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Bi-weekly pay change scheduled for next fall

Brooke Estep, Reporter • November 10, 2016

Due to various delays in the conversion to a bi-weekly pay schedule, Marshall has named Aug. 19, 2017 as the new start date for the new schedule. Director of Finance IT Bob Walker said the new date would...

Masquerade Ball to raise funds for domestic violence service

Staff Reports • November 10, 2016

The third annual Masquerade Ball seeks to raise funds for Stop Abusive Family Environments at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Don Morris Room. SAFE is a domestic violence service that provides help for people...

MUPD receives report of suicidal threat

Staff Reports • November 10, 2016

The Marshall University Police Department received a report of suicidal threats Tuesday, Nov. 3. A student called MUPD claiming their friend, another student, was trying to commit suicide from overdosing...

MSA interfaith dialogue targets addiction solutions

Olivia Zarilla, Reporter • November 10, 2016

Three speakers gathered for the interfaith dialogue “Addiction and Solutions in Faith” as part of the Muslim Student Association’s Islam Awareness Week Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. The event followed...

Dakota Access Pipeline focus of MU Native American Heritage Month

Kessyl Lim, Reporter • November 10, 2016

Marshall University celebrated Native American Heritage Month and raised awareness to the largest Native American protest movement in modern history against the Dakota Access Pipeline, Wednesday in the...

Cole falls to Justice

Jared Casto, Online Editor • November 9, 2016

Republican gubernatorial candidate and state Senate President Bill Cole conceded defeat Tuesday in the race for West Virginia’s governorship. At Cole’s Embassy Suites election party in Charleston,...

Williams wins mayoral race over McCallister

Staff Reports • November 9, 2016

Democrat Steve Williams won re-election as mayor of Huntington Tuesday night. Williams, the incumbent, beat out GOP challenger and Huntington city council member Tom McCallister. While the victory was...

Reynolds falls short in attorney general race

Nancy Peyton, News Editor • November 8, 2016

Democrat Doug Reynolds fell to Republican incumbent Patrick Morrisey in the West Virginia attorney general race. “Obviously I am disappointed, but I appreciate the support from all of you,” Reynolds...

Sodexo to donate turkeys to City Mission for MSC lunch purchases

November 8, 2016

Students can be a part of the Sodexo Stop Hunger program by buying chicken and dumplings for lunch at the Huntington Market Wednesday, Nov. 9 in the student center. Marshall University Sodexo will donate...

Sec. of State: W.Va. breaks previous early voting records

Tom Jenkins, Reporter • November 7, 2016

West Virginians have already smashed the voting numbers of the 2008 general election. With only 153,000 plus voters coming to vote in 2008’s general election, this year, early voting in West Virginia...

‘Meet a Muslim’ at the MSC

Monica Zalaznik, Reporter • November 7, 2016

Marshall’s Muslim Student Association organized “Meet a Muslim” Monday as a part of Islam Awareness Week. The MSA set up a table outside the Memorial Student Center in an attempt to talk to the...

‘Rent’ to perform Thursday at Keith-Albee Theater

Krislyn Holden, Reporter • November 7, 2016

The Broadway musical “Rent” will perform during its 20th Anniversary Tour at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10. On April 29, 1996, a musical opened on Broadway unlike...