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Over 250 elementary students attend Marshall Water Festival

Krislyn Holden, Reporter • September 14, 2016

Over 250 elementary students visited Marshall University Wednesday for the annual Water Festival. The Water Festival teaches students about all the aspects of water and to appreciate it as a resource. Eleven...

MUPD asks campus cyclists to register bikes

Jordan Nelson, Reporter • September 14, 2016

Marshall University’s Police Department is encouraging all students and faculty who cycle to get their bike registered as soon as they can. Following up on the bike theft issue, MUPD said they want...

Faculty Senate addresses strengths and weaknesses at first meeting

Brooke Estep, Reporter • September 14, 2016

Marshall University’s new administrators and faculty were announced at the fall general faculty meeting Monday afternoon in the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse. Faculty Senate chair Paige Muellerleile made...

City Council to rename street “Chad Pennington Way”

Tom Jenkins, Reporter • September 14, 2016

The Huntington City Council agreed Monday on the name change of 10th street on Veterans Avenue to “Chad Pennington Way.” The street was chosen because of the number Pennington wore during his career...

Marshall University and the fight against sexual assault

Jacob Griffith, Reporter, Assistant Sports Editor • September 13, 2016

Sunday, August 26 was supposed to be just like any other Sunday. Except it wasn’t. That day, students awoke to a text message from the Marshall University Police Department. The message was not...

Budgets cuts impact Drinko Library

Sebastian Morris, Contributor • September 12, 2016

Budget cuts to higher education in West Virginia have negatively impacted Drinko Library at Marshall University. New policies have been introduced, and several previously offered resources are now...

Fuel Campus Ministries newest religious organization at Marshall

Olivia Zarilla, Reporter • September 12, 2016

Fuel Campus Ministries is the newest religious organization to join the Marshall University campus. “It’s to help equip Christians, once a week in the middle of the day, to give them a boost and...

Award winning film coming to Marshall

Krislyn Holden, Reporter • September 12, 2016

Filmmaker Andy Hall will be screening his award-winning feature film “Arcadia” at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 in Smith Hall room 154. “I am trying to bring in Appalachian filmmakers, filmmakers with...

Marshall students, Huntington residents commemorate 9/11 anniversary

Tom Jenkins, Reporter • September 12, 2016

Spring Hill Cemetery was filled with American flags Sunday afternoon as Marshall University students and Huntington locals commemorated the lives that were lost 15 years ago in New York City. This...

German Club kicks off new semester

Monica Zalaznik, Reporter • September 12, 2016

Marshall University's German Club immerses students in German culture through meetings, events and trips. German Club President Eve Barnhart said she hopes anyone who is interested in German culture...

Green Machine rolls into Huntington

Tom Jenkins, Reporter • September 10, 2016

Marshall University’s Student Government Association and faculty revealed the “Green Machine,” the newest mode of transportation for Marshall students, Friday morning in front of the Joan C....

Distinguished military graduate addresses Robert C. Byrd Forum

Brooke Estep, Reporter • September 10, 2016

Lt. Gen Anthony G. Crutchfield, a 1982 distinguished military graduate from Marshall University, talked about his passion for the U.S. Constitution Friday during the seventh annual Robert C. Byrd Forum. Crutchfield...