The Parthenon

Breast Cancer Awareness month recognized by Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center by being lit pink

Chelsey Stanley, Reporter • October 3, 2018

Cabell Huntington Hospital organized “Light it up Pink,” a lighting ceremony at the Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center Oct. 1 to mark the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Over 60 people...

PROACT opens, provides additional recovery services

Sam Phillips, Reporter • October 2, 2018

Marshall Health collaborated with several local hospitals and clinics in opening a center designed to help Huntington residents struggling with addiction. The Provider Response Organization for Addiction...

Student government apprentices sworn in for fall semester

Hannah Graham, Reporter • October 2, 2018

Nineteen senate apprentices were sworn in and assigned to their respective senators during the Student Government Association meeting Tuesday, Oct. 2. The room was so full that senate members had to work...

Community-Based Learning Program aims to add experiential learning to classrooms

Taylor Huddleston, Contributor • October 2, 2018

Marshall University’s Community-Based Learning Program is an experiential learning program to incorporate active learning in the classroom. The director of the Community-Based Learning Program, Damien...

32nd annual Pumpkin Festival returns to Milton Oct. 4

Meg Keller, Reporter • October 2, 2018

Students searching for fall fun can look no further than 21 miles east of campus, as the 32nd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival will take place at 1 Pumpkin Way in Milton, from Oct. 4 through 7. ...

Students for a Democratic Society continue to discuss renaming Jenkins Hall

Meg Keller, Reporter • October 1, 2018

Students for a Democratic Society have been engaged in an ongoing discussion with Marshall administrators, students and the Huntington community about potentially changing the name of Marshall University’s...

Marshall University LGBTQ+ office provides safe space training

Rachel Riddle, Reporter • September 29, 2018

Marshall University’s LQBTQ+ office sponsored a safe space training and panel meeting discussion Sept. 28 in Drinko Library. Students and faculty in attendance learned about the LGBTQ+ community and...

Rally for Recovery to celebrate local recoveries in community

Douglas Harding, Reporter • September 29, 2018

Hundreds of tristate residents celebrated the local recovery community at Recovery Point’s seventh annual Rally for Recovery Friday in Huntington. “Recovery is real,” Rachel Thaxton, director...

WVFREE and Women’s Health center work to expose fake clinics

Lillie Bodie, Reporter • September 29, 2018

WVFREE and the Women’s Health Center collaborated for an Expose Fake Clinics Happy Hour Thursday, Sept. 27 at the Bodega Market and Cafe to inform attendees about fake pregnancy clinics in West Virginia....

Title IX office organized table discussion

Gretchen Kalar, Reporter • September 25, 2018

Marshall University’s Title IX office set up discussion tables Tuesday, Sept. 25 in the Memorial Student Center. “The goal for today is to ensure all of our students understand the concept of Title...

MU Votes aims to get students involved in democratic process

Hannah Graham, Reporter • September 25, 2018

New student organization MU Votes was created to inform Marshall University students about how to vote, when to vote and how important it is to have their voices heard. The group set up a table Tuesday,...

Harmony House unveils Huntington’s largest solar panel project

Rachel Riddle, Reporter • September 25, 2018

Solar Energy for Reducing Area Homelessness, the largest solar panel project in the region, was unveiled during a dedication ceremony Sept. 21 at the Huntington Harmony House. “Today’s dedication...