,even if it may be for warfare.”The two terrorist groups, the Taliban

and Al Qaeda, were a theme at the panelas Heern said they are among the moreintense of Islamic sectors. He said the easiest way to explain was

to say those two groups do not only tar-get Western civilizations, but they target

anyone who does not fitwithin their standards.“This is the reason

why there are actuallymore attacks within theMuslim world itself thanis realized,” Heern said.Rashid wrapped up the

discussion by asking theaudience what makes areligion successful. He listed three things

as making a religion suc-cessful: adaptability, change

with time and geographical converts.The three most popular religions in theworld – Buddhism, Christianity andIslam – are examples. “What makes them so successful is

their ability to adapt and change,” Rashidsaid. “The harder the conversion process,the less number of people.”He said what makes Islam different

from other religions is it maintains itsidentity with both belief and practice, butthe standards of practice may change ac-cording to location. He said being a Mus-lim in Baghdad is different then being aMuslim in Calcutta.Said Rashid: “They are the same at the

core but they have different practices.”

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International Education Week, anannual lecture series sponsored bythe Institute for International Studiesat Murray State which aims to edu-cate students and community mem-bers on the importance of globaleducation and awareness, endedThursday night.The series, hosted by ISS and span-

ning four days, included a total of 27presentations on a variety of topics. The turnout of this year’s events

was higher than other similar eventshosted in the past. A large portion of these events

were dedicated to promoting thestudy abroad program and interna-tional travel.The week was kicked off by two

lectures: “London 2012: Out of MyComfort Zone and Into My Element”presented by Rachel Isom and “Getthe Taste of Life” by Bassel Alhashemiboth geared towards giving a studentperspective of what studying abroadis like.“The Arab Spring: Reflections from

MSU Students”, a multimedia presen-tation by four international studentsfrom Yemen, Egypt, Syria and Libyarespectively focused on the unprece-dented number of revolutions,demonstrations and protests acrossthe Arab world beginning in 2010.Osama Benyaia, an exchange stu-

dent from Libya, spoke about what itwas like to live under the reign of dic-tator Muammar Gaddafi, who ruledLibya for 43 years and who didn’tallow any elections to take place. He said most of Gaddafi’s govern-

ment was filled with his close friendsand family – people who would notquestion his authority.Benyaia showed the audience pic-

tures of his hometown, Tripoli, thecapital of Libya, which is now in ruinsafter the intense fighting betweenpro-Gaddafi soldiers and rebels, andspoke on post-Gaddafi Libya. A coun-try he said is still feeling the impactof violence even after Gaddafi’s deathin 2011.Not all the events of the week were

as politically charged as “The ArabSpring”; Jie Wu, assistant professorwithin the College of Humanities andFine Arts, in collaboration with theInternational Cultures and LanguageAssociation (ICALA) taught a hands-on workshop on Chinese calligraphyTuesday night.An International Bazaar was held

in the Curris Center BallroomWednesday from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Approximately 600 students from

surrounding elementary, middle andhigh schools attended the event.There were 22 countries repre-

sented by displays and by flags in theballroom. Each arrangement was supervised

by a student from their respectivecountry who answered questions andelaborated on their display’s informa-tion. The international students created

the displays themselves and chosewhat information to share about theirnative country. Displays were diverse. Some in-

cluded video presentations, itemsfrom the country, informational pam-phlets and pictures. At the Japanese booth people were

allowed to make their own origamiand those that visited the South Ko-rean display could get their facespainted, dress in traditional clothingand play the popular Korean gameGonggi. Other events were targeted at fac-

ulty specifically. On Thursday, education professor

Lee Kem and assistant education pro-fessor Jennifer Wyatt led a panel dis-cussion with international students

from Murray State graduate programsand other faculty to discuss the im-plementing of teaching and advisingstrategies that are better suited for in-ternational students.At an event geared toward LGBT

students studying abroad, faculty,staff and alumnna shared insight intothe impact sexual identity may haveon a student’s experience travellingabroad. At the event a key focus was how a

student’s identity can enhance expe-riences in both positive and negativeways in another culture.Bill McKibben, associate director of

international studies, said Interna-tional Education Week is a good wayto share and learn about new cultures.Said McKibbon: “International Ed-

ucation Week helps to open the eyesof our student body ... this is a chanceto see that there are other culturesout there and to be a global citizen.”

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Section B

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WHAT’S INSIDE

TOUGH LOSSWomen’s basketball teamloses to Indiana , 3B

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THANKSGIVING RECIPESProfessors and staff membersshare holiday family recipes, 5B

Mid-majors on the riseI haven’t always been a

huge basketball fan.Coming to a basketballcrazed school like Mur-ray State will change justabout anyone’s mind.

Since I’ve been here,I’ve fallen in love withthe college basketballworld. I may have alsodeveloped a man crushor two on some of ourplayers, but that’s anothercolumn for another day.

One of my favoritethings about basketball at Murray State isgetting the chance to watch a mid-majorschool change the tide in NCAA men’s bas-ketball.

For the last few years, small basketballprograms have been significantly improving,consistently winning games each season and making deep runs in the tournamenteach March. Several elite mid-major pro-grams such as Gonzaga, Xavier, Creighton,Butler and yes our very own Murray StateRacers, are changing the landscape in col-lege basketball.

It is a trend that has been around for awhile, and a major part of what makes col-lege basketball so appealing is watching Cin-derella teams emerge each year and makemiraculous, unexpected runs through theseason. These magical runs are becomingmore and more common.

An unlikely George Mason team started apattern when they defeated sixth-seededMichigan State, third seeded North Carolinaand finally, the No. 1-seed ConnecticutHuskies in the NCAA Tournament in 2006. Reaching the Final Four cementedtheir place in history as one of the most memorable underdogs in college bas-ketball history.

The trend has continued on an almostyearly basis. In 2008, the Davidson Wildcats,led by Stephen Curry, played their way intothe Elite Eight and nearly upset Kansas to goto the Final Four.

Several mid-majors made impressive runsin the 2010 NCAA Tournament includingCornell’s appearance in the Sweet 16, North-ern Iowa’s upset of No. 1 seed Kansas, andButler’s run all the way to the nationalchampionship game where they would loseby two points to Duke.

Butler would return to the championshipgame again a year later, only to lose the titleagain. The Bulldogs had company, however,as Head Coach Shaka Smart (by far thecoolest name in sports) led his VirginiaCommonwealth to the Final Four, markingthe first time two mid-majors were represented in the final rounds of the tournament.

This slow shift to competitive equality be-tween historically dominant programs andupcoming mid-majors is no anomaly. The top programs in the country – Kentuckybeing a prime example – are no longer clas-sic collegiate teams, but rather gateways tothe NBA for the top high school recruitseach year. Kentucky plays teams of all fresh-men, only to be replaced the next year byanother all freshmen squad, thus we see thetide begin to turn.

The difference between the huge pro-grams and the mid-majors is veteran leader-ship and player development.

Sure, Kentucky proved championships can be won with freshman teams. That’snot a strategy that is going to work everyyear, however. Once in a while they’ll getthat group of freakish athletes who are sophysically dominant they don’t need to becoached and developed, but it’s not a strategy that’s going to consistently winchampionships.

And so, the gap is diminishing betweenthe small programs and the Goliaths of the sport.

The mid-majors are still recruiting ath-letes who fit into their style of play. Theymust have coaches who can actually coachplayers and develop them as athletes and aspeople in order to be successful.

Mid-majors have players who stay for fourand sometimes even five years, which pro-vides the veteran leadership top programssimply don’t have. Guys like Isaiah Canaan,who choose to come back for their seniorseason are the reason programs like MurrayState are slowly approaching the same level as Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and North Carolina.

If I were a betting man, I would most cer-tainly wager that a mid-major team will fi-nally get over the hump and win theNational Championship in the coming years.It may not be this season, but the day iscoming when David will finally topple Go-liath.

What a sight it will be to see a programlike Gonzaga, Butler, or, dare I say, evenMurray State, at the pinnacle of the collegebasketball world.

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Sports Editor

Swing and a Drive

Jaci Kohn || Assistant Sports Editorjkohn@murraystate.edu

The cross country teams wrapped up theirseason on a high note at the NCAA SoutheastRegional last Friday.

Freshman Abbie Ashbee-Simmonds was thefirst runner to cross the finish line for thewomen. She ran a 6K time of 21:35.73, breakingthe program record she set earlier in the sea-son. Ashbee-Simmonds finished in 40th place.

“She is really tough and very competitive,”Head Coach Jenny Severns said. “She reallywanted to beat some people that beat her atOVC and she did that. It was a very big race forher.”

Junior Carolyne Tanui was the next runnerto finish for the Racers. She finished in 84thplace and ran a 21:35.73, a personal record andher third fastest time while competing at Mur-ray State.

“I am very happy with the way they foughtduring the race; the course was really narrowso it was a bit scrappy but they did really wellwith it,” Severns said. “Almost everyone passeda lot of people throughout the race. Carolynepassed over 50 people the last half of the way.”

Freshman Lucas Prather was the lone runnerfrom the men’s team to compete on Friday, run-ning a 10K time of 34:03.57. He finished in 181stplace. Prather said it was a honor for him tocompete at Regionals, which was the biggestrace of his career.

“I beat a lot of freshmen that I have runagainst earlier in the season that I hadn’t beat,”he said. “So I am happy with it.”

Though it was hard for him to compete with-out his team there, Prather said he will sharethe experience with his team next year.

“The team will jump up a lot in place in theOVC next year with the new experience,” he

said. “We are really young this year, so I thinkafter a year of going through all the roughpatches I guess we will really improve a lot.”

This year the team showed promise, Severnssaid. With every meet the teams ran faster andshowed what they are capable of in the future.

Looking toward next season, training andpractice will not drastically change. The men’sand women’s teams will try to bump up a littlebit in mileage and intensity.

“We will also add in our red shirt freshmenand incoming freshmen,” Severns said. “I amreally excited where we will be next year.”

Staff Report

The Murray State men’s basketballteam dominated Auburn in the firstround of the Charleston ClassicThursday night.

Strong shooting and tough defenseon the part of the Racers (2-0) provedtoo much for the Tigers (1-1) to han-dle. Murray scored 79 points, holdingthe Tigers to only 59.

The starting five, led by seniorguard Isaiah Canaan, took early con-trol of the game. Only seven minutesinto the game the Racers were carry-ing a comfortable 16-6 lead.

Murray State would end the firsthalf leading Auburn 45-19, shooting61.5 percent in the 3-point range and58 percent from the field.

The Racer’s defense was in fineform, keeping the Tigers without afield goal for about seven minutes ofthe first half.

Murray State continued to domi-nate the game in the second half,with a 10-2 run. The Racers wouldscore 34 more points in the half.The team shot 48 percent from thefield goal and 30 percent in 3-pointshots.

In the early minutes of the secondhalf, junior guard Dexter Fields hadan injury scare after what looked likehe hyper-extended his knee comingdown from a rebound attempt. Fieldslimped off the court escorted by team

assistants, only to return to actionwith 11 minutes left to play. If the Rac-ers were to have lost Fields it wouldhave severely hurt the team, the ros-ter is already on guard short withoutfreshman Zay Jackson.

With 6:57 left in the second half,and the lead steady at 35 points, HeadCoach Steve Prohm subbed all fivestarters out of the game giving hisfreshman – dominate bench thechance to finish out the win.

Scoring was wide spread throughout the team but Canaan came out ontop with 22 points in the first half –more than the entire Auburn team putup in the first half. The All-Americanguard scored 26 points overall, going3-5 in 3-point shots, before taking anearly exit from the game midwaythrough the second half.

Senior Stacy Wilson also scored bigagainst Auburn. Wilson scored 18points going 6-10 and scoring four ofMurray State’s 11 3-pointers.

The Racers held a 53 percent (27 of51) field goal average overall and were11-23 (48 percent) in 3-point shots.They kept Auburn to just 33 percent(20 of 60) shooting and 2-10 (20 per-cent) in the 3-point range. MurrayState recorded nine steals and forcedthe Tigers into 20 turnovers.

The Racer men will face a strong St.John’s team Friday, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.St. John’s defeated host team Collegeof Charleston Thursday, 64-53.

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Walter Watch

Receptions -

Single Season

MSU Record: 88

OVC Record: 115

Walter Powell 2012: 90

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Single Season

MSU Record: 1,120

OVC Record: 1,453

Walter Powell 2012: 1,162

Season ends at Regionals

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Freshman Abbie Ashbee-Simmonds broke the 6Kschool record earlier in the season.

Cross Country Football

Senior receiver Walter Powell is in the midstof one of the greatest seasons in Murray Statehistory. With one game remaining, Powell isbreaking multiple school and conference re-ceiving records.

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Senior Ed Daniel finished Thursday night with six points, five rebounds and foursteals. Below, seniors Brandon Garrett and Isaiah Canaan team up to defendAuburn’s Josh Wallace. The Racers take on St. Johns Friday at 4:30 p.m.

Strong shooting,tough defense

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Team looks to continue strong performance against St. Johns

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Small club posts bigresults at home meetKKyyrraa LLeeddbbeetttteerr || Staff writerkledbetter@murraystate.edu

Last year, the Murray State cy-cling club had only two members. Itentered this season looking to re-build its numbers as well as com-pete successfully. So far, the clubmanaged both.Their current leadership’s main

focus is competition. Club Presi-dent Michael Agnew and returningcyclist Eric Chandler have splittheir time between recruiting newmembers and training for races.“We’re re-starting the program,

essentially,” Agnew said. “Eric andI were the only two members lastyear and we started to get our num-bers back up and started to place atraces and really improve our atten-dance and just get people awarethat we have a cycling club.”The process has been a slow one,

and because cycling is not a varsitysport at Murray State, the club islimited in what it can do to help cy-clists who don’t have all the equip-ment they need.“We just finished our mountain

bike season and we went to region-als over at Lindsey Wilson (Col-lege) and four of our memberscompeted in regionals,” Agnewsaid. “I competed in men’s Taxicross country and I got secondplace in that category and myfriend Eric Chandler competed in

men’s B cross country and got thirdplace. I also competed in men’sdownhill category C and got thirdplace in that.”Though the team, as it stands

now, is compromised almost en-tirely of experienced bikers, theywelcome beginners and have grouprides every week for cyclists of anyfitness level.“The group rides are rides we’ve

been doing out of the local bikeshop here, Gear Up Cycles, and ithad been Tuesday and Thursdaynights and we also have rides set upfor Saturday morning,” TimothyMartell, cycling club faculty ad-viser, said. “This would providepeople with an opportunity tocome out and ride their bikes withothers on a course that most of usare familiar with and is relativelysafe and interesting.”The group rides tend to attract

anywhere between a dozen andtwo-dozen people, with paces avail-able for those on par with the cy-cling club and those who don’t havemuch experience on a bike. “Generally there’s an A (pace), a

B and even a C,” Martell said.“We’ve got one group that goesaround 22 miles an hour, anothergroup that goes around 18 and athird group that will also take ashorter route that will go closer to15 or 16 miles an hour. There’s defi-nitely a group to ride with if you’re

just a beginner. You won’t get lostand there are other people who aregoing pretty much the same speed.And 15 or 16 miles an hour, aroundhere, given that the roads are prettyflat, that’s a manageable goal, par-ticularly when you’re riding withother cyclists.”In addition to organizing group

rides, the cycling club also has or-ganized events in which both colle-giate and non-collegiate amateurscan compete. The most recent be-ginner event was the Barkley Boot-legger Cyclocross which attractedaround 40 cyclists.“We hosted a race on this past

Saturday and it involved both colle-giate athletes and professional andamateur cycling athletes and wehad races going on from about 9:30 in the morning until two in theafternoon,” Martell said. “MurrayState was represented by at leasttwo or three riders in what was called the B race for the colle-giate athletes.”

Collegiate athletes race in twodifferent categories, A and B andEric Chandler won the B race outright. He was competing againstother college athletes and a numberof other non-collegiate amateurs. The cycling club wants to host a

similar event in the spring, with in-formation forthcoming. For moreinformation visit the Gear Up Cy-cles website at gearupcycles.com.

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The Racer rifle team has a winning legacy.Holding the most individual and team NCAAtitles in school history the team is in competitionwith the best every season, and this year is no exception. Rifle is, however, an individual sport, and

while the team competes together during itsOVC season, without successful individuals, theteam would not be able to compete at all. In 1984 Pat Spurgin Pitney joined the Racer

rifle team as a freshman, thanks primarily to herconnections to the team and Murray State’s en-gineering and physics program. She spent themajority of that semester on the road, hitting in-ternational matches when she wasn’t travelingwith Racer rifle.“In the fall I started school late because I was

at the championships in Austria and so I came ina week and a half late, but then the rest of the fallwasn’t too bad,” Pitney said. “I took the normalload in the fall. In the spring I only took the min-imum 12 credits and I was traveling eight fullweeks of that spring semester I took math andphysics so that I could do all my work on theroad for the most part. I spent a lot of time trav-eling and training for different competitions.That summer was the 1984 Olympics in Los An-geles, where Pitney became the first Racer tomedal in the Olympics, bringing home gold forher performance in air rifle. Instead of pursuinga career in shooting immediately following herOlympic appearance, Pitney chose to return toMurray State both to finish her degree and tocontinue to grow as a shooter.“It was a time of true amateur athletics, at least

in the shooting sports,” Pitney said. “So mychoices were get a very small sponsorship or stay

in school. My plan was to continue to competein shooting, so I wanted to be able to stay inschool, so I chose to stay because there wasn’tthe make-the-money options that there are forOlympic athletes now. Not that I would havechanged my mind, I don’t think, even then, be-cause you’d have to make a lot of money to re-place an education and the training opportunity.I think the NCAA rifle teams across the countryprovide the very best training opportunity formaking it to the international level. So eventhough my goal was to continue on the interna-tional team I planned to stay and graduate col-lege.”The following fall Murray State took notice of

both her sport and Pitney, bringing the youngshooter into the limelight. “I went back in the fall to Murray and I was a

bit of a celebrity, which was very hard for me tohandle, being in a fairly non-public sport,” Pitneysaid. “Boy, when you win a gold medal there’s alot of visibility that goes along with it. I did a lotof speeches and a lot of appearances and demon-strations explaining what is this sport of shoot-ing. But then for the most part I was just kind ofa regular student. I studied and continued tocompete.”Despite her success as an individual, Pitney

holds that her success as a member of the Mur-ray State team meant more to her than Olympicgold.“My sophomore year myself and three fresh-

men won the NCAA championships, Murray’sfirst win,” she said. “That was a really cool ac-complishment. Winning individually and win-ning as a team is totally different, and it’s somuch more satisfying winning as a team. Sobringing that first national championship home,it was really nice to bring a win home for ElvisGreen, our coach. Because he would have done

anything for anybody. Then my junior year wehad a strong showing but we were second thatyear by a point or two. Then my senior year wewon as a team at the NCAA championship,pretty much the same group with the exceptionof one additional person.”After her senior year at Murray Sate Pitney

traveled to the Olympic training facility at Col-orado Springs for a season and then began herrisle career at the University of Alaska shortlythereafter.

“I went to Colorado Springs and lived at thetraining center throughout the summer thenmoved to Alaska and got married and had kids,”Pitney said. “That was sort of the end of theshooting career and it was okay. Just a whole newchapter of life. And now my kids are about to getmarried, which is hard to imagine.”Though her career at the University of Alaska

would seem to pit her against the Racers, she willalways be a part of Racer history, and has nothingbut good will for this year’s team.

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With Thanksgiv-ing peeking its deli-cious face just aroundthe corner, peoplehave taken to key-boards to broadcast adaily reminder on Facebookdescribing things for which they are thankful.

Me? I decided totake to my columnand share somethoughts, and I have

plenty of things for which I am grateful. There are the tangible things like run-

ning water, electricity and food that arecertainly appreciated on a day-to-daybasis. Following Maslow’s Hierarchy ofNeeds, you have to have certain staplesfor daily living and there is no need tooverlook them, most especially when somany people go without for longstretches in their life.I have loving parents and family, a

warm home, two jobs, lots of friends(most of which don’t claim me), a semi-working vehicle and my health. I’m at-tending college and improving my skillsso I can enter the workforce and be aproductive member of society. I have an inquisitive mind and a thirst

for knowledge, both of which haveserved me well thus far in my quest to bethe most journalistic journalist who hasever journeyed. I appreciate the opportu-nity of being able to return to college forso long and getting another chance to at-tack life goals with vigor and vengeance.In my two-year absence from school, itnever occurred to me to move away fromMurray State and start anew because Ikept telling myself I had to finish what Istarted oh-so long ago.I am extremely grateful for my oppor-

tunity in the newsroom. If it hadn’t beenfor last year’s sports editor Sophie Mc-Donald and news editor Austin Ramsey,I may not have joined the staff of TheNews at all. For some strange reason,they assumed I was an intelligent andworthy writer (or maybe they were des-perate), and they constantly remindedme of open positions on staff.After writing a piece on my good

friend “Maq” for the Diversity Tab, I, atlong last, caved into their pleas, taking aposition as a contributing writer in thespring of 2011. I’ve been a writer eversince, and as a writer I have had thechance to meet our football, basketball

and golf teams, speak with countlesscampus and local officials, been awardeda KPA Internship and was serendipi-tously granted access into the TennesseeTitans press box and locker room. I’ve made connections throughout

west Kentucky and have been able toshore up a solid resume and portfolio formy soon-to-arrive graduation. I’ve beenable to attend conferences and networkwith people and just realize there is somuch more out there to absorb and be apart of, and it all started with MurrayState and the journalism department.Speaking of the journalism depart-

ment, I am forever indebted to theknowledge and insight provided by thefaculty and staff posted up in WilsonHall. When I walk out of the CFSB Cen-ter on Dec. 15, I know I will be ready totackle most any challenge set before meno matter the difficulty. I thank you forthe many lessons I have learned and forthe open forum you have built inside ofmy heart and my mind, as I hope to put itto great use in the months to come.I’d also like to take this time to thank

Dave Winder, John Brush, Chris Hatcher,Eddie Hunt, Velvet Milkman, Ricky Mar-tin, Dusty Luthy Shull, Neal Bradley, WillAubrey and several Racer athletes, staffand fellow journalists who have allowedme to interview them over the past twoyears. Whether it was an actual inter-view, a friendly conversation or just pick-ing their brain, I may have never gainedthe confidence required in reportingwithout having conversations with somany people.Thank you, staff of The News, for un-

derstanding my personal difficulties thissemester and for providing me a safe andrewarding refuge to succeed and pushthrough struggles with ease and accom-plishment. Had my hands and mind beenidle and left to meander into what-ifsand unknowns, I’m not certain I wouldbe racing toward graduation like I amtoday.I’m so thankful, after starting college

in 2003, that I can finally say the word“graduation” and it not refer to someoneelse’s big day. And finally, I’m thankful itis college basketball season and that Idon’t cover the Racers. As fun as it is to be in the locker room

and talk to Coach Prohm and the players,being a crazed fan in the stands of TheBank cheering at the top of my lungs is ahelluva lot more fun than writing gamestories.Well, almost.

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The women’s basketball team played a nearly shot-for-shot game, however Indiana struck in the final sec-onds of the game. The Hoosiers seized the win fromthe Racers 63-62. The Racers established the short but powerful lead

midway in the first half. A footrace established a quicktempo with a rebound and turnover by Robinson in thefirst 30 seconds. Scores stayed low and fouls high forboth teams, with Murray State shooting 31.4 percentfrom the field, Indiana with 28.9 percent in the firsthalf. A three-minute scoring drought was broken by back-

to-back jumpers and a 3-point shot made by Robinson,who led the first half with nine points. Dirks ran thedefensive side of the court, finishing the game witheight rebounds and three blocks, giving Murray Stateprotection with her 6’3 frame.“Kelsey was working really hard in the first half for

post position,” Head Coach Rob Cross said. “We justdidn’t get the ball to her.”The Hoosier defense tried to stop the scoring stam-

pede, drawing six fouls in the first 10 minutes and giv-ing the Racers trips to the line where they averaged 80percent. The two minutes of dominance were shortlived after Indiana regained stability with forwardAulani Sinclair chipping in 14 points and two rebounds. “We overran the ball a little bit,” Cross said. “Got a

little too aggressive on the back court and we were sup-posed to stay solid.”After losing the lead to Hoosier guards Jasmine

McGhee and Sinclair, who scored 25 of Indiana’s 34points of the half, the Racers had trouble maintainingconsistent scoring and avoiding costly penalties. Ex-hausted, Indiana extended the lead by six points by theend of the first half. The start of the second half was a sluggish one for

Indiana, with two turnovers in one minute and ampleopportunity for Burgess to penetrate a slowed defenseand lay it up for the first points on the board. The pow-erful drives did not stay consistent for the Racersthough, and they once again allowed Sinclair to extendthe Indiana lead by 10 points with 13:30 left in the sec-ond half. In her first shot attempts of the game, Racer guard

Keiona Kirby made back-to-back 3-point shots followedby a jumper and recharged the Racers’ aggressive fullcourt press and sparked a scoring drive by MurrayState. Assisted by Robinson, the deficit shrank to four

points and the pressure was on for the Racers to changethe outcome with just two minutes left.One by one, the leading Hoosier scorers took a seat

on the bench as they fouled out and the lead shrank tojust three points with 30 seconds left in the game. Kirbytook her free throw shots, inching the deficit to onlytwo. “(Cross) always tells me that I always need to be

ready,” Kirby said. “So when I get that chance, I need toproduce.”Robinson sank a final 3-point shot with just 11 sec-

onds left during the game, giving the Racers a one pointlead. After a final layup by Indiana center Sasha Chap-lin, the Racers were down by one with 3.2 seconds left.Robinson missed the final shot of the game, handingthe Racers a 62-63 defeat. “I knew we still had an opportunity,” Robinson said.

“(Cross) gave us a good play for a scoring opportunityand honestly, we didn’t lose on that possession.”Their next game will be at 6 p.m. on Nov. 12 against

James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va.

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The Racers (4-6, 3-4 OVC) shipped up to Richmond,Ky., last Saturday needing a win against the No. 1 defensein the conference owned by the 17th-ranked Eastern Ken-tucky Colonels (8-3, 6-2 OVC).The Racers did net get what they came for losing 55-22.It seemed as if the Racers had solved the Colonels’ de-

fense, as a touchdown catch by senior wide receiver Wal-ter Powell gave Murray State a 24-20 lead with 10 minutesleft in the second quarter. The Colonels, however, did nottake kindly to the Hatch Attack moving at will, and, in re-sponse, parried the blow and responded with 35 unan-swered points, shutting out the Racers in the second halfen route to a convincing 55-24 victory.For all of the emphasis in improving the passing de-

fense, it was the rush defense giving the Racers fits allnight, as the Colonels piled on 387 rushing yards for thecontest, including 214 yards and three touchdowns fromsenior running back Matt Denham.While a victory moved the Colonels into second place

in the OVC standings, the loss ensured a losing season forthe Racers, the first under the leadership of Head CoachChris Hatcher.“We didn’t have the firepower to hang with them for

four quarters,” Hatcher said. “When we saw the film, werealized those guys are just better than us, and unfortu-nately that’s the way it goes. You’ve got to give them greatcredit; they’ve built a good football program and a goodteam and they took the football and mashed it right downour throats and we couldn’t do anything about it.”Senior quarterback Casey Brockman mustered perhaps

his best performance of the season by completing 34-47passes for 343 yards, three touchdowns and an intercep-tion, but was left wanting after facing duress all game andsuffering six sacks and a lost fumble behind the line ofscrimmage.Powell continued his campaign up the leaderboards of

school history, catching eight passes for 133 yards and twotouchdowns in the loss. With 90 receptions and 1,162yards on the season, Powell is now the school leader inboth categories for a single season.“I said it from the get go, he’s not scared of anybody,”

Hatcher said of his performance. “As many big plays as hemakes, he makes a couple busts here and there that seemto come at inopportune times, but then he’ll catch atouchdown on a play where he really wasn’t supposed tobe there. He just plays so hard. He had a great day.”Powell and Brockman are just two of 16 seniors ending

their career in the Blue and Gold this Saturday on SeniorDay against the Southeast Missouri Redhawks (3-7, 2-5OVC).While honoring the seniors is important each year,

Hatcher said his philosophy stays the same every week,regardless of the circumstances.“It doesn’t matter if it’s Senior Day or any day, we want

to win,” he said. “We want to play for pride like we doevery week and want to play to prove we’re better thanthe opponent that’s coming into town this weekend.”SEMO comes into Saturday’s matchup sporting one of

the strongest rushing attacks in the conference behindfreshman quarterback Scott Lathrop and senior runningback Levi Terrell.Working under the option formation, Terrell (113.4

yards/game) and Lathrop (70.5 yards/game) combine foran average 180 yards rushing contest, while SEMO aver-ages nearly five yards per carry and 244 yards rushing pergame. Regardless of last week’s disheartening loss,Hatcher said he knows the guys will be ready to playcome Saturday.“They run a lot of option, which is just a different ani-

mal you have to prepare for and defensively they haven’tbeen giving up a bunch of big plays,” he said. “It dependson which team shows up for us. I think we’ll practice welland I think we’ll be ready to play.”Kickoff for the final game of the season is set for 1 p.m.

at Roy Stewart Stadium.

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The Murray State Rodeo team has seen its share of success thisyear. So to has one of its members.Senior Logan Corbett, a bareback rider from Nashville, Tenn.,

won the 2012 Ram PRCA Great Lakes Circuit Finals in Lexington,Ky, Nov. 8-10.Corbett walked away with a little more than $2,000 after scoring

244 on three horses. In bareback riding, competitors are given ascore out of 100, 50 points come from the animal and 50 pointscome from the rider. At the circuit finals, only the top 12 riderscompete at the rodeo.“Each one rides really good,” Corbett said. “So to be able to in

just my third year of the PRCA, to be able to come out of the Finalsas the winner feels really good. It’s a large part of it has to do withthe Murray State Rodeo team has been in the little success I haveseen. A large part of it has been because of Coach J.D. and the Uni-versity team.” During the three rounds of the rodeo Corbett did not change

anything with his riding. He stuck to his goal, which has been thesame all year.“Every time I ride, (I try) to do the very best that I can,” he said.

“Because a lot of it comes from the animals. Half of your score isfor the animal. And so you can’t control what animal you ride.

Whether he is good or whether he is bad, but if I do everything Ican every time I ride, I am pretty positive that God will take careof the rest.” Corbett said he has been very blessed this season. The Murray

State Rodeo team has competed in four rodeos so far. In the fourrodeos so far this season, Corbett has won two first and two sec-ond-place finishes. “I was able to win our home rodeo here,” he said. “This was a

big honor, because to be able to put on the rodeo here is a lot ofwork for us. But to be able to work all week while everybody elseat all the other colleges gets to sleep and relax and practice. To beable to come and work at the top level was a big thing.” Mentally preparing yourself is a big part of rodeo, and it is some-

thing Corbett said he works on all year, it is self-esteem that helpsor hinders your confidence and your riding ability.“The biggest thing that I work on and that I try to help other

people with is the mental aspect,” he said. “Because rodeo, aslife, is 90 percent mental. And being very strong mentally will helpyou almost more than being physically prepared.” Corbett has been riding since he was 15. He started riding bulls

when he was a freshman in high school and bareback horses whenhe was a sophomore. After he graduated high school he quit thebull riding and stuck to bareback riding. Corbett and the Murray State rodeo team will head to Troy, Ala.,

this weekend for the last rodeo of the season.

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Dominique Duarte || Staff writerdduarte@murraystate.edu

The music department’s childrenadaptation of Mozart’s “The MagicFlute” removed the stereotype of theaverage opera this past weekend.

The Murray State music de-partment presented the 50-minute production last Saturdayand Sunday at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.This show involved a lot of audi-ence interaction in which chil-dren in the audience got to beincluded in parts of the show.

Laynie Mitchell, Murray Highchoir director, worked on cos-tumes, props and helped get theword out to children about theevent.This show introduced operato a new generation of audi-ence members for the future,she said.“This can be exciting and fun

and silly; I don’t know how many children willever hear live opera in their future so we openedtheir ears now in an effort to create the audiencesof the future in music, so it’s important,”Mitchell said.The cast rehearsed two hours four nights a

week starting the first week of September. Christopher Mitchell, associate voice profes-

sor, directed “The Magic Flute.” The show was double-cast and there were

many advantages for both him and the stu-dents involved. The students were able to watch each other

perform and they had fun and laughter during re-hearsals and got to see a lighter side of him,he said.“They get to watch each other, and are able to

observe each other in the staging rehearsals,” hesaid. “They saw the mistakes that the other per-son made and they saw how the entire stagelooked when they’re not in it.”Lane Northcutt, sophomore from Frankfort,

Ky., had a blast playing Papageno in the show. Hethought the children could really take away a lotjust by learning about opera and life morals just

by watching the show.“I think that with it being an English adapta-

tion I think that (children) will understand(opera) more and that will help them want tohear it,” he said. “The music is a lot of fun, fastpaced music and it really hits home. There are alot of things like ‘be brave’ and ‘don’t lie’ and Ithink that the kids will get that message throughit and they’ll just love it.”The children’s adaption was first introduced

by Nashville Opera for their children’s out-reach program. Even though the show is adapted for children,

Mitchell hoped it would give everyone a betterunderstanding of what opera is and why it is im-portant in the community. “It’s really not just for children, it’s for the

whole community to realize that opera is not theelitist, intimidating thing that we are led to be-lieve in the popular media,” he said. They shouldn’t be intimidated at all when they

see the title ‘opera’ and secondly they should beseeking it out; they should demand that it getscreated in our community as well, not just inbig cities.”

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As Thanksgiving and Christmas quickly approach,people are reminded the holidays are the time of theyear for giving through the many fundraisers, fooddrives and charity events.

This year, the National Council of Teachers of Eng-lish and Language Arts student affiliate is collectingchildren’s books to give to Needline for their annualChristmas food boxes.

“Our NCTE student affiliate tries to focus on acommunity event each year,” said Deborah Bell,NCTE sponsor.

This is the first year the organization has collectedbooks for the Murray Calloway County Needline.

“As pre-service teachers, we are all passionateabout our field and we strive to promote literacy,”said Ethan May, NCTE president. “The NCTEwanted to find some way to share that with childrenduring the holiday season, so we began to ask forbook donations.”

The books collected will be sent to Needline to be

added to the food boxes sent to children on Christ-mas as a special gift, Bell said.

“Research has proven that exposure to reading atearly ages contributes to literacy development,” shesaid. “We hope to get an inviting book into the handsof these children and hopefully open a door to liter-acy development that would continue hopefully atall grade levels.”

Murray State students and faculty members canparticipate in the community service project by plac-ing a children’s book in the drop-off boxes locatedon every floor of Faculty Hall and the Curris Center.Books need to be dropped off by Monday, Nov. 19 toensure Needline is able to receive them beforeThanksgiving break.

Any type of children’s books will be accepted fordonation and given to Needline.

“Ideally, we would like to have (children’s) Christ-mas books,” May said. “But we appreciate any and allbooks that are donated to the cause.”

The Murray/Calloway County Needline also hasmany other opportunities to give back, especiallyaround this time of the year. Some of their volunteer

opportunities include stocking the pantry, lifting andunloading donated items, organizing food areas andassembling grocery bags with necessary items forthose in need.

For more information about the Murray-CallowayCounty Needline, visit foodpantries.org or contactthe food pantry at 753-6333.

Kelsey Randolf|| Contributing writerkrandolf3@murraystate.edu

It has been said nothing is more thoughtful thana homemade gift. With this in mind, Murray State’sown WKMS radio station is hosting their first everwreath contest through their Sounds Good pro-gram.

The rules are simple; make the wreath by hand,decorate using any material desired for an indoor oroutdoor wreath and have it submitted to the circu-lations desk at Waterfield Library by the end of theday Friday with the entry form attached.

Winners of the contest will receive a $150 gift cardfor Petals & Pots Flowers & Home Decor in May-

field, second-place receives $100 andthird place will receive $50.

The five finalists’ wreaths will be do-nated to the Murray Calloway CountyHospital along with any other donatedwreaths.

“It sure sounds like fun and the prize incen-tives are there,” said Debi Danielson, ExecutiveDirector of the Murray Art Guild, “This couldbe the beginning of a fine tradition.”

The wreaths will be left on display at Wa-terfield until Nov. 30 and then those donated willbe moved to the hospital.

Judges will be evaluating in different categoriessuch as prettiest, most unusual materials, best rep-resented by the region and most festive. These cat-egories will receive recognition only.

“I believe this is a great opportunity to help thehospital during the holidays,” said Kate Lochte,WKMS station manager. “Usually they are in needof some Christmas cheer and this, I believe, will helptremendously.”

In the past, WKMS has hosted similar events in anattempt to gain listeners and positively impact thecommunity. During this holiday season, it hopes its

listeners’ wreathswill bring cheer into the Calloway County Hospital.

“I’m really looking forward to this event; it is cre-ative and is bound to look great,” Lochte said. “Itmakes me happy knowing these will be given back tothe community to decorate for the holidays.”

Pictures of the wreaths will be posted onwkms.org. The entry forms can be found online or atthe circulation desk of Waterfield Library and judg-ing will take place on Saturday.

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How many gold medals doesMichael Phelps have? Who was Mur-ray State’s first and only female presi-dent? What bird did BenjaminFranklin want to be the United Statesof America’s national bird?

If you answered 18, Kala M. Stroupand turkey then you may have had achance at the first place trophy beinghanded out on Murray State’s campusSaturday night.

At 6:30 p.m. last Saturday in theCurris Center Stables, the HonorsProgram Student Council (HPSC) puta fun twist on raising money in thefirst Murray-O Party trivia and gamesnight. They hosted a new philan-thropy event that raised $406 forNeedline, a local agency that lends as-sistance to those who need it in Mur-ray and Calloway County.

“It was a Mario Party inspired trivianight,” said Demi St. John, sophomorefrom Edwardsville, Ill. “There were 10rounds of trivia with categories rang-ing from geography and sports tomusic or Murray State history. In ad-dition to the trivia, there were alsofour mini-games, just like you wouldfind in Mario Party, for teams to earna couple of extra points.”

St. John, a co-chair for the philan-thropy committee that hosted theevent, said the Murray-O Party com-

mittee worked on developing theevent all semester.

“We started off this semester know-ing we wanted to put on an event thatwas totally different than what theHonors Program had done in thepast,” St. John said.

The committee spent the first threemonths of the semester piecing to-gether the event without any prior ex-perience with trivia nights.

“In one of our first meetings wetalked about how a trivia night wouldfit well with the honors program, butwe wanted something a little bit morefun,” St. John said. “‘We addedMinute-To-Win-It’ style games to theevent and gave it the unique theme,and that just added so much more en-ergy and spirit to the night. We alsomade the decision to raise the moneyfor Needline early on in the semester.In the planning stages, our committeedecided that we wanted the money tostay in Murray and help support thecommunity.”

After working on making Murray-O Party perfect all semester, St. Johnsaid seeing the entire event come to-gether was really enjoyable.

“For me, the best part of the eventwas watching all of the teams react tothe trivia questions and hearing theconversations between participantsabout the correct answers,” St. Johnsaid. “Also, my favorite mini-game was

‘Let’s Make a Deal’. In order to winyour team had to have the most itemsout of five random items. I stood infive different locations throughout theroom and if you had the item that wascalled, such as a Burrito Shack punchcard, you had to find me first to re-ceive a point for your team. It was soexciting to see the enthusiasm of theparticipants because it meant we hadaccomplished one of (the goals wehad set for the event).”

The event had first place and sec-

ond place winners and recognizedthem with trophies and fifty dollarsfor the first place team. The Sigma PhiEpsilon team won first place and ateam of Honors Program professorstook second place.

St. John said there has been muchenthusiasm and encouragement onthe success of the event and that theHPSC plans on bringing back Murray-O Party for a second round as theHonors Program’s philanthropy eventnext year.

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to rap and hip-hop. Itmight not be my go-tofor easy listening but Ido occasionally enjoyhearing a good beat,not to mention it’sgreat for motivation. If there is one thing

I’ve noticed about rapover the years, though,it’s that half of the

music is not actually creative or even orig-inal. The lyrics might be original but themusic we hear is often sampled from othersongs that have already been released assingles themselves. Flo Rida is one of the most guilty artists

of taking other songs, giving them a mod-ern update and throwing some ambiguoussexual innuendos on them. In other words,he seems to enjoy sampling from otherartist’s songs.The most recent song of his that takes

from parts of another song is “Good Feel-ing.” This song uses a beat that Aviccii cre-ated called “Levels.” Both the Aviccii andFlo Rida songs sample from Etta James’“Something’s Got a Hold of Me.”He also has several other songs that his

fans probably don’t realize were takenfrom some past hit songs. “Elevator” sam-ples Bruce Springsteen’s “Prove It AllNight,” “In the Ayer” samples PrettyTony’s “Jam the Box,” “Right Round” sam-ples from “You Spin Me Round” by Deador Alive and “Sugar” samples from Eiffel65’s “Blue (Da Ba Dee).” That’s half thelength of an album that he could have re-leased of potentially stolen music.Even his name isn’t original. The rapper

took the state of Florida and put a space inthe center. I digress. As much as I could continue talking

about his professional faults, there areother rappers who like to take the easyway out, too. Kanye West had a huge single in 2007

called “Stronger.” We even used that songas a warm-up tune for basketball season. Istill really like this song today because ofthe beat. If you remove Kanye from thesong, you have an updated version of DaftPunk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” –which is the entire hook of “Stronger.” Kanye also samples with his single

“Power,” which borrows from ContinentNumber 6’s “Afromerica.”Chris Brown released a single titled “She

Ain’t You” last year. The song not onlysampled from Michael Jackson’s “HumanNature” but also from SWV’s “Right Here.”Kid Cudi is another rapper who samples.

He used Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” in hissingle “Make Her Say.” Jason DeRulo’s “Whatcha Say” borrows

from Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek,”which was already a fantastic song, butmaybe that’s the point.I understand why they do it: it’s less

work for them and if the songs they sam-ple from were hits the first time, odds aregood they will be again. As students and journalists we learn not

to plagiarize or steal someone else’s workand use it as our own. I’ll just assume that these artists get the

proper permission and don’t violate anycopyright laws from the songs from whichthey take.ataylor2@murraystate.edu

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In their latest title, “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2,”Treyarch and Activision have completely over-hauled the game, yet, managed to maintain aspectsof gameplay that make the Call of Duty franchiseone of the most popular of all time.The game has come to be known for its online

multiplayer, making it difficult to find ways to im-prove. The developers, though, instituted somechanges, making it both easier for new players andmore versatile for long-time fans. The most notable difference in this game is a

system the producers named “Pick 10.” With this,players now have to constantly alter their loadoutbetween matches depending on how they want toplay each round. They must choose from 10 dif-ferent items: primary and secondary weapons,perks, attachments and wildcards. While it carriesover the simplicity of making a custom class, itadds an amount of variety unmatched by previous“CoD” titles.This variety comes in the form of new attach-

ments, including scanners and shock chargegrenades, which become available as players rankup their weapons. Another big change is the switch from kill-

streaks to scorestreaks, meaning special weaponsare available in-game after reaching a certainscore without dying, rather than needing to getseveral kills without dying. Treyarch also intro-duces futuristic weaponry with drones and sentryguns that can be operated either manually or setto automatically fire upon enemies.Along with new weapons come new game

modes. Combat Training allows players to test thenew weapons and explore the maps without wor-rying about facing talented competition. LeaguePlay allows players to join a team and rank up asa league rather than an individual. Additionally,Multi-Team play takes on features of “Halo” in thatup to six teams can compete at once rather thanthe traditional two.Treyarch decided to make this edition more ob-

jective based gameplay, forcing gamers to work to-gether, whereas past games led players to becomeobsessed over their personal kill-to-death ratio.Perhaps even more revolutionary in multiplayer

mode is the Prestige system. In all of their previ-ous games, players who reached the point of Pres-tige were forced to give back everything they hadunlocked as they ranked up. Now they have theoption to keep gaining experience points and un-locking new challenges without starting over.Becoming a Prestige is also easier this time

around. Rather than ranking up to 70, players onlyneed to reach level 55. Gamers are still able toPrestige 10 times, just as in the original “BlackOps.”Treyarch also realized the need to considerably

revamp the Campaign mode. While the brevity ofcampaigns in previous titles caused them to fallshort of the dollar amount, “Black Ops 2” makesthe purchase worth it. Along with the stunninggraphics that make the game seem all too real, es-pecially during the graphic scenes, this campaignbegs for numerous replays by creating alternatestorylines.Rather than picking up right where “Black Ops”

ended, the game starts several years later. Afterthe first few missions, the story runs along a dualtimeline, with the gamer playing as both Alex

Mason and his son, David. As Alex, the game is setin the Cold War era. As David, play is set in theseemingly real future year of 2025.In this edition, the storyline is what the player

makes of it. In some instances it is obvious theplot can take two directions, as the player mustchoose which person to kill in tense situations. Inother cases, simply taking a different path en routeto the objective leads to subtle differences in theoutcome of the storyline. So rather than everyplayer’s campaign ending the same way, there aremultiple endings in this interactive story. Plus,players can use the Pick 10 system before eachmission instead of being forced to use theweapons provided by the game.Though the different storylines add to the over-

all value, missions called Strike Force bring it backdown a level. While they are meant to add depthand variety, they are an unnecessary obstacle thatmakes it hard to complete the campaign com-pletely. These levels are strategy-based, meaningthe gamer can control entire units of soldiers andbots, but many players are having to take controlof a soldier and try to single-handedly beat the en-emies. It is possible to replay these missions ifthey are failed, but only for a limited time andwith limited resources. Along with Mulitplayer and Campaign modes,

Treyarch adds a third playable option on the mainmenu: Zombies. After first being introduced in“CoD: World at War,” the zombies became a fa-vorite mode of gameplay among active players. Though this issue’s Zombie mode was highly

advertised and anticipated, it fell short of expec-tations. While it is likely a high amount of down-

loadable content will focus on advancing Zombiegameplay, the current mode is over-hyped. In this mode, a transit bus loops through differ-

ent locations full of zombies, and the player canchoose whether to take a ride or stay and fight.Players can also join up to three others to fighthordes of zombies, as well as compete againstother human teams. When playing with otherteams, the objective is to survive longer than theopposition.All in all, “Black Ops 2” is by far the best in the

series. Treyarch and Activision worked togetherto produce a game worth playing more than thecompetition in a time of hot new releases, includ-ing the latest editions of “Halo,” “Assassin’s Creed”and “Medal of Honor.” While there are a smallnumber of difficulties and letdowns, the overalltransformation makes it a top contender for Gameof the Year. Whether a player wants to replay the Campaign

to find every story ending, battle other humansonline or try to survive as long as possible againstthe undead, “Black Ops 2” is the most fast-paced,adrenaline-filled first person shooter in recentyears.With its epic overhaul, this “Call of Duty” is fi-

nally worth the money.

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Students gathered Wednesday night for livemusic and coffee while raising awareness for anissue that plagues both men and womendaily: self-injury.

The Murray State Women’s Center held abenefit concert for self-injury awareness at theBaptist Campus Ministry.

There were performances by Murray Statestudents and local bands including Ellie Ro-denberg, Planet Here, Leonard the Band andChase Harris.

Brittany Stinnett, research coordinator forthe Murray State Women’s Center, came upwith the idea for the program this year. Stinnettsaid she had been planning the event forabout a month.

“It is very important because young womenand men struggle with this issue,” Stinnett said.“We wanted tonight to bring hope and encour-agement that there are people out there whocare about them and want to help them and sothis is just to bring people out to educate themand also to bring awareness.”

The concert and concept are based on the ‘ToWrite Love on her Arms’ movement which pro-motes love, Stinnett said.

People in the movement write the word‘love’ on their wrists once a year to showproof that people don’t have to cause pain tothemselves and that there are people wholove them and will wrap their arms aroundthem, she said.

Ellie Rodenberg, senior from St. Louis, sangand played guitar during the event. She per-formed “The Best Day” by Taylor Swift, “I WillRise” by Chris Tomlin and “Wagon Wheel” byOld Crow Medicine Show.

“I came because I really like to sing and myfriend Brittany asked me to play and I thoughtit was a really great cause,” she said. “It’s reallynice to hear other people play and hear the tal-

ent because there’s a lot of it here.”Throughout the week, the Women’s Center

put up ‘Reach for Hope’ banners within all ofthe residential colleges on campus. Studentssigned the banners with encouraging state-ments that began with ‘Today I will.’

They also handed out 744 orange ‘Reach forHope’ bracelets throughout campus earlierin the day.

The Center wanted to create a safe and cozy

environment. It was important to have studentslead the program instead of faculty or staffmembers so students attending the concertcould have someone to relate to, Stinnett said.

Self-injury is usually caused by loneliness,fear, past abuse, inability to understand or ex-press feelings or depression.

It can include cutting, burning, picking or in-terfering with wound healing, infecting oneself,punching or hitting self or object, or inserting

objects into skin, bruising or breaking bonesand some forms of hair pulling.

“We live in a world that’s very based on ap-pearance and pressure and being successfuland it’s real easy to get caught up,” Roden-berg said. “You pass by so many people everyday and you don’t know the battle they arefighting so I think that it’s important to comeout and be aware that things do go on and weneed to support each other.”

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Imaginary friends, giant rabbits and psychi-atrists will soon grace the stage at MurrayState’s Johnson Theatre as the theater de-partment presents the famed comedy “Har-vey,” originally written by Mary Chase.

Directed by Daryl Phillipy, assistant pro-fessor of humanities and fine arts, the stu-dents will perform “Harvey” for audiencesof all ages. Built upon the search for con-tentment in life, the story follows Mr. Ell-wood P. Dowd and his imaginaryfriend Harvey.

“(Ellwood) has an imaginary friendnamed Harvey who is a rabbit,” Phillipysaid. “He is a white rabbit that is six feettall, and they go everywhere together.They are best friends.”

Ellwood’s family, unfortunately, is notthrilled about the presence of Harvey intheir lives.

“(Harvey) really causes problems forEllwood’s family, because the family isshunned by society because everyonethinks Ellwood is crazy,” Phillipy said. “Hissister Vita gets fed up with it all when Ell-wood introduces Harvey to everyone at herbig society party, and it is just this big em-barrassment for her. She’s had it. So(Vita) goes to the sanitarium to tryand have Ellwood committed, butwhile she is discussing with thedoctor the problems she is having

with Harvey, (the doctor) diagnoses her asthe person who is actually crazy.”

From here the play continues to follow theincreasingly hilarious pursuit of Ellwood andHarvey as the doctors try to fix their mistakes

and commit the right patient. The play takes on a more serious tone

however, as it forces the audience to take astep back, and reconsider which character isactually insane.

Is Ellwood crazy to believe in the imagi-nary if that makes him content, or are theseemingly sane characters in the play thosein need of a check up, as they have all losttheir perspective on life?

“The play carries this whole idea of, youknow, he’s found something that makeshim happy, while everyone else is stressedout, and they’re hung up on all of thesematerial things, and they’re really missingout on what life has to offer,” Phillipy said.

Despite the laughs within the play, “Har-vey” promises to make the audience takea deeper look at their lives and reconsiderwhat is truly important as Ellwood is por-trayed as increasingly wise, rather than as

a crazy man.The performances will be held in Johnson

Theatre in the Fine Arts Center at 7:30 p.m.Friday and Saturday, and the final per-formance of the show will be at 2:30p.m. Sunday.

All performances are free to studentswith a valid student ID. Members of thecommunity are also invited to attend.

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Theater students bringimaginary cast to life

Theater

Clarkstock 2012: Local bands performed at the fourth annual Clarkstock musicfestival held on the intramural fields in front of Lee Clark College. Aside fromlive music, the festival also offered carnival games and food. Proceeds from theClarkstock 2012 went to Mainstreet Youth Center.

Leonard the Band performed during the Self-Injury Awareness benefit concert sponsored by the Murray State Women’s Center.

Organization raises awareness for self-injury through music