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Marshall Celebrates Lunar New Year

Megan Marie Gragg, Reporter • February 2, 2022

The Lunar New Year was celebrated on Monday, January 31 by students and faculty at Marshall University. "This is great for others to get to know other...

Impeachment Motion Fails Against SGA Pro-temp

Conner Woodruff, News Editor • February 1, 2022

Marshall’s Student Government Association (SGA) motioned to impeach the organization’s active Senate President Pro-Tempore, Cameron Donohue. The vote...

MU Students Hunger Strike for Voting Rights Act

Isabella Robinson, Lead Reporter • January 25, 2022

In early December, Marshall students joined university students from Arizona in a hunger strike to urge federal intervention and the passage of the Freedom...

Students Left Confused by the Changing Covid-19 Protocols

Alaina Laster, Lead Reporter • January 25, 2022

Rules regarding Covid-19 have been changing since the day the country went on high alert for the virus in March 2020. Covid rates on campus have jumped...

One and Only (Adell’s Antiques Version)

Semoni Weaver, Reporter • January 25, 2022

For Dave Coster, quarantine and retirement are very similar, and it turns out he doesn’t like either of them. The 75-year-old co-operator of Adell’s...

Can Students Opt Out of Services They Don’t Use to Lower Costs of Tuition?

Grace Hewitt, Reporter • January 25, 2022

Regardless of if you use certain school-provided services or not, there is not an option for students to opt in or opt out of paying for them as a part...

Recent Snowstorm Impacts Commuters and Provides Challenges for Students Walking to Class

Grace Hewitt, Reporter • January 25, 2022

Last week, winter storm Izzy dumped ice and snow across the Tri-State, presenting students at Marshall with an unexpected challenge—getting to class. Students...

Out of State Students Share Their First Experiences With Snow

Megan Gragg, Reporter • January 25, 2022

Those Marshall students and staff members originally from warmer climates often remember vividly their first experience with snow and cooler temperatures. "It...

Marshall’s New Cultural Center Set to Open in Early February

Megan Gragg, Reporter • January 25, 2022

The new Intercultural Center at Marshall University is to open the second week of February to celebrate diversity, where they have a broad definition...

Effect of COVID-19 on Marshall Artists Series

Victoria Ware, Reporter • January 25, 2022

Like theaters and production companies around the world, the Marshall Artists Series was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic but was able to adapt to the...

Artist’s Series Presents “We Are the Dream” for MLK Day

Victoria Ware, Reporter • January 20, 2022

The Marshall Artists Series presented a screening of the film “We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest” on Thursday at the Keith...

Spring Semester Begins Within Omicron Surge

Tyler Spence, Executive Editor • January 20, 2022

Marshall University started the spring semester in an unusual stage of the pandemic. On the day classes started, the United States was averaging nearly...