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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

The Herd will start the 2025 season in an away matchup against Georgia.

Marshall declines bowl game invitation

Nate Harrah, Student Reporter December 14, 2024

After a year of success for the Thundering Herd Football team, winning the Sun Belt title and finishing 10-3, Marshall University announced they will be...

Huff has been with the Herd since 2021.

Gibson in, Huff out as head coach of Marshall Football

Joseph DiCristofaro, Sports Editor December 10, 2024

On Sunday afternoon, after a Sun Belt Conference Championship victory less than 24 hours earlier, Tony Gibson was named the 32nd head coach of Marshall...

Megan Archer

West Virginia roots inspire Huntington Chamber’s next leader

Kaitlyn Fleming, Opinions & Culture Editor November 23, 2024

The spirit of West Virginians fuels the ambition to magnify Huntington’s business community at the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce, said the...

Huntington small businesses prepare for Pink Friday

Huntington small businesses prepare for Pink Friday

Ella Bumgardner, Staff Reporter November 20, 2024

Huntington, West Virginia, has built a community of small business owners who are coming together to support each other this holiday season.  There...

November is recognized as National Veterans and Military Families Month.

Title IX to highlight local veteran resources

Baylee Parsons, News Editor November 20, 2024

Of Marshall’s 11,000 students, a small percentage identify as veterans. In honor of National Veterans and Military Families Month, the Title IX Office...

(Left to right) Alys Smith, Alissa Stewart Sparks, Raine Klover, Gina Milum, Brittany Ochoa, Nora Ankrom

Local women talk nonprofit management

Sarah Davis, Managing Editor November 20, 2024

Leaders do not fit a certain stereotype and in fact, they often defy them, a figure in a local nonprofit said. “True leadership doesn’t come from...

University and Adobe officials cut the ribbon at the ceremony.

Marshall named first Adobe Creative Campus in state

Nate Harrah, Student Reporter November 19, 2024

To watch the television news package created for this story, please click here. Creativity and innovation were the focus of the ribbon cutting for the...

Students prepare for Thanksgiving Break

Tariq Montgomery, Student Reporter November 17, 2024

Thanksgiving means more than just turkey and ham for many on Marshall’s campus. Plans differ among students during the break.  Some are going home...

Helping the Herd: on-campus resources for finals

Helping the Herd: on-campus resources for finals

Baylee Parsons, News Editor November 16, 2024

Long hours of studying. Very little sleep. Trying to calculate final grades. Each semester, all of these things come together to create the most stressful...

Representing the 75, roses were rested on the fountain during the ceremony.

Community embraces resilience at fountain ceremony

Sarah Davis, Managing Editor November 15, 2024

Specifics change with each year, but the purpose and heart remain: the Marshall community stands around the fountain on November 14 – rain or shine –...

GALLERY: The 54th Annual Fountain Ceremony

Wade Sullivan, Photo & Graphics Editor November 15, 2024

Wade Sullivan can be contacted at [email protected]

Republicans prepare for Trump’s second term

Caden Adkins, Student Reporter November 13, 2024

Following Donald Trump’s victory, House Republicans are gearing up to enact the new president’s policies. Mike Johnson, the current speaker of the...

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