Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Eugene V. Debs, member of the Socialist Party of the USA and presidential candidate, speaks to members of the worker’s union on Aug. 17, 1912, at an unknown location in the USA.

EDITORIAL: The essence of united labor

September 1, 2020

As Labor Day approaches, let us remember not only to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the American working class (and of those around the world), but also to recognize the reasons we understand...

SPORTS COLUMN: Football is King

Grant Goodrich, Assistant Sports Editor September 1, 2020

Cross Country. Football. Men’s and Women’s Golf. Men’s and Women’s Soccer. Women’s Tennis. Volleyball.  In a normal year, these eight sports are all played in the fall at Marshall University;...

Editorial: This is NOT normal

August 25, 2020

We are living in dangerously weird times. And things just keep getting weirder... Everywhere you look, institutions are burning, safety-nets are snagging, people are getting sick. The White...

Letter to the Editor: Equality and Inclusion at Marshall

Letter to the Editor: Equality and Inclusion at Marshall

Jerome A. Gilbert June 18, 2020

Dear Editor: Long ago, as a young child, I learned a song in Sunday School, which is admittedly insensitive and politically incorrect today.  Still, it got the message across to me that there was no...

Signing off  for one last time: Farewell from Joe Artrip

Signing off for one last time: Farewell from Joe Artrip

Joe Artrip, Production Editor April 21, 2020

Well, goodbyes are always hard, and this one is no different.  It’s strange to believe that my four years here at Marshall are already over even though, at times, it’s felt like 50.  Even in graduating...

GINGER’S GUIDE TO: Saying farewell

GINGER’S GUIDE TO: Saying farewell

Amanda Larch, Executive Editor April 21, 2020

Melancholy. That’s how I feel, mostly. It’s the same feeling I get when I finish a really good book. Only this time, I can’t flip back to the beginning and start rereading it.  My time with The...

A worker hands out disinfectant wipes and pens as voters line up outside Riverside High School for Wisconsin’s primary election Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Milwaukee.

EDITORIAL: Vote, but not at the ballot box

April 21, 2020

Secretary of State Mac Warner recently said via a Facebook livestream with gubernatorial candidate Stephen Smith that voting this year in West Virginia should be easier than ever before, and residents...

Pres. Gilbert: Let’s keep hope alive at Marshall

Pres. Gilbert: Let’s keep hope alive at Marshall

Pres. Jerry A. Gilbert April 21, 2020

Uncertainty. It’s what bothers me most about the pandemic, as I’m sure it does many of you. That uncertainty is about not only our personal lives and our own families’ health and well-being, but...

PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVE: Biden ‘already trying to out-Trump Trump’

Douglas Harding, Managing Editor April 21, 2020

In a recently released ad, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden attacked Donald Trump’s COVID-19 pandemic response from a right-wing perspective, criticizing the president for “roll[ing]...

Parthe-Pet: Memphis

Parthe-Pet: Memphis

April 21, 2020

This is Memphis. He loves belly rubs and snuggles. He also loves going to Starbucks to get pup cups. Interested in featuring your pet in the paper? Use #ParthePet on social media or contact Douglas...

Getting the facts right since day one

Getting the facts right since day one

Sarah Ingram, Copy Editor April 21, 2020

I’ve rewritten this letter multiple times because nothing seems quite right. I don’t know how to sum up my college experience in 12 column inches. I don’t even know how to sum up my last two-and-a-half...

What Marshall taught me: Farewell from Joelle Gates

What Marshall taught me: Farewell from Joelle Gates

Joelle Gates, Life! Editor April 21, 2020

If someone would’ve told me that the end of college would occur during a global pandemic, I obviously wouldn’t have believed them. But I have to admit, my time at Marshall has been full of nothing...

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