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The fate of men’s basketball soph-omore Zaveral “Zay” Jackson re-mains unknown this week afterJudge Craig Clymer rejected theplea deal the point guard originallyentered last month.

Clymer held a status hearing atWednesday afternoon and offeredJackson oneyear in jail fortwo charges off i r s t - d e g r e ewanton endan-germent. IfJackson acceptsthis offer, hewill be sen-tenced Nov. 21.

If Jackson ac-cepts the offer,he will be eligible for shock proba-tion, allowing Jackson to serve aportion of the year in a correc-tional facility and serve the rest onprobation. If he declines, the casewill be taken to trial.

The original plea deal Jackson ac-cepted from Judge Dennis Foust in-cluded 30 weekend days in jail,attendance of anger managementcourses, community service proj-ects and restitution for the victims.Jackson would not only serve week-ends under the one-year sentence.

Jackson plead guilty last month totwo counts of wanton endangermentafter striking two individuals with hiscar in a Walmart parking lot in Sep-tember after a verbal altercation.

Foust left the trial in mid-Octoberafter an unknown media sourcequestioned his ties to the MurrayState basketball team. Clymer, a Mc-Cracken County circuit judge, wasappointed afterFoust recusedhimself.

Head CoachSteve Prohm andathletic directorAllen Ward sus-pended Jacksonfrom all team ac-tivities, includ-ing practicesshortly afterFoust left the trial.

At basketball media day late lastmonth, Prohm announced he wasallowing Jackson to practice withthe team.

“He’s back to practice now,”Prohm said. “I think he has to prac-tice because he’s got great leader-ship, he’s got great competitivespirit and he’s a great teammate. Hewants to be a part of the programand he wants to win. At the end ofthe day, what happened to him doesnot define who he is.”

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President Barack Obama addresses a large crowd near his home in Chicago Tuesday nightafter it was announced he had won his second term in office.

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Survey sheds light on marijuana usageMeghann Anderson ||Assistant News Editormanderson22@murraystate.edu

As students in Colorado and Wash-ington legally light up blunts, studentsat Murray State are having to do sobehind closed doors.

With the legalization of marijuanarecently passed in those two states,some students who smoke are wish-ing their state would do the same. Buteither way, data indicates that somestudents are prone to lighting up ajoint without the consent of the law.

In March the National CollegeHealth Assessment surveyed stu-dents on campus to get an idea ofmarijuana use.

The assessment, sponsored by theAmerican College Health Association,evaluated 638 Murray State studentsin the spring. Approximately 30 per-cent of the students claimed to havesmoked marijuana before.

Murray State had five incidents in-volving marijuana in the month of Oc-

tober, as reported by Public Safety.Two of those incidents ended with nocharges for lack of contraband. Thesenumbers do not represent the totalnumber of Murray State students whouse marijuana.

Murray State’s larger sister univer-sity, Western Kentucky, reported 13 in-cidents involving marijuana in thesame month.

Photos by Kylie Townsend/The News

A Murray State student enjoys a marijuana cigarette in his Murray apartment earlier this week.

New judge rejectsJackson plea deal

Nuggets lie on a table next to a cleared marijuana cigarette not yet smoked.

Lexy Gross || Staff writercgross2@murraystate.edu

Nineteen percent of voters in thisyear’s election were between the agesof 18-29 – an increase from 2008, ac-cording to exit polls. Of the youngvoters, 60 percent chose to re-electPresident Barack Obama.

Throughout the year’s campaign,much of Gov. Mitt Romney andObama’s focus had been on the youth.Both candidates held strong, oppos-ing views on issues affecting the fu-ture of students.

Courtney Kerns, senior from Padu-cah, Ky., said this election was criticalfor the college-aged, especially withthe unsettled economy and job market.

“I want President Obama to ad-dress the job situation,” Kerns said.“I’m graduating soon and my jobsearch hasn’t been too successful.I’m scared there won’t be many jobs

available after graduation.” While Kerns is concerned for her

future career, Alex Green, junior fromPaducah, Ky., said he believes jobgrowth is on the rise.

“I personally plan on going into themanufacturing industry,” Green said.“I have been told the jobs are increas-ing. I hope to be able to get a job whenI graduate but I think it’ll be a slowprocess.”

Green said he thinks Obama’s planfor the economy will work, but said itwill take time and that economic re-covery would not only depend on thepresident’s work, but on Congress’scooperation as well. Green said thelack of working across bipartisan linesso far has attributed to the slow move-ment of the economy.

Ali Love, junior from Murray, saidthe national debt has only gottenworse since Obama entered his pres-idency. Love believes Obama’s ability

to keep tuition rates low for studentswill depend on his work with theeconomy.

“The recession hasn’t really ended,”Love said. “Unless he changes his

policies, I don’tthink tuitionprices will im-prove.”

Marcie Siders,senior of Dover,Tenn., said tuitionprices are a majorconcern for her.She said theObama adminis-tration has contin-

ued to support federal funding forpublic education, such as through thePell grants and she hopes it continues.

“I wouldn’t be here without (thegrants) and student financial aid,”

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Edward Marlowe || Staff writeremarlowe@murraystate.edu

The University of Kentucky an-nounced Murray State University asthe location for their new College ofMedicine western campus, sayingthe program could be installed asearly as 2012.

That was two years ago.More delays are ahead, and the

school’s medical public relations de-partment is set to comment in thecoming weeks regarding theprogress and effect of the programon the Purchase Area.

For now, though, officials at UKare remaining silent.

Called the Rural Physician Lead-ership Program (RPLP), the pro-

gram should be available to studentsby no later than 2014.

Dean of the College of Science,Engineering and Technology SteveCobb said, while delays were possi-ble for the installment of the cur-riculum, reasons for the slowedprogress were unclear and he saidthe University is doing their part inmaking sure the transition issmooth.

“Murray Calloway County Hospi-tal is to be a focal point of the clini-cal training,” Cobb said. “Naturally,Murray State is excited to assist theUK College of Medicine in bringingthis program to Murray and the re-gion, since it would provide addi-

UK-Murray State medicalschool program on hold

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Nov. 11122::2244 aa..mm.. A caller reported thesmell of marijuana at ElizabethCollege. Officers were notifiedand found none. Officers tookan information report.44::2200 pp..mm.. Central Plant re-ported a gas leak at WinslowDining Hall. Officers, MurrayFire Department and MurrayNatural Gas were notified. Of-fices took an information re-port.99::0088 pp..mm. A caller reported ha-rassment at White College. Of-ficers were notified and tookan information report.

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Central Plant, the Murray FireDepartment and the state firemarshal were notified. Offi-cers took an information re-port.1111::4488 aa..mm.. A caller reported agroup of suspicious people atthe New Fine Arts Building.Officers were notified andtook and information report.66 pp..mm.. A caller reported a theftfrom a dorm room at RegentsCollege. Officers were notifiedand took a report for second-degree burglary.

Nov. 322::1188 pp..mm.. A caller reported ve-hicle vandalism at WinslowDining Hall. Officers were no-tified and found no vandalism. 88::1111 pp..mm.. A caller reported theftof property at Hart College.Officers were notified and theproperty was found. 1111::3355 pp..mm.. Officers issued a ci-

tation to Alexandria Mont-gomery, non-student fromMurray for expired registra-tion.

Nov. 411::3300 aa..mm.. Officers arrestedCasey Wayne Rose, non-stu-dent from Harrisburg, Ill., atRyan Avenue for a DUI withaggravated circumstances. 1122::3355 pp..mm.. A caller reported anargument between residents atFranklin College. Officerswere notified and took an in-

formation report.66::4488 pp..mm.. A caller reported thesmell of gasoline on the thirdfloor of Franklin College. Offi-cers, the Murray Fire Depart-ment, Central Plant and thestate fire marshal were noti-fied.

Nov. 51122::3300 aa..mm.. A caller reportedbeing harassed at Franklin Col-lege. Officers were notifiedand took an information re-port.

22::1177 pp..mm.. A caller reported ve-hicle vandalism at Hester Col-lege. Officers were notifiedand took a report. 88::5522 pp..mm.. A caller reporteddamage to the grounds atHeritage Hall. Officers werenotified but the damage wasgone upon their arrival. Offi-cers took an information re-port.

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Nov. 71111::3344 aa..mm.. A caller reported anoise complaint at BlackburnScience Building. Officerswere notified and took an in-formation report.44::3300 pp..mm.. A caller reported astolen credit card to officers atPublic Safety. Officers took aninformation report upon ar-rival.55::2266 pp..mm.. A caller reportedbeing harassed at Clark Col-lege. Officers were notifiedand, upon arrival, took an in-formation report.

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Siders said. “If we have any hope of being able tocompete in the current market, we have to con-tinue supporting higher education.”While students held strong opinions on the

economy related to education, students werealso concerned with many of the social aspectsof the campaign. Many students said their socialviews influenced their decision to vote morethan other matters.“I supported Obama because I am pro-choice

and I support gay rights,” Green said. “I agreedwith himmore on social issues. I’m not religious,so I guess that affects my decision on Obama’ssocial stances. I don’t think religion should dic-tate government policy.”Love disagreed with Obama’s views, saying

her religious affiliation and conservative viewswere not in line with the president’s.“I disagree with abortion because I believe an

unborn child has the right to life and the preg-nant mother shouldn’t be allowed to take thatright away,” Love said. “Gay marriage doesn’t fitwith my view of traditional marriage, which I be-lieve is meant to be between a man and awoman.”While Kerns voted for Romney, she said she

holds more liberal views on social issues andagrees with Obama’s opinions.Siders also agrees with Obama’s social views,

although she voted for an independent candi-date.Siders said she voted independent because

she was unsure of either candidate’s ability tolead the country.“I didn’t agree with Romney’s beliefs,” Siders

said. “I completely disagreed with his plan forthe country, so I’m really just happy he wasn’telected, although I didn’t necessarily supportObama.”Kerns said, while she was disappointed in the

outcome of the election, she will support Obamain his presidency. She stressed her opinion ofhow some students have reacted after the elec-tion.“With as negative campaign as Obama had, the

outcome is expected to be negative, too,” Kernssaid. “But I definitely disagree with how somestudents have reacted to Obama being re-elected. We shouldn’t be fighting like this, espe-cially on social media.”Siders agreed with this opinion, saying some

students have been extremely closed-minded.“There’s a lot of bigoted comments being

thrown around on Facebook and honestly, it’sstupid,” Siders said. “We’re supposed to be aforthcoming nation and we’re really far behindin that sense.”While students have differing views, most

agree to support Obama for the next four years.Students are looking for change and recovery insocial, economic and educational aspects.

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Jeremiah Johnson, student government asso-ciation president, said he thinks the topic comesdown to individual decision making.“If people are able to fight for our country at

the age of 18, they should be able to make theirown decisions about other things in their life,”Johnson said.Judy Lyle, interim associate director of Health

Services and health educator, said there aremany studies that show the effects of marijuanaon a person’s brain.The studies show marijuana effects the brain

by depleting verbal and communication skills,as well as attentiveness. In Kentucky, the punishment for possession

of up to eight ounces of marijuana can result ina maximum sentence of 45 days in jail and amaximum fine of $250 because it is a Class Bmisdemeanor.Bryce Hayes, senior from Calhoun, Ky., said

he thinks marijuana should be legalized andthere should be no penalties for possession.“I feel like the police have better things to

worry about than people smoking weed,” Hayessaid. “There are worse crimes going unnoticedwhen they focus their attention on marijuanausers.”Brian Slipkevych, senior from Glendale

Heights, Ill., said there are other more harmfulactivities that college kids get into. He said thelegalization of recreational use in some statesonly proves the narcotic cannot be too harmfulto people who use it.“Alcohol, tobacco and cocaine are all more

harmful than marijuana,” Slipkevych said.“Other states have legalized the use of mari-juana, so it can’t be all that bad.” Mike Young, vice president of Student Af-

fairs, said there are several different thingsthat could happen to a student who was foundwith marijuana, depending on the circum-stances. “Generally, if you are caught with it on cam-

pus or in the residence halls you have either anadministrative hearing or a judicial board hear-ing,” Young said. “At both hearings, a sanctionwould be given that would range from discipli-nary probation, removal from on-campus hous-ing, assigned community service hours, as wellas being removed from campus altogether.”There are different punishments, depending

on the case. At minimum, a student would beplaced on disciplinary probation for a one-yearperiod and be assigned community servicehours.Young said this would go into a disciplinary

file kept at the University for several years.Mary Kate Pummer, junior from Mayfield,

Ky., said she thinks marijuana should not be le-galized. “If weed became legal, then more people

would be likely to smoke it,” Pummer said. “It isa drug that effects your brain and your thinking,that’s not safe.”

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tional slots for our students who areinterested in applying to medicalschool.”After two full years of science ed-

ucation at the University of Ken-tucky, students following the RPLP

curriculum will then have clinicalexperiences in their third and fourthyears, choosing to either attendMorehead State University or theup-and-coming Murray State Uni-versity regional locations for furtherinstruction.These clinical rotations occur in a

block format involving four monthsof rigorous study with internal med-icine and two months of study re-garding surgery, psychiatry,

neurology, pediatrics and obstet-rics/gynecology.Family medicine is also another in-

tegral section of the program, whichrequires students to attend a familymedicine clinic once a week for anentire year. Students will acquire astrong familiarity with the clinic’s op-eration, its patients and its involve-ment with the community. Duringthis year, students will also create adirect response to a specific health

problem congruent to regional needs.By the fourth year, students can

return to Lexington to completeelectives or continue their educationat satellite locations. Through Mur-ray State, the program will provide aCertificate of Health Systems Lead-ership through training in commu-nity health, epidemiology, debtmanagement and business skills notcurrently offered at the University ofKentucky.

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Monday, November 1211:00-12:00 CC Barkley Room London 2012: Out of My Comfort Zone

and Into My Element - Rachael Isom

Get the Taste of Life - Bassel Alhashemi

12:30-1:30 CC Mississippi Room Student Learning in Study Abroad- Bonnie Higginson, Meg Brown, David Pizzo, Fred Miller, Melanie Mc-Callon, Mike Basile (moderator)

1:30-2:30 CC Barkley Room Now What: Using Your Study Abroad or International Experience to Finda Job Domestically, Internationally, or in International Education - Robyn Pizzo, Katie Mantooth

3:00-4:00 CC Barkley Room The Arab Spring: Reflections from MSU Students-Abdullah Alfalagg, Yemen; Abdullah Elsayed, Egypt; Bassel Al-hashemi, Syria, Osama Benyaia, Libya;Mike Morgan, moderator

Tuesday, November 1311:30-12:00 CC Mississippi Room Giftedness and Talent Development: A Comparison of Western and

Eastern Perceptions - Echo Wu, Director of the Center for Gifted Studies

12:30-1:00 CC Cumberland Room Food That Unites Us -Paula Amols, Dining Services Director

1:00-1:45 CC Barkley Room Travel and Teach Abroad with Children-Timothy, Jennifer, Laurel, Matthew, Carter, and Katey Johnston

2:00-2:45 CC Mississippi Room Understanding Non-Verbal Communication in South Korea-Mi-Hwa Park, Young Kwang Song, Minsoo Kim

4:00-5:00 CC Ohio Room Ask a Regensburger! What you Need to Know about Regensburg- Eva-Maria Dittert & Maximilian A. Lukesch, Student Ambassadors ofthe University of Regensburg, Germany

5:00-6:30 CC Mississippi Room Chinese Calligraphy Workshop-Jie Wu with the International Cultures & Languages Association (ICALA)

Wednesday, November 149:30-2:00 CC Ballroom International Bazaar

-Sponsored by the International Student Organizations12:00-1:00 CC Mississippi Room New Faculty Introduction: International Experiences for Faculty and

Professional Staff-for New Faculty only, RSVP to ccain@murraystate.edu

1:00-2:00 CC Ohio Room Fifty Years After Silent Spring-Kate He, Howard Whiteman, Claire Fuller, Michael Flinn, Rett Weber,Paul Gagnon, Robin Zhang

Your Global AdventureBegins HereInternational Education WeekNovember 12-16, 2012

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1:00-2:00 CC Cumberland Room Immersed in South Korea - Crystal Savage

2:00-3:00 CC Barkley Room The Trouble with Trabbies - Mark Welch

Soldier Poets and the Great War - Roy Helton

A Hapsburg in Mexico: Europe's Last Grasp for a Colony in America -Mike Waag

2:30-3:30 CC Mississippi Room Profs Learn, Too: What Taking Students Abroad Teaches Faculty andProfessional Staff- Jim Bryant, Jacqueline Hansen, Mike Kemp, Shawn Smee, MelanieMcCallon (moderator)

3:30-5:30 CC Third Floor Con-course and MeetingRooms

Study Abroad Fair: CCSA & KIIS Summer ProgramsLearn about the upcoming CCSA & KIIS Study Abroad Programs of-fered by your MSU faculty: •Austria-Bregenz, Reika Ebert•Czech Republic, ZB Smetana & Dale Leys•England, Patty Parish & Roy Helton•Germany, David Pizzo•Japan, Yoko Hatakeyama•Mexico, Mike WaagAdditional Programs Available: Belize, Canada, Chile, China, CostaRica, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland,Italy, Scotland, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine

Thursday, November 1511:00-12:30 CC Barkley Room After the Sun Set: The Aftermath of British Imperialism

-Zack Heern, Bill Mulligan, David Pizzo, Taufiq Rashid11:30-12:30 CC Mississippi Room New Faculty Introduction: International Experiences for Faculty and

Professional Staff-for New Faculty only, RSVP to ccain@murraystate.edu

12:30-1:30 CC Cumberland Room The People of the Reindeer: Southern Saemi in Norway, an Indige-nous Minority within a Minority - Johan Koren

1:30-2:00 CC Barkley Room Education of Students with Disabilities in India - Ajay Das

2:00-3:00 CC Mississippi Room Facilitating Transitions to the Classroom for International Students: ADiscussion of Strategies, Lessons and Insights from Faculty and Stu-dents - Lee Kem, Jennifer Wyatt

3:30-6:30 CC Barkley Room Modern Language Colloquium -Janice Morgan, moderator

4:00-5:00 CC Mississippi Room Ethics in International Business -Katherine Taken Smith, L. Murphy Smith

7:00 Richmond College S.Commons Meeting Room

Queering Customs: LGBT Students Study Abroad- Jody Cofer, Mike Morgan, Reika Ebert, Mitchum Owen (MSU Alum),Robyn Pizzo, Josh Adair (moderator)

7:00 CC Theatre GLOBAL ALUMNI DISTINGUISHEDLECTURE SERIESMike Fraser, Vice President of Sustainability Development, SchneiderElectric-BS Journalism/Public Relations and Marketing

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SSttaattee RReepprreesseennttaattiivvee ((DDiissttrriicctt 55))•Kenny Imes (R) – 8,113 (54.7%)•Hal Kemp (D) – 6,727 (45.3%)

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Tuesday night brought a wave ofchange across the Commonwealthand across the country. Americans re-elected President Barack Obama atthe federal level and at the state andlocal level, Murray voters sentRepublicans Kenny Imes and StanHumphries to Frankfort, along withnumerous city councillors to city hall.We might not have agreed on how

to solve the nation’s problems, or ourstate or city’s problems – that’s whywe have elections and that’s whatdemocracy is all about. We can dis-agree without being disagreeable, andnow is the time to start workingtogether to build our community, ourCommonwealth and our country.In the city of Murray, we expect to

be heard and represented as studentsand as city residents. Students shouldkeep a close eye on the decisions ofthe city council insofar as it concernsMurray State. We have seen what happens when

we don’t – as those of us who nowdisplay a city sticker on our carsknow all too well. Nevertheless, we wish our council-

lors well and hope, going forward, astronger dialogue can developbetween the city government and thestudents of Murray State. This is ourcommunity, too; we expect to be con-sulted where policy concerns us. Thehot button decisions of the futureshould be made with students in mind.State Representative-elect Kenny

Imes and State Senator-elect Stan

Humphries should likewise keep us inmind in Frankfort, Ky. As budget cutsthreaten the future of education inKentucky, Murray State studentsneed champions that will stand up forour interests. Our Congressional representative,

Ed Whitfield, easily dispatched achallenge from Democrat CharlesHatchett on Tuesday night, but weshould not leave him out of the equa-tion, either. Rep. Whitfield has represented the

first congressional district since 1994and has a lot to show for it with infra-structure projects and jobs across thefirst district. We want to see more ofthat in the future – those of us wholive in Murray or who go to schoolhere shouldn’t have to just scrape by. We need good paying jobs in the

Commonwealth, and we want Rep.Whitfield to work with his own partyand across the aisle to make that hap-pen.In the Nov. 2 edition of The News,

we endorsed Barack Obama for thepresidency of the United States. Nowthat the president has won a secondterm in office, our initial praises andcriticisms still hold true. We have seen a lot of progress as

far as student loans, college afford-ability and economic growth go, butnot nearly enough. The presidentmust work with the Republicans torestore confidence and bring the eco-nomic recovery full circle.As we’ve said before, democracy is

not a spectator sport. It’s a game oftag, and yet again, we’re tagging youit. It’s time to hold the politicians totheir promises.

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The rhythms of the academic termsometimes result for me in a bitter-sweet spasm of relief and regret as thesemester winds down toward VeteransDay on Monday and the Thanksgivingbreak in another week. This time of theterm inevitably brings with it thoughtsof my mother and father, those twosaints who watched with me – over me– through my own undergraduate andgraduate travails and triumphs. The approach of Thanksgiving cer-

tainly brings with it the anticipation ofa celebration of thanks shared with

family and friends, but now we must celebrate withoutthe company of my mother and father or my wife, Eve-lyn’s, mother and father.When my mother died in August 2006, my father had

been gone for over 12 years. James Wesley Bolin died onJune 6, 1994, the 50th anniversary of D-Day. My fatherserved in the Pacific theater during World War II, as apharmacy mate on a troop transport ship. Of course,World War II was a watershed event in my father’s life,having rarely left his home county in Tennessee beforesigning up for the navy before Pearl Harbor.My father stayed on board that troop transport ship

for two-and-a-half years, carrying U. S. troops to exoticplaces such as Tongataboo and Okinawa. During thattime, he only set foot on dry ground for shore leaves

two times, once in Sydney, Australia and once inWellington, New Zealand. In New Zealand, Dad wandered into an old used book

shop and picked up a volume of the “Selected Verse” ofthe English poet, Alfred Noyes.That small leather-bound book is now one of my most

prized possessions, and it contains the poem “DistantVoices,” a poem that my friend and fellow historian, Dr.Kenneth M. Startup, read at my father’s funeral. Andthis is the poem that I read to my students on the lastday of class with each passing semester:

“Distant Voices”

Remember the house of thy father,When the palaces open before thee,

And the music would make thee forget.When the cities are glittering around thee.

Remember the lamp in the evening,The loneliness and the peace.

When the deep things that cannot be spokenAre drowned in a riot of laughter,

And the proud wine foams in thy cup;In the day when thy wealth is upon thee,Remember the path through the pine-wood,

Remember the ways of thy peace.

Remember - remember - remember -

When the cares of this world and its treasureHave dulled the swift eyes of thy youth;When beauty and longing forsake thee,And there is no hope in the darkness,And the soul is drowned in the flesh;

Turn, then, to the house of thy boyhood,To the sea and the hills that would heal thee,

To the voices of those thou hast lost.The still small voices that loved thee,

Whispering out of the silence,Remember - remember - remember -

Remember the house of thy father,Remember the paths of thy peace.

I read the poem for my own sake, to help me remem-ber the home and the life that my mother and fathermarked out for me. But I also read the poem for thesake of my students. I want you to learn the content,the course material, very much. But I also want you toleave my class with another realization.If, however, you could go away from class with the

understanding that remembering is important, that theact of remembering is crucial for your own well-being,for your own sakes; if you only come away from myclass with that understanding, then the time we spendtogether will be worthwhile.

jbolin@murraystate.edu

Duane Bolin Professor of History

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Forty percent of CallowayCounty voters chose BarackObama in the 2008 election, andI, for one, found Winfield Rose’scomments in the Oct. 12 “CampusVoice” insulting to our presidentand to citizens across the commu-nity.Rose writes, “ignorant drivel

passes for informed analysis” andI must conclude Rose was speak-ing about his own opinion piece.The fact that he is an Murray

State Professor of political sci-ence and professes this offensiverhetoric about Obama’s characteris worrisome.“We emphasize what divides us

rather than what unites us. Thisis not good,” Rose wrote.Why then, does he present us

with such extreme, false state-ments such as “pathological nar-cissist” when referring to the cur-rent president of the UnitedStates, surely he must realize thisis “not good” for our country.President Obama is our leader

who stands by his principles andrealizes that progress does notoccur easily or quickly.The president is not perfect, but

please Mr. Rose, considerrestraining yourself from profess-ing this far right viewpoint or bet-ter yet, removing yourself fromyour position as a political sci-ence professor if this is a reflec-tion of discourse in your classes.

Opinion

A lot has beensaid on both sidesof the aisle aboutthe seeminglyimminent declineof the UnitedStates. I thinkTuesday nightgave us a prettygood indicationthat the rumors ofour national deathhave been greatly

exaggerated.President Obama’s victory over

Gov. Romney wasn’t a landslide,but there’s no question it was amandate for both the President andthe Democratic Party.In every election since 1992, the

Democratic candidate has only lostthe popular vote once. Romneycame up to bat and struck out inevery swing state save for NorthCarolina. The electoral math forthe Republicans going forward isbecoming increasingly difficult as anew generation of Americans,more diverse than at any point inour history, takes the reins of polit-ical power.The American people chose to

stick with a president that has laidthe foundation for a new prosperi-ty built on American manufactur-ing and clean energy. Obama’s firstterm saw American oil importsdrop below its oil exports for thefirst time in a generation. It alsosaw the first growth in manufac-turing jobs since 1997. This is bigstuff.The President’s stimulus pro-

gram has made key investments ina number of areas. He’s done moreto rebuild American infrastructurethan any president since Dwight D.Eisenhower, a Republican. We arelaying the groundwork today for asmart power grid that saves us allenergy in the long run, a networkof high speed rail and better fuelefficiency standards – with everyvehicle having to meet a 55 mpgstandard by 2025.Speaking of cars, that’s really

what won the President a secondterm. The President’s unpopulardecision to bail out Detroit ulti-mately turned out to be the rightthing to do – as anyone working ina new Chrysler plant building anew line of Jeeps will tell you.America might not yet be back

on its feet with a full bill of health,but its recovering. Nearly fouryears of economic growth, recordcorporate profits and falling unem-ployment tell the tale.America is once again respected

(and feared) abroad. We haverekindled our friendships with ourallies and sent a message to ourenemies that nuclear proliferationand terrorism will not be tolerated– not by this President and not bythis administration.Perhaps the President put it best

in his victory speech Tuesdaynight, “The best is yet to come.”America’s still got it. With our

president’s leadership, we can goforward – together.Devin Griggs is vice president of

finances for the Murray State Col-lege Democrats.dgriggs@murraystate.edu

‘The best is yet to come’

Devin GriggsOpinion Editor

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Cheers & Jeers is written by the opinion editor. Questions, concerns or comments should be addressed to dgriggs@murraystate.edu

By Gregory Knipp

By Casey Vandergrift

TownGrift

Shelby: On science, secularism, chuckling

Four more years by Gregory Knipp

Bobby Leealumnus fromMurray, Ky.

What are the problems facing America today?Maybe this isn’t the correct question at all, thereal question at hand is; what is your problem?What issues seem to be affecting you? The com-mon everyday person has one problem that facesthem every day, money.Whilst in the midst of a recession people are

always concerned about money problems; whatbill can I pay this week? Money has always beenhard to come by and easy to get rid of.Too many Americans are living from paycheck

to paycheck and barely pay their bills on time. Iam included in this myself, working at a restau-rant for $8 an hour is the best I can do at thistime.When I graduated high school many people

thought that I would go on to do great things,including myself, but due to personal reasonsthat went out the window. Now that I have chosethe path of the laborer I know what it is like tofight for every penny you earn and don’t takemoney for granted. I am part of the majority ofmy age group (21-25) that is feeling the effects ofa recession every day.

This brings me to my next question, what areyour money problems? There are countlessanswers to this question, with the most commonissues being the mound of student loan debts andevery day bills during a time that jobs are scarceand a majority of what is there for someone whocan’t find a position in their field of study paysminimum wage or close to it. Speaking from per-sonal experience, it is a constant challenge onbudgeting money with low wages and high bills. As a result of the poor wages and crummy jobs

available to the young adults of today, I believethat America is learning and growing. Thesepeople are re-discovering what many genera-tions before us already know; they know what itis like to work for every dollar and to use theirmoney wisely. There are still the more privi-leged that have everything handed to them, butthe lower and middle classes are growing andthey are what the backbone of the country is.God Bless America and God Bless the youngadults who are starting to step up to the plateand start their term as the American workforce.

One occasionally comesacross a deposit of suchmisunderstanding and badlogic, coupled with sweep-ing hauteur and spin-doc-toring, that it merits not a“token response,” but anoutright decrying. Such isthe case with Mr. ColtonGivens’ and Steve Herr’srecent columns. Givens would like to imag-

ine that he could just sweepDr. Zingrone’s argumentsunder the rug for their sup-posed belittlement and

incomprehensibleness. But notice that Givensnever attempts to demonstrate the nature ofhis own claims. With what reason(s) are thesearguments worthy of such claims? Maybe it isMr. Givens’ inability to comprehend themthat is the problem as opposed to theirclaimed incomprehensibility. Mr. Givens comments on the question,

should “only those views which are scientif-ically verifiable, the only views which hebelieves are legitimate,” be allowed in thespectrum of modern discourse? Well, quitefrankly, yes! There are good reasons why wehave abandoned and will no longer considerunscientific views. For instance, there aregood reasons why we no longer considerfaith healing a valid medical practice for ourhospitals - precisely because it does notwork. We no longer perform human sacri-fice as a method of agriculture to acquire

rain and a good crop. Modern science hasleft creationism in the dustbin of mythologybecause it is a blatant lie. So, unless Mr.Givens wishes to return to the Dark Ages orworse, it is precisely scientific views thatmatter in this world. This is what it is to have a modern tech-

nological society. And it should be pointedout that scientific views are not believed asMr. Givens claims. They are accepted.When the facts and data support the hypoth-esis, it is no longer a question of belief, butof acceptance. However, the most glaring example of bad

logic rests in Mr. Givens’ assessment of Jef-ferson’s “wall of separation between Churchand State.” Mr. Givens claims that this is nota call for a secular government, but that “thegovernment cannot favor any one belief sys-tem over another,” (supposedly includingsecularism). Oh, really? Well, what about that very sys-

tem of belief? That is, that system of beliefthat states that the government cannot favorone belief system over another? If the government favors that system, then

Mr. Givens’ argument has contradicted itselfover the very thing that it set out to argueagainst! With this view, not even the beliefsembedded in the system of democracy canbe favored! Mr. Givens’ view would lead to the gov-

ernment not being able to favor the veryview with which it established its founda-tion on. Myriads of other contradictions fol-low from this phantasmagoria that Mr.

Givens has constructed and we can thus dis-miss it simply as a failure. Mr. Givens mightargue that this is not the same sort of beliefsystem as he spoke of, or that he meant onlyreligious beliefs. But notice that he contin-ues on to speak of the “beliefs of ... atheists.”But just what beliefs do atheists hold?

Certainly not religious ones, since athe-ism is the lack of belief in theistic ideas. So,this is not an escape from the contradic-tions. The problem rests in Mr. Givens’ def-inition of secular. According to the Oxford English Dictio-

nary, secular denotes “attitudes, activities orother things that have no religious or spiri-tual basis.” A secular government is not onethat is anti-religious, but one that is neutralon matters of religion. This is why religious claims are not wel-

come from Rep. Braun or anyone in politicalpower, precisely because the governmentcannot use religious ideas to run this nation.We can therefore conclude that Mr. Givens’idea that the government is not secular isnothing more than a shallow, pseudo-intel-lectual, spin-doctored sham. As for Dr. Herr’s seeming affinity for

chuckling, if he wishes for secularists to bestrictly scientific in every last facet of theirlives, perhaps then instead of spitting out hisjuvenile, high-handed egotism, he can chal-lenge secularist’s views at one of many sec-ular meetings held on campus each year. Or, perhaps instead of the conversation

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Chris Wilcox || News Editorcwilcox2@murraystate.edu

The News staff chose Jay Morgan, associateprovost and city councillor, to participate in aQuestion & Answer forum. Morgan discussedhis position on the council and city-Universityrelations.

Q. As a Murray city council member and theassociate provost of the University, how do youbalance the desire of the city’s constituentswith those within the University?

A. They are relatively easy to separate, oftentimes the only over-lap we really see is when something related to the city streets ormunicipal infrastructure, comes up. So it’s a relatively easy balance.One thing that I have been able to do is when items come up withthe city that are economic development related. I’ve been able tolink the city to resources here at the University. Faculty or staff whocan help with those kinds of issues - fire issues or chemical issuesdown at one of our plants. I see it as a linkage between the city andthe University.

Q. Earlier in the year, after the alcohol vote occurred, what wasyour position on how it would be taxed within the city?

A. I was in favor of an 8 percent tax on alcohol, because the Ten-nessee alcohol sales tax is significantly higher and the counties sur-rounding Murray are only a little under. So I felt like 8 percent wasthe most appropriate and I wanted to make sure the city recuper-ated the money it has spent on alcohol already ...

Q. Earlier last year when the issues involving city stickers arose,how did you vote and why – in regards to students having to pur-chase the city stickers?

A. I voted in favor of the students. I did not think students should berequired to purchase the city stickers. My idea was unfortunately de-feated. Two individuals voted against ammending the ordinance toinclude the students, myself and one other. I do not think – and stilldo not think – students should have to buy city stickers.

Q. How important do you think it is that the City Council membersreally work together and really debate the issues that arise?

A. I think it’s crucial. The City Council has a variety of individualsfrom a variety of backgrounds. It creates good debate and flushesout the unknowns it helps us really figure out what the best deci-sions are.

Q. As Murray State is a big part of Murray’s economy, do you thinkthe City Council values the students and tries to help them as muchas they can in order to keep more students coming in?

A. I think the City Council values the students and the University,but I think they could do more. I say that with a little critique. Typ-ically the city and university have had a good working relationship,but you can always improve upon things.

Morgan

Doggie Day Spa benefits pre-vet clubMurray State's Animal Health Technology and Pre-vet-

erinary Club is hosting a Doggie Day Spa and Pet ID Clinic,from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at Carmen Pavilion.

The students will bathe a dog for $7 and clean its earsand trim its nails for $4.

Other services such as lost dog registry photos and IDtags will be availiable.

Lecturer to speak at Freed Curd AuditoriumThe second part of the 2012 Gary Boggess Distinguished

Lecture Series will be presented by Owen McMillan.McMillan will present details of his ongoing research

projects at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute inPanama.

The lecture is at 4 p.m. Monday in the Freed Curd Audi-torium of the Collins Center for Industry and TechnologyBuilding. The event is open to the public.

Across campus

Inside the storyAt the close of election day Tuesday, voters elected a variety of officials

across the state and country. The city of Murray’s voters elected 12 of theirown as their representation within the city of Murray. Each of the 12 Mur-ray City Council members are charged with being the voice of the people,serving on a two-year term.

• Joseph “Jay” Morgan

• F.T. “Butch” Seargent

• Linda Cherry

• Jeremy Bell

• Jason Pittman

• Dan Miller

• Danny Hudspeth

• Greg Taylor

• Jane Shoemaker

• Pete Lancaster

• Robert Billington Jr.

• Pat Scott

Murray City Council Members

CUTS FOR A CAUSE:The sisters of Alpha Gamma

Delta raised more than $1,000for their sister, Ashley Brown –senior from Bethalto, Ill. – who

has been diagnosed withleukemia for the third time. The

sorority held the fundraiserMonday afternoon to help Brown

pay for treatments. In total,there were eight stylists work-

ing the fundraiser pro-bono.Left, Jana Mason, stylist from

Attitudes Hair Design, and AbbyHorrell, junior from Cape Gi-

rardo, Ill. The cost of each cutwas $10, which went directly tothe amount raised for Brown’s

medical expenses. Chris Wilcox/The News

Morgan discusses past votes, importance of University

Staff Report

Michael Chaise Gilbert,senior from Ledbetter, Ky.,won a $500 grant from the of-fice of Undergraduate Re-search and Scholarly Activityfor his research on BigheadCarp and Native Larval fishin Kentucky Lake.

Gilbert’s proposal is fo-cused on determiningwhether Bighead Carp areeating from the same foodsources as local fish duringtheir young stages. If his re-search proves the species isfeeding on the same planktonas native fish, the region’s na-tive fish may begin to sufferin number.

Gilbert, senior biologicalsciences major, said theaward is critical to his re-search and he would be un-able to perform the studywithout it.

Gilbert was accompaniedby faculty mentor MichaelFlinn, assistant professor ofbiological sciences, duringhis research. Flinn saidGilbert’s research is impor-tant to the threat posed byBighead Carp and could pos-

sibly lead to their destruc-tion.

“Using a word like nemesismay be a bit strong for some-thing as menacing as the in-vasive Bighead Carp inKentucky Lake, but (Gilbert)will definitely be collectingdata that might someday leadto their eradication,” Flinnsaid.

Flinn also said he is verypleased with Gilbert’s re-search and how proactive hehas been in his laboratory.

“I am privileged to have ex-ceptional students like(Gilbert) who want to workon projects such as this,”Flinn said. “He is extremelyenthusiastic and I am veryconfident that he will pro-duce results that will be im-portant for the future ofKentucky Lake as a resource.”

Gilbert plans to present hisfindings during MurrayState’s Scholars Week, whichwill take place on campusApril 15-19.

He will also present hiswork to the Southern Divi-sion of the American Fish-eries Society which meets inNashville, Tenn.

Student wins$500 grant

The SmithsonianTropicalResearch Institute

Murray State University2012 Gary Boggess Distinguished Lecture

Presented by

Dr. OwenMcMillanStaff Scientist and DeanofAcademic Programs

Dr. McMillan will present details of ongoing research projects

at STRI, including studies of species diversity in tropical flora

and fauna, and the consequences of landscape transformation

on ecological integrity of the Central American region.

Monday, November 12, 4:00 p.m.Freed Curd Auditorium

Industry andTechnology BuildingAdmission is Free and Open to the Public

SmithsonianTropicalResearch Institute, Panama

SportsThe NewsNovember 9, 2012

Sports Editor: Jonathan FerrisAssistant Editor: Jaci KohnPhone: 809-4481Twitter: MSUNewsSports

Section B

FARMING FILMFilm reveals process of growingdark fire tobacco, 7B

WHAT’S INSIDE

JESSICA WINFREYJunior returns to basketballafter Achilles injury, 2B

TOP FIVEMen’s golf finish fall seasonwith second place finish, 4B

ROOTS CONCERTHistory department sponsorsthird concert installment, 6B

Jonathan Ferris || Sports Editorjferris2@murraystate.edu

Was there a more appropriate way to start the first ex-hibition game of the season than with Isaiah Canaan drain-ing a deep three in the first 30 seconds of the game?

Canaan would finish up the exhibition against Freed-Hardeman with 16 points on 50 percent shooting, alongwith five assists and four rebounds in a lower than usual30 minutes of playing time.

Another player, however, also scored 16 points and stolethe show on the cold, rainy night.

Jeffery Moss, a freshman from Madison, Ala., wowedfans and coaches alike with 16 points, shooting 6-11 fromthe field and 4-7 from three point range.

“We saw it coming with the practices we’ve been havingthe last few weeks,” Canaan said. “He doesn’t have anyfear. We’ve just got to get him to know everything, but weknew coming in that he was going to be one of the onesthat’s going to be helping us and he showed tonight thathe’s going to be ready to play whenever he’s called.”

Moss made his first appearance in a Racer uniform atthe 15:03 mark in the first half. Less than a minute later hehad Racer Nation on its feet after draining a three to givehis team a 14-12 lead. With a grin from ear to ear as he re-treated back on defense, the 3,383 fans gathered in theCFSB Center loudly welcomed Moss to Racer basketball.

“He made shots, so that’s what everybody probablycatches wind of, but I also thought he was our best youngkid defensively,” said Head Coach Steve Prohm. “He justknew what was going on. He came from a really good highschool program. He was a football player so he’s got sometoughness. The one thing he has surprised us all with a lit-tle bit is he’s shooting the ball better than we thought.Hopefully he can continue that and get some confidence.He’s going to push people for minutes if he continues toplay like that.”

The Lions of Freed-Hardeman played the Racers toughon both the offensive and defensive end. After the first 12minutes, the game was tied at 27, with the Lions shootingan even 50 percent from the field. Sophomore guard Or-

lando Bass led Freed-Hardeman with seven points in thefirst seven minutes of the game.

Struggling on defense, the Racers headed into halftimewith a slim 45-42 lead.

“(We need to work on) rebounding and playing hard forthe whole shot clock on the defensive end,” Canaan said.“For a few years we’ve always been number one in deflec-tions and steals and that’s what we want to do again thisyear. We’re going to crack down on our defensive side andthe offense will come.”

The Racers did indeed improve their defensive effortafter the break. More than doubling the lead in the firstfive minutes of the second half, at times the Racers playedan all-freshmen lineup. By the 7:50 mark, the youth move-ment was working as the Racers built up a 10 point leadthey would not relinquish.

The clock hit zero, giving Murray State the 87-74 victory.With every eligible and healthy player on the roster play-ing at least 10 minutes, Prohm said he was happy to get thewin and get some experience for the younger players.

“I’m glad to get the year kicked off,” Prohm said. “Ithought we had a good crowd in there for a rainy, coldnight. We had a better second half effort on the defensiveend – still not anywhere where we need to be - but it’searly. We got a chance to play a lot of guys. Eleven guysplayed double figure minutes, and we won. I never get tothe point where I undervalue winning.”

The games will count starting tonight, as the Racers takeon Brescia at 7:30 p.m. at The CFSB Center. While Prohmsaid he doesn’t want to overlook Brescia, he is well awareof the tall task that awaits the Racers in the followingCharleston Classic game against Auburn.

“Once we finish that game Friday night, the level ofcompetition for our guys is going to be very, very good,”Prohm said. … “There are no easy games over there andthey’re all high level teams who are going to compete forchampionships, but sometimes you don’t know what youreally have until you get in that environment.”

The Racers, freshmen and all, will soon find out howthey stack up against top conference programs when theyplay SEC opponent Auburn, Nov. 15 in Charleston.

Defense proves tough for Tennessee StateJonathan Ferris || Sports Editorjferris2@murraystate.edu

Edward Marlowe || Staff writeremarlowe@murraystate.edu

The Tennessee State team (8-2, 4-2 OVC)walked into Roy Stewart Stadium last Saturdayranked No. 18 in the FCS, looking to tack on an-other “W” to their already impressive resume.

The Racers (4-5, 3-3 OVC), however, failed toreceive the memo, drilling the Tigers for 29unanswered points en-route to a 49-28 victory.

Junior running back Jaamal Berry scored threetouchdowns and ran for 163 yards on 16 carries,while senior quarterback Casey Brockman com-pleted 27-of-38 for 271 yards and two touch-downs.

The offense didn’t stop there for the Racers,as senior running back Duane Brady chipped innine carries for 78 yards, while senior wide re-ceiver Walter Powell returned to form with eightcatches, 117 yards and a touchdown.

Despite putting up another 500-yard offensiveday, Head Coach Chris Hatcher was quick tocredit a vastly improving defense for the win lastweekend.

“It was a huge win for us over a top-20 oppo-nent,” Hatcher said. “I thought the past twoweeks our defense has really improved a lot, andeven after watching the film we’ve made signif-icant strides this week over our JacksonvilleState performance. We tackled better, we hadvery few busted assignments and we’re playingwith great confidence on that side of the ball. Of-fensively, we just continue to get better each andevery week.”

While the defense has been a low point for theteam this season, Hatcher said the key to theirsuccess was keeping their scheme simple.

“We just lined up and played defense,”Hatcher said. “That’s just what we did. We linedup, we played our gaps and we tackled well andthat’s something we’ve done a lot better the lasttwo weeks than we did earlier in the season. …This is not a complicated game. Sometimes

everybody tries to make it complicated, but ondefense you just line up, you play your assign-ments and you’re very aggressive and with con-fidence good things will happen to youdefensively.”

Despite being mathematically eliminated fromplayoff and championship contention, it was thefifth straight win over Tennessee State for theRacers.

The loss dropped the Tigers out of the FCSrankings, while the victory could prove to be themomentum needed for the Racers to close outthe season on a high note.

A win Saturday will not come easy, however,as the Racers travel to Richmond, Ky., to face theEastern Kentucky Colonels. Murray State lost a34-33 heartbreaker to Eastern Kentucky last yearat a Nov. 29 home game.

The Colonels currently have a 7-3 record on the year and are led by senior running backMatt Denham, who paces the offense with 1,172rushing yards and 11 touchdowns.

“They get in a lot of different formations and Denham is a downhill runner, so we’ve gotto limit the power game,” Hatcher said.

The Racers have had a tough time with the Colonels in past years, losing every matchupsince 2004.

Senior defender Julian Whitehead and company have yet to defeat Eastern Kentucky intheir time at Murray State. Whitehead said he’sready to break the streak this weekend.

“It’s a special game, being the two teams from Kentucky and we’re still bitter from last year from the one point loss,” Whiteheadsaid. “We know they’re a great team and they’realways one of the top teams in the country.They’re well-respected and we respect them too.We know it’s going to take our very top effort tobeat them and we’re going to prepare that wayin practice.”

With two games remaining, the Racers need towin out in order to ensure a third straight win-ning season under Chris Hatcher’s command.

Kickoff is at noon, Saturday at Roy Kidd Sta-dium in Richmond, Ky.

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Freshman forward Jeffery Moss shoots over the head of Freed-Hardeman’s Michael Young dur-ing the exhibition game Monday. Moss wowed the crowd in his first game scoring 16 points.

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Photos by Samuel T. Hays/The NewsThe Racers upset the Tigers 49-28 Saturday night, removing them from the top 25 in FCS rankings.

Canaan, Moss leadRacer offense inopening exhibition

Walter WatchReceptions - Single SeasonMSU Record: 88OVC Record: 92Walter Powell 2012: 82

Receiving yards - Single SeasonMSU Record: 1,120OVC Record: 1,453Walter Powell 2012: 1,029

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Injury, it’s a term sports fans, players andcoaches loathe. Injuries have the potential to bench a

player for a few weeks or ruin her entire ca-reer. It takes true resilience to recover frominjuries and get back in the game and re-quires a true love for the game to attempt tocome back from serious injury. After suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon

and two reconstructive knee surgeries, juniorforward. Jessica Winfrey from Marion, Ark.,was redshirted and lost almost two seasons.

While many athletes would throw in thetowel, Winfrey worked hard to rehabilitate.Winfrey’s was especially tough for the

team after her stellar performance asa freshman, playing in all 30 games and tal-lying 10 double-doubles and leading theteam in rebounds. Her love of basketball started at an early

age. Winfrey said her dad got her started inbasketball and she has loved it ever since. “He was really big into the whole athlet-

ics thing,” she said. “So he tried to get mestarted early. I was playing basketball ataround 6 years old.”After playing for fun during her child-

hood, Winfrey said she started to take basketball more seriously when she was 14 years old.

“That’s when I realized I could go prettyfar with basketball,” she said. “It kind of hitme that it’s more than just a game, and Ineeded to run with it because I could geteven better.”Winfrey said she has missed playing bas-

ketball during her absence, and it’s hard tosee her teammates play when she cannotstep out and assist them. “I probably should feel more nervous,” she

said. “But I’m actually so excited andpumped to be playing again. Seeing myteammates out there just makes me wantto go out there more and do what I can. I want to help make them better so we can do it as a team.”Even though Winfrey is excited to play

again, she is still nervous to see how she willperform. Winfrey said she has a pregame ritual to

help her when she feels anxious and gets herfocused on the game again. “I just listen to music,” she said. “It really

gets rid of those butterflies and gets meready. I’m a big fan of R&B and slow music,so I’m not listening to any hard rap or any-thing like that.”It has taken her a while to get back in

game-shape, but Winfrey says she is anxiousbut ready to play in a game again. “I had a lot of stuff to heal from,” she said.

“But I think I can say I’m very ready. I’ve gotsome pent up energy so I’m very excited.”Head Coach Rob Cross is anticipating her

return to the game, and expects to see a bet-ter performance from the Racers on the de-fensive end of the ball. “It’s great to see her back on the court,” he

said. “She’s gone through a lot. She did somuch for us with her double-doubles, andshe has such a demanding presence. Youdon’t see many people go after the ball likeshe does. She’s also a very vocal person. Herreturn is going to lead to great defensiveplay, so I’m very excited about it.”Winfrey’s story as a college athlete is one

of dedication and determination. “I’ve never seen such determination from

anyone else,” Cross said. “She’s had threemajor surgeries and she just bounces backevery single time stronger than she was be-fore, if not stronger. She’s in a situationwhere she’s had the game basically takenaway from her so now she knows what it’slike to think she could never play again.She’ll play her heart out.” Winfrey is ready to finally return from a

long absence and show Racer Nation what ithas been missing.

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eye but also have hearts of gold. A few ofthem may have bad reputations, but ifyou look a little closer, you can see theyare actually decent guys. Well, as muchas one can tell from an interview. Here are a pair of my favorites, though

there are countless others. If you don’tagree, let me know and tell me who youwould choose. I would love to hear whatmy fellow Racers think!As soon as Anthony Rizzo stepped

onto the grass at Wrigley Field, I was inlove. Not only was he nice to look at, buthe seemed like a genuinely nice guy. In his first year in theminor leagues, Rizzo was diagnosed with Stage II HodgkinsLymphoma and had to undergo chemotherapy. He has since

beat the disease, but has made ithis mission to help other cancerpatients and their families. Hestarted the Anthony Rizzo Fam-ily Foundation. Through hisfoundation he hopes to raisemoney for cancer research. In December he is holding the first annual “Walk Off forCancer” event.At 6ft 3in and 210 pounds, he

uses his height and strength tohis advantage. He is a force to reckon with at first base.Many believe he may be in the running for a Golden Glovedown the road. In his rookie season with the Cubs he hit.285, 15 HRs, and 48 RBIs, which is a vast difference fromhow he played with the Padres. He hit a mere .141 with onlyone HR and nine RBI’s. However, Rizzo did not let this af-fect him. After he was traded to the Cubs, he used a stint inthe minors to adjust his hitting stance and where he had hishands on the bat. He used his months in the minors to be-come be a stronger and confident player.Patrick Kane has been my favorite player since I started

to really get into hockey. Kane has a reputation for beingkind of a bad boy. He was ar-rested in 2009 for allegedly as-saulting a cab driver and whohasn’t seen the multiple picturesof “Kaner” having a bit toomuch fun out on the town.For all the bad press he gets,

you cannot deny the fact he is avery talented player and workshard to be the best. Last seasonfor the Chicago Blackhawks hescored 23 goals and had 43 as-

sists. When the team won the Stanley Cup in 2010, Kanescored the winning goal. Not to mention he has won anOlympic silver medal, a Calder Trophy in 2008 and was thefirst overall draft pick in 2007. Not only is he a talented athlete he also does some great

charity work. On his birthday every year he holds a bigparty where he has people bring in gifts for needy childrenaround the Chicago area.jkohn@murraystate.edu

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It goes without sayingthat I love video games.It was only Monday at

midnight that I was waitingin line for the highly antici-pated release of Halo 4 – thenewest installment of theHalo saga from so manyyears ago.Even now, at the ripe old

age of 27, I find myself en-joying a night of gaming.Whether it’s first-personshooters, role-playing gamesor even the occasional sand-

box game, getting lost in a digital world canbe extremely cathartic, especially if there is an engaging storyline or neat playing style to the game.One genre of games I will never let go of for

as long as I live, however, are sports games.When I was born, Atari was all the rage. I stillremember sitting in my grandmother’s livingroom with the black dial controller in my hand,racing a little Indy car between checkered racing stripes and seeing gray pavement infront of my car.By the time I turned 4, the Nintendo Enter-

tainment System, more commonly referred to

as the NES, was flying off of the shelves andinto family rooms across the world, and myhouse was no different. Super Mario Brothers came as a double pack

with Duck Hunt and Clay Shooting, both ofwhich count as some of the first sports gamesto enter my life. I never was lucky enough tohave the red Ray Gun like most kids did, but Igot pretty good at shooting digital ducks andclays nonetheless.The NES had several unheralded sports

games that really set the tone for the future ofsports gaming. Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!, Ex-citebike, Tecmo Bowl, NES Golf … I even thinkTetris could be considered a sports game. Iplayed so much NES Golf as a kid that I actu-ally beat the game by earning $1 million dollarsin tournament cash. Trust me, it took forever.By the time Super Nintendo came out, I was

ready for big time sports gaming, and no othergames molded my childhood better than “Mad-den 1992” and “NBA Jam: Tournament Edition.”“Madden ‘92” was just the beginning of my

obsession with football games, and more im-portantly football in general. My brother and Iused to play with the Madden All-Stars andplay random teams day in and day out. We always set the difficulty to the highest

level for a challenge, but it became apparentwhen one day we beat the Denver Broncos 180– 3 that perhaps we had taken things to the nextlevel.Bored with annihilating opponents, I turned

to “NBA Jam: Tournament Edition” looking fora challenge. Boy, did I get one. You had to beat

the entire NBA circuit with just one team, soyou had to be careful and choose which teamwas the most adverse. It became quickly obvious that you had to

have strong players who could withstand injuryand push people around and steal the ball, sonaturally I went with David Robinson, DennisRodman and Sean Elliott for the San AntonioSpurs. Robinson and Rodman gave me thepower duo I needed to force turnovers and if Igot behind, Elliott could torch opponents frombeyond the arc.I was unstoppable. I steamrolled through the

league and then started dismantling the superteams that had Will Smith, Hilary and Bill Clin-ton and other celebrities who have super pow-ers in the game. Chants of “Monster Jam!” and“He’s on fire!” still ring in my head from all ofthe times I played the game.To this day, I still have a bet out that if any-

one can beat me in NBA Jam I’ll give them $20.I’ve had a few close calls, but I haven’t lost in 15 years and I don’t think I’m about to start now.With the invention of the Sega Genesis,

Playstation and Nintendo 64, my sports gamingstarted taking a more mature turn. On GenesisI was playing RBI Baseball ‘94 and rolling withmy Seattle Mariners, who of course had KenGriffey, Jr., as the centerpiece of the offense. With Playstation, it was Madden 2000 and

NFL Blitz that kept my interest. Blitz was justabsurd because you had to get 30 yards for afirst down, and kicking field goals required youto just throw up a prayer and hope you hit the

X button just in time to hit the exact middle ofthe power meter or you were going to miss it.Madden 2000 gave me the first experience of

running a franchise, where I could control all ofthe aspects of a team and do everything just theway that I wanted. Having the power in thepalm of your hand to control the destiny ofplayers and your team was something I had al-ways desired out of a game, and Madden was fi-nally able to provide it.Score.The games have come and gone for me, as

each new version provides a new roster and afew new gadgets to make the game a littleedgier. I fall for it every time, scooping up eachnew successive title in spectacularly expensivefashion. Games like Madden have continued to hold

my interest for 20 years now, while newergames such as “NBA 2K12” and “NCAA Foot-ball 2011” have also waged wars on my pocket-book and schedule.In “NBA 2K12,” I vicariously live through a

shooting guard named Jud Barker, a slice-and-dice jump shooter who has now made the starting lineup for the New York Knicks and isleading all rookies in scoring, averaging 19points a contest. With NCAA Football 2011,I transferred the Western Michigan Broncos tothe Big 12 and won back to back NationalChampionships.It’s a crying shame; I’m not even close to

being this successful in real life.Maybe it’s time to put the controller down,

but only after I finish this game.

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The Racers defeated UT Martin last weekend,ending a streak of six consecutive losses. “The game against SIU Edwardsville a few

weeks ago was just a disaster,” Head CoachDavid Schwepker said. “It was the low point ofour season. I can’t coach quitters and that wasone thing that disappointed me with them.”Murray State (5-20, 3-12 OVC) kept the pace

with division-leading Southeast Missouri State(19-12, 11-4 OVC) last Friday, defeating the Red-hawks in the second set. SEMO took the otherthree, eliminating the Racers from playoff con-tention. The Racers did not let the match against

SEMO interrupt their ability to compete the nextnight. In the third set of the match against UTMartin, the Racers picked up several strong runsand had a 471 hitting percentage. Murray Statedefeated the Skyhawks 25-11 in the frame.Schwepker said he has seen a consistent trend

in the girls’ play at the end of the season. “We saw two strong sets in a row in a few

games, which, to me, is definite improvementfrom where they were,” Schwepker said. “Weplayed UT Martin strongly and had several bigruns while they didn’t have any. That’s the ma-turing process in this sport, I hope they see theirhard work is paying off. ”Over the weekend, senior Lydia Orf was the

backbone of the defense, Schwepker said. Orfwas recently named libero for the Racers andgave the team 25 digs against SEMO and 19against UT Martin. “(Orf) is getting to some really hard digs, as

well as accomplishing routine plays,” Schwepkersaid.Another Murray State senior reached impres-

sive numbers against both SEMO and UT Mar-tin. Wendi Zickfield notched her thirdconsecutive double-double of the season. Zick-field totaled 27 kills and 30 digs for the weekend.“(Zickfield) is making a turn as an athlete,”

Schwepker said. “She’s becoming an actualplayer instead of just going through the motions.She’s probably the biggest turn around in an ath-lete I’ve seen all season.”Since the beginning of the season, Schwepker

has recognized the youth of the team to be achallenge. During both matches, several fresh-men stepped up to the level Schwepker has beenpushing them toward. “As coaches, we really want to see growth and

maturity through their experience on the court,”Schwepker said.Against SEMO, freshman Emily Schmahl

gained a career best 20 kills for the match. Thenext night she turned in 17 kills for the Racers.Freshman Alyssa Lelm tied with Danielle Sut-terer (2003) for the 10th best single-season blockassist total with one against SEMO. “The question has been all season, when are

they going to learn to step up?” Schwepker said.“(Schmahl) has done a great job, reaching highand hitting hard.”Schwepker said he hopes the women come

back next year with the fight they have shown atthe end of this season. He said the team has im-proved incredibly in hitting ability and he thinksthe Racers will have consistent hitting percent-ages of at least .200.The Racers end their season at 2 p.m. Satur-

day in Racer Arena against Eastern Kentucky.

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In her first two years on the team, soph-omore midfielder Julie Mooney hasproven she can not only compete at thecollegiate soccer level but will be a majorcatalyst in the Racer offense for years tocome.Mooney started playing when she was

4 years old, after her parents signed herup against her will.“I remember the day,” she said. “My par-

ents didn’t tell me they were signing meup and when they did tell me I started cry-ing because I did not want to play. Eversince then though, I have loved the game.”The sophomore has shown elite talent

throughout her high school and early col-lege career. She earned numerous honorsand winning several state titles.Mooney attended Francis Howell High

School in St. Charles, Mo., where shecame into her own as a player, starting allfour years on the varsity squad. She com-peted on multiple General Athletic Con-ference (GAC) district and sectionalchampionship teams throughout highschool. Mooney was voted to the 2009 and2011 GAC First Teams, winning GACSouth Player of the Year honors in 2011. She has stood out in the classroom as

well, making the 2009, ’10 and ’11 GAC All-Academic teams. Mooney also won threeMissouri state titles for the St. Louis Scott-Gallagher Navy club team when she was-n’t playing high school ball. She said at that point coaches began

taking notice of her and Murray State wasthe clear front-runner in her search toplay at the next level, due to its commit-ment to winning and the camaraderie ofthe team.“I chose (Murray State) because I felt

that the team was really close and every-one really wanted to win,” she said. “Icouldn’t be on a team that doesn’t care ifthey win or lose. Also, the girls were re-ally nice and I liked the school.”She adapted to the college game quickly,

taking over the offensive reigns in her firstyear. She lead the team in scoring andpoints with eight and 18 respectively alongwith three game-winning goals. Head Coach Beth Acreman said

Mooney’s addition to the roster created anew threat for the Racer offense and gavethem a talented ball handler who was ableto light up the back of the net at a mo-ment’s notice.“Obviously as a freshman coming in

and scoring goals is a good thing,” Acre-man said. “But we’ve really enjoyed see-ing her dribble; she’s really crafty on theball. She cuts the ball really well and is anexplosive player. So, it was nice bringingin a player who was new and fresh butalso very, very dangerous.”

Mooney added to her extensive trophycase when she earned All-OVC First Teamand OVC-Newcomer Team honors in 2011.“It was a huge honor to make first team,

especially as a freshman,” she said. “A lotof other girls on my team were deservingof the award, so I was just grateful to re-ceive it.”Even with all her success, Mooney has

gone through adversity, which caused herto miss considerable playing time in hersecond season with the Racers. She tore her ACL in the team’s last

spring game, requiring surgery and put-ting her sophomore season in jeopardy.Mooney said she never gave it too muchthought, because she knew she would re-turn to the field before season’s end.“I was one of the few girls that wasn’t in

the training room a lot,” Mooney said.“Then at the last spring event of the year,I, unfortunately, tore my ACL. I had sur-gery May 17, the day after my birthday. Itwas definitely hard to go through the ACLsurgery and recovery but I made it, and Iam already playing again today. I was evenreleased to play four months after surgeryand have been playing ever since.”Mooney finished the fall season second

on the team in shots and shots on goal.She scored one goal along with three as-sists and five points.

“She was our leading goal scorer fromlast year, so obviously we’ve struggleda little scoring goals,” Acreman said. “Having her now is great. She’s been frus-trated sitting on the sideline but she’sbeen a good supporter of the team. And now she’s ready to get back in there and score some goals for us and set up some assists for us, which hasbeen great.”Acreman said the ceiling is high for

Mooney as she looks to help her teammove on from this season and on to agreat career at Murray State.“(Her future) is very bright,” Acreman

said. “We’re going to keep her fitness highso she can continue being an explosiveplayer and keep her strong in the weightroom. Obviously, we need to keep herfrom getting injured. But we’re really excited to see what she does going intoher junior year.”Mooney mirrored Acreman’s thoughts

and said the OVC needs to watch out forthe Racers as they begin to reload insteadof rebuild for next year.“Even though we weren’t as successful

as we hoped, we are going to train hard inthe spring to turn it around for next sea-son,” Mooney said. “Everyone on the teamhas to have a hate-to-lose attitude becausewe will win OVC next season.”

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In March 2010, tragedy struck then Murray State stu-dent Galileo Simmons and her four brothers Picasso,Luciano, Michael and Gauguin. With the news of Freeda Simmons-McMillan’s death

in a vehicle accident, the Simmons family continuedmoving on knowing it is what their mother would want. In an effort to finish a nearly life long project her

mother started years before her death, Galileo has beenworking for the past two years to get Simmons-McMil-lan’s books published. “(Mom) said that she felt like God had led her to

write this and so she spent half of her life writing andwhen she finished writing the last story, it was reallycrazy because she died,” Galileo said. “When I wasabout 14 years old, my mom said that God had also (toldher) that I would publish a book in my lifetime – actu-ally several books – and not worry about having to writethem.”The series, “Black & White in a Multi-Colored Amer-

ica,” is separated into three volumes. Each depicts truestories and illustrations by Simmons-McMillan aboutunderstanding acceptance and equality, regardless ofone’s race.The excerpt on the back cover of the first book reads,

“While we will each possess our own individualdreams, hopes, fears and insecurities, it is hopeful that– above all – we will recognize the presence and planof God within each of our lives.” The project was originally one book, but, due to costs

readers would have to pay for the book, Galileo decidedto create additional volumes. “I could not publish a book that people would not be

able to afford by making it just one, so I split it up intothree,” she said. There are currently four versions of the books: hard-

cover in color, black-and-white and softcover in coloror black and white.

Anyone reading the books does not necessarily haveto read them from the beginning to the end either,Galileo said. This gives them a more personal feel and makes them

slightly different from the average straight-throughread. “The books are set up into stories and chapters like

‘Chicken Soup,’” she said. “You can start from the mid-dle or the back of the book – you don’t have to read itfrom cover to cover to understand it or get anything outof it.”While writing the stories and drawing the illustra-

tions took a long time to complete, getting the bookspublished and out for retail was also a long process,Galileo said. “I really didn’t have any direction, especially when

(Mom) was gone,” she said. “A lot of it was just mebeing creative and saying ‘Okay, how would she wantthis?’ and ‘Let me see what I can do.’”To complete the difficult task of getting the books

published, Galileo had to gather all of the materials forthe books, edit the writing, contact a publishing com-pany and make final decisions with her family. “My brothers knew everything that was happening

(through the process),” she said. “I would go to themand, before I would make a decision, I asked them aboutit. They were very supportive. If I ever doubted some-thing, I would go to them and they were great at con-firming things.”The first volume of the series is currently available

for purchase online and is set to be out in book standsby the end of the year, Galileo said. It can be bought through its publishing company

West Bow Press, Amazon or Barnes and Noble. The re-maining two books will be released in 2013, though norelease date has been announced.“Basically, I have done everything possible for this to

be a book,” Galileo said. “Now everything that shedreamed of actually happened. I didn’t write it, but Ipublished it.”

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Wednesday that she is pledgingthe money in honor of her par-ents and sister. She said shewould not be the woman or artistshe is today if it weren't forplaces like the Lower Eastside,Harlem, the Bronx and Brooklynin New York."Thank you for helping me

build my spirit. I will now helpyou rebuild yours," she wrote.

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A mini Woodstock Music Festival, known asClarkstock, will occur on campus again this year,featuring well-known local talent.The fourth annual festival will be held this

weekend and is open for everyone in the com-munity to attend. Guests will enjoy food, carnivalgames and live performances by local bands. Thebands include Planet Here, Very Strangely, ZackPeacock and the Feathers and Barefoot and Blue.Neil Lovett, Murray State graduate student,

started the event in 2009 with the help of LeeClark residential advisor staff and residential col-lege council. It was created to mock the 40th an-niversary of the Woodstock Festival in Bethel,New York.For the past three years, 150-200 people have

attended the event.“Everyone is welcome; we always have people

from all the residential colleges, as well as peoplefrom Murray, international students, commuters,residents, everybody,” Siebold said. “We havecommemorative t-shirts, we have a cookout,there will be hot dogs, cookies, brownies, chips;people are encouraged to bring their own chair,but lots of people just sit on the grass.”There will also be several festival games with

opportunities to win prizes. In the past, the eventhas mostly been a music festival with a fewgames, but this year they are adding carnivalstyle games, Siebold said.The residential advising staff has been work-

ing on this for months and they have met everySunday night since August with the residentialdirector for about an hour.

They divided up the work to focus on prepar-ing for different areas of the festival includinggames, food, publicity and music. The Clark res-idential advisers contacted the local bands toplay for the event as well.The event raises money for Main Street Youth,

an after school organization in Calloway Countyto help youth in the community. Clark Collegestudents chose to give to this organization be-cause many have volunteered there and knowwhat difference the program has made in thearea. Clark College has been working with MainStreet Youth for at least the last four years,Siebold said.“Main Street Youth is a center for underprivi-

leged youths in Calloway County to have con-structive leadership,” Siebold said. “We’re goingto be working with Main Street Youth Center asan organization and we’ve already visited withthem once to see what ways we can volunteerand help out that will be meaningful to them.”Peter Hausladen, Clark College residential di-

rector, hopes the parents and children from MainStreet Youth will attend the festival. The event issomething that Clark wants to put on for thecommunity and people can buy t-shirts to raisemoney for the organization.“I think the biggest one we’re looking for is just

for people to come out and have fun,” Hausladensaid. “Obviously we’d like to raise awareness forMain Street Youth and let people know that it’sout there if they want to volunteer their time andtheir money, but we also want people to comeout and have good time.”Clarkstock Music Festival will be from 1-5 p.m.

Saturday Nov. 10 at the Intramural Fields nearClark College.

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Murray State’s history departmenthas created a fun and free programfor students, faculty and thecommunity to enjoy in itsRoots 3 concert.“Roots will highlight

Kentucky’s wealth ofmusic traditions, frombluegrass to blues,from folk to theS c o t s - I r i s hsounds of18th cen-tury Ap-

palachia and more,” said Ted Belue,Murray State history professor. “Thesepopular shows are part of public out-reach – just one of the ways MurrayState gives back to Western Ken-tucky’s local and regional community.”

Created by Belue at the sugges-tion of Terry Strieter, history de-partment chair, in 2010, he said

the event is now on its thirdinstallment and is expectedto be better than ever.“This is our third consecu-

tive year,” Belue said. “We did itthe first year and it went prettywell, but it had some glitches be-

cause you know, we hadn’tdone anything like that be-fore. Then the secondyear went better, and youknow this year is ourthird year. This yearshould be even bet-

ter because we had a varietyof different people helping.”Don Robertson, vice presi-

dent of Student Affairs and Pam Wur-gler, chair of the humanities and finearts department, are among this year’sevent’s newest contributors. Withtheir help as well as a larger roleplayed by WKMS, the local on-campusnonprofit radio and residential col-leges this year’s event is expected tobe even larger than its predecessors.The event’s lineup features a mix-

ture of bluegrass, folk and gospel thatis sure to please any crowd.First on the list will be the McK-

endrees. One of western Kentucky’sbest Bluegrass bands, the Mckendreesare from Benton, Ky.“(The McKendrees) specialize in

tight family harmonies and precise in-strumental interplay,” Belue said. “Es-pecially noteworthy too are their acapella gospel arrangements.”Jason McKendree, now the group’s

banjo player, was once a math profes-sor at Murray State.Immediately following will be

Fidula. Their name, a 17th centuryname for fiddle, indicates their spe-cialty well. Their founder Jim Wood isan accomplished fiddle player and willbe accompanied by his wife, Inge, who

will sing in both English and Spanishthroughout the show.Hillary Bevels also plays the fiddle

and viola for Fidula, and is known forher clogging skills. Nate Strasser is thegroup’s pianist, as well as cellist and isa successful songwriter.The third and final group to preform

will be Ranger Doug Green and AndyReiss. Ranger Doug is a widely recog-nized musician through fronting thecowboy band, Riders in the Sky, aswell as his work as lead guitarist forThe Time Jumpers.“Ranger Doug is a superb soloist

and master rhythm guitarist in thesteady four-chords-to-the-bar style ofFreddie Green of Count Basie’s Or-chestra,” Belue said. “But before hiscowboy and swing days, he was abluegrass boy.”In addition to playing for the crowd,

each group will also offer historicbackground to their particular genreof music. They will all explain, not lec-ture, how it is that their very brand ofmusic came to be.Roots 3 concert is Nov. 13 in Wrather

Museum at 7:30 p.m. Admission forthe concert is free.

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Kentucky native countrysinger Billy Ray Cyrus hasjoined the cast of the TonyAward winning musical“Chicago.”He will be playing the role of

lawyer Billy Flynn, who wasplayed by Richard Gere in thefilm version of “Chicago.” He isset to perform the role for sevenweeks. The singer said the Broadway

show is taking him back to hisroots with its ragtime music. “I'm back to the ragtime only

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The Windy CityLast weekend, my co-workers and I weregiven the opportunityto travel to Chicago,Ill., for the NationalCollege Media Confer-ence.Being from Chicago,I loved being able toinform my friendsabout great places toeat, shop and sightsee.However, Chicago hasso much more thanmeets the eye.

There are so many movies, books andbands that have come out of this great city.Here are my top five favorites.

1. “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”Possibly one of my fa-vorite movies of all-time and definitely myfavorite John Hughesfilm, the movie reallygives you a great ideaof what Chicago is allabout. It’s probablyMatthew Broderick’sbest work. It’s about ateenage boy, FerrisBueller (Broderick),who plays hooky from

school to spend the day in the city with hisbest friend and his girlfriend. They go toswanky restaurants, visit museums andeven join in on the fun in a parade.

2.“The Blues Brothers”One of the films thathas been a result of a“Saturday Night Live”sketch, “The BluesBrothers” takes placeall around theChicagoland area. Star-ring John Belushi as“Joliet” Jake Blues andDan Aykroyd as ElwoodBlues, it’s about a bandof brothers on the runfrom the law all the

while wanting to just play their music forthe sole purpose of raising money for thehome in which they grew up. It’s one ofthe best movies made from a “SaturdayNight Live” sketch.

3. “The Time Traveler’s Wife”Out of the abundanceof books I’ve read, notmany have taken placein Chicago. “The TimeTraveler’s Wife” is agreat book itself, besidethe Chicago references.Being able to picturethe Art Institute ofChicago along with theother references to theWindy City only addedto how great the book

was. Oh, and the movie, per usual, wasnothing compared to the book.

4.Alkaline TrioI’ve always lovedmusic but it took me awhile to develop myown individual taste.When I finally did, Al-kaline Trio was one ofthe first bands to whomI took a liking. In fact,they were the first con-cert I attended back in2006 along with MyChemical Romance andReggie in the Full Effect

(I went through an “emo” stage, okay). Themembers are actually from the Chicagosuburb of McHenry, Ill., about 20 minutesfrom my hometown. If you are interestedcheck out their fourth album, “GoodMourning.”

5. Pearl JamI wasn’t always a fanof Pearl Jam but as soonas Eddie Vedderstepped onstage withBruce Springsteenwhen I saw him back inSeptember, I knew Ihad a brand new obses-sion headed my way.Even though the bandformed in Seattle, thelead singer, Vedder, isactually from Evanston,

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Combining a showcase of talented music stu-dents and an educational opportunity for childrenis the Murray State music department’s adaptionof Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”.The department is presenting a children’s adap-

tion of the popular Mozart opera this weekend. The idea for the show was first performed by

the Nashville Opera for their educational out-reach program.Grace Lauzon, senior from Owensboro, Ky.,

plays Pamina and first Lady for both casts in theproduction. She auditioned for the show because she said

she loves working with the students in the de-partment and loves Mozart and “The MagicFlute.”“I’ve always loved the stage; I’ve always loved

performing,” she said. “And when I heard that thiswas going to be a children’s theater kind of thing,I got really excited because I love kids and I knewit would be a really neat adaption for young audi-ences.”The opera tells the story of Prince Tamino’s

journey to rescue Princess Pamina, the daughter

of the Queen of the Night, who has been kid-napped by the high priest, Sarastro. Along theway, he is helped by the queen’s three ladies-in-waiting and her birdcatcher, Papageno. Christopher Mitchell, associate professor of

music, is the director of the 50-minute production.“People of all ages will enjoy this production,”

Mitchell said in a press release. “We are perform-ing an adaptation that was created by NashvilleOpera for their educational outreach program, soit is family-friendly and very entertaining.”The show is double cast with junior Aaron

Jones and senior Daniel Milam as Tamino, seniorGrace Lauzon as both Pamina and first Lady, sen-ior Michael Martin and sophomore Lane North-cutt as Papageno and Sarastro, sophomore PaigeMiddleton and freshman Gabrielle Wibbenmeyeras Papagena and second Lady, and seniors Made-line Hart and Lauren Kapfhammer as Queen ofthe Night and third Lady. Middleton, said she is excited to be a part of the

production and gets to play two characters thatare very different from what she has played inshows in the past.“Papagena, she’s really bouncy and bubbly and

she gets to be in love and I’ve never gotten to bein love with a character so it’s kind of fun to do,”

she said. “I get to play two characters so it’s fun toget to play one person and be an evil characterand then turn around and be super cute and bub-bly and in love, so that is probably my favorite part.”Martin, said he auditioned for the show because

it was his first opportunity to do a big opera like“Magic Flute” at Murray State. The script giveshim a chance to be more outrageous and fun asPapegeno, he said. “I’ve grown through the rehearsal process; I’ve

learned to be more creative,” he said. “You reallyhave to dig in and be creative especially for thesecharacters because the music is exactly whatMozart wrote and then the script, it’s a little bitdifferent. It’s adapted for younger audiences so it’sa lot of creativity with some interesting languagein the script.”The show runs at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday

and Sunday in the Performing Arts Hall locatedin Old Fine Arts. Tickets for the show will be sold one hour be-

fore each performance and only cash and checkwill be accepted. The cost is $5 for adults, $3 forchildren under 12 and $15 maximum for familieswith multiple children. For more information call 809-4288 or email

cmitchell1@ murraystate.edu.

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Dark fired tobacco is one of thehardest crops to produce on a farm,but many western Kentucky farmershave been growing it for severalyears despite the challenges.“Farming in the Black Patch,” a

60-minute film set to air on KETand PBS in February, documents theseasonal process of growing darkfired tobacco and the history behindthe crop’s production in this region,– particularly in Calloway County. The film premiered at 6 p.m. on

Monday in the Curris Center The-ater with a small reception after forthose involved with the film.Michael Breeding, producer and

director of the film, began shootingit in 2009. He documented differentseasons, with different workers, togive the film visual variety.The Smith and Cunningham

farms located in Calloway Countywere featured in the film. It was Billy Smith Sr.’s daughter,

Bobbie Smith Bryant, who proposedthe idea for the movie.“Bobbie Bryant, the Smith family’s

daughter, came to me wanting to dosome films for the farm for touristson rainy days and I suggested to herwe should do a documentary,”Breeding said.Breeding’s goal in creating the

movie is to show how the tobaccofarms in the region operate.“(The film) shows what life is like

on the farm, but more importantlyfor someone like myself who’s fromthe Bluegrass region, we’ve neverseen dark fire tobacco,” Breedingsaid. “So it’s really going to show-case to the world this culture that’sreally in these Western Tennesseeand Western Kentucky counties.”The movie displays footages of

the farmers and the migrant work-ers planting the crop. Once it is fully grown, they take

the tobacco to the barns. Wood saw-dust slabs are used to make the fireto burn the plant.

Farmers create two to four firesfor the tobacco, the first fire is tochange the color, the second fire isto take the sap out of the stem andthe rest of the fires are to give thetobacco smoke and finish.Danny Cunningham, owner of

Cunningham farms, said he has al-ways loved farming and has done itmost of his life. Despite the healthissues, he knows tobacco has helpedseveral families in the community.“I know that tobacco has an

issue with health, but it has put alot of people through school hereat Murray State,” Cunninghamsaid. “Tobacco’s always been a no.1 crop for Calloway County and

kept a lot of families going.”Billy Smith, retired farmer of

Smith Farms, enjoyed being a part ofthe film because he also grew upand worked on a tobacco farm formany years.“This feature and this video that

was presented here tonight is a wayof life. It helped (Murray State) getestablished, keeps Murray State run-ning,” Smith said. “It’s good for theeconomy, the kids get a good educa-tion, it’s a way to make money in anarea where sometimes you mightnot be able to make any money.”Several guests attended the

screening including many partici-pants and sponsors of the film.

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