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Turner spoke on Wednesday, Jan. 31.

Great Voices Speaker Series Starts With Author

Ella Bumgardner, Staff Reporter February 7, 2024

Author and sociologist William H. Turner kicked off the Great Voices Speaker Series on Wednesday, Jan. 31, by speaking on his book “The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal...

Friends at Marshall Provide Resources for Transfers

Friends at Marshall Provide Resources for Transfers

Baylee Parsons, Copy Editor February 4, 2024

Peer mentors provided their students with resources at the Meet Your FAM event held on Wednesday, Jan. 24, and Friday, Jan. 26, in East Hall. The event, open to all but tailored toward transfer students,...

Journaling Sparks Creativity in Therapy

Baylee Parsons, Copy Editor February 2, 2024

Journaling is a channel through which a person can process their emotions in a healthy way, the director of the Counseling Center said. “Getting out our feelings and having the opportunity to...

TEDxMarshallU Features Student and Community Speakers

TEDxMarshallU Features Student and Community Speakers

Rafael Alfonso, Content Editor January 31, 2024

Featuring more student speakers than ever before, Marshall University will host its sixth annual TEDxMarshallU event from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.  Four...

Livi Shonkwiler is the president of Alpha Xi Delta

Alpha Xi Delta Gears Up for Galentine’s

Kaitlyn Fleming, Student Reporter January 30, 2024

Challenging preconceived notions and establishing an environment filled with love, sisterhood and philanthropy remain the main initiative of upcoming recruitment, the Alpha Xi Delta president said.  Alpha...

Marshall Greek Life Plans for Change

Kaitlyn Fleming, Student Reporter January 29, 2024

The newly elected Panhellenic Council president described reducing negative stigmas and creating an organized sorority environment as goals for the council. “It’s more than just buying friends,”...

The entrance to the Marshall Thrift Store is located next to the Office of Housing and Residence Life on campus.

Marshall Thrift Store Keeps Campus Warm

Waylon Smith, Student Reporter January 29, 2024

The Marshall University Thrift Store kicked off the semester with their first of many “Free Fridays” on Jan. 19.  After their move to a more easily accessible space for students last August, incoming...

Tai-Sigma members from left to right: Riley Hester, Chloe Craddock and Maddy Massey

Greek Organizations Look to Spring Recruitment

Kaitlyn Fleming, Student Reporter January 29, 2024

Spring recruitment for Marshall’s Greek Life emphasizes including as many people as possible, said two leaders in sorority Sigma Sigma Sigma and fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi respectively. These two...

Dr. William H. Turner

Author of Harlan Renaissance to Speak on Campus

Ella Bumgardner, Staff Reporter January 26, 2024

Author and sociologist Dr. William H. Turner is expected to speak at Marshall University on Wednesday, Jan. 31, in acknowledgment of Black History Month in concurrence with the HLC Quality Initiative.  Turner...

Christina Meade, Victim Advocate at the CONTACT Rape Crisis Center, also spoke at the event.

Title IX Office Presents: Stalking Awareness

Ella Bumgardner, Staff Reporter January 26, 2024

In response to National Stalking Awareness Month, Marshall University’s Title IX Office hosted a presentation to raise awareness about stalking and provide students with resources to “know it, name...

Students attend the Murder Mystery event on Wednesday, Jan. 24.

Resident Appreciation Week: Celebrating Community in Housing

Baylee Parsons, Copy Editor January 25, 2024

Resident Appreciation Week celebrates students living in Marshall’s residence halls, the outreach coordinator for the Department of Housing and Residence Life said. “It was really meant to just...

Marshall’s campus covered in snow.

Students Navigate Snow Days

Baylee Parsons, Copy Editor January 24, 2024

On Tuesday, Jan. 16, freshman Emma Simpkins woke up to commute 45 minutes from Branchland, West Virginia, to campus only to find that she would not be  hitting the roads that day. Her phone displayed...

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