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ATO members combat homelessness for 11th year

Breanna Francis, Reporter September 23, 2017

Members of Alpha Tau Omega braved the elements for the 11th year in a row during their “go homeless” fundraising event, aiming to call attention to homelessness while raising money for the Huntington...

Faculty Senate Discusses Replacement of Columbus Day

Caroline Kimbro, Reporter September 23, 2017

The Marshall University Faculty Senate adopted a resolution Thursday requesting that President Jerry Gilbert take steps to officially substitute the term “Indigenous People’s Day” for “Columbus...

Huntington’s Marine Safety Unit aid in hurricane relief

Huntington’s Marine Safety Unit aid in hurricane relief

Brooke Griffin, Reporter September 23, 2017

  Category five hurricanes are starting to become an event that America is slightly desensitized to. Huntington’s Marine Safety Unit has been deployed to both Florida and Texas to aide in...

LGBTQ+ Office Celebrates Bisexual Awareness Day

Pamela Young, Reporter September 23, 2017

In celebration of Bisexual Awareness Day, the LGBTQ PLUS office held a tabling event Sept. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center lobby. Bisexuality Day is nationally observed on Sept....

Marshall professor of biology Robin O’Keefe at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.

Biology professor publishes research paper on fossil findings

Sebastian Morris, Reporter September 21, 2017

Robin O’Keefe, professor of biology at Marshall University, published a paper on something that had been haunting him since his days as a student working towards a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology. “We...

Alpha Xi collects donations for hurricane victims

Breanna Francis, Reporter September 21, 2017

Though hurricanes Harvey and Irma have passed, the devastation they have caused millions of people in Texas and Florida is still being combatted. These disasters hit close to home for one Marshall University...

Female student self-defense course fun and informative

Kayla Simmons, Reporter September 21, 2017

With student safety a top priority on campus, the Marshall Police Department partnered with the Rape Aggression Defense program, or R.A.D., to provide female students with a self-defense course.  The...

Tailgating for growth in faith and friendship

Hunter Ellis, Reporter September 21, 2017

Marshall University’s Young Life strives to introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith. One way the Young Life group tries to accomplish this is by tailgating before home...

Coffee with the mayor returns to campus

Kyra Biscarner, Reporter September 20, 2017

Huntington Mayor Steve Williams has become a familiar face for many students, partly due to “Coffee with the Mayor” sessions Williams does on campus. Wednesday, Williams and students discussed issues...

Student Resource Center pops another series this semester

Alison Baldridge, Reporter September 20, 2017

To reach more students, Marshall University’s Student Resource Center is providing popcorn along with career resources in its new series, Get it Poppin’ with Pop in Tuesdays. Tuesday was the first...

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (left) and Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear discuss Monday a 36-state initiative for health insurance companies to consider alternatives to opioid prescriptions in the Shawkey Room of the Memorial Student Center.

AGs urge health insurance companies to find opioid alternatives

Tom Jenkins, Managing Editor September 18, 2017

  Just one week after the Netflix documentary “HEROIN(E)” showed the current state of the opioid fight in Huntington, State Attorney Generals of Kentucky and West Virginia visited Marshall...

Gilbert aims to expand undergraduate research program

Gilbert aims to expand undergraduate research program

Caroline Kimbro, Reporter September 18, 2017

Marshall President Jerry Gilbert has set standards for the growth of Marshall University during his initial years as president, focusing partially on expanding Marshall’s undergraduate research program. Gilbert...

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