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The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Editorial: Playing games with Puerto Rico

October 12, 2017

In another morning burst of tweets with no clear purpose other than to fill Americans with palpable existential dread, President Donald Trump signaled Thursday he may just give up on this whole Puerto...

ASKING ALEX: ABOUT DEALING WITH A TOUGH SITUATION

ASKING ALEX: ABOUT DEALING WITH A TOUGH SITUATION

Alex Runyon, Photo Editor October 9, 2017

So, my boyfriend of 1.5 years is long distance, and it’s been like that for the majority of our relationship. We completely trust each other. I’m not worried about anything like that at all, but what...

EDITORIAL: EPA’s announcement to roll back on Clean Power Plan seems to pander to Appalachia

October 9, 2017

Monday, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt announced in Hazard County, Kentucky he and the Trump Administration would begin to pull back legislation on an Obama-era effort to...

Editorial: Hold the media to a higher standard

October 5, 2017

As Americans, we are in an unprecedented point of our nation’s history. It seems like every other month we are recovering from a mass shooting and just recently had the worst in United States history...

Franklin and friends at the opening night of “IT,” in Pullman Plaza.

LET ME BE FRANK: ON SCARY MOVIES

Franklin Norton October 5, 2017

It was a couple of weeks ago, and a friend wanted to see the movie “It” for his birthday. Before this day, I vehemently opposed even the thought of going to see this film, but after peer pressure and...

ASKING ALEX ABOUT: PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE

Alex Runyon, Photo Editor October 2, 2017

How do you navigate dealing with the rejection of one parent because of your sexuality, and wanting to spend more time with the other who is more accepting? Dealing with rejection from a parent, for...

Column: We do not need automatic weapons in this country

Tom Jenkins, Managing Editor October 2, 2017

After the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, one question needs to be asked: When will it be time to actually create legislation towards stopping these mass shootings? The New York Times shared an article...

Editorial: Yes, it’s pure evil. But they are terrorists as well

October 2, 2017

Concert goers who simply wanted to be connected through music. Movie goers who simply wanted to be connected through film. Church goers who simply wanted be connected through religion. Little kids who...

LET ME BE FRANK: ON COMMUNITY

LET ME BE FRANK: ON COMMUNITY

Franklin Norton, Social Media Manager September 28, 2017

It was a couple months back, and I was just feeling blue. It had been a rough couple of weeks, and so in an effort to alleviate this intrusive sadness, I stopped at Kroger one night and bought myself a...

Editorial: Thanks for the 280 characters Twitter, Now let’s get rid of Nazis

September 28, 2017

Twitter isn’t fun anymore, and it hasn’t been fun in a long time. A lot of people hate it, and if it didn’t feel almost needed to stay up-to-date in the modern era, so many users would abandon the...

ASKING ALEX

ASKING ALEX

September 25, 2017

Readers, please be aware that a portion of this column discusses sexual assault. I have been dealing with these two really good friends who are dating, and ever since they started dating, they have...

Freshman computer science major Lynne Thompson (right) confronts open-air preacher John McGlone over his method of envangelism Monday at the Memorial Student Center plaza. A Christian, Thompson disagreed with how McGlone was choosing to spread the teachings of the religion.

Column: ‘Open-air’ preachers may be allowed, but are not welcome

Jared Casto, Executive Editor September 25, 2017

“You’re gonna die. You’re gonna die. You’re gonna die,” John McGlone, an open-air preacher who made his first appearance on Marshall’s campus Monday, shouted through a megaphone as a group...

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