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The Parthenon

Parthe-Pet: Beckett

Parthe-Pet: Beckett

September 3, 2019

Beckett is a year-ish old mutt from the shelter. He was recently adopted by his owner, Hanna, after spending nearly his entire life in a cage. He loves chewing on anything fuzzy, tormenting the neighborhood...

GALLERY: Herd Rally 2019

GALLERY: Herd Rally 2019

Hanna Pennington, Executive Editor August 29, 2019

The 2019 Herd Rally in Pullman Square drew in hundreds of Marshall fans, local vendors and University organizations.

Dress for Success provides opportunities to community, students

Michaela Crittenden, Life! Editor August 6, 2019

Many organizations exist to help people get back on their feet when they may need assistance, and one of these is Dress for Success River Cities, which helps women who need to secure clothing for job interviews. “Dress...

Marshall graduate to compete for Miss Black USA title

Marshall graduate to compete for Miss Black USA title

Hanna Pennington, Executive Editor August 6, 2019

A Marshall University alumna recently crowned Miss Black West Virginia USA will travel to Washington, D.C. next week to compete for the title of Miss Black USA. Mercedez Speight, 24, originally from...

Yoga EQ teaches Marshall counselors new approaches

Yoga EQ teaches Marshall counselors new approaches

Michaela Crittenden, Life! Editor July 23, 2019

Mental health is a complex issue and people have developed many approaches to the issues. Marshall University mental health professionals learned a new approach to addressing and helping students with...

Where Marshall Can Take You: Cuba

Where Marshall Can Take You: Cuba

Michaela Crittenden, Life! Editor July 23, 2019

Seizing the opportunity offered by Marshall University to travel led second-year graduate student Bethany Buckner to Havana, Cuba, to study Latin American history. “I have always been interested in...

Student embracing young Honduran boy after a visit to one of the facilities  Marshall students had set up for their trip.

Where Marshall Can Take You: Honduras

Sarah Ingram, Campus Editor July 9, 2019

Expanding their knowledge of medicine throughout the world is one of the many lessons Marshall University’s pharmacy students learned recently when they studied abroad in Honduras, according to student,...

All-ages music venue aims to provide sober, safe space for arts

All-ages music venue aims to provide sober, safe space for arts

Hanna Pennington, Executive Editor July 9, 2019

The Marigold, an all-ages music venue in downtown Huntington, is bringing a more intimate, focused alternative to the city’s current arts scene in a sober and safe environment.  Owner KerryErin Coats...

Huntington Pride offers ‘rainbow’ of community events

Huntington Pride offers ‘rainbow’ of community events

Sarah Ingram, Campus Editor June 25, 2019

Rainbows could be seen across town after community members showed their support of the LGBTQ community at the city of Huntington’s third annual Pride Picnic. While events like the picnic, Herd Glow...

Herd Around the World: South Africa

Herd Around the World: South Africa

Hanna Pennington, Executive Editor June 25, 2019

Josie Kroeger, a biology student at Marshall University, said she used to think she could talk to animals. “I whole heartedly believed it,” Kroeger said. Kroeger, 21, now plans to attend veterinarian...

Parthe-Pet: Zues and Bob

Parthe-Pet: Zues and Bob

June 25, 2019

Zues (right) is a six-year-old cat, and his brother Bob (left) is two and a half years old. Their favorite activities include eating and sleeping. Although they are not biological brothers, they love each...

The Wild Ramp's Mobile Market selling fresh produce to passersby at Heritage Station.

Farmers market deploys food truck, brings fresh produce to city

Michaela Crittenden, Life! Editor June 25, 2019

Striving to connect local farmers and locally grown produce with the Huntington community, The Wild Ramp began Mobile Market, a food truck expansion to the store that brings produce to the community. “The...

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