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Urgent Threat to Health and Safety on Campus

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Updated: Jul 16, 2019

By: Emma Eskridge


Everyone knows the rules. After the three hour RA meeting on the first night, it’s a little disheartening if a scholar doesn’t. Irked students have even reported that their roommates have uttered the rules about walking on the crosswalk in their sleep. Despite the persistence of the culture of respect here at GSP, there is a group who surprisingly cannot uphold this tradition of safety: the campus’ squirrels. 


The squirrels have proven to be an unwavering nuisance in the community; they continually show that they have no respect for law and order. To begin, they do not adhere to the Rule of the Crosswalk. They strut across the street fearlessly and—quite frankly— have no respect for themselves. An accident would be quite tragic; but these animals have to be aware that one reaps what they sow. 


The squirrels’ behavior is not limited to scandalous jaywalking; they also are improperly clothed. To the administration’s dismay, they leap around campus with no shoes and no lanyard. Undoubtedly, a complete lack of clothing is an extreme violation of the dress code. “It’s just...shocking. The situation is simply out of hand,” scholar Maddie Soard commented. 

Another important GSP rule is being broken with the disregard designated areas. The squirrels sneakily tramp around campus at night, breaking both curfew and perimeter rules. There have been reports of illicit behavior in trees outside the permitted limits of campus. The squirrels also challenge the authority of the campus directors by walking in the grass. This can be considered one of the main tenets of GSP etiquette and it is incredulous that a group so regularly ignores it. RAs prove to be no match for these sly creatures; the problem seems to be growing exponentially worse. 


GSP staff is slow to comment on these concerns. With such an overwhelming population of these trouble-makers, immediate action is hard to take. Administration appears to simply be ignorant of the problem or too indecisive to make a definite decision. In the spirit of objectivity, we’ve reached out to the squirrel community but they will not comment—their only response is a menacing stare. For now, we urge scholars to walk with caution but not with fear of the blatant disrespect these squirrels display. 

 
 
 

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Jennifer Price grew up in Hopkins County, Kentucky and attended South Hopkins High School. She was a Governor’s Scholar at Murray State University in 1992, and was assigned the Social and Political Theory focus area. After high school, she attended Transylvania University and pursued a degree in Psychology. She finished her bachelor’s degree and then decided to complete graduate school at the University of Arkansas, where she received a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. She has been a member of the GSP faculty and staff for many years, ranging from 1994 to present. She has done every job available except be a focus area instructor. Jen was recently encouraged by her friends to begin running and even completed a half marathon last may. Jen is a wife to Pete, and a mother to two children, Jacob (15) and Eli (12).

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Josh Woodward was a 1992 scholar at Murray State University. After completing undergraduate school at the University of Kentucky, Josh obtained a Masters in Water Resources from Minnesota and a Masters in Teaching from Cornell University. Outside of the program, Josh teaches a variety of science classes at Berea Community High School. When asked about his favorite part of the program, Josh responded with, “My favorite part is the notion that the five weeks is not really the program. It is everything after.” Nearly thirty years later, Josh and his fellow scholars are still close friends. 

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Helen Heines grew up in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, which is in Bullitt County. She attended North Bullitt High School where she applied and was accepted to attend GSP at Murray State University in 2010. Upon graduation in 2011, she continued her education at Western Kentucky University with a degree in elementary education. Currently, Helen is a 5th grade social studies teacher in Louisville, and spends her summers deeply involved in the GSP community. She began working as a Resident Advisor (RA) at Bellarmine University in 2015. She began moving up the ranks to become head RA and then later she obtained the title of Assistant Campus Director, a title that she still holds. 

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