The Parthenon

Marshall Smashers goes online

Alex Jackson, Reporter • September 15, 2020

Marshall Smashers is hosting online weekly gaming tournaments during the fall semester another adaptation being made along with coronavirus. Marshall...

Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center Lights up for RESTART

Xena Bunton, Reporter • September 8, 2020

The Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center was illuminated in red last week to support the entertainment industry and spread information about the RESTART...

Sorority recruitment goes virtual

Abby Hanlon, Reporter • September 8, 2020

Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment is going to look different this year than previous years. They have adapted their recruitment system and events to be...

Athletic Department Limits Band Attendance for Football

Xena Bunton, Reporter • September 8, 2020

With 32 Marching Thunder members out of 160, only a fifth of the band were allowed to attend the football game Saturday in uniform. According to the...

W.Va. women make Democratic Party history

Douglas Harding and Sequoia Ware • September 8, 2020

By DOUGLAS HARDING and SEQUOIA WARE EXECUTIVE EDITOR and reporter For the first time in the state’s history, each of the Democratic Party’s nominees...

New phase of coronavirus testing underway

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor • September 8, 2020

Beginning this week, Marshall University will test about 60 randomly selected students, staff and faculty members for coronavirus each weekday until Nov....

Locals march to protest police brutality, racism

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor • September 4, 2020

Dozens of protestors marched through Huntington Sunday—stopping to demonstrate at the Huntington Police Department—outraged by the viral video of a...

Tutoring services remain available to students for fall semester

Jonathan Still, Reporter • September 1, 2020

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has brought several changes to how students can get the help they need with homework or an upcoming test by meeting with...

Recreation Center taking advanced safety measures

Alex Jackson, Reporter • September 1, 2020

Marshall’s Recreation Center (the Rec) has had to take advanced safety measures during the coronavirus pandemic. Through increased sanitation,...

Physical Therapy faculty member to attend LaunchIt program for invention

University Communications • September 1, 2020

Dr. Brad Profitt, assistant professor in the Marshall University School of Physical Therapy, will be part of the University of Louisville’s (UofL) LaunchIt...

Center for Supported Learning adapts to reach community during pandemic

Abby Hanlon, Reporter • September 1, 2020

The Center for Supported Learning (CSL) were forced to adapt and think differently on how to reach their growing community because of the coronavirus. Their...

W.Va. prison spending has increased more drastically than in any other state

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor • September 1, 2020

The amount of money West Virginia spends on its prisons increased 386% from 2001-2018, the most drastic spending increase of any state in the U.S., a recent...