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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Scholarship established for first-generation students

University Communications December 1, 2020

Pete and Barbara Chiericozzi have recently established the Chiericozzi-Bruce Scholarship at Marshall University to support full-time undergraduate students.   First...

W.Va. Can’t Wait movement leaders discuss next step

Sequoia Ware, Reporter November 17, 2020

WV Can’t Wait leaders and members of the Huntington community met on Saturday to discuss the movement’s post election plans.  Stephen Smith and...

Fire Chief Honors 75 with Memorial Fountain Tattoo

Fire Chief Honors 75 with Memorial Fountain Tattoo

Xena Bunton, Reporter November 17, 2020

To show respect to the loss of 75 players, coaches and fans 50 years ago, Huntington Fire Department chief Chris Wilson, decided to get a memorial fountain...

Dennison and Meadows named Marshall University iCenter’s first entrepreneurs in residence

University Communications November 17, 2020

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (iCenter), part of the Lewis College of Business, has...

Students, Staff take Social Media Survey About Semester

Xena Bunton, Reporter November 17, 2020

In a social media survey conducted about the spring 2021 registration process, students and faculty expressed their feelings about remote learning and...

Bill Noe, school's namesake, emerges from the first plane delivered to the Bill Noe Flight School of Marshall University after flying it from the manufacturer.

Bill Noe Flight School brings new opportunities to area

Brittany Hively, Managing Editor November 17, 2020

Marshall University is introducing new opportunities to the area with the addition of the Bill Noe Flight School.  The school will be housed at Yeager...

The Haunting Void

Leslie Flowers, Former News Editor November 10, 2020

*Editor’s Note: This piece originally ran Nov. 18, 1970. An emptiness now floods the new laid green And magnifies the grief that fate has stirred. Tenses...

A message from Marshall Head Football Coach

A message from Marshall Head Football Coach

Doc Holliday, Head Football Coach November 10, 2020

Students:  This week is the most important week of the year for our Marshall Thundering Herd football program. This week is for the 75.  Marshall...

50 years later…We still remember

Taylor Huddleston, Sports Editor November 10, 2020

11.14.70., a day that will forever live in the hearts of Marshall University students, faculty, staff, student-athletes, athletics personnel, the Huntington,...

Parthenon sports editor Jeff Nathan, 20, was one of the 75 who lost their life in the plane crash Nov. 14, 1970. Nathan was widely respected by his co-workers, friends and professors.

We Missed Jeff Today…

Ralph Turner, Former journalism instructor November 10, 2020

*Editor’s Note: This piece originally ran Nov. 18, 1970. Jeffery Nathan or Nathan Jeffery? I remember the first day in the beginning reporting...

The memorial fountain, created by Harry Bertoia, honors the 75 lives that were lost.

Abstract Memorial Continues to Memorialize Plane Crash

Xena Bunton, Reporter November 10, 2020

In response to 50 years since the Marshall University plane crash on Nov. 14, 1970, Huntington Museum of Art (HMA) is displaying the art of Harry Bertoia....

Lucianne was a cheerleader for the Herd during her time at Marshall University.

Remembering my father, Charles E. Kautz

Lucianne Kautz Call, Daughter of Former Athletic Director November 10, 2020

Hello students, faculty, staff, Marshall sports fans, and the community, What has transpired over the 50 years since that fatal night November 14th,...

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