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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Plants are sold on the Memorial Student Center Plaza April 24 during Earth Day celebrations.

Gardens in bloom on campus

Meredith O'Bara, Reporter April 30, 2019

Marshall University is not only a home to students, but to plants starting life in several gardens across campus. As the summer season approaches, students...

Alpha Sigma Phi, a criminal justice fraternity, gave students an opportunity to pie a professor to raise money for an upcoming national confererence.

Criminal justice fraternity uses pies to fundraise for conference

Madalyn McCoy, Reporter April 30, 2019

Pie A Teacher in the Face was a fundraiser held by a criminal justice honors group Tuesday in front of the Memorial Student Center.  Alpha Phi Sigma...

Students can receive help with their schoolwork, hear from guest speakers and have a safe place to stay until their guardians get home from work or school.

From capstone to community: class project creates mentorship program for children

Makaylah Wheeler, Reporter April 30, 2019

Marshall University journalism students are trying to prove that Huntington still has a bright future by placing the hope for tomorrow in the children...

Tutoring Center seeks students for fall semester

Meredith O'Bara, Reporter April 30, 2019

As the spring semester comes to a close, the Tutoring Services center in the Communications Building seeks students to become tutors in the fall. Tutors...

Marshall University Libraries, the Campus Activities Board and more organizations aimed to ease students’ minds with relaxing activities by turning Dead Week into Stress Relief Week.

Students relax during Stress Relief Week

Makaylah Wheeler, Reporter April 30, 2019

With activities, food and “survival freebies,” Marshall University is turning Dead Week into a Stress Relief Week for students.  “It is extremely...

Authors and Louisiana State University history professors Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein discuss the contents of their new book "The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality," during a lecture in the Amicus Curiae Lecture Series on Constitutional Democracy Thursday, April 25.

Visiting authors discuss ‘problem of democracy’

Jesten Richardson, Copy Editor April 28, 2019

One problem of democracy is that it has become a popularity contest, a Louisiana State University professor and author said Thursday in Marshall University’s...

Town hall addresses concerns of Greek community

Paige Leonard, Reporter April 26, 2019

Goals and ideas for improving the Greek community emerged from discussion at a town hall meeting attended by 30 Greek Life members Wednesday evening in...

Students and community members celebrate Earth Day with plant sales, interactive activities for kids and booths with information on recycling and other environmental initiatives in the area at the Memorial Center Plaza April 24.

Marshall community celebrates Earth Day

Heather Barker, Executive Editor April 26, 2019

Marshall University’s Memorial Student Center Plaza was full of green Wednesday, and not just with the school’s colors. Students and community members...

Emilie Christenberry and Sydney Ankrom from CAB

Campus Activities Board initiates tattoo buzz on campus

Trey Delida, Reporter April 26, 2019

Wearing yellow shirts reading “Bee Kind” in solidarity with the Save the Bees movement, members of the Marshall University Campus Activities Board...

Members of the Catholic Newman Center pose for a photo during a hike at the New River Gorge.

Changes coming to the Catholic Newman Center

Meredith O'Bara, Reporter April 23, 2019

One campus ministry is finding peace in a transition that comes in the way of twelve seniors and a campus minister leaving.  Next semester will bring...

A student uses Clio in Huntington to view a historic protest on Fifth Avenue.

Paid internship allows students to discover Appalachian history

Jesten Richardson, Copy Editor April 23, 2019

An online history platform used by more than 100 universities and about 500 organizations is offering students a chance to earn a $1,000 stipend while...

Students participate in Herd Holi in 2015 on Buskirk Field.

Herd Holi to celebrate spring, forgiveness with burst of color

Tiara Brown, Reporter April 23, 2019

The fourth annual Herd Holi, a celebration of color, friendship and spring, will be Thursday at 6 p.m on Marshall University’s Buskirk Field. “Holi...

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