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Building community through baskets
A Morehead weaver is blending her former skills as an education with her craft. Debbie Howes, a former educator and resident basket weaver at the Rowan County Arts Center, will be teaching new classes in an expanded weaving program, backed by a federal grant. To learn more about these classes and Howes work, visit the Rowan County Arts Center at https://www.rowancountyartscenter.com/.
Lights, Camera and Leadership
Two Morehead State students are leading the production of programs for MSUTV. News Director Blainton Rau and Assignment Editor Brandon Holbrook oversee the weekly TV productions, NewsCenter and the Late Late Afternoon show with Donny C, through a practicum centered around creating student-led content in the campus’s TV studio. To watch NewsCenter and the Late Late Afternoon show with Donny C, check out MSUTV’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@MSUTV_Morehead.
Sartor paints with passion at the Rowan County Arts Center
A local artist continues to abstract reality. Joe Sartor, a resident artist at the Rowan County Arts Center and former Morehead State University professor, continues his passion of painting, by working in the center every day. “I enjoy being able to be here, I come here every afternoon if I can,” said Sartor. “I try to have something in progress, on the easel each day.
Rowan shcool board moves on from sexual harassment settlement
Rowan County Schools response to lawsuit settlement By Jacob Brown and Evan Glover / The Trail Blazer Rowan County Board of Education updated the public on several matters at their monthly meeting Tuesday, but a $3 million sexual abuse lawsuit settlement wasn’t mentioned. According to press reports last week, the school board settled a lawsuit that accused teacher and coach Andrew Zaheri of sexual abuse against a student over a period of four years. Zaheir is serving a 22-year sentence.
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MSU Cheer aim to add another national title to program history
Morehead State University cheerleading looks for another win on the national level. The 2026 Universal Cheerleading Association National Championships is being held January 16 through the 18 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. MSU had both All Girl and Coed squads in various divisions including All Girl Division I, Division I Coed Cheer, Small Coed Division I and Small Coed Division I Game Day.
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Danyon Snell (left), Luke Dixon, Evan Glover, and Connor Hammons (right) answer questions from viewers about “Overripe: The Rise and Fall of AppHarvest,” Tuesday, May 6, at Hazard Community & Technical College in Hazard, Ky. Photo submitted by Evan Glover | The Trail Blazer
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McLain takes traditional music around the world and back again
A Morehead State adjunct professor has for over 50 years spread the joy of traditional music around the world and back into her classes. Ruth McLain Smith has been teaching and sharing her love of music at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music for 12 years, bringing the experiences of traveling to perform in 64 countries and all 50 states. “I’m just thrilled to get to do this. It’s an honor to get to be in an environment where people are inspired,” said Smith, multi-instrumentalist.
Modeled on the UN
A campus club took on Model UN in Kokomo, Indiana. The political science club at Morehead State competed in a Model United Nations (UN) event at the University of Indiana Kokomo November 14-16. “It is a very good place to learn how to create some hard dialog with other people who have different ideas, different walks of life and are from some of the top universities in the nation,” said Taylor Bishop, a senior and the poli-sci club’s vice president.
Bringing social media to life through animation
An art major is using social media as a platform for his animation. Chance Basford, a senior art major at Morehead State, is using his animation skills to help promote the Department of Communication, Media, Art and Design’s (CMAD) social media pages.
Beyond the silver screen
Students, faculty and the local community attended a double feature event. Steven Middleton and Matthew Kistenmacher, two Morehead State University professors, showcased their recent documentary and film work Thursday evening inside Breckenridge. The event featured Middleton’s documentary, “My Mountain Feind,” and Kistenmacher’s narrative film, “Oscillate is Dead.” Middleton said the event was intended to inspire media students to produce and showcase their own work.
Prindle's studio brings home the gold
A voice and music professor’s studio has something worth singing for. Roma Prindle, a Morehead State professor of voice and music, won awards with her studio at the Kentucky Music Teacher Association Bluegrass and National Association of Teachers of Singing competitions on October 12. “When our students go out and they win or they do not win, but they listen to the finals and they can see what people their own age are doing, it makes the world make more sense,” said Prindle.
Chance Basford Animation
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Sister Cindy is back in the mountains
A popular evangelist returned to Morehead. Cindy Smock, better known as Sister Cindy, returned to Morehead State University’s campus Tuesday to spread her “Ho No Mo” message. Smock spoke publicly to students about God, the upcoming election and her repentance. “There is a problem that many of you were raised Christian, but you come to college and have slid into the hoe life,” said Smock.
Sister Cindy Returns
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Renovations are opening a new chapter
Renovations to the first floor of Morehead State’s library have been completed and should improve students’ experience. Camden-Carrol has undergone a renovation to its first floor that added new student study rooms, academic advisor offices and an improved circulation desk.
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New student government gets to work
A new generation of student leadership has been sworn in at Morehead State. Twenty-nine new elects were sworn in and began to vote on bills and voice concerns at the first Student Government Association meeting since the results of the recent election. “The best thing about new people in SGA is that they bring a fresh perspective, particularly our freshmen,” said Brady Lawson, SGA president.
A mural of connections
A new mural for the Sister Cities of Morehead had its ribbon-cutting ceremony. The piece was unveiled by artist Abbie Grace and organization president James Masterson on Monday to a crowd of friends, family and community members. The mural is located on the side of Fat Patty’s on main street in downtown Morehead. “It is the largest piece I have done, but it is also the challenge of working around all the different elements on this wall,” said Grace.
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Housing : a human right
A club is fighting for student housing rights on campus. KY Tenants Club works with the students and administration to set better standards for living conditions on Morehead State University’s campus. “Kentucky Tenants is an organization that fights for safer and better quality of housing,” said Allison Belter, club president and MSU sophomore.
Chasing moments and capturing stories
A local documentarian has a passion for capturing the world around him. Steven Middleton, a professor and academic advisor at Morehead State University, goes beyond the walls of academics with his documentary style of filmmaking. He is constantly coming up with project ideas and said his love for film started at a young age “Moving around a lot and growing up in rural Kentucky, you do not have a lot of chances to have a large friend group,” said Middleton.
CFTC and NFA Announce Changes in Regulation Regarding Position Limits and Virtual Currency | JD Supra
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), the U.S. federal regulatory agency for futures and other derivatives, and the National Futures Association (“NFA”), the industry-wide self-regulatory organization, both recently announced changes to their regulatory frameworks. The CFTC is proposing to permit increased trading in security futures products (“SFP”), which will likely impact a discrete number of market participants under the CFTC’s supervision.
Are Digital Asset Transactions Always Securities Offerings?
On June 14, 2018, William Hinman, Director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, shared his views on whether digital assets (such as tokens or coins) that were originally offered in a securities offering can be subsequently sold in a manner that does not constitute a securities offering. CLICK HERE for the full remarks.
Granston Guidance: Leaked Memorandum Encourages DOJ Attorneys to Seek Dismissal of Meritless FCA Qui Tam Suits | JD Supra
A recently leaked U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) memorandum asks government attorneys to consider seeking the outright dismissal of “meritless” qui tam actions filed under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). [1] The eight-page memorandum, which was authored by Director of the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Fraud Section, Michael Granston, suggests seven factors that government attorneys should consider in deciding whether or not to seek dismissal pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(2)(A).
FINRA Capital Acquisition Brokers Now Subject to Pay-to-Play Rules
The pay-to-play rules have expanded to FINRA capital acquisition brokers (“CABs”) and the investment advisers who use CABs to solicit governmental entities, which include public pension funds, for investment advisory services.
FINRA Capital Acquisition Brokers Now Subject to Pay-to-Play Rules
The pay-to-play rules have expanded to FINRA capital acquisition brokers (“CABs”) and the investment advisers who use CABs to solicit governmental entities, which include public pension funds, for investment advisory services.
OCIE Observations from the Second Round of Cybersecurity Examinations
On August 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) released a risk alert (the “Risk Alert”) summarizing observations from the second round of cybersecurity sweep examinations on 75 SEC registered investment firms including broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investment companies.
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