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First lady Melania Trump visits Huntington addiction recovery facility

Kyra Biscarner, Reporter • October 11, 2017

First lady Melania Trump made an unexpected stop in Huntington Tuesday morning, visiting Lily’s Place, a non-profit drug treatment facility that helps infants born to addicted mothers. Trump met with...

Marshall students celebrate differences during Unity Walk

Kayla Simmons, Reporter • October 9, 2017

Marshall’s 6th Annual Unity Walk marked the beginning of the university’s 2017 homecoming week celebrations. Monday’s event was an opportunity to recognize the diversity of the school’s student...

Homecoming court representatives announced

Brooke Griffin, Reporter • October 9, 2017

The Marshall Thundering Herd ended their annual Unity Walk by announcing their 2017 Homecoming Court with dozens of students watching. Kelly green bow ties and dresses filled the stage as the candidates...

Seniors present solar eclipse balloon launch findings to WV Space Grant Consortium

Sebastian Morris, Reporter • October 9, 2017

Marshall students Jacob Staggs and Derek Staley, both senior computer science majors, traveled to Charleston over the weekend to present their findings on the total solar eclipse that took place in August...

Sigma Sigma Sigma fall festival brings in $2,300 for charities

Breanna Francis, Reporter • October 9, 2017

Sigma Sigma Sigma, Marshall University’s only sorority with two philanthropies, offered a fall festival at their house Saturday, featuring food, games and music in an effort to raise money for the March...

Helpers Club to raise scholarship funds for students with learning disabilities

Amanda Larch, for The Parthenon • October 9, 2017

The Helpers Club is selling raffle tickets for a Marshall-themed quilt before the university’s homecoming game this Saturday to raise money for scholarships for students in Marshall’s Higher Education...

Writers express their Hispanic-American identities through poetry

Alison Baldridge, Reporter • October 9, 2017

Continuing celebrations of Hispanic Heritage Month occurred Thursday through the A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series, which included readings from the visiting writers Carmen Giménez Smith and Dan Vera...

Acclaimed author and journalist to lecture on modern civil rights progress

Caroline Kimbro, Reporter • October 9, 2017

Wil Haygood will present the Amicus Curiae lecture, “Thurgood Marshall’s Battle for Justice,” Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Marshall University’s Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall. Haygood, a New York Times...

University, community organizations raising funds for Puerto Rico relief

Sebastian Morris, Reporter • October 5, 2017

Puerto Rico was devastated in September by one of the most catastrophic storms in a century and the island is still in the infancy of its recovery. Marshall University and other Tri-State organizations...

Unity Walk aims to celebrate our differences

Pamela Young, Reporter • October 5, 2017

Marshall students, faculty, staff, administration, organizations, teams, clubs and the Huntington community gather each year on-campus to walk, celebrate and embrace one another’s differences - united...

Professors educate students, faculty on free speech rights

Breanna Francis, Reporter • October 5, 2017

In light of recent events, both on campus and across the nation, Marshall University faculty and students met Wednesday to discuss the parameters of free speech and its place in our nation. “There...

Visiting Writers Series celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with cultural discussion

Alison Baldridge, Reporter • October 5, 2017

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month, The A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series kicked off their first event Wednesday, Cultural Discussion Panel: Building Community through Activism and the Arts,...