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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

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Renovations on Harless Dining Hall will begin Thursday. The construction will close the dining hall as well as 17th Street.

Closing of Harless and 17th St. affects students

Carli Plute, Reporter January 29, 2016

Harless Dining Hall and 17th Street will be closing this week due to new heat and air systems coming into the dining hall. Beginning Thursday, January...

Marshall student, Mallory Newsome, utilizes the tutoring center.

Tutoring schedule available for students

Amanda Gibson, Reporter January 29, 2016

The spring semester tutoring schedule is now available. Subjects available for tutoring include business, science, modern languages, math, social sciences...

Students use e-cigarettes as an alternative to tobacco cigarettes.

Long-term effects of e-cigarette vapor may not disappear as easily as vapor

Elayna Conard, Reporter January 29, 2016

With Marshall University’s move to make the campus tobacco free in 2013, students quickly looked for other options to replace addictive cigarettes....

Blind Date with a Book selections are displayed at Empire Books and News on Tuesday.

Blind Date with a Book encourages readers to not judge books by covers

Sage Shavers, Reporter January 29, 2016

Empire Books is offering a “Blind Date with a Book” from now until the end of February. Shoppers can spend $1 to get an unknown book, pre-wrapped...

Shannon Lester poses beside the Doune Castle in Scotland during her semester abroad.

Advertising major bids farewell to England

Cheyenne Debolt, Reporter January 29, 2016

A Marshall student spent three months last semester studying at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England. Shannon Lester, an advertising major at...

Adam Franks, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine alumnus, speaks about crucifixion from a medical perspective to UKirk, Wednesday.

UKirk speaker gives medical perspective of crucifixion

Nancy Peyton, Reporter January 28, 2016

UKirk students heard from Marshall University alumnus Tuesday about what the crucifixion of Jesus was like from a medical standpoint. Adam Franks is...

Burnis Morris, Marshall University professor and 2016 History Hero recipient, poses for a photo on Wednesday, Jan. 27.

Journalism professor named History Hero

Cheyenne Debolt, Reporter January 28, 2016

Burnis Morris, Marshall University’s Carter G. Woodson Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications, will be honored Friday at West Virginia History...

APO combines recruitment and service project

Lydia Waybright, Reporter January 28, 2016

Alpha Phi Omega, Marshall University’s community service-based fraternity, is combining recruitment and a service project this week in the Memorial Student...

Jessica Kirson to perform comedy show

Son Nguyen, Reporter January 28, 2016

Comedian Jessica Kirson will perform for Marshall students as part of the Campus Activities Board’s “Women of Comedy” series. On her personal...

Students creat buttons at CAB’s “Build a Button” event.

CAB’s “Build a Button” event continues today

Sage Shavers, Reporter January 27, 2016

The Marshall University Campus Activities Board had a “Build a Button” event Tuesday and the series will conclude today. The board will have a table...

Chad B. Crigger

MUSOM student accepted into urology residency position

Logan Parkulo, Reporter January 27, 2016

Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine student, Chad B. Crigger will enter a urology residency in July 2017 at West Virginia University. Crigger is a fourth-year...

Nichols nominee for WV Professor of the Year

Elayna Conard, Reporter January 27, 2016

Most students only appreciate a professor’s course long after the semester is over. However, this is not the case for students of Professor Nichols. Nichols’...

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