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Wi-Fi outages continue throughout campus, IT investigating

Kyra Biscarner, Reporter • October 23, 2017

Students across campus have found themselves struggling with campus-wide Wi-Fi issues. Marshall University’s Information Technology Services has made attempts to mitigate the issue by installing additional...

Veteran to lecture on changing attitudes toward patriotism

Staff Report • October 23, 2017

Writer, filmmaker, illustrator and veteran Benjamin Busch will lecture Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. in Smith Hall 531 about the changing relationship of Americans to patriotism, citizenship and service....

Men race in high heels during Dress for Success River Cities fundraiser

Brooke Griffin, Reporter • October 23, 2017

The fourth annual Stiletto Stroll left no ankle unturned Saturday at Heritage Station. Men from all over the tri-state area competed in the race and did their own fundraising beforehand to help...

Theist and atheist debate worldviews of morality before Marshall audience

Hunter Ellis, Reporter • October 23, 2017

Theist Chan Arnett and atheist Adam Hamby debated the foundations of morality and whether they stem from theistic or non-theistic sources Saturday evening in the Don Morris Room of the Memorial Student...

Students to get a kick from one-night ‘Kinky Boots’ performance

Buffy Six, Reporter • October 23, 2017

Tony award-winning musical “Kinky Boots” is coming to the Keith Albee Theater Thursday as part of the Marshall Artists Series. The musical is about a drag queen who comes to the rescue to a shoe factory...

Women’s Studies and History departments band together for book sale fundraiser

Alison Baldridge, Reporter • October 23, 2017

Marshall University’s Women’s Studies Program and History Department’s Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta, will be having their annual used book sale Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Memorial Student...

Center for African American Students, BUS to serve up some scares during scary movie party

Staff Report • October 20, 2017

The Center for African American Students and the Black United Students organization, also known as BUS, will offer Marshall students some scares with a scary movie party lock-in Friday at the Memorial...

McElroy family podcasts to record at Keith-Albee

Rebecca Turnbull, Reporter • October 19, 2017

Marshall University’s Society of Yeager Scholars is inviting well-known Huntington natives of the McElroy family to give a live recording of two of their podcasts, “Shmanners” and “Sawbones,”...

Subjects of ‘Heroin(e)’ documentary to discuss film, Huntington opioid crisis following screening

Danite Belay, Reporter • October 19, 2017

The subjects of the Netflix original documentary “Heroin(e)” will field questions and discuss Huntington’s opioid crisis Thursday following a 7 p.m. screening of the film at Marquee Cinemas in...

School of Pharmacy gala to raise funds for Huntington City Mission

Caroline Kimbro, Reporter • October 19, 2017

October is American Pharmacists Month and the Marshall University School of Pharmacy is ready to celebrate. The Queen of Hearts Gala, presented by the Marshall University Student Society of Health Systems...

Sigma Stacks pancake dinner fundraiser set for Friday

Breanna Francis, Reporter • October 19, 2017

Sigma Sigma Sigma is preparing to feed hundreds of Marshall students with their annual Sigma Stacks pancake dinner fundraiser Friday from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. at its house on 6th Avenue. For the first...

Cyber security follows similar guidelines as campus safety

Brooke Griffin, Reporter • October 19, 2017

“Use your common sense,” “Don’t talk to strangers” and “Be aware of your surroundings” are all expressions spoken by those who are trying to keep people physically safe. What some people...