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Marshall receives Purple Heart accreditation

Briana Murphy, Reporter • January 25, 2018

Outside of Gullickson Hall Thursday morning, Marshall University was designated by the Military of the Purple Heart Order as a Purple Heart University. Marshall University is the first university in the...

WMUL-FM racks up multiple International AVA Digital Awards

Ginny Blake, Reporter • January 25, 2018

Students from Marshall University’s public radio station, WMUL-FM, received 12 awards in the International AVA Digital Awards 2018 Competition. This year is WMUL-FM’s sixth time competing in the International...

Police Blotter

Sarah Ingram, Reporter • January 25, 2018

Indecent Exposure Jan. 20 at 12:17 p.m., MUPD received a call from a female who claimed a male exposed himself on the second floor of Drinko Library. The caller gave a description of the man and MUPD...

Sexual assault support program aims to help students cope

Hanna Pennington, Reporter • January 25, 2018

Marshall University’s Counseling Center is providing an eight-week program for sexual assault victims to assist them with coping mechanisms and dealing with possible triggers. The program, Sexual Assault...

Marshall welcomes first Planned Parenthood awareness group

Kyra Biscarner, Reporter • January 22, 2018

Planned Parenthood Generation Action is cementing its spot on Marshall’s campus. The group officially launched Monday, providing students information about what the group plans to do. Morgan Karnell,...

Government Shutdown Ends

Ginny Blake, Reporter • January 22, 2018

What did the shutdown mean for Marshall and the state of West Virginia? When the clock struck 12 a.m. on Saturday, the United States began the first government shut down of Donald Trump’s presidency....

Actively Moving Forward group creating new bereavement policy

Amanda Larch, Reporter • January 22, 2018

After senior exercise science major Kate Etter lost her mother while attending college, she found it difficult to return to school, and when she did, she said she struggled to cope with the grief on her...

Students team up with Harmony House for Martin Luther King Day of Service

Ginny Blake, Reporter • January 22, 2018

Two Marshall University students spent their Friday morning sorting through community clothing donations for the Harmony House for MLK Day of Service. Mike Andry, Mr. Marshall 2017 and member of the TAU-NU...

New fraternity debuts on campus

Sarah Ingram, Reporter • January 22, 2018

With the new year comes a new fraternity, as Lambda Chi Alpha has officially become part of the Greek Life community here at Marshall University. While the fraternity is starting out fresh this semester,...

Armed man arrested for trespassing in Smith Hall

Sarah Ingram, Reporter • January 22, 2018

Marshall University Police Department responded to a call Jan. 9 at 7:52 p.m. indicating that a suspicious male was preparing food on the first floor of Smith Music Hall. The man was later discovered to...

Violauta Duo to perform Rossiniana in Studio 143

Rachael Cook, Reporter • January 21, 2018

The Violauta Duo performed “Rossiniana 2” on Thursday in Studio 143, making them the first School of Music event of the semester. Before the recital began, both members of the Violauta Duo, Wendell...

A letter to the students of Marshall University

By Jerome A. Gilbert, Ph.D., President of Marshall University • January 18, 2018

By Jerome A. Gilbert, Ph.D. President of Marshall University We recently have formed two organizations at Marshall University to assist in communicating some of the university’s institutional values...