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Friends of the Herd: Accessible Resource Chat Box Available for Those Who Need It

Bex Law, Student Reporter • February 9, 2023

For students feeling lost, intimidated or confused, Marshall offers an online chat box called “Friends of the Herd” to provide direct assistance to anyone with a laptop. Friends of the Herd launched...

Marshall’s Busiest Week During Black History Month

Bex Law, Student Reporter • February 9, 2023

The busiest week in Marshall’s Black History Month celebration features four events ranging from lectures to musical performances. The lecture “Black Resistance: Centering Voices From Within the...

Sustainability Club Creates Opportunities for Involvement

Joseph DiCristofaro, Student Reporter • February 8, 2023

A plastic-free campus is one of many sustainability-focused efforts led by the Sustainability Club for students to make their campus more environmentally friendly. Plastic waste has been one of the...

“Optimism in Appalachia” Opens in Drinko

Joseph DiCristofaro, Student Reporter • February 8, 2023

A new art exhibit on campus offers students, faculty and community members a variety of visual representations of optimism. Titled “Optimism in Appalachia,” the exhibit opened in Drinko Library...

Loud and Huntington Proud: Local Music Venue Features Local Artists

Bex Law, Student Reporter • February 8, 2023

Local musicians and their fans have always found a home at the local music venue The Loud. Partnering with the Broadberry Entertainment Group has afforded The Loud the opportunity to host bigger music...

Huntington’s First Black Police Chief Resigns

Lydia Montague, Student Reporter • February 7, 2023

Huntington’s police chief has resigned after a little more than a year on the job, Mayor Stephen Williams said in an announcement on Monday, Feb. 6. Karl Colder, appointed as chief on Nov. 1, 2021,...

Jim Justice Faces Criticism From Senate for MU Baseball Field Fund

Conner Woodruff, Managing Editor • February 7, 2023

Senators have challenged West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s decision to use nearly half of $28 million of COVID-19 relief funds for Marshall University’s new baseball field. These concerns were...

New PHC Officers Elected Into Office

Bethany Jarrell, Student Reporter • February 7, 2023

New officers have been elected to Marshall's Panhellenic Council, which governs National Panhellenic sororities on campus, including Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Zeta and Sigma Sigma Sigma. Emma...

HerdCon Expands to Two Days to Feature More Events

Bex Law, Student Reporter • February 6, 2023

HerdCon 2023 is expanding to a two day event on Marshall’s campus from Mar. 24 and 25 with live podcasts, cosplay competitions, vendors, table top games and more. Over a year’s worth of preparation...

Countdown to Commencement: Friendship Found in Extracurriculars

Abigail Cutlip, Student Reporter • February 3, 2023

Finding friendship in the Cherry Blossom Cosplay club, a Marshall University spring graduate says she has made the most of her four years here. Kaylee Hall, a pre-medical biology major from Logan, West...

Students Join Legislators for Capitol’s “Marshall Day”

Sarah Davis, Staff Reporter • February 2, 2023

West Virginia Delegate Sean Hornbuckle shook hands with University President Brad D. Smith, signifying the collaboration between Marshall and West Virginia lawmakers, on the morning of Wednesday, Feb....

Amicus Curiae Examines Women’s Rights

Sarah Davis, Staff Reporter • February 2, 2023

Dr. Marjorie J. Spruill spoke on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the most recent Amicus Curiae lecture “to shed some light on the deeply polarized and bitterly political partisan/political culture that we live...