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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Campus organizations sponsor sex-themed programs

Darius Booker, Reporter April 18, 2016

A previous Marshall University student organization has come back together in creating the university’s first “Sex Week” set to surface on campus throughout the week. The MU Students for Reproductive...

Elizabeth Hance speaks about the graphich novel "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" at the Heros and Villains of Healthcare Comic-Con in the Memorial Student Center, April 18, 2016.

Honors seminar links super heroes to healthcare issues

Amanda Gibson, Reporter April 18, 2016

The honors seminar “Heroes and Villains of Healthcare” hosted an Honors Comic Book Convention Monday in room BE5 of the Memorial Student Center. The honors seminar is focused on pop culture representations...

Marshall University ceramics and clay club students made over 1,000 bowls for Empty Bowls.

13th Annual Empty Bowls raises funds for Facing Hunger Foodbank

Clara Maynard, Reporter April 18, 2016

Huntington’s 13th Annual Empty Bowls event took place Friday at First Presbyterian Church.   The event, which began in 2003, serves as a fundraiser for the Facing Hunger Foodbank. For $15,...

Mason Anderson performs Ninna Nanna a Donegal by Giorgio Signorile

Guitar studio recital features original Marshall piece

Leah Cook, Reporter April 14, 2016

Marshall’s Guitar Studio presented a compilation of solo performances for the public Thursday night in the Jomie Jazz Forum, featuring an original work by one of its own. The stylistically diverse pieces...

Marshall MEDLIFE 5k to help build house in Peru

Rebecca Turnbull, Reporter April 14, 2016

Marshall’s University’s MEDLIFE chapter is improving the life of a single mother and her son, who both live in extreme poverty in Lima, Peru, through funds raised in MU MEDLIFE’s annual spring...

Members of the West Virginia Sierra Club assemble in front of a grist mill on a weekend outing.

WV Sierra Club plans weekend outings

Lydia Waybright, Reporter April 14, 2016

As weather gets warmer, an increasing number of West Virginia Sierra Club’s thousands of members, participate in the club’s regularly scheduled outings to explore nature in the mountain state. West...

Marshall Health buys Patriot Coal building to expand medical opportunities

Logan Parkulo, Reporter April 14, 2016

Marshall Health purchased the former Patriot Coal corporate headquarters building in Scott Depot with plans to begin offering expanded services in Putnam County by early 2017. Marshall Health has been...

Elementary education major Kayla Main donates hair with the help of Michal Bowling from Paramount Beauty during Hair for the Herd outside the Memorial Student Center, April 14, 2016.

Hair from the Herd donates to Children with Hair Loss

Carli Plute, Reporter April 14, 2016

Marshall University’s WMUL FM spent Thursday hosting the ninth annual Hair from the Herd. Hair donations were collected at the Memorial Student Center Plaza  with  28 students donating, beating...

Lecture will leave you saying “Hell Yes”

Nancy Peyton, Reporter April 14, 2016

Ratio Christi will host a lecture involving the truth about Hell at 7:15 p.m. Monday in the Don Morris Room of the Memorial Student Center. Adjunct professor at Biola University in Los Angeles Greg...

Inside the new Now Hear This, April 14, 2016.

One man’s trash is another man’s music

Darius Booker, Reporter April 14, 2016

Local, national and global record stores are preparing for their busiest day of the year that will rally record-lovers from across the nation into their local independent record stores. According to the...

President Jerry Gilbert is incorporating competitive faculty and staff salaries in his strategic plan for Marshall University, which he discussed Thursday at a meeting of the Faculty Senate in BE5. Gilbert said he is pushing for salary increases despite possibly impending state budget cuts in order to establish a long-term goal for the university and raise Marshall's national prominence.

Marshall plans to increase employee salaries

Rebecca Turnbull, Reporter April 14, 2016

President Jerry Gilbert is incorporating competitive faculty and staff salaries in his strategic plan for Marshall University. Gilbert discussed the impending salary raises with Faculty Senate attendees...

Lemonade Day helps children build their businesses from the ground up.

Lemonade Day helps kids learn about business

Carli Plute, Reporter April 14, 2016

While partnering for a lemonade project, the Marshall Early Education STEM Center and the Lewis College of Business spent Thursday helping children sell lemonade. “I decided to buy lemonade because...

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