The Parthenon

COS Students Get to Know New Dean

Scott Price, Chief Copy Editor • February 25, 2024

Intended to introduce students to Dean Wesley Stites and Associate Dean Anna Mummert while conversing over Dunkin’ donuts and coffee, the Student Government Association collaborated with First2 Network...

UKIRK Celebrates Ash Wednesday

Reagan Clagg, Student Reporter • February 25, 2024

As churches around the world celebrated Ash Wednesday, Marshall’s UKIRK campus ministry kicked off the season by putting a more positive spin on the tradition. “Many Christians, at least historically,...

Critically Acclaimed Write Cyrus Cassells Visits Marshall

Cyd Collins, Student Reporter • February 24, 2024

Critically acclaimed writer, translator and poet Cyrus Cassells was the featured guest for the first reading in the A.E. Writer’s Series of the year on Thursday, Feb. 15. The series was founded in...

Student Organizations Connect With Campus

Nolan Duncan, Student Reporter • February 24, 2024

On Valentine’s Day, numerous student organizations ran tables in the Marshall University Memorial Student Center to fundraise and spread cheer. A member of Omega Phi Alpha said table events like Valentine’s...

Racial Diversity on Campus is Essential and Should be Celebrated

Victoria Ware, Opinions & Culture Editor • February 23, 2024

Racial diversity is a concept that provokes strong contention regarding its importance and value. As a biracial Black woman who frequently inhabits predominately white spaces, the concept of racial...

Marshall Takes Steps to Revamp FAM

Kaitlyn Fleming, Student Reporter • February 23, 2024

Graduate school waivers and revamping the Friend at Marshall program were on the agenda for discussion among Student Government Association members and Provost Avinandan Mukherjee on Tuesday, Feb. 13,...

Local Churches Provide Students Lunch for a Dollar

Ella Bumgardner, Staff Reporter • February 22, 2024

The Campus Christian Center at Marshall University hosted the first “Lunch for a Buck” of the 2024 spring semester on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The center hosts Lunch for a Buck every second and fourth...

Amicus Curiae Returning to Campus

Sarah Davis, News Editor • February 21, 2024

The United States’ Civil Rights Movement is the topic of an upcoming lecture on campus this week. The Amicus Curiae Lecture Series on Constitutional Democracy will hold its first event of the semester...

SGA Expands Campus Food Pantry

Emma Gallus, Video & Audio Producer • February 21, 2024

The Marshall University Food Pantry will increase the amount of product it can hold due to an upcoming expansion, the pantry’s student manager said. “With this expansion, we’ll have more space...

Tri-Sigma to Bring Valentine’s Spirit to Campus

Kaitlyn Fleming, Student Reporter • February 20, 2024

Enlightening attendees on Tri-Sigma’s philanthropic organizations and spreading Valentine’s Day cheer are a few initiatives of the upcoming Roses for Robbie event, one Tri-Sigma leader said. “My...

Couples on Campus: Charlie and Pamela Bowen

Kaitlyn Fleming, Student Reporter • February 20, 2024

Within the hustle and bustle of college campuses, there lies the multi-faceted world of love. Love presents itself in many forms, and it appears to thrive particularly within the confines of Marshall. “She’ll...

Panel Discusses Portrayal of Love in Media

Baylee Parsons, Copy Editor • February 19, 2024

Although many films are intended to reflect reality, films too often impact societal behaviors and standards, said the assistant director of the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies program at Title...