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The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Huntington rallies to kick off football season and new school year

Huntington rallies to kick off football season and new school year

Sydney Shelton, Reporter August 24, 2018

Vendors, fashion and all things Marshall University brought the Huntington community and the Marshall family together Thursday night to kick off the football season at the fifth annual Herd Rally. The...

An orientation love story, 40 years in the making

An orientation love story, 40 years in the making

Franklin Norton, Managing Editor August 7, 2018

They say that people fall in love in mysterious ways, and for one couple, it all started more than 40 years ago in a three-hour-long line at their Marshall University new student orientation. In July...

The Settlement band to release new music, return to Huntington to perform

The Settlement band to release new music, return to Huntington to perform

Amanda Larch, News Editor August 7, 2018

The Settlement may have over four years’ experience, but like a musical chameleon, the band’s style is only continuing to grow and change. Colten Settle, The Settlement’s lead guitarist, singer and...

Full Circle Ceramic brings community, unique designs to Huntington

Full Circle Ceramic brings community, unique designs to Huntington

Hanna Pennington, LIFE! EDITOR August 6, 2018

For Noelle Horsfield, owner and designer at Full Circle Ceramic in Heritage Station, community is everything. Horsfield grew up across the river from Huntington in rural Southern Ohio and said while...

14th annual West Virginia Hot Dog Festival takes over downtown Huntington

14th annual West Virginia Hot Dog Festival takes over downtown Huntington

Hanna Pennington, LIFE! Editor July 30, 2018

Dogs both big and small could be found at the 14th annual West Virginia Hot Dog Festival on Saturday as attendees of all ages gathered to watch wiener dog races, have a bite to eat from various local vendors...

Tim Watson (left) and Chris Wood (right) preparing a buffalo taco at their pop-up shop at Huntington Cycle and Sport.

Native Eats pop-up serves tradition with a flair

Sadie Helmick, Executive Editor July 24, 2018

After a night of driving through Pikeville, Kentucky, Tim Watson had an idea that eventually lead to the creation of Native Eats, a Native American taco stand. With the Shawnee Indian heritage that came...

RCBI revamped summer programs give campers hands-on experience

RCBI revamped summer programs give campers hands-on experience

Hanna Pennington, Life! Editor July 24, 2018

The Robert C. Byrd Institute is working to onboard a new generation into 21st century opportunities throughout the state with 3D Printing and Maker Camps for middle and high schoolers at their Huntington,...

New provost ready to take the herd by the horns

New provost ready to take the herd by the horns

Franklin Norton, Managing Editor July 11, 2018

Marshall University’s senior administration gained a fresh face on the first of July, with the start of the new provost and senior vice president of academic affairs Jaime Taylor. Taylor, who comes...

Machinist instructor Rick Smoot, right, demonstrates the proper use of a digital readout screen on the Clausing engine lathe for students in the Step Up for Women Pre-Apprenticeship Program at RCBI.

Step Up for Women prepares RCBI females for manufacturing careers

Hanna Pennington, Life! Editor July 10, 2018

In a program which is one of the first of its kind in the United States, 10 women from all over the Tri-State are training for careers in the manufacturing industry, a field in which jobs are typically...

Angela Kargul and Amy Parsons-White at the Memorial Student Center holding their weekly farmer’s market.

Sustainability Department Grows: weekly farmer’s market and addition of Meditation Garden

Sadie Helmick, Executive Editor June 27, 2018

With the inclusion of campus-wide recycling, conservation of energy and water strategies and the introduction of green technologies and materials, the Marshall University Sustainability Department has...

Marshall University welcomes newest student organization

Amanda Larch, News Editor June 26, 2018

Members of Marshall University’s newest student organization, Huntington Advocators, dedicate their time to honoring the city of Huntington. While Huntington Advocators are still growing, they wish to...

Where Marshall Can Take You: Study Abroad in Spain

Where Marshall Can Take You: Study Abroad in Spain

Sarah Ingram, FOR THE PARTHENON June 26, 2018

Is there a better time to travel the world than during one’s college years? I don’t think so. After college people grow up and get married, get serious jobs, have children and have so many more excuses...

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