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Speech and Debate Union win three tournaments Emery Wainscott ewainscott@murraystate.edu The Speech and Debate Union (SDU) won three of three tournaments this semester during Director of Forensics Lou Tillson’s first year as coach. The SDU competed in the 2021 academic year against teams from across the country. Last semester, the team had planned to compete in four tournaments but two were canceled because of COVID-19. Tillson said the team suffered a negative impact last spring when th...

@murraystate.edu As part of a non-traditional semester, Murray State included two “non-instructional” days to replace Spring Break. After having both non-instructional days on Wednesday, Feb. 24, and Tuesday, March 30, students are voicing their opinions.  In the fall of 2020, Murray State announced that Spring Break would be omitted in the following spring semester in accordance with COVID-19 regulations. Instead of the full week off in March, students would have a “non-instructional st...

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Liz Weston: Common tools can save you time, money on taxes LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet FacebookTwitterEmail Receipts, like memories, tend to fade with time. That’s just one reason to digitize and track tax-related information. The right apps and habits can save space, time, money and hassle — but only if you use them. “Apps should make things easier, not more complicated,” says Clare Levison, a certified public accountant in Blacksburg, Virginia. “The definition of a good app is what wor...

Receipts, like memories, tend to fade with time. That’s just one reason to digitize and track tax-related information. The right apps and habits can sav...

Board of Regents discusses enrollment numbers, mental health grant and sabbatical leaves Posted By: Features Editor February 26, 2021 Gage Johnson Spring 2021 Enrollment Don Robertson, vice president of student affairs, said the total headcount for the spring semester showed a decline in enrollment of about 2 percent compared to last year. Robertson said enrollment has increased in graduate students but has decreased in undergraduate. “Some of that is reflective because of what’s happe...

A Guide to Educational Tax Credits and Deductions Kimberly Lankford © (Getty Images) Cropped shot of an attractive young woman going through paperwork while doing her budget at home College is expensive, but several valuable tax breaks can help ease the pain. You may be able to cut your tax bill by up to $2,500 if youre paying college tuition, and you may even get tax credits to help cover the cost of continuing education classes to improve your job skills. Interest you pay o...

Faculty Senate finishes semester with controversial discussions Posted By: News Editor November 11, 2020 Daniella Tebib dtebib@murraystate.edu During the Faculty Senate’s last meeting of the semester on Tuesday, Nov. 10, members discussed Provost Tim Todd’s change to scheduling, the Confederate monument and the role of the Instructional Assessment System. Role of IAS The Faculty Senate drafted resolution FSR-19-20-7 to discuss the role of IAS in instructional evaluations. “IAS studen...

heather. s dzhokhar tsarnaev told us the reason they attacked the boston marathon they accelerated their time line to attack is they were able to build their bombs that isser than they ex -- faster than they expected. the finish line on boylston street was a target of opportunity. with that said we are learning all of the evidence points to clear pre-meditation. the tsarnaev brothers built four different types of ieds, improvised explosive devices which were all effective. national sec...