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Countdown to Commencement starts Tuesday

Staff Reports October 31, 2016

The annual fall Countdown to Commencement will take place Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Don Morris Room of the Memorial Student Center. Refreshments will be available for those attending. The...

Professor contributes to science journal

Staff Reports October 31, 2016

Frank S. Gilliam, Ph.D. and professor in Marshall University’s Department of Biological Sciences, wrote an article published in the December issue of the monthly Tansley Review series of “New Phycologist,”...

DKMS to collect cheek swabs Thursday

Staff Reports October 31, 2016

International non-profit DKMS will be on campus Thursday to swab mouths of anyone interested in donating bone marrow. DMKS was founded 25 years ago in Germany by a doctor whose wife died of leukemia....

Entries sought for Poster Contest

Staff Reports October 31, 2016

In observance of Black History Month, Marshall University students are invited to participate in a Black History Poster Contest. The poster entries should capture Carter G. Woodson’s goals for preserving...

Et Cetera showcases winners of writing completion

Monica Zalaznik, Reporter October 29, 2016

Marshall University literary magazine “Et Cetera” showcased pieces for its upcoming edition with a reading at Bittersweet Coffeehouse Thursday. The reading was open to the public, where the Marshall...

Faculty Senate discusses state of university, new marketing campaign

Brooke Estep, Reporter October 29, 2016

Newly created positions, budget issues and a new marketing plan were discussed at the second faculty senate meeting of the semester Thursday. Since the first meeting of the semester, President Jerome...

Pumpkin carving on the Plaza

Pumpkin carving on the Plaza

Darius Booker, Reporter October 27, 2016

The Marshall University Campus Activities Board and Housing and Residence Life sponsored Pumpkin Carving on the Plaza Thursday afternoon to raise the Halloween spirit amongst university students. Both...

‘On Arms and Eggs’ lecture explores WWII ‘egg mania’

Olivia Zarilla, Reporter October 27, 2016

Students and faculty gathered Thursday to listen to the lecture “On Arms and Eggs: GI Egg Mania on the Battlefields of World War II,” presented by history professor Phillip Rutherford, Ph.D., in Drinko...

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, from left, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, and Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear address the media before the start of a conference titled, ìTaking Back Our Communities: Combatting the Opioid Crisis,î on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, at New Life Church in Huntington, W.Va. The conference was attended by dozens of law enforcement officers, health care professionals and faith-based groups. (Sholten Singer /The Herald-Dispatch via AP)

Tri-State comes together to fight opioid epidemic

Tom Jenkins, Reporter October 27, 2016

In the past three months, Montgomery County, Kentucky, saw 12 overdoses in one day. Cincinnati, in the span of six days, had 174 overdoses, reported by The Washington Post. And here in Huntington there...

Etiquette dinner aids with professional skills

Kessyl Lim, Reporter October 27, 2016

Nearly half a room of students who attended Wednesday's Etiquette Dinner learned they should put their name tags on the right side of their chest instead of the left. The Etiquette Dinner took place...

Firefighters contain Eighth Avenue apartment fire

Firefighters contain Eighth Avenue apartment fire

Staff Reports October 27, 2016

An apartment fire started above The Dragon Shop on Eighth Avenue on Thursday. The fire was started within the two-person apartment, which sustained water and smoke damage. The fire was contained...

Author, editor lectures on life abroad

Kessyl Lim, Reporter October 26, 2016

Author and magazine editor Heather Hartley gave a lecture about studies, work and life abroad to students at Marshall University in Old Main Wednesday. Hartley is the Paris editor for “Tin House”...

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