48th Annual Fountain Ceremony honors 75 lost

Meg Keller/Sadie Helmick, Reporter/Executive Editor

November 14, 2018

The forty eighth annual Memorial Fountain Ceremony honoring those who died in the 1970 plane crash took place Wednesday, Nov. 14. With a crowd of alumni, families, students, faculty and the Herd football team watching, the Memorial Fountain was shut off once more in remembrance of the worst sports...

Former Beach Boy rocks Huntington with old hits

Gretchen Kalar, Reporter

November 9, 2018

Brian Wilson, former Beach Boy, brought nostalgia to the audience of the Keith Albee Theater Tuesday, Nov. 2 in Huntington. Brian Wilson preformed Beach Boys hits along with Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin. “I grew up listening to the Beach Boys,” Dave Pack, Ashland resident and attendee, said....

Local day-cares participated in City Hall’s safe Trick or Treat

Meg Keller, Reporter

November 1, 2018

Children from local day care programs trick or treated Wednesday in city hall as Huntington police officers and firefighters handed out candy. Bryan Chambers, communications director for the City of Huntington, helped organized Safe Trick or Treat. He said Safe Trick or Treat was implemented to provide...

SGA celebrates Halloween

October 30, 2018

Mr. and Miss Marshall of 2018 homecoming for herd

Madison Davis, Reporter

October 24, 2018

The titles for 2018 Mr. and Miss Marshall were named during halftime of Saturday’s Homecoming game. The titles were awarded to junior James Prentice and senior Jessica Yurkovich. Prentice, a business management major, and Yurkovich, an exercise science major, both are in many leadership posit...

Gallery: Herd Madness

Richard Crank, Photographer

October 20, 2018

100 mile meal feed hungry students on Marshall’s campus

Olayinka Bamiro, Reporter

October 19, 2018

Marshall University’s Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics and the MU Sustainability Department organized the 100 Mile Meal event in Towers Market Place Oct. 17. 100 Mile Meal is an effort to improve the dining hall experience and promote healthy eating on campus. This event was started...

Intercultural Talent Show at Marshall allows students to showcase talents

Rachel Riddle, Reporter

October 18, 2018

Marshall University’s Intercultural Hispanic Organization collaborated with the Student Government Association to organize the Intercultural Talent Show Tuesday night in the Memorial Student Center’s Don Morris room. Participants demonstrated their talents before a panel of judges and an audien...

Unity Walk brings Marshall community together, begins homecoming activities

Hannah Graham, Reporter

October 16, 2018

Marshall University had its seventh annual Unity Walk Monday, Oct. 15 to kick off the homecoming week festivities. The walk started and ended at the Memorial Student Center, and students from multiple organizations participated in the walk and celebrated their differences. Paige Reger, sophomore ...

Annual mac ‘n’ DZ philanthropy macaroni, cheese dinner

LeAnna Owens, Reporter

October 14, 2018

The event, Mac ‘n’ DZ, was a macaroni and cheese dinner. The proceeds went to Starkey Hearing as part of Delta Zeta’s philanthropy, speech and hearing. Starkey Hearing provides hearing aids to the less fortunate in the United States and abroad. Mac ‘n’ DZ started at 11 p.m. and lasted until...

GALLERY: Herd volleyball defeats UTEP in annual Dig Pink game

Richard Crank, Photographer

October 9, 2018

Tsubasacon returns to Huntington with weekend of pop culture

October 8, 2018

Tsubasacon 2018 took place at the Big Sandy Convention Center in Huntington, Oct. 5 through Oct. 7. The convention is a yearly event centered around video games, anime, manga and other pop culture entities. Among the video game and anime-based attractions of this year’s Tsubasacon included a maid...