The Parthenon

Justice proposes state budget cuts

Franklin Norton, Reporter • February 9, 2017

Governor Jim Justice delivered a plan Wednesday to improve the current state of West Virginia’s economy in his first State of the State address as the 36th governor of West Virginia. The plan he presented...

President Gilbert reacts to State of the State Address

Adam Stephens, Reporter • February 9, 2017

Marshall University President Jerry Gilbert attended the State of the State Address Wednesday at the state capitol where West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivered proposals he said he would solve the state’s...

Week one of W.Va. Legislature brings changes

Kylee Hurley, Reporter • February 9, 2017

West Virginia senators and representatives returned to Charleston Wednesday as the West Virginia Legislature reconvened for the 1st Session of the 83rd Legislature. At the Legislative Lookahead that took...

Executive Order Series continues over cup of coffee

Sadie Helmick, Reporter • February 9, 2017

Students and faculty discussed over a cup of coffee Thursday some current events happening in the United States as part of Marshall University’s Executive Order Series. Malak Khader, a graduate assistant...

Gov. Justice delivers promises for W.Va. at his first State of the State Address

Kylee Hurley, Reporter • February 9, 2017

Gov. Jim Justice gave his first State of the State Address Wednesday, filled with plans and goals he has for West Virginia. Justice won the gubernatorial election after an unconventional campaign, as...

Community leader presented first Carter G. Woodson Lyceum award

Christian Davis, Reporter • February 8, 2017

Former Ashland Oil Inc. Foundation President Charles Whitehead was joined by students and staff members in the Drinko Library to answer questions about his days helping the community. Whitehead...

Missing Marshall student’s body found

Heather Barker, Reporter • February 8, 2017

After four days of searching, officials have found the body of Marshall University student Mitchell Higgins, 22, who jumped from a bridge on Interstate 64 into the Guyandotte River after a car crash early...

Huntington residents look to go solar

Sadie Helmick, Reporter • February 7, 2017

West Virginia Solar United Neighborhoods, or WV SUN, is a non-profit with the goal of cleaner, renewable energy across West Virginia. On Monday night at the Explorer Academy in Huntington, more than 50...

College of Business begins search for new dean

Luke Carpenter, Reporter • February 7, 2017

Four candidates are in review as the Marshall University Lewis College of Business searches for a new dean. Former professor and member of the accounting department, Bob Simpson, delayed his own retirement...

Exploring the controversy of Confederate monuments

Hannah Swartz, Reporter • February 6, 2017

David Trowbridge, associate professor and director of African and African American Studies at Marshall University, will give a presentation on the ongoing controversy surrounding Confederate monuments...

A look at a historical text through religious lens

Staff Reports • February 6, 2017

“The Emancipation Proclamation as Sacred Text,” a lecture by Joseph Tucker Edmunds, will be presented on Marshall’s campus Wednesday, Feb. 15. Edmunds is an assistant professor of religious studies...

Senator Manchin promotes broadband access throughout W.Va.

Kylee Hurley, Reporter • February 6, 2017

United States Sen. Joe Manchin is working to bring broadband access to the entire state of West Virginia by introducing a bill that would work to accomplish this goal. West Virginia Sen. Corey Palumbo...