The Parthenon

COLA Conference welcomes research from Marshall students

Jesten Richardson, Copy Editor • April 16, 2019

Two days. Approximately 95 student presenters. And a total of 101 panel presentations. These are the numbers for Marshall University’s 19th annual College of Liberal Arts Research and Creativity Conference,...

MUPD wants women to feel R.A.D. after taking defense course

Mackenzie Jones, Reporter • April 16, 2019

Training women in self-defense, for 21 years Marshall University has offered R.A.D., or the Rape Aggression Defense System, and since 2000, Sergeant Scott Ballou, a West Virginia state lead R.A.D. director,...

Honors class takes on hunger in Huntington through free meal

Amanda Larch, Managing Editor • April 16, 2019

Kane Morrone’s goal is to feed 350 people, though, ideally, he said he’d like to see 500 full bellies next Wednesday night. Morrone, a sophomore marketing and entrepreneurship major, thought of...

Dance marathon raises money for local children’s hospital

Paige Leonard, Reporter • April 15, 2019

Marshall University students raised over $10,000 for Hoops Family Children’s Hospital Saturday by participating in the fourth annual Dance Thunder, a 12-hour dance marathon which left participants physically...

Students sweep advertising competition

Meredith O’Bara, Reporter • April 13, 2019

After over 500 rough drafts, they found the winner. With a logo and branding guide in hand, a group of students competed in the West Virginia Student ADDYs advertising competition and came out on top...

Visiting history professor discusses ideologies of South, West

Jesten Richardson, Copy Editor • April 13, 2019

Ideology behind the Confederacy did not end after the Civil War, but lived on in the land of the West, a Boston College professor said Thursday in Marshall University’s Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall. “What...

Mission West Virginia to host open house in South Charleston

Piper White, Reporter • April 13, 2019

To give the community an opportunity to learn about foster care and how the fostering process works, Mission West Virginia will host an open house at South Charleston First Church of the Nazarene April...

Army Corps of Engineers informs Marshall students

Madalyn McCoy, Reporter • April 13, 2019

In addition to providing public engineering services, the Army Corps of Engineers provided members of the Marshall University community with information Thursday, during an Army Corps of Engineers day...

Student body president, vice president host educational material training

Jesten Richardson, Copy Editor • April 13, 2019

To equip Marshall University faculty members with knowledge and strategies they could use to find more cost-effective educational materials for their courses, Student Body President Hunter Barclay and...

Students paint diversity bison, celebrate Unity Month

Savanah Matney, Reporter • April 12, 2019

Marshall University’s Campus Activities Board hosted its last Paint and Sip event of the semester Wednesday night. This Paint and Sip celebrated Unity Month, and students were able to paint the diversity...

Stomachs for Empathy simulation explores hunger, social classes

Makaylah Wheeler, Reporter • April 12, 2019

They could either give up their extra food or beg the upper class for a meal. This was one of the scenarios Marshall University students faced Wednesday, during a simulation at the Hunger Banquet hosted...

Empowering women becomes focus of new club on campus

Paige Leonard, Reporter • April 9, 2019

Feeling empowered and confident is extremely important to her, said Shay Kaminski, co-founder of EmpoWer, the first women’s empowerment club on Marshall University’s campus. “Growing up, I often...