This week our school was lucky enough to be able to stay at Murray State in Kentucky to hear a speech by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. While we were staying there, we were offered the privilege to tour the campus with the help of students/past students as our tour guides. The campus includes 9 different living facilities. Every other dorm building is co-ed. Springer Hall, specifically, is a hall girl’s dorm. There are community bathrooms on the campus which are cleaned very well by the staff at Murray. We were staying in Old Richmond, a suite style dorm hall. New Richmond is the most recently built dorm hall and it is apartment style living. The central building on campus consists of the office as well as a computer lab and a coffee house on the bottom floor. Their dining hall, Winslow Dining Hall, was recently redone this past summer so we had the chance to eat in their beautiful remodeled cafeteria. The wellness center at Murray opened in spring 2005. It includes an Olympic size swimming pool, basketball courts, free weights, volleyball court, cardio machines, as well as racquetball courts.
There is even an aerobics room that holds free yoga, pilates, and dance classes. If you want to play a little Dance Dance Revolution, Murray state even has that for you to enjoy. The outdoor courts are open to everyone, including the public. There are escort services available day or night on campus, but it may not be needed considering Murray State is the 11th safest college in the United States. If you prefer a method of transportation other than walking, there are trolleys that run across campus as well. The older science building is named the Black Bird Science building. The library includes many computers and study rooms. The top level is a no talking zone for people who prefer to work in silence. If you need a book that the library does not have, they can have it shipped, for free, from another university for you. Murray is considering building a new library. If you need a job on campus, the library is the place to go. Walking from one end of the campus to the complete other side takes approximately 15 minutes, so it is easy to plan what time to leave for your classes in order to get there on time. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by how nice the campus really was. The wellness center was especially impressive and looked extremely well kept. The tour guides were friendly, and funny. They knew what they were talking about and really gave us all a look into what Murray State’s campus has to offer its students. We were very fortunate to be able to have them use some of their time to show us around.
Mackenzie Goertel
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