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The University operating budget is one of the most importantdocuments in the University system ... so (students) shouldnever be intimidated or afraid to ask about the budget.”

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The Murray State administration preparesan annual operating budget, setting theguidelines for the expenditures and revenuesof the University. The state government man-dates businesses or institutions receivingpublic funding provide documentation re-garding budgets.

Jeremiah Johnson, student regent and Stu-dent Government Association president, saidthe operating budget shows the constituentsof Murray State where all of the money isgoing and approximately how much the Uni-versity gets from tuition, state appropriationsand elsewhere.

“The University operating budget is one ofthe most important documents in the Uni-versity system,” he said. “It is very importantfor students to know where their money goesand it is increasingly important for the stu-dents to know that once the budget is passedat the Board of Regents meeting it is publicrecord, so they should never be intimidatedor afraid to ask about the budget.”

Tom Denton, vice president of Finance andAdministrative Services, said the operating

budget is established on a fiscal year basis tocoincide with the state’s operating year.

“Murray State is considered a componentunit of the entire state budget process and isincluded in both the state biennial budgetand the state annual (actual) operating rev-enue and expenditure report,” he said.

The Board of Regents approved the 2012-13budget at its June meeting.

“The greatest variable is whether the de-partments expend their budget expenditures,whether there are new revenue not budgeted,and whether departments expend their prioryears’ carryover funds.” Denton said.

According to the 2012-13 operating budget,approximately $124 million has been bud-geted for the education and general portionof the revenue budget. The grand total rev-enue budget, which includes the educationand general section and auxiliaries, is ap-proximately $152.7 million.

Students contribute $66.9 million to theeducation and general subtotal revenuebudget, in the form of tuition and fees.

Denton said the format of Murray State’sbudget includes the nationally standardized

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As the University enters the10th week of the fall semester, thebudget planning and review teamsestablished by President RandyDunn have begun prioritizing andevaluating academic and nonaca-demic programs.

The teams were established toreduce or re-appropriate funds tomake up for a state-made$2,289,600 deficit to the Univer-sity budget.

Josh Jacobs, chief of staff, saidthere has been no set number es-tablished by the president’s officeor the Board of Regents, for howmuch each team should cut, buthe said, the board indicated theadministration should not rely onreserves for the coming year, asthey did for this year’s budget.

“The board approved the use of

approximately $1.9 million of re-serves for 2012-13,” he said.

The Board of Regents annuallyreviews recommendations fromDunn, including those in regardsto the University budget.

“This year, the president willmake a recommendation to theboard based on the activity of theteams and the work of the admin-istration,” Jacobs said.

While no set number exists, hesaid the board and the presidentexpect the review teams to taketheir charge seriously, which willresult in savings and revenue forthe University.

Jacobs said the president’s of-fice has provided no strict metricor guideline the teams are to use.

“We did provide examples fromother institutions that the teamscould reference,” he said. “But wedid not dictate a standard docu-ment.”

He said the metrics created bythe teams need to loosely addressfive guiding criteria.

“1. Essentiality – History, size,scope, relationship to mission andoverall essentiality to the institu-tion; 2. Demand – External and in-ternal demand, includingenrollments and numbers served;3. Quality – For program inputs,outputs and process quality; 4.Cost Effectiveness – Revenues andother resources generated againstall costs associated with the pro-gram, including standard produc-tivity measures; and 5.Opportunity – Impact, justifica-tion and expansion prospects,” Ja-cobs said.

On Oct. 16, a meeting was heldin which the budget planning andreview team chairs met with Pres-ident Dunn to touch base and re-port preliminary suggestions.

“We wanted to reiterate the

charge,” Jacobs said. “(To) allowthe chairs to ask any questions, aswell as have the opportunity todiscuss any items as a group.”

Jacobs said the questions askedat the meeting included how todeal with the overall process mov-ing forward. He said the membersof the teams also asked about theprocess they should employ toclarify any jurisdictional ques-tions for programs that may pro-vide a service to the communityor campus, but are also academicin nature.

Dunn said each academic andnonacademic team determines itsown meeting time and frequency.

While no set dates have beenestablished on the progress of theteams, the president’s office hasset a general timeline, which in-cludes an interim report to the

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While businesses continue to scramble for thelimited supply of package liquor store and tavern li-censes available, students and faculty will no longerhave to wait for the first beer sales to arrive.

Monday afternoon saw the first legal alcoholtransactions in Murray take place inside Five StarMarathon, located at Five Points.

Kendra Clere, sergeant for the Murray Police De-partment and City Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC)Administrator for Murray, said while beer would ar-rive quicker than liquor stores and taverns, citizenscould still be waiting for all of the license applica-tions to be approved at the state and city levels.

Just days before becoming a legal distributor of al-cohol, Five Star Marathon made a misstep in theprocess, selling before finalizing both licenses.

Last Friday afternoon, after having been stockedby Miller and Budweiser Distributing Co., Five StarMarathon began erroneously selling alcohol to cus-tomers before obtaining its city licensing.

Clere said the entire situation was just a misun-derstanding and has already been handled withincity jurisdiction.

“Five Star thought that because they already hadtheir state license they could start selling, but theydidn’t have their city license,” she said. “Withouthaving their city license and having it posted like itwas supposed to be, they technically couldn’t sellbecause they were in violation with city policies.”

As of Tuesday morning, only Rite Aid, Huck’s,Max Fuel BP and Five Star Marathon had been ap-proved not only at the state level, but also on the citylevel. Each business began selling by the early after-noon.

More businesses, Clere said, would follow in the

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State, city grantfirst packagedbeer licenses

VPs, Regent discussdistribution of funds

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The Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business budget planning and review team discusses what the college will do to reduce expenditures and increase profits.

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Graphic by Evan Watson/The NewsThe chart above depicts the total budget for each of the nine academic colleges/schools by the order they are found in the2012-13 operating budget. The blue bar illustrates the total budget and the red bar shows the instructional budget, whichincludes some services the colleges/schools provide, but primarily includes the salaries of the faculty and staff. *The Schoolof Nursing has the same budget, for both classifications.

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structure, which categorizes by departments, butthe University budget also lists by area of re-sponsibility: Presidential Accounts, AcademicAffairs, Student Affairs, Institutional Advance-ment and Finance and Administrative Personnel.“A vice president might have something con-

tained within their area of responsibility whichmight not follow the national chart structure,which is why there are two ways the budget isformatted,” he said.Each of the nine academic college/school

budgets are reported in a similar fashion. For ex-ample, the Hutson School of Agriculture has an“area of responsibility” budget of approximately$6.7 million. This number reflects the totalbudget for the college, combining public serv-ices – such as the farms and the Breathitt Vet-erinary Diagnostic Center in Hopkinsville, Ky. –and academic services, including faculty andstaff salaries.The instructional budget for the Hutson

School of Agriculture is almost $2.2 million – adifference of almost $4.6 million – which ismade up primarily of faculty and staff salaries.The salary differences between faculty, staff

and administrators can vary greatly for a num-ber of reasons, including the position itself, ed-ucation level, essentiality and for faculty, the

college in which they teach.Johnson said one of the most troubling items

on the budget is salary. He said as a student itdid not make sense to him that some within theUniversity, who have the same education level,would have such a large variance in pay.“I guess when you factor in the size of the col-

lege and the number of students within it thesalary difference can begin to make more sense,”he said. “It’s not the same thing across otherareas of the University, coaches for instance, Idon’t see it as fair that coaches make more

money than anyone in the faculty or staff.”Bonnie Higginson, vice president of Aca-

demic Affairs, said she could only speak aboutthe academic nature of Murray State, but saidthe salaries among the faculty can vary for anumber of reasons.She said the biggest determinant is what the

professor would be worth in the job market.She said faculty in the Arthur J. Bauernfeind

College of Business tend to have higher salariesbecause of what they are worth outside of theUniversity.“Some of the professors in business could

make more outside of the University,” she said.Don Robertson, vice president of Student Af-

fairs, agreed with Higginson and said the marketwas the reason some faculty were paid more.“Certain areas of employment pay more than

others,” he said. “Scientists and doctors makemore than teachers. In academia, certain disci-plines pay more than others. It’s a reflection ofwhat field you are in. It’s no different than thereal world. A lot has to do with market and thesupply and demand, based on where they’vetaught, services they have done and notoriety.”He said time served at the University could

also have an impact on the variation in salaries.“If you look at the College of Humanities and

Fine Arts, probably every student on campus isgoing to take classes in that college because ofgen. ed classes,” Robertson said. “It’s going tohave a larger faculty and more classes, so it willhave a higher operating budget compared to

agriculture, which is going to be a more narrowgroup of individuals taking those classes.”He said there are many variables and it was

impossible to say one area or position on cam-pus was more important than another.“Part of that is in the choice you make when

you decide what to major in,” he said.While faculty tend to have a higher salary

than staff at Murray State, Denton said the aver-age staff salary, excluding hourly-paid workers,was dependent upon three areas: market for theposition, cost of living and standard benchmarksalaries, which are gathered on a national level.The budget across areas of responsibility,

within the general and education fund portion,also varies greatly; Academic Affairs has abudget of approximately $71.3 million, while Stu-dent Affairs has a budget of approximately $7.3million.Robertson said it was not unusual for Aca-

demic Affairs to have a much larger budget thanStudent Affairs.“The scope of Academic Affairs is much

larger than Student Affairs,” he said. “Its budgetincludes each academic college, all of the facultysalaries and the services they provide.”Robertson said the budget for Student Affairs

was spread thin and there was not a lot of per-sonnel in some areas, but said the office still hasthe dollars necessary to provide basic services.In the online edition of this feature, located at

thenews.org, a link to the University’s 2012-13 op-erating budget is posted.

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Board of Regents at its Dec. 14 meeting.Tim Todd, dean of the Arthur J.

Bauernfeind College of Business andchair of the college’s budget planningand review team, said the teams havebeen more successful than he’d origi-nally imagined.“We’re basically going through three

steps,” he said. “We’re prioritizing,looking to see if low performing pro-grams need to be changed, we’re goingthrough the budget to minimize thered ink, looking to see if we can innov-atively change programs without dam-aging them and we’re looking to see ifwe can maximize the black ink, look-ing to provide more services whichwill show additional streams of rev-enue.”Todd said the chairs within the

school of business have been makingtheir own recommendations, whichthe team is looking at before eventuallymaking proposals to the provost andpresident.“We’re literally taking the budget

and going line-by-line,” he said. “We’re‘scrubbing the budget’ to see areas thatmight be cut. We’re hoping we havestrong recommendations to take thepresident in a month.”

Tom Denton, vice president of Fi-nance and Administrative Services,said there were several things theteams could look at in regard to less-ening expenditures.He said one option might be looking

at vacant salaried positions throughoutthe University.“Out of the salaried positions in the

budget, about 5 percent of them mightbe vacancies,” he said “But the vacan-cies on the academic side tend to stayin the budget longer.”He said in previous years the aca-

demic side of the University has elim-inated vacant positions to provide asource of funds, but only the positionsthat were empty for two or more years.He said the nonacademic salaried

positions generally tended to fillquicker.“It’s a never-ending process,” Den-

ton said. “It’s difficult to maintain astatic level of personnel. We have somevacancies year round and those willprobably be looked at.”Bonnie Higginson, vice president of

Academic Affairs, said the budget wascreated earlier in the year and does notaccount for the positions that havesince been filled.“I would hope we don’t sweep va-

cant lines,” she said. “Academic Affairsdid that before, and we lost over$700,000. I hope that doesn’t happenagain, definitely not to that extreme.”

coming days, as the city has begunthe process of approving licensesand distributing them to the appro-priate businesses.“The state has to send its own

ABC Administrators to check thesites where businesses have alreadyapplied,” Clere said. “It’s a huge relaythat can take anywhere from 30-45days before the license is applied forand either approved or denied.”Clere said administrators have not

yet arrived to check on all of the con-venience stores and gas stations inthe area, as each passing day pushessome release dates later into theyear.Because of the lengthy process and

intricate litigation, Clere said itwould probably be the first of theyear before any packaged liquorstores or full taverns were created.“Most of the applicants are playing

a wait and see game,” she said. “Theycan’t start building yet until theyknow they’ve been approved.”With eight retail package licenses

(liquor stores) and seven tavern li-censes (full bars) up for grabs in thecity, Clere confirmed more parties

have applied for licenses than areavailable, and she anticipated moreapplications to arrive over time. Beer licenses, however, can be pro-

vided to all stores with at least $5,000in grocery retail who apply and areaccepted, proving to be less compet-itive than retail and tavern licenses.Though she could not confirm the

names of businesses and proprietorswho have voiced their intent toapply, Clere did say 15 applicationsare currently on the table for retailpackage stores, seven more than isallowed in Murray.

However, six applications havebeen filed for the tavern license,leaving at least one more available inthe event no applications be rejected.With alcohol sales creeping up on

the area, Clere shared some advicefor students who are looking forwardto the changing scene and availabil-ity of alcohol in Murray.“Even though it is more accessible

doesn’t mean it won’t be more en-forced,” she said. “Just because wewon’t be waiting outside of every es-tablishment doesn’t mean we aren’twatching.”

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“Sunlight is the best disinfec-tant,” said the distinguishedSupreme Court Justice LouisBrandeis. The idea that havingthe right to pull back the cur-tains and see what might begoing on behind them is an ideathat Americans hold dear. We celebrate the right to pri-

vacy; we make it known ourbusiness is our very own and atleast when it comes to govern-ment, we have a right to knowhow our money is being spent.The right to know is an essen-

tial right in a democracy, andthat’s why we feel it importantto make students aware theyhave the right to look at howtheir tuition dollars are beingspent at Murray State. Businesses and institutions

that receive federal or statefunds are required by law topublish their budgets for publicview, and this is something thatstudents need to be aware ofand take advantage of – to maketheir voices heard in the budgetreview process.Students cannot be engaged in

running their own campus ifthey aren’t aware of where theirtuition is headed. We can yell until we’re blue in

the face that we aren’t well rep-resented, that tuition shouldn’thave to go up and any numberof things, but the fact of thematter is if we don’t know whatwe’re talking about, we won’t be

taken seriously.Herein of course lies the beau-

ty of open records laws. The“sunlight” shone upon the bud-get gives students a powerfultool, a “disinfectant” with whichto influence policy on campusand make themselves heard. What we don’t have in admin-

istrative experience or powercan be made up in our commandof knowledge as students – it’ssomething we can all use tomake our campus a better placeby speaking with our StudentGovernment Association repre-sentatives on these criticalissues, going to budget planningand review meetings and simplyspeaking out.Engagement on the part of

students has been lacking overthe past few semesters. Turnoutfor SGA elections last springwas abysmally low and someraces weren’t even competitive.Students are largely absent

from budget planning andreview teams and there wasn’tthe least bit of an uproar oncampus when the city of Murrayvoted to impose a city stickertax on students who may onlylive in Murray a few months outof the year.We have been hard on the

administration at times thissemester for legitimate reasons– however, we should not dis-count the pattern of resignationin the student body to importantissues on campus and in the city. Open records gives us a

chance to play on a level playingfield. It’s time to play the game.

You willobserve thatmany of theeveryday activi-ties that I writeabout in “A Pro-fessor’s Journal”are very ordi-nary and per-haps should notmerit the spaceof a newspapercolumn, but,nonetheless,

these are activities in which I aminvolved and for better or worse Ican only write about those thingsthat I know. Please be patientwith me, for sometimes even inthe most mundane tasks we canlearn something about ourselvesand others.One of my tasks as a teacher, a

task that I have recently per-formed in preparation for an eightweek last half of the semestercourse, is the preparation of a syl-labus for HIS 222, American expe-rience since 1865. This is a job thatI always undertake with a measureof excitement. I begin this worksoon after the completion of eachsemester, when the successes andfailures of a term of study arefresh on my mind. Perhaps there issomething I can change in the syl-labus for the next semester thatwill keep me from repeating themistakes of the past.As you know, a syllabus is a

document, handed out to studentsin the first class session, which

explains the course and definesthe parameters of the course forstudents and professor alike. Inever encountered a syllabus (atleast I don’t remember seeingone) until I was a freshman at Bel-mont University, but now I noticethat high school and middle schoolstudents are given a syllabus foreach of their courses.The syllabus includes the course

number, title and catalog descrip-tion. It also includes statementsabout the purpose of the course, alisting of course objectives, identi-fication of the required textbooksand outside readings, a descriptionof the writing component of thecourse, all testing and grading pro-cedures, the academic honestypolicy, the attendance policy andfinally a class-by-class schedule ofreadings and discussion topics.Every class session is accountedfor. The class schedule helps thestudent (and the professor) pre-pare for each class session. Hope-fully, students (and the professor)will have digested the readings forthat day and will be willing andeven eager to contribute to theclass discussion.Although there are sometimes

unavoidable digressions, it alwaysamazes me how we are able toadhere so closely to the classschedule of the syllabus. By theend of the term we will accom-plish what the syllabus has out-lined. Hopefully, each student willfulfill the requirements for thecourse, as the syllabus has dictat-

ed. At the end of each semesterwe wrap up the course in a neatpackage, I deliver the grades elec-tronically via MyGate and then Ibegin to put together a syllabus forthe next semester, to start theprocess all over again. With eachnew syllabus, there is always theanticipation of success, the hopethat students will be furtheredalong in their academic journeys,that real learning and real progresswill be made.I have learned that life is not like

a syllabus. Life does not comepre-arranged or pre-packaged. Asmuch as we try to plan ahead, it isimpossible to put together a “lifeschedule” like a class schedule in acourse syllabus. Of course, a col-lege class always offers up manysurprises, pleasant and unpleasant.But life itself is all too messy. Somuch of life, it seems to me, is outof our hands. Life often throws usa curve, or as the theologian andwriter Frederick Buechner put it,“Life works us all over before it’sall through.”In life, as in a college course,

however, there is always the hopeof success, that we will be able tocomplete the course requirementsin good order and in good fashion.Maybe, we can finish well. Theapostle Paul said it best in a letterto his friend Timothy. At the endof his life syllabus, he said, “I havefought the good fight, I have fin-ished the race, I have kept thefaith.”[email protected]

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In Professor William Zingrone’s col-umn in the Oct. 19 edition of TheNews, he noted, “ ... the Biblical literal-ists, the science disparagers ... theygotta hate the facts now, they gottadeny reality itself.”Dr. Zingrone appeared to have no

problem after seeing that posters foran event he supported had been takendown, in saying “probably religiousperson(s) took most of them down.”I guess the point Dr. Zingrone was

making was that when someone dis-parages science they should have factsbut when someone makes disparagingcomments regarding people of faith,facts are irrelevant.I’m not sure what line of thinking Dr.Zingrone was using to make his point– freethinking, reason or science butwhatever it was, it gave me a chuckle.

Opinion

Like manyAmericans, Ienjoyed last sum-mer’s blockbusterhit, “The HungerGames.”While I’ll admit

I haven’t actuallyread the series, Ican’t help butthink we have ourown, real life

“Hunger Games” going on inAmerica today.If you need proof, look no fur-

ther than the American midwest.No region in the country has beenmore impacted by the rapid andstaggering deindustrialization ofthe country than the Americanmidwest, where the good, high-paying union manufacturing jobsof yore have vanished in a sea oflow-wage jobs in the service sec-tor.Today, both candidates vie for

the support of the American mid-west in their respective presiden-tial campaigns. Wisconsin, Ohioand Pennsylvania are swing statesand both the president and Repub-lican Gov. Romney have adoptedrhetoric intended to appeal to mid-western voters, with promisesfrom Romney to label China a“currency manipulator” and Presi-dent Barack Obama to grow manu-facturing by removing tax incen-tives for outsourcing.Nevertheless, what we have in

the midwest today is a lot of hotair coming out of both campaigns.Recall Romney penned anop-ed in The New York Timestitled “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.”Recall also that Obama haspreached the virtues of Americanmanufacturing all the while signingfree trade agreements with SouthKorea and Columbia that seriouslythreaten to further erode Ameri-ca’s manufacturing base.Like “The Hunger Games,”

American politics has becomesomething of a bloodsport whereinmillionaire and billionaire donorsfund presidential campaigns forthe underlying purpose of protec-tion for themselves. Working classAmericans are left out in the coldas both Obama and Romney rakein cash from Wall Street financiersand refuse to commit themselvesto anything other than platitudesfor rebuilding America’s industrialbase.As jobs dry up, as wages decline

and as the economy contracts, thepotential for catastrophic levels ofdeprivation in the midwestincrease. Already a leader in unem-ployment and with rising poverty,a double-dip recession threatens toignite a powder keg in the mid-west. Where might that lead?It’s time for the American

Hunger Games to end. Wealthydonors should no longer beallowed to “sponsor” candidates;hot air has to give way to real solu-tions to rebuild the midwest andthe country as a whole. We have tomake it in America again.Devin Griggs is vice president of

finances for the Murray State Col-lege Democrats.

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JJeeeerrss ttoo ...... not enough call boxeson campus. It’s nice that we havethem around the dorms, but howmany are near the Quad? Becausewe all know that nothing bad everhappens ...

CChheeeerrss ttoo ...... legal beer sales inMurray! After what seems likean eternity, prohibition is final-ly over. You know, like it was

everywhere ... in 1933.

JJeeeerrss ttoo ...... Christmas in October.Look, we know you want to get ahead start and all, but it’s a bit earlyfor Egg Nog and Christmas treesales at Walmart. Might as wellstart selling Valentine’s Daycards in November ...

CChheeeerrss ttoo ...... the end of presidentialdebate season. With two weeksto go, undecided voters pre-sumably now know the can-didates’ positions on every-thing from Big Bird to bayo-

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The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes

Steve Herr non-student fromMurray, Ky.

Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, writing forthe majority in the 1962 case Engel v. Vitale, said“the history of man is inseparable with the historyof religion.” America is no exception in this regard. Since the

time of the Puritans, who left England to escapereligious persecution, the people of this nationhave recognized a need for the protection of dif-fering beliefs. In his letter which appeared in the Oct. 19 edition

of The News, Mr. William Zingrone tackles a widevariety of topics involving religion, from educationto the debate over abortion. Many of his argumentsdo not merit even a token response, as they areboth extremely belittling to people of faith and dis-

jointed to the point of incomprehension.However, drawing his heaviest criticism is Rep. Paul Broun of

Georgia, who has denied scientific theories such as evolution andthe Big Bang. Zingrone argues Rep. Broun’s views, which are influ-enced by his personal faith, have no place in Congressional debate;it is this argument which I take issue with.Mr. Zingrone seems to suggest only those views which are scien-

tifically verifiable, the only views which he believes are legitimate,should be allowed in the marketplace of ideas.However, this position runs counter to the conception of religiousfreedom which the framers of the Constitution envisioned. In hisletter to the Danbury Baptist Convention, Jefferson called for a “wallof separation between Church and State.”This is not a call for a completely secular U.S. government or soci-ety, even though Mr. Zingrone might wish that to be the case; rather,it simply means the government cannot favor any one belief systemover another.This includes the beliefs of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and

athiests. To quash religious sentiment and allow only secular view-points is as much a violation of religious freedom as is the estab-lishment of an official church.While the framers made it clear that Congress should take no part

in the determination of an official religion or favor one belief systemover another, it is fallacious to believe individual legislators wereforbidden to take their own views into account.I would argue the representative mechanism designed by the

framers in fact encourages this type of debate in Congress. Theydesigned a system in which voters from each district were to electthe man or woman who would best represent their interests inWashington.By electing Rep. Broun, the voters of Georgia’s tenth congression-

al district have effectively said they prefer his beliefs over those ofhis opponent.They, and the framers, expect his decisions in Congress to reflect

the wishes of his constituency.If a majority of Rep. Broun’s constituents deny the validity of the

Big Bang theory and evolution, then Rep. Broun is in fact doing hisjob. And if at a later date, the people of Georgia feel Rep. Broun isno longer representing their interests, the Constitution provides aremedy: elections. The framers also realized for every legislator such as Rep. Broun,

there is likely to be one similar to Rep. Pete Stark of California, anatheist. In this way, opposing viewpoints counteract one another so no oneposition becomes dominant; as Madison said in the 51st Federalist,“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.”A final link in this chain of protections is the First Amendment,

which ensures that even if one belief system gains a strong foothold,it cannot banish all others.I understand Mr. Zingrone denies any system of faith is legitimate,and I further understand he believes the facts he puts forth are evi-dence of his position’s superiority.However, to deny individuals have a right to take into account

their own personal convictions in decision-making processes, ingovernment or elsewhere, is to deny the more than two century tra-dition of religious freedom in this nation.While I agree Rep. Broun’s comments are fairly ludicrous, in the

eyes of the government they should be treated exactly the same asMr. Zingrone’s own views.

Faith, religion have important roles to play

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Hart’s Thouroughbrewed Cafe has in-stated new operating hours due to a lack ofbusiness this semester, which has upsetstudents and employees of the business.

The cafe, attached to the Hart ResidentialCollege, is no longer open on Saturdays, andon Oct. 15 its hours changed from 8 a.m. to 11p.m., and now instead opens at 3 p.m.

“Between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the cafe wasonly averaging about five customers anhour,” Amy Crump, supervisor of DiningServices and Racer Hospitality, said. “Wewere slightly busier in the morning between8 and 10, but it still wasn’t enough businessto justify being open.”

Crump said she thinks the lack of busi-ness in the morning was primarily due toother coffee locations on campus, such asWinslow Dining Hall and the Curris CenterThoroughbrewed Cafe.

She said those venues were much moreconvenient to the students.

“I think it has a lot to do with choices,”she said. “If given the choice between stop-ping multiple times, and a one stop shop,most people will choose the one stop. Youcan go to Winslow and get your breakfastand coffee at the same time.”

Crump said Paula Amols, director of Din-ing Services, made the final decision for thecafe to be closed from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Crump said most of the feedback they re-ceived from the students about the switch

in hours has been negative. Anna Esswin, sophomore from Perryville,

Mo., said she goes to Hart ThoroughbrewedCafe, commonly known as Hart Cafe, threetimes a week and is not happy about themodifications.

“I wasn’t even aware of the time change,”Esswin said, “I feel like they didn’t publicizethe change in hours enough.”

Chase Harris, sophomore from PaducahKy. and resident of Hart Residential College,also said he didn’t like the hours of opera-tion.

Harris was one of approximately 330 peo-ple to sign the “Don’t Go Breaking My HartCafe” petition, a petition started at HartCafe to protest the changes to the openingtime.

Crump said the number of people whosigned the petition was not representativeof the amount of service the cafe had beenreceiving, and some of the signers may havebeen confused about the purpose of the pe-tition.

“To my knowledge it was not clearlymarked as to what the petition was for,”Crump said. “I think some of the 330 peoplethat signed the petition may have beenunder the impression that we were closingthe cafe completely.”

The minimizing of hours has not only af-fected patrons of the cafe, but also the cafe’sworkers whose hours have subsequentlybeen cut due to the adjustments.

Isaac Natz, senior from Hopkinsville, Ky.and Hart Cafe employee, said because of the

switch, there has been abig cut in employeehours.

He saidthe major-ity of thes t u d e n tworkers areupset, but theyunderstand why thechange had to happen.

“I have two opinions, one at a personallevel and one at a professional level,” Natzsaid. “Professionally, I understand why ithad to be done; our sales were down 60 per-cent from last semester. They’ve crunchedall the numbers and I’m sure they’ve donethem a hundred times over.”

“Personally, all the hours I work here arein the morning,” Natz said. “I usually get offat 3:30, but now we’ll be opening at three.[The change] screws me out of eight hours[of work] a week.”

Crump said they are making every effortto ensure student workers will have the op-portunity to pick up any hours they wouldbe losing.

While Hart Cafe has done poorer finan-cially this year, the change in hours is no in-dication they will be closing soon.

“There has never been any discussions re-garding closing the cafe down,” Crump said.“We are completely committed to keepingthe Hart Cafe open. We just want to make ita successful venue that the students want tosupport.”

Hart cafe reduces operatinghours, disappoints students

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Lindsay Cunningham, junior and employee of the Hart ThouroughbrewedCafe, has noticed a decrease in sales during the morning hours this fall.Due to the lack of business, the cafe has changed hours of operation. Itis no longer open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., but instead opens at 3 p.m.

Author presents Pray the Gay AwayBernadette Barton, professor of sociology and

women’s studies at Morehead State University, will pres-ent “Pray the Gay Away: The Extraordinary Lives ofBible Belt Gays” on Nov. 1.

Pray the Gay Away is at 7 p.m. in Mason Hall. Bartonwill discuss her book and will be avaliable at the Uni-versity Store afterward for a book signing. The Univer-sity Store will sell copies of the book following thepresentation.

Alliance, Campus activities Board, Gender and Diver-sity Studies Programs, LGBT Programming, MinistryOpen to All and Student Affairs are sponsoring the pro-gram. The program is free and open to all.

YNL students host Great American SmokeoutYouth and Nonprofit Leadership students will host the

Great American Smokeout on Nov. 15 on the 2nd floor ofthe Curris Center.

There will be a mini-carnival with games, prizes andanti-smoking information.

Highland Festival comes to Central ParkThe Murray Highland Festival begins at 9:30 a.m. Oct.

27 at Central Park. Throughout the day events such as weaving, piping

demos, sheep herding demonstrations, thw Highlandcattle exhibit and genealogy assistance will take place.Vendor tents will also be scattered through the park.

Admission is $5 at the gate and there is no charge forchildren under the age of 10.

Across campus

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Susan Guess, one of eight regentsappointed by the governor, said shehas two main interests, making Mur-ray State the best it can be and pre-venting bullying statewide.

A 1987 graduate of Murray State,Guess has worked with the board tomake several important decisions forthe University.

“Anything I’ve been able to accom-plish has been due to Murray State,”Guess said. “Not just my education,but my experience as well is owed toMurray. Being a student there has al-lowed me to accomplish much andimprove the quality of life for my fam-

ily and others aswell.”

Guess is cur-rently a memberof the buildingsand grounds com-mittee and thecommittee for re-gional services.She is also chair ofthe institutionala d v a n c e m e n tcommittee.

With the board,Guess has worked

on relationships with alumni to fur-ther private donations for the Univer-sity.

“Institutional advancement hasbeen a successful area for the board,”Guess said. “Opportunities are con-stantly arising for University dona-

tions, either cash or other services.”Among the many projects Guess

has been an advocate for, she said thesuccess of the Murray State extendedcampus in Paducah, Ky., was impor-tant to her.

Guess said the regional MurrayState campuses are necessary to im-prove the quality of life in WesternKentucky.

“Many McCracken County resi-dents have little or no college educa-tion,” Guess said. “Those with acollege degree can earn a million dol-lars or more over their lifetime.”

Guess has also been pushing for ananti-bullying program at Murray Stateand statewide.

“My passion is anti-bullying,” Guesssaid. “I looked at my 9-year-olddaughter who was bullied a year agoand I said to her, ‘bad things are going

to happen to us. You can choose to ig-nore it, blame someone else or be-come part of the solution.’ Ourstudents have a great opportunity tobecome involved and make a positiveimpact.”

Soon, Guess said, she will be travel-ing to Frankfort, Ky. to discuss newideas for an anti-bullying campaignwith Gov. Steve Beshear. She has al-ready started several programs inwestern Kentucky.

Guess said she plans on continuingwith her anti-bullying campaign bymaking it a statewide initiative; she isvisiting with Beshear next month tospeak about antibullying initiatives.

“I’ve been amazed at how (bullying)has affected students,” Guess said.“There are things that have happenedto students that can be used to make adifference in a positive way. Again, in-

stead of doing nothing or hopingsomeone else does it, they become theleader and see they can make a differ-ence.”

Today, Guess is the senior vice pres-ident and marketing director for ThePaducah Bank and Trust Companyand is chair of the Lourdes HospitalFoundation.

She is the only woman to serve aterm as chair for the Paducah AreaChamber of Commerce and the onlychair to serve two terms.

Guess said she would never havebeen able to accomplish what she haswithout Murray State.

Her term on the Board of Regentswill expire in 2013.

Said Guess: “My hope is that stu-dents take the opportunity they haveat Murray State to really make theirmark on this world.”

This is the fifth installment of a 12-part seriesprofiling the representatives who make finalUniversity decisions.

Regent discusses ambition to stop bullying statewide

Susan GuessAppointed

Regent

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Murray State hosted the semiannual Bull Blowout at the William “Bill” Cherry Agricultural Expo Center on Oct. 21, where professional riders from across the stateparticipated in the bull riding and barrell racing competitions. Children had the opportunity to participate in mutton busting and the calf scramble. The next BullBlowout competition is in February of 2013. For an extended feature on the Oct. 21 event, visit thenews.org.

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Personality is everything when itcomes to an entertaining game.Not only do fans love to see theirteam play well, but they also like tosee them enjoy doing it. It’s theshowmanship in the dramatic partsof a game which keep people com-ing back for basketball madness,and the Racers have a perfect per-son for the job.

Junior guard Erica Burgesstransferred to the Murray Statebasketball program in 2010 fromSoutheast Louisiana. She was redshirted as a sophomore, butmade an immediate impact on theRacers and brought a faster pace to their offensive style, averaging 16.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.9assists per game last season.

Her electrifying presence, pow-erful drives to the rim and agilitymade her a player to watch.

Burgess said basketball wasa strong presence in her life grow-ing up. She got her start in leaguebasketball in 6th grade.

“I haven’t really been playing as long as the other girls,” she said.“After that season in 6th grade,I stuck with it through high schooland fell in love with it. I think my cousins got me started in pickup basketball. We had a goal inthe back yard. We would just shootaround.”

As a college athlete, Burgess saidher favorite part of the game is the showmanship. Showboating,entertaining the crowd and givinga good performance are herfavorite parts of being a basketballplayer.

“I like to showboat a lot,” shesaid. “I think that’s what comeswith being from Memphis. It’s fun when you’re crossing peopleand the crowd blows up. I like toplay and have a good time too.”

Even though she makes it lookfun and easy, Burgess has to dedi-cate much of her time and energyinto being the athlete she is.

She said she owes much of herpower to the time she puts in thegym and her past experience as aTae Kwon Do fighter.

“Specifically, pushups keep mein shape,” she said. “I’m alwaysdoing pushups. I got my black beltin Tae Kwon Do a while back. I was

dedicated to it, but I had to quit soI could keep playing basketball.”

Not only is skill needed to win,but leadership and maturity helpkeep a team together. Burgess saidshe has matured more as an athleteand wants to set a good examplefor her younger teammates.

“I want to be the one to takethem under my wing,” she said. “Iwant to try to get them ready tostep in for me one day. They needto understand the way we dothings and memorize big plays.”

Burgess said she fell in love withthe game and literally meant it. It’sdifficult to keep basketball as a pri-ority when an athlete graduatescollege. The WNBA has very strictstandards to play in the league, butBurgess said she is still fighting fora chance to go pro.

“I was planning on trying to playprofessionally overseas,” she said.“It seems irrational or unrealisticright now, but if I could even makeit into the WNBA, that would begreat.”

With another year to contem-plate the future, Burgess still hasanother season at Murray Stateahead of her on which to focus. Shesaid it’s going to be difficult buthopes for more fans to show up.

“It’ll be tough,” she said. “But Iknow we’re going to get some sup-port from the crowd. I’m kind ofexcited to see what we can reallydo against a Sun Belt Western Ken-tucky team.”

Head Coach Rob Cross was thefirst to see her adjustment as a newRacer athlete, and said he isimpressed and excited to see howshe has grown as a player and howit will translate into games.

“I think you’re going to see a much better player this year,” he said. “Because she had somerust last year, but she does her jobevery day. She shows up every sin-gle day and does more than whatshe’s capable of doing. It’s so excit-ing to see the consistency out ofher. She’s very dedicated.”

Burgess has also done much better this year focusing more onthe team as a whole, said Cross.

She has made sure to step up in communication, vocalize atpractice and in games and committo a more cohesive and bondedteam.

“She’s much more vocal thisyear,” he said. “I’m very proud of how she’s matured as a playersince she’s been here. I’m excitedfor the rest of her career.”

Meet the team: Erica BurgessThis is part two of a four-partseries introducing the women’sbasketball team.

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Junior Erica Burgess was a six-time OVC player of the week last season and was named to the All-OVC Second Team and All-OVC Newcomer team.

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Murray State basketball guard, Zaveral “Zay”Jackson, has been suspended for the 2012-13season and faces court delays in light of the sit-ting judge’s decision to recuse himself from thetrial.

He was expected to be formally sentencedMonday after pleading guilty to two counts ofwanton endangerment and agreeing to a pleadeal.

Instead, in open court, Calloway CircuitJudge Dennis Foust resigned from the case afteran unknown media source questioned his tiesto Murray State and the basketball team.

Due to the holdup in the proceedings, HeadCoach Steve Prohm and Athletic Director AllenWard suspended Jackson for the entire 2012-13basketball season.

“The recent delay in the legal proceedingswas unexpected; however, we respect theprocess and will continue to monitor it closely,”Ward said. “My examination and evaluation ofthe events have been ongoing and I believe it isin the best interest of allconcerned for me to formal-ize a course of action as itrelates to Zay’s participa-tion with the team this sea-son.”

Jackson entered the pleadeal after his charges werereduced to the initial twocounts of second-degreeassault, after striking twovictims with his car in theMurray Walmart parking lot.

The deal included 30 days in jail, to be servedon weekends due to Murray State classes, atten-dance of anger management courses, communi-ty service projects and restitution for the vic-tims.

Foust informed Commonwealth AttorneyMark Blankenship and defense attorney GaryHaverstock of his resignation before court onMonday.

“I feel that to ensure (confidence) in this caseI must recuse myself,” Foust said in open court.

The next hearing is set for Nov. 13, giving thecourt enough time to appoint a special judge.The judge can either agree with the plea dealJackson has accepted or can reject it entirely.

Blankenship said he was concerned Foustwould not agree to the deal after the Walmartsurveillance video became viral. When Haver-stock and Blankenship talked with Foust aboutthe sentence, the judge did not seem convincedthe plea deal was enough to ensure it would nothappen again.

Haverstock was called several times and nocontact could be made.

“Foust said to me, ‘I don’t know if anger man-agement will be enough,’” Blankenship said.“He was thinking there might be somethingdeeper. (Jackson) got so mad, so fast, over whatseemed to be an insignificant event. I think thevideo really showed his anger and Foust want-ed to find other options.”

Foust never signed the plea agreement, Jack-son will not return to jail or serve any of thediversion program until the attorneys and theappointed judge decide on an agreement.

The victims of the assault, Jason and AliaClement from Paducah, Ky., called Blanken-ship’s office Monday after the hearing to dis-agree with the plea agreement. The coupleoriginally told both Haverstock and Blanken-ship they would look over the agreement andlet the attorneys know if they approved thediversion or not.

Blankenship said he plans on informing theappointed judge of Foust’s idea of counselingfor Jackson. Blankenship said he does notexpect a much harsher punishment for Jacksonfrom the judge, because first-time studentoffenders do not end up with felony punish-ments.

“I think we have always done this in a similarway,” Blankenship said. “We don’t want to put apermanent felony on a young person, because itaffects students and their future career.”

Jackson was expected to play a starting rolethis season for the Racers. With the season onlyweeks away, Prohm said he will support Jack-son in the judicial system.

“He’s still suspended from the basketballteam, and from all the practices and team activ-ities,” Prohm said. “We’re letting him gothrough the judicial system, but there’s a lotmore to the situation that I know that a lot ofpeople on the outside do not know. I’m com-mitted to Zay and I’m here to help him throughthis process.”

Zay JacksonSophmore guard

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New on-campus field to be ready for coming spring Lexy Gross || Staff [email protected]

The Murray State softball team will have anew field to play on by the spring of 2013.

The field will be constructed where the foot-ball practice field was located. Athletic DirectorAllen Ward said the on-campus field will pro-vide improved facilities and strengthen the soft-ball program at Murray State.

“It has been our goal all along to provide aplace on campus for our new softball programto practice and compete,” Ward said. “Just likeany of our other sports, it’s important for themto have visibility on campus and to be close tothe other facilities they use during the season.”

Ward said he hopes the field will be open intime for the third softball season at MurrayState. Since the program’s start in 2010, the soft-ball team has played at the Murray-CallowayCounty Park.

The current field was upgraded by MurrayState with the installation of a new irrigationsystem, home and away bullpens, batting cages,perimeter fencing, a new backstop, netting andbleachers.

Along with the renovations of 2010, the soft-ball team received a locker room in Roy StewartStadium as well, along with a lounge area.

Ward said the new field gives players theopportunity to use on-campus facilities. In thespring, they will be able to access their locker

rooms directly before games and use trainingrooms when necessary.

Also, the field gives the team the publicity ithas not had in the past. With games beingplayed on campus, it will be much more con-venient for students to attend. Parking and rest-rooms will also be much more accessible to fansat the new field.

Ward said while he appreciates the relation-

ship Murray State has with the Murray-Cal-loway County Parks and Recreation Depart-ment, he agrees the softball program needs afield of its own.

“An on-campus facility will help the programin recruiting and building fan support for theyoung program,” Ward said. “It will help us cre-ate a home field advantage similar to that of ourother on-campus competition venues.”

The new softball field will be built on the former football practice field, located between the Susan E. BauernfeindWellness Center and Roy Stewart Stadium.

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Sports

You can call it Jock Jams. You can call itHype Music. You can call it Pump Up theVolume.I just like to call it a damn good sound-

track.It’s not a good sporting event without a

solid disc jockey, and often the atmosphereof a game is dictated by what song is play-ing at the given time. Some songs even em-phasize events happening in a game,making the moment even more special tothe ones who chose to attend.Music only heightens the intensity and

emotions surrounding the game, often gen-erating crowd noise meant to distract theopponent or invigorate the home team to make a play.Obvious songs like “We Are the Champions” (written and

performed by Freddie Mercury of Queen in 1977) come to mindwhen a champion has been crowned in an arena, and the songis certainly one of the better sports jams of our time.Other arena favorites, such as “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Dia-

mond, are crowd pleasers played to get an audience involved insinging and dancing and carrying on, perhaps during a mediatimeout or halftime show.It works so good, so good, so good, every single time it plays.Here are a few songs I love to hear, or would love to hear,

when I go to sporting events.

““TThhee BBooyyss aarree BBaacckk iinn TToowwnn”” –– TThhiinn LLiizzzzyy ((11997766))Released on the album Jailbreak by Irish rock group Thin

Lizzy in 1976, “The Boys are Back in Town” is a great homearena song to hear, especially if the team has been on a ratherlong and difficult road trip and has just returned to the con-fines of its stadium.

““FFuueell”” –– MMeettaalllliiccaa ((11999999))Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Per-

formance in 1999, “Fuel” is just the song to get any crowd com-pletely jacked up for whatever is about to happen. The highoctane overture is certainly a crowd favorite at football gamesaround the nation and definitely heightens the adrenaline ofeveryone within earshot.

““SShhoooott ttoo TThhrriillll”” –– AACC//DDCC ((11998800))I guess you’re wondering why I didn’t pick “Hell’s Bells,”

“You Shook Me All Night Long” or “Back in Black.” Honestlythey are all great choices for this list. Angus Young and Co.spent decades pumping out crowd-pleasing riffs, most of whichare blasted across PA systems in stadiums around the world.However, when I hear “Shoot to Thrill,” I think basketballgames, hockey games or any sport with a denizen of beautifulcheerleaders rocking out to this song.

““IInn tthhee AAiirr TToonniigghhtt”” –– PPhhiill CCoolllliinnss ((11998811))I’m not sure even Phil Collins knew how ridiculously epic

this song would become. I honestly can’t decide what’s morepowerful at a sporting event, the lyrics “I’ve been waiting forthis moment for all of my life” or the drum solo at 3:40 that

turns everyone and their grandmother into the greatest airdrummer of all time. Either way, this song is a must for anygood mixer in the booth at a game.

““WWee WWiillll RRoocckk YYoouu”” –– QQuueeeenn ((11997777))Unlike its radio counterpart “We Are the Champions,” as the

two are often played consecutively, “We Will Rock You” fits al-most any situation and at any time during competition and is asure-fire way to crank up crowd volume. Ranked No. 330 onThe Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs of All Time list, the simplerhythm is enough to get any casual fan into a game. Stomp-stomp-clap. Stomp-stomp-clap. Stomp-stomp-clap. WE WILL,WE WILL ROCK YOU. Yeah, I think that does the trick.

““GGeett RReeaaddyy”” –– RRaarree EEaarrtthh ((11997700))Though not exactly a sports-driven song, “Get Ready” was

the last song written by Smokey Robinson in 1966 for TheTemptations. Certainly a love-making song for the casual lis-tener, “Get Ready,” in my oh-so-humble opinion, is a muchmore family friendly version of its modern translation intoday’s music scene, and the vibe of the song should get acrowd moving and grooving and cheering in the stands.

““WWoorrkk HHaarrdd,, PPllaayy HHaarrdd”” –– WWiizz KKhhaalliiffaa ((22001122))Though the edited version would be the one to blast over the

stadium speakers, the beat of the song and simplistic chants of“work hard, play hard” would be enough to get any crowdcrunk. Khalifa has been a rap artist on the scene since his single“Black and Yellow” exploded on the airwaves in Sept. 2010, andhis newest single certainly measures up to the anthem-style rapnecessary for a powerful game atmosphere.

““FFoollssoomm PPrriissoonn BBlluueess”” –– JJoohhnnnnyy CCaasshh ((11995555))Similar to “Sweet Caroline,” “Folsom Prison Blues” delivers

in the entertainment department and is great filler for commer-cial breaks, seventh inning stretches and injury timeouts. Cashdelivered a song beloved not just by country fans, but musicenthusiasts of all types who appreciate an emotionally chargedsong with a steady beat and catchy hook. This song is perfectfor crowd participation and is particularly easy to sing.

““RRiigghhtt HHeerree,, RRiigghhtt NNooww”” –– FFaattbbooyy SSlliimm ((11999999))Compiled by Fatboy Slim from The James Gang and Angela

Bassett samples, “Right Here, Right Now” is a big-beat rhythmthat will punch you in your eardrums and rip off your face. Thesong could easily be played right before a do-or-die momentfor a team or perhaps as a team is mounting an improbablecomeback against a fearsome opponent. Either way, the song isgood and sees considerable play in the U.S.

““RRuunnaarroouunndd SSuuee”” –– DDiioonn && tthhee DDeell--SSaattiinnss ((11996611))Call me crazy, but every time I hear this song, I think of the

epic defensive montage in Little Big League as the Twins climbup the leaderboard in search for the AL Pennant. This song is afun, bouncy tune that is super short and can easily be squeezedin when things are a little edgy or stagnant and can bring thecrowd back to [email protected].

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Edward Marlowe || Staff [email protected]

It was just another day at the office for HeadCoach Eddie Hunt and the men’s golf team as theycontinued their streak of top-five finishes on Oct.23 with a fourth-place finish at the Austin PeayState University Intercollegiate.Held on The Links at Novadell Golf Club in Hop-

kinsville, Ky., Murray State finished the first roundtied for second with Belmont, SIUE and AustinPeay, while Lipscomb held a one-shot lead with anopening round 289.However, it was all Austin Peay (860) from then

on, as the team went on to fire back-to-back 285sen route to a seven-shot victory over second-placeLipscomb (867).SIUE (875) placed fifth to round out the top-five

for the tournament.Once again, it was the seniors who led the Rac-

ers to a strong finish, but Hunt said he believed theteam left a little bit out there in the last round.“I was fairly pleased,” Hunt said. “I was disap-

pointed in the last round. If we play that last roundlike we should have, we could have brought homea second place finish.”Even then, Hunt said the fall has been kind to the

Racers saying the team is rounding into shape asthey near the end of the fall portion of their sched-ule. “I think our top four have played really well, and

we’ve kept the same top four players all year long,”Hunt said. “Moving forward, we have to find ourfifth guy. We’ve had to plug in some young guysinto the last slot, and so we’ve got some young guysbattling to be the fifth guy heading into our finaltournament of the fall season.”Senior Patrick Newcomb led the Racers with a

three-round score of 211 (68-72-71) and held the topspot on the leaderboard after the first round, butstruggled to stay on top and had to settle for an in-dividual fifth-place finish.Despite not bringing home top honors, New-

comb still leads the OVC in scoring average. After15 rounds, Newcomb is seventh in the country forDivision I scoring average.

Finishing in 11th was senior Hunter York, whoposted a three-round 217 (73-74-70), while seniorTyler Brown rolled in with 17th and a three-round220 (73-69-78).Sophomore Wade Thompson ended the tourna-

ment in 51st with a 229 (76-77-76) and freshman Preston French posted a 57th place finish and athree-round score of 230 (77-74-79).With just one more event on the fall schedule,

the Racers hope to finish the first half of the seasonwith six straight top-five finishes. They tee offNov. 5 for the Arkansas State Red Wolves Classicat Peninsula Golf & Racquet Club in Gulf Shores,Ala.Hunt says this final tournament will be one of

the bigger tests the Racers will face, and he and theteam are certainly looking forward to continuingtheir consistent play and ending the fall season ona high note.“I really like this tournament because we play a

lot of teams we normally see only once or twice ayear,” Hunt said. “We play Vanderbilt, who is 18thin the country, Rice, Illinois State and Troy, and itwill be a really good gauge for how we stack upagainst some of the better teams from around theentire country.”

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horses for over half of mylife. I had my first lessonwhen I was in the firstgrade and started compet-ing in local horse showsin the 4th grade. I startedcompeting in state andbreed level shows and gotmy first horse. I was a freshman in collegewhen I gave up competing in horse showsand switched to barrel racing and rodeos andwas a sophomore in college when I boughtmy first barrel horse. I competed in my firstcollege rodeo as a junior. I have been competing in horse related

events for pretty much my entire life and itis very hard to not have my horses with methis semester or to compete in rodeos andhorse shows. I am an equestrian and an athlete. You

may not think an equestrian is an athlete, ifyou do think this you would be wrong. I ampart of a team, not with other players, butwith my horse. We trust and depend on eachother just like a quarterback depends on hisreceivers. We form a partnership and worktogether to compete to the best of our abili-ties just as a tennis doubles team does. When a horse and rider are working to-

gether in perfect sync, it doesn’t matterwhich discipline, be it western pleasure, bar-rel racing or roping; it looks effortless.Just like basketball players must control

the ball, I have to control my horse. And letme tell you, a 1,000 pound horse is a lotharder to control than a measly basketball. Horses have personalities and feelings

which basketballs, footballs and baseballs donot. Sometimes horses just do not want towork with you. These are the days that beingan equestrian sucks. I remember times after a particularly bad

class, getting back to the trailer and just cry-ing because our performance was that terri-ble. Those are the days you just want to packup, put the horse back in the trailer and drive

home. But you have to get past these hardtimes, especially if you want to perform bet-ter in the next class or event.Horses can feel if you are upset or angry

which might sound silly to people who arenon-riders, but it is the truth. If I was mad atmy horse before going into a Western Pleas-ure class, my horse could feel it. This wouldnegatively affect our performance in theclass and for the rest of the day, unless I putthe anger behind me. Or if I was extremelynervous before running a barrel pattern, myhorse could sense it; which would make himmore anxious. Through competing in horse shows and

rodeos, I have learned to not let my emo-tions get the best of me. I have always let mynerves and doubts get to me, but throughriding, I have learned to suck it up and justgo for it. The first time I competed in a barrel race,

I was a nervous wreck. I was shaking withnerves. It felt like pterodactyls were flyingaround my stomach. I almost didn’t competeand many people thought I didn’t have whatit took to do this discipline. But I did it and itwas amazing. Running the pattern felt likemy horse and I were flying. If I hadn’t run inthat race, I would have definitely regretted it.It is a moment like that which reminds me Ican do anything I put my mind to.My first barrel race was one of my favorite

memories in my entire riding career and I al-most did not compete. I almost let my doubtand other people’s doubt keep me fromdoing what I love and what I am good at.I look back at this moment whenever I feel

myself thinking I can’t do something orwhen I feel like others doubt me. It remindsme to block out all of the negative thoughtsand just perform. You really can do anythingyou put your mind to. You just have to blockout all the people who are not there for youand remember a special moment, like myfirst barrel race. Remember how it felt toprove others and yourself wrong.Now I am not saying if you try your hard-

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Soccer

Nick Dolan || Staff [email protected]

The Murray State soccer teamplayed a pair of must-win games thispast weekend at Cutchin Field. Theteam ended up splitting the home se-ries and was eliminated from titlecontention for the first time since2006.On Oct. 20, the Racers won in

thrilling fashion, defeating Jack-sonville State in overtime to improvetheir chances of making the postsea-son. The Gamecocks were ahead of the

Racers for the 6th and final spot inthe OVC standings.Freshman forward Megg Hudson

scored first for the Racers in the 49thminute, when she headed in freshmanforward Racheal Foxley’s pass. TheGamecocks wouldn’t go quietlythough, scoring with just three min-utes left in the game off a corner kickwhich pushed the game into extratime.“I told the girls, to close out a game

you have to have the ball, and we gaveaway the ball way too much,” HeadCoach Beth Acreman said. “It wasn’t aproblem the whole game, but in thelast 10 minutes we looked rattled.”The Racers came out in over-time

and took control of possession, onlygiving up one shot and getting off sixin the same span. Senior defenderVeronika Pribyslavsk scored theteam-leading 7th goal and 3rd gamewinning goal of the season with just aminute left in the overtime period,giving the Racers their second over-time win this season. “We knew we had to win the game,”

Pribyslavsk said. “We went into thefirst overtime with the thought of ‘Weknow we have to win.’ We had a lot ofscoring opportunities and my goalwas kind of lucky. Now we’re just fo-cusing on the game on Sunday andwe’re going into it with the thoughtthat we need to win it.”With a crucial win behind them,

the Racers moved on to play theirsecond game of the weekend Sunday,Oct. 21, afternoon against TennesseeTech. Again, Murray State struck first in

the 22nd minute. Sophomore mid-fielder Julie Mooney dribbled pastthree Golden Eagle defenders and ripped a shot into the lower righthand corner of the net, beating thekeeper her first of the season.The Racers had trouble defending

against the Tennessee Tech offense,giving up a goal two minutes later totie the game at 1-1.The Golden Eagles ended the Rac-

ers hopes of making the OVC playoffsjust before the first half ended as theyput away their second goal. The Rac-ers could not muster a response.“The commitment defensively

was poor toward the end of the firsthalf,” Acreman said. “I think in thefirst 20 minutes of the game we dominated the team again, but with-out scoring goals you can’t wingames.”Murray State led in shots in

the first half 10-9 but couldn’t capital-ize.“We had a couple players in the

midfield dribbling in and they neededto score those goals,” Acreman said.“Statistically we’re beating the otherteam but the result doesn’t show it.” Murray State will miss the post sea-

son for the first time in Acreman’stenure and she said this season’s re-sults should be an eye opener for heryoung team as they send the seniorsoff Sunday afternoon for senior day.“Well obviously for my younger

players this has been a learning expe-rience for them, and it has been allseason,” Acreman said. “The worstthing is going to be on senior daywhen you know you can’t go to thetournament.”The Racers will play their final two

games of the season at 3 p.m. atCutchin Field this afternoon againstEastern Kentucky and at 1 p.m. onSunday against Morehead State.

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Men’s and women’s cross countryhave this weekend off to prepare for the OVC Championships hostedby Jacksonville State. The teams are coming into the tour-

nament on a strong run after each team set multiple personal bestsat the Pre-NCAA and Fast Cats Invi-tational last weekend. Freshman Abbie Ashbee-Simmonds

ran the 6K in 20:50.5 at Pre-NCAA tofinish in 18th place. She set a careerbest and broke the program record forthe 6K. Freshman Jarrod Koerner was the

first Racer to cross the finish line forthe men’s team. He finished witha time of 28:20.80 at the Fast Cats In-vitational and placed 33rd.Head Coach Jenny Severns said the

team is working on being well restedfor the championship races. Theywant to make sure all the kinks are sorted out so the team can perform to their best ability on Satur-day.“The fitness is there, we are not

going to get a lot more fit between

now and then,” she said. “It’s justabout getting rested and getting all of them taken care of and working onthe mental side of it. You know reallywanting it and in there with a lot offire.”On the women’s side the top five

teams all have a chance to win therace. “Like if you have a little bit of an

off day you are going to be fifth, thatis all there is to it,” Severns said. “It’salways a little nerve wreckinggoing in because you work harder, we are not a fifth place team. I feel like we work harder than that. But un-less we do well and have a good daythat could happen.”Last season the team finished

in fifth place at the OVC Champi-onships and in 27th place at theNCAA Regionals. This year thewomen’s team was picked in a pollduring the preseason to finish in fifthagain. Eastern Illinois was picked towin overall.The men’s team is young, which

could affect them going into the OVCChampionships. The majority of the team are freshmen. There are nine runners on the team and only

three have previous experience inOVC action.“I think everybody is just excited

to go and do better than we have done in the past and make an im-provement,” Severns said. “I thinkthey are in a really good position to dothat. So for them we are just worriedabout keeping the excitement up.” The team finished in 10th place

at the OVC Championships last season. In the pre-season the men’steam was picked to finish in 11th at thechampionships. Eastern Kentucky isthe team to beat this year. Senior Bridget Stichnot, who

is coming back from an injury, saidshe will continue to try and get fit while the rest of the team isgoing to get rested and ready to go. She said this year will be tough

because there will be a lot of goodteams and a lot of competition at thechampionships.“I think we are learning to thrive

under the competition and get out after it,” she said. “As long as we can get out after it I think we willbe good to go.”The OVC Championship races are

Saturday in Jacksonville, Ala.

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Golf

Laura Kovarik || Staff [email protected]

The Murray State women’s golf team shot a score of 921and returned home Tuesday Oct. 22, with a shared 8th placeat the Blue Raider Invitational.The team traveled to Murfreesboro Tenn. on Monday and

Tuesday for the last tournament of its fall season. The Rac-ers faced a field of 93 players and 18 teams at the invitationaland the tournament consisted of 3 rounds of 18 greens, fora total of 54 holes.Head Coach Velvet Milkman applauded her players for

their leadership and determination throughout the match. “I think we played better than what our scores showed,”

Milkman said. “An eighth place finish was not what we werehoping for. I thought the effort was good, we played welland showed strong leadership.”Senior Alexandra Lennartson led the racers throughout

the tournament and placed 11th with scores of 74-77-74= 225,while senior Alli Weaver placed 35th in the field of 93 withscores of 77-76-77=230. Teammates junior Delaney Howsonand freshman Abbi Stamper shared 51st place with scoresof 78-76-80=234 and 78-78-78=234 respectively. Freshman So-phie Hillier placed 69th with rounds of 76-83-80.Host Middle Tennessee won the event with a team score

of 889, with Morehead State (905) and University ofArkansas Little Rock (906) not far behind.“The field is about the strongest we play as far as depth

top-to-bottom and when you play in a golf tournament youdon’t have to be better than just one team, you have to bebetter than seventeen,” Milkman said. “You cannot makesome mental mistakes or have some loose swings or miss afew puts, and that was our challenge. The difference be-tween 8th and 3rd wasn’t as big as it looked on paper.”According to Weaver, the team’s resilience and ability to

bounce back from a bad shot stemmed from their prepara-tion on the green.“Velvet has us doing a lot of drills - a lot of chipping drills

and putting drills,” senior Alli Weaver said. “When we get tothe tournaments like this it’s really helpful because even ifyou miss the green or get in a tough spot, it gives you a oneup on the field. The days we spent around the green andjust chipping and putting really helps us when it comes totournament time.”The team’s biggest challenge is patience. Not only does

the sport of golf require great physical endurance, it also isa very mentally taxing sport. The mental game is equally asimportant as the physical aspect.“Patience, golf is not a game that’s perfect,” Milkman said.

“You’re not going to get every shot absolutely perfectespecially when it’s windy and you have to be able to bepatient. When those shots are perfect you minimize yourdamages and move on. We still have to get much better atthat.”Milkman approaches the spring and off-season with

a business as usual attitude. The preparation for their cham-pionship season begins after the players take this upcomingweek off.“The off-season has a lot more work in the weight room,

it’s about getting stronger for those 36 whole days,” Milk-man said. “As long as the weather is nice, they will continueto go out and practice and play. I told them winning cham-pionships takes patience, they take time off to regroup andthat is what we are going to do.”Both Milkman and Weaver are looking forward to the

spring season. Improvement and patience are the mainfocus for the off-season.“I think overall it went really well for our team,” Weaver

said. “Our freshmen really stepped it up. It was difficult withthe wind over the past few days, but overall I think we hitthe ball really well. I think putting improved and it was gooda hole for a final tournament of the season.”The Racers played five events during their fall season

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Kyra Ledbetter || Staff [email protected]

This weekend the Racers dropped twomatches, losing to second ranked Kentucky by 61points on Friday Oct. 19, then losing again the fol-lowing day to seventh ranked United States Mil-itary Academy by 30. In terms of the Racers’season, however, those numbers aren’t the onesthat matter.Here are some that do. Senior Bill Harvey scored a career-high small-

bore score of 580 on Friday against UK, only tobeat that record the next day against Army witha score of 584, putting him in first place in small-bore. If Harvey had posted the same score against

Kentucky, he would have beaten all but oneshooter. Harvey also shot his best aggregatescore against Army with a 1,162.Murray State also posted its two highest team

smallbore scores of the season, first against UKwith a score of 2,287 and then against Army witha score of 2,291.Senior Caroline Barber held the Racers’ top

aggregate score on Friday at 1,155, with a small-bore score of 572 and an air rifle score of 583. Murray State’s freshmen shooters also had an

impressive weekend, with Tessa Howald andKaitlyn Wilson, both shooting a 569 in smallboreagainst Army on Saturday. In air rifle Howaldshot a 582 with Wilson falling close behind witha 580, putting them in fifth and sixth place in airrifle against Kentucky. “We didn’t necessarily compete as well as we

would have liked to or we would hope to, but wedefinitely learned a lot and some of our fresh-men definitely grew up during the last twomatches,” Assistant Coach Ashley Rose said.“They were able to handle situations a lot betterthan they have in the past and that in itself is a

great accomplishment.”What all those numbers add up to is simple.

Though the Racers have lost matches, theirscores are improving. Despite the losses, Rosebelieves Murray State rifle is in good positionand ready to move forward.“One thing they didn’t do was give up,” Rose

said. “They didn’t give up once. They workedtheir butts off throughout the whole match. Eventhough it wasn’t necessarily what we wantedor what the potential of this team is, we defi-nitely fought as hard as we could for the scorethat we had, so we can’t be mad at that. We have

a lot of ground to gain. This team has a lot of po-tential and we’re training really well. We justhave to learn to handle the pressure better.”Part of learning to handle the pressure better,

particularly for freshmen shooters who arequickly coming into their own, is acheiving consistency in the face of mentally-trying matchsituations.“They’ve already started to establish some

consistency in their matches,” Rose said. “So it’sjust training at a higher level to bring thosematch scores up. I think they’ve already estab-lished their base. They have their bobbles. If you

look at their match you’ll see that they have somereally good strings and then one low one. It’s justthat one low one we have to work on and gettingover those little bobbles. That’s where we can establish a little bit more consistency and pushharder to bring those scores up.”This weekend, the Racers will host their

second match of the season, taking on ninthranked Ole Miss and third ranked conferencerival Jacksonville State University.“I think that this weekend we’ll have the ad-

vantage of being home again and like Allan (Lol-lar) says, we just got done with a match and yesit was hard, but come Monday morning we’retraining for the next one,” Barber said. “We won’tforget what happened at this match and we’llwork on the things we struggled with or that we need to improve on, but we’re always prepar-ing for the next one. And I think this one will bea good one.”Last season the Gamecocks took home the

OVC Championship, breaking the Racers’ three-year streak, making them a rival for Murray Stateand the main competition for the OVC title.“Jacksonville, I think graduated only one sen-

ior last year, so they’re coming back with theirteam from last year,” Rose said. “They’re doingwell this season and we’re looking forward tothem coming. They’ll give us a lot of competitionbecause they’re not having to go through someof the struggles we are, but they’ve definitely im-proved this year and we’re hoping to make thoseimprovements.”The Racers will face off Saturday against both

Ole Miss and OVC rival Jacksonville State at thePat Spurgin Rifle Range in two relays. The first relay will start at 8 a.m. and

the second will start around 1 p.m. Fans are en-couraged to come watch the matches below RoyStewart Stadium.

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Last season, the men’s bas-ketball team received unprece-dented national attentionduring its remarkable 23 gamewinning streak and run intothe third round of the NCAATournament. ESPN announced its sched-

ule of televised OVC games,and the national spotlight willremain on the Racers in 2012-13. As part of the terms of thetelevision deal between theconference and ESPN, sevenregular season OVC matchups,plus the conference champi-onship tournament in March,will be aired on one of theESPN family of networks.The Racers have been se-

lected to appear in at least fourof these seven games. The tel-evised games will appear on

ESPNU and include two roadgames: SEMO on Jan. 5 andTennessee Tech on Jan. 24. Ad-ditionally, two home gamesagainst Austin Peay on Feb. 2and Belmont on Feb. 7 will beaired on the national network. ESPN also scheduled a ‘wild

card’ game, which will be se-lected from the six OVCmatchups on March 2 and willair on ESPNU. The Racers hostSEMO that evening. The regular season OVC

matchups, however, will not bethe only televised games forthe Racers. ESPN will air eachgame from the Racer’s earlyseason tournament, theCharleston Classic, as well asseveral games from the OVCTournament. Murray State’s first round

Charleston Classic matchup iswith Auburn and its second

round matchup is against ei-ther St. Johns or the College ofCharleston. If they win both ofthose games, the CharlestonClassic championship matchwill likely air on one of ESPN’smain networks (ESPN orESPN2). With at least four regular

season matchups, plus gamesfrom the Charleston ClassicOVC Tournament and perhapsthe NCAA Tournament, theRacers could appear on na-tional television more than 10times. The Racer TV Network has

yet to announce its schedule,but will feature several MurrayState home and away games. With a highly anticipated

season right around the corner,Racer fans from all over thecountry will be able to watchtheir team all season long.

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Each year, as a part of Domestic ViolenceAwareness Month, the Murray State Women’sCenter opens a walk-through, interactive exhibitknown as Crazy In Love. Earlier this week, thecenter had the exhibit in Wrather Museum,hosted for all students and the community tosee. The purpose of the exhibit is to show how

someone in a serious relationship often ignoresthe red flags that signal domestic violence. Theexhibit explores the relationship of Jenna who is19 and Chris who is 23. They are two made-upcharacters who meet in college and quickly fallin love. There are five separate rooms in the ex-hibit, each are rooms that Jenna lives in and eachrepresents a different time in the couple’s rela-tionship. “(Jenna’s) excited about college and excited

about this new relationship,” said AbigailFrench, interim director of the Women’s Center.“You move through the exhibit and each room(shows things like) where she moves in with himand then you see their relationship get progres-sively more violent.”French described the end of the exhibit as a

crime scene where assumptions could be made

as to what happened. While walking through all of the the rooms,

students had the opportunity to read Jenna’sjournals, watch the couple’s video blogs, look attheir pictures and read messages they left foreach other. “You get to watch their videos and you get to

see them interact and it kind of helps you get tosee who they are and what kind of people theyare and how their relationship progresses,”French said.In preparation for the event, the Women’s

Center staff found themselves having to startover, due to an accident that occurred over thesummer.“All of the props that were originally collected

in the past were accidentally thrown away overthe summer,” French said. “So, we had to com-pletely start over and collect everything againand put it all back together.”The items they collected were items typically

found in a dorm room or living room area,French said. The staff gathered clothes, towels,rugs and other home items to make this year’sexhibit as realistic as it had been in the pastyears with the previous director, Jane Etheridge. Since the exhibit has been known as an eye-

opening experience for many past observers,Kayla Toering, Women’s Center graduate assis-

tant and residential director of Springer Resi-dential College, recommends her residential ad-visers and students take advantage of Crazy InLove.“I think it’s been really helpful for me to be a

part of the Women’s Center this year so I canknow what’s happening,” Toering said. “I can beable to spread that word not only to my staff butto other RDs on campus since we all work soclosely together.”At the end of the exhibit, students had the op-

portunity to write their comments about theirexperience, whether it be good or bad. Theywere also encouraged to collect pamphlets andinformation about how to get help if in an abu-sive relationship or if a friend is in an abusive re-lationship. Students could also read the GoneBut Not Forgotten displays which honor the menand women who were killed in 2007-2011 bytheir partner. Although the experience is arguably emo-

tional, the Center’s goal is to expose the signalsthat are often ignored in relationships. “I hope the students (who attended) will be

more aware of their relationships,” Toering said.“I feel like I’ve worked with students who don’trecognize the signs of verbal and emotionalabuse, which clearly escalates further – so Ithink being aware of those signs and knowing

when to get out and when to seek help of somekind is a good thing.”French agreed and added she wants students

and observers of the exhibit to see how badthings can get if the signals go unnoticed or getignored.“Just be aware of what’s going on in your own

life, be aware of what’s going on in your friends’lives,” French said. “There are clues in the envi-ronment that shouldn’t be ignored or dis-counted. Know that violence is a progressionthat can escalate and usually does. We want (stu-dents) to see that this is what can happen andwe don’t ever want them to get there, so beaware of these signs in the beginning so that youcan cut it off.”The best thing anyone can do when in this sit-

uation, Toering said, is to talk with someonethey are close to.“I encourage my staff to have regular interac-

tions with people so that their residents will feelcomfortable, but I think that if you are goingthrough something, you should find somebodythat you feel comfortable talking to – get thatoutside opinion – because I feel like a lot of peo-ple are a lot more hesitant to seek help rightaway,” Toering said. “If you can find that personthat you trust they can help you or help you findsomebody who can.”

Dominique Duarte || Staff [email protected]

As fall arrives on campus, so do a hostof seasonal illnesses, which causes aneed for students to be proactive aboutstaying healthy.The most common illnesses at this

time of year are sinus infections, respira-tory tract infections, strep infections,bronchitis and gastrointestinal illnesses.Robert Hughes, Ph. D, family physician

at Primary Care Medical Center, ex-plained several factors that often con-tribute to these illnesses. “Sinus infections are brought about

typically by a few different things, num-ber one being a lot of allergies precipitatethose,” Hughes said. “The second thing isthat you’re starting to put people in con-fined spaces with the temperature chang-ing, usually in a school setting and ifsomeone has a contagious illness, itspreads from person to person.”Hughes said also, harvesting crops and

burning tobacco can flare allergies andmake them more susceptible to catchacute infections. Although the flu typically spreads in

December, January and February, vac-cines are available now. Judy Lyle, healtheducator, encourages students to get a flushot because this is the best time of theyear to prevent the flu.“We’re starting the beginning of flu

season and health services does havesome flu vaccine on hand for studentsright now,” Lyle said. “We were able topurchase 100 doses and we gave out 45doses (Monday) at the student health fairover at the Wellness Center. So what wehave left is on a first come first servebasis so students can either call me andmake an appointment for a flu shot orthey can just show up and we’ll give themone.”Hughes said students can maintain

good health by getting adequate sleep,having a nutritious diet, exercising,avoiding getting close to people who aresick and frequently washing hands. How-ever, he said, if students do become ill,they need to drink plenty of fluids andtake medicine.“Drink a lot of extra fluids no matter

what the illness is,” Hughes said. “Thebest thing to drink when you’re sick is asports drink whether it be Gatorade or

something similar to that; the other thingis if you feel bad in general either Tylenolor Ibuprofen; seek medical attention formore serious illnesses.”Students can visit Primary Care or

Health Services at Murray State to seekadditional medical care. Primary Care isopen seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. onweekends. Murray State Health Servicesis open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday throughFriday and are closed Wednesday after-noons.Students can reduce stress that makes

them more susceptible to illness by notprocrastinating, staying on top of theirassignments and asking their professorsfor help. Hughes thinks students may putthemselves at risk for illness, but they dotend to recover rather quickly.Said Hughes: “We see a pretty sub-

stantial number of college students, butone thing about college students eventhough they’re studying and sometimesrunning on a low number of hours ofsleep, due to their age they’re by andlarge healthier than the general popula-tion; they tend to shake off illness prettyquickly.”

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Professors and their Hobbies isa new series that profiles vari-ous Murray State professorswho have unique hobbies. Thisis the first installment.

Hunter Harrell ||Staff [email protected]

Most college students tendto think the idea of MurrayState faculty members havinghobbies outside the classroomis unimaginable. Believe it ornot, most staff members atMurray State have lives be-yond their classrooms and of-fice walls.Kevin Qualls, professor of

Journalism and Mass Commu-nications from Ashland, Ky.,has worked at Murray Statefor four years.In his free time, however,

Qualls plays bass guitar withthe band he put together ayear and a half ago, called SoulDog. “I played guitar a lot when I

was younger,” Qualls said.“But how boring is playingguitar by yourself? So I startedplaying with my brother-in-law who is now the (lead) gui-tarist in the band.”Later, the two began inviting

other musicians to play withthem, eventually forming whatwould be Soul Dog.According to Qualls, the

band was created for only onepurpose with a few simplerules. “This band isn’t anything

other than let’s get togetherand have fun.” he said. “Wehad three simple rules whenstarting out: no girls allowed,if anybody wants to tour and itrequires being gone overnightor if anybody wanted to try tomake a living off the band,they weren’t allowed in (ei-ther).” Soul Dog is made up of five

members, including Qualls.David Booth is the lead gui-tarist, Rick Burres playsdrums, Terry Fox plays thekeyboard and Gary Mooreplays the saxophone. Booth

and Moore are vocalists aswell.As for the name Soul Dog,

the band spent weeks trying tocome up with it. “We wanted a name that

named the genre of music,soul,” Qualls said. “Our gui-tarist was drawing a little dogwith sunglasses on, and reallythat cartoon gave us the name,Soul Dog.”For the most part, the band

plays covers of soul musicfrom the 1960s and ‘70s. Theyoften play music by artistssuch as Otis Redding, WilsonPickett, Sam & Dave, Al Greenand Smokey Robinson. Thegroup also performs someclassic rock by The Beatles,Van Morrison, Grass Rootsand David Bowie.“We are a bunch of white

guys playing old black guymusic,” Qualls said. “For a lotof people, if you hear thesesongs, you would recognizethem, but most have neverheard them performed live be-fore.”In addition to cover songs,

the band also performs oneoriginal song. However, theyare currently writing newsongs to add more originalsoul music to their set list,Qualls said.Despite the bands’ existence

as being solely a hobby, SoulDog gets together at least oncea week for practice unlessthey have a show. They haveperformances about twice amonth, mostly at restaurantsin Paducah.“When I’m playing with the

guys, it’s the only moment thatexists,” Qualls said. “Whathappened earlier today, what’sgoing to happen later or to-morrow, it just recedes fromyour thoughts.”Last Saturday, Soul Dog per-

formed its first show in Mur-ray at the Big Apple Cafe. Besides catching a show,

music by Soul Dog is postedon its Facebook page, face-book.com/paducahsouldog.Some tracks can also be foundon reverbnation.com.

Shannon MacAllister ||Staff [email protected]

Murray State’s Ducks Unlimited andWildlife and Fisheries Society arelooking forward to their first ever Callof the Fall duck calling contest tomor-row. The idea of hosting a duck calling

contest has long been considered bythe local Ducks Unlimited andWildlife and Fisheries Society chap-ters, but had never been acted uponuntil this year.“It’s something we’ve always brain-

stormed about and just kind ofdreamed about doing, but just thisyear we kind of got it in our heads thatwe wanted to do something cool,something different,” Jacob Goodman,junior from Hickman, Ky., said. “With

ties in both the Ducks Unlimited andWildlife and Fisheries Society, twohuge conservation organizations, whynot have a hunting event on campus?”With this mindset, Goodman and

Dan Stevens, senior from O’Fallon,Mo., began organizing the duck callingcontest. After going through the ap-propriate channels for getting permis-sion as well as the appropriatepaperwork, the event finally began totake shape. “The toughest part was just publi-

cizing it and letting people knowabout it,” Goodman said. Getting the right people to help pick

the winners was also a challenge.“Finding judges who actually know

what the duck is supposed to soundlike has also been a struggle,” Stevenssaid. The contest will take place in The

Quad in front of Lovett Auditorium,and will open at 9 a.m. to allow lastminute registrations until 11 a.m. Reg-istration costs $10 for all students, $10for nonstudents who have preregis-tered online, $15 for nonstudents whoregister on site and $10 for all kids 15and under. At 11 a.m. the judges will beannounced and the duck calling com-petition will commence. During the event there will be hot-

dogs, hamburgers and other refresh-ments available for purchase.“There will also be games and raf-

fles happening throughout the eventfor those tired of hearing quacks, sothat way they can go and do some-thing else,” Stevens said.The winner of each amateur bracket

will be awarded a prize. The profes-sional bracket winner will receive acash prize.

Callers will be judged on theirsound, clarity and overall ability tosound like a duck.“If you sound like a duck, you’re

going to win,” Goodman said.All funds raised from Call of the Fall

will be donated to the Ducks Unlim-ited philanthropy. “The money goes to the ducks. It

goes to wetland conservation andpreservation,” Stevens said.The organization boasts having one

of the highest donation rates as theydonate nearly all of their money to theorganizations they support.“That’s one of the greatest things

about Ducks Unlimited,” Goodmansaid. “People think it’s just a bunch ofduck hunters who get together, but forevery dollar that’s donated to DucksUnlimited, 80 cents of it goes directlytoward wetland conservation.”

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MisunderstoodBeing a musicianmeans not only per-forming music butalso composing it. It’s difficult for musi-cians to deal with oth-ers warping the lyricswritten from a per-sonal experience andmorphing it intosomething to relate to.In some cases thelyrics you portray as amusician are not takenout of context and peo-

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1. “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”by Green DayI can’t help but laugh when people use

this as their graduation or wedding song.The song sounds like a reminiscence of acertain time in your life. One chapter’sending but another will be starting soon.Some may be surprised to learn Billie JoeArmstrong penned the song after a tragicbreak-up. He wrote the song as basically abig screw you to his ex-girlfriend. Thetone of the song is supposed to be sarcas-tic. “I hope you had the time of your life.”

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ceived a lot of criticism because the listen-ers didn’t understand what the meaningbehind it was. Many thought Kurt Cobainwas being insensitive toward a very sensi-tive subject. Cobain’s goal was actually theexact opposite; he was trying to raiseawareness for rape victims and what theygo through.

3. “Born In The U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen“Born In The U.S.A” is possibly one of

the top misinterpreted songs. You’ll hearthis song plenty around the Fourth of Julybecause of the assumption it’s patriotic.Politicians have even been known to usethis song while campaigning. Any adoringSpringsteen fan will shed light on the mat-ter and show you the way. He wrote thesong describing how America doesn’t playby the rules – we don’t fight fair. Morespecifically, he was singing about the Viet-nam War and how it had a negative impacton the American citizens.

4.“Love Song” by Sara BareillesIt seems all any song is about these days

is love. Whether it’s the beginning of a re-lationship, the midst of a relationship orthe ending of a relationship, it seems musi-cians just can’t think up other topics. Record labels want to capitalize on this

so they have their artists write about thesubject. Bareilles took it into her ownhands. She was against writing somethingthat she didn’t want to write about, a lovesong, so she wrote about just that. Hersong, “Love Song,” which many interpretas her telling a lover that she doesn’t wantto write about him, is really her telling offher record label. “I’m not going to writeyou a love song/because you asked forit/because you need it.”

5. “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” by The BeatlesThe song, written by John Lennon, was

widely interpreted to be about the drugLSD. The psychedelic lyrics didn’t helpany. “Picture yourself in a boat on ariver/With tangerine trees and marmaladeskies.” Lennon claims the connection tothe drug is ludicrous. The song was in-spired by a drawing Lennon’s son, Sean,created for him.

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Music Review

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It seems like the young coun-try/pop singer Taylor Swift putsout a new album every two years,at least that’s the pattern she’sformed. After taking a brief breakout of the spotlight last year, Swiftis back again with her fourth stu-dio album, “Red.”Swift wrote in the prologue of

the CD’s insert that the album re-flects moments of newfound hope,extreme joy, intense passion,wishful thinking and in somecases, the unthinkable letdown. Shesaid these kinds of moments burnbright red in her mind – conse-quently inspiring the album’s title. “This album is about the other

kinds of love that I’ve recently fallenin and out of, love that was treach-erous, sad, beautiful and tragic,”Swift wrote.I think Swift achieves that goal.

She makes this album about her pre-vious relationships that made herfeel a variety of intense emotions.As an artist who is known to be astoryteller in her lyrics, you canhear her agony, passion and hopethroughout this album. That is whatSwift’s fans love about her and Inever understood until listening tothe songs on “Red.” The opening song is called “State

of Grace” and is probably my fa-vorite track on the entire album.Written by Swift, the catchy chorusand lyrics, “I never saw you com-ing,” brings positive energy to lis-teners. It’s a great way to start analbum. The next song is the album’s

namesake, “Red.” This song sums upwhat Swift talks about in her pro-logue I mentioned earlier, exceptthis song is about one specific pastrelationship that was full of strongemotions. She compares that rela-tionship to various things and colorsincluding blue, dark gray and, ofcourse, red. When you listen to “Sad Beautiful

Tragic,” the subtleness in Swift’svoice really provokes the agony thatshe’s singing about. Any artist whocan portray emotions well in theirmusic like Swift does is in the rightindustry. “I Knew You Were Trouble” is a

fun little song that speaks about

falling for the bad guy and includessome neat electronic additions,which is something new for Swift.Swift collaborated with other fa-

miliar artists on two songs on thealbum. She teams up with GaryLightbody from the band Snow Pa-trol in “The Last Time.” The duosings with an orchestra, and thesong has a nice build to it – SnowPatrol style.In “Everything Has Changed,”

Swift collaborates with Ed Sheeran.Sheeran complements her voice asthey harmonize through the chorus. There are two songs on this

album that seem a little immaturefor the 22-year-old to me. One is the

radio-hit “We Are Never Ever Get-ting Back Together.” The other is“22.” These two songs don’t match the

tone of the rest of the album. Theysound like songs that belong to anyof her previous albums. By purchasing the deluxe edition,

fans recieve six extra songs includ-ing alternative versions of “State ofGrace,” “Red” and “Treacherous.”I would definitely argue that

Swift’s style and voice is anythingbut solid country. She definitely hasa pop influence in her sound, espe-cially with her studio add-ons heardin this album. But, the artist contin-ues to sell millions of albums - this

particular one sold 262,000 copieson the first day of its release, andhas won countless awards and hon-ors. She must be doing somethingright.

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Book Review

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Lauren Conradmade sure that message was clear when creating herlatest book, “Beauty.”Women of all ages can look to it for tips about

everything from living a healthy lifestyle to what in-gredients to avoid in face wash.Conrad is undoubtedly someone to look up to. She

made it on her own, well, with the help of MTV re-ality shows. She’s only 26-years-old yet has been intwo reality shows spanning five years, has an afford-able fashion line, a high-end fashion line called PaperCrown, has written seven books and is recognized asa New York Times Best Selling Author.Behind all the glitz and glam of her Hollywood

lifestyle, Conrad is someone to admire because shehas gone through similar struggles facing many

young people today.“At 18 I was cut off financially,” Conrad told Seven-

teen in an interview. “Seventeen was a happy time forme, but 18 was hard. People think that I've had it easy,but I haven't had it as easy as you think. When I wentoff to college, I wasn't going to class in Louis Vuit-ton. There were definitely times when my bank ac-count was zero. I was financially independent, but Iwasn't exactly living a lavish life. My dad was reallyadamant about that. He'd say ‘You're going to go tocollege and live it like everyone else, because if youwant to make your own decisions, you need to sup-port yourself, too.’”For the full review, visit thenews.org.

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