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Recreation Center celebrates 10 years

Savanah Matney, Reporter • February 9, 2019

On one night this week, the Marshall Recreation Center hosted a student night full of prizes and activities. Another night, the Rec hosted a pizza night, which was open to all members. What these events...

Alpha Tau Omega raffle benefits Hospice of Huntington

Paige Leonard, Reporter • February 9, 2019

As Valentine’s Day approaches, Alpha Tau Omega members share the love, as they continue their fifth annual Valentine’s Day Raffle to benefit the Hospice of Huntington next week in the Memorial Student...

INTO students volunteer for Facing Hunger Foodbank

Tiara Brown, Reporter • February 9, 2019

Some places in West Virginia lack access to fresh meat and vegetables, forcing them to buy more processed foods, a Marshall University instructor said yesterday. INTO instructor Lindsay Anderson has been...

Lecture highlights influence of early Africans in America

Jesten Richardson, Copy Editor • February 8, 2019

Africans and people of African descent have shaped American culture in several ways over the last 400 years, an author and history professor said Thursday in Marshall University’s Memorial Student Center. “Beginning...

Open to All campaign inducts 100th pledge member

Trey Delida, Reporter • February 7, 2019

The 100th pledge member of the City of Huntington’s Open to All campaign was officially inducted on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Dallas, Texas transplants Patrick “Dr. Skip” Hart and husband/business manager...

Seniors reflect on graduation applications as deadline approaches

Meredith O’Bara, Reporter • February 7, 2019

Graduation applications for the spring 2019 semester are due Friday, Feb. 8. As seniors get in their paperwork and pay the fee, some are thinking about what graduation means and what the future may hold. Mary...

Student representatives receive suicide prevention training

Makaylah Wheeler, Reporter • February 6, 2019

In an effort to end the stigma surrounding mental health, Marshall organization representatives completed QPR training Tuesday during a meeting of the Student Government Association’s new house of representatives...

WOW to include Autism Ally Training next fall

Jesten Richardson, Copy Editor • February 5, 2019

A senate resolution approved during the meeting of Marshall University’s student senate will bring Autism Ally Training and Safe Space Training to the annual Week of Welcome. Senate Resolution 76.07...

PHC president casts vision for future of Greek Life

Paige Leonard, Reporter • February 5, 2019

Challenging stigmas and instilling diversity and inclusion in Greek Life are high on the list of priorities for the new president of the Panhellenic Council at Marshall University. “I wanted to join...

New scholarship honors President Gilbert’s parents

Sarah Ingram, News Editor • February 5, 2019

Marshall University President Jerry Gilbert established a new scholarship in memory of his parents to provide students in need with opportunities for a more educated life without accruing more student...

The Visual Arts Center: home to the College of Art and Design

Anna Marsh, Reporter • February 5, 2019

Marshall University’s Visual Arts Center is home to students and faculty within the College of Arts and Media’s School of Art and Design. Classes in the VAC include those focusing on photography,...

New apartments to be available for grad students

Madalyn McCoy, Reporter • February 5, 2019

The future is here for Marshall University graduate students, as they will now have their own apartment complex with access to campus. “When new graduate students are moving to the Huntington area,...