The Parthenon

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 announced Brandon Dennison and Collin Meadows as...

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 the ability to be successful during a pandemic. “While...

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 Airport in Charleston, West Virginia and offer...

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 change from ‘will’ to ‘would...

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 University is like no other place I have ever been....

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, Ceredo and Kenova, West Virginia communities...

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 class. Was that student’s first name Jeffery...

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. Bertoia created the memorial fountain that crafted...

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, 1970? Let me walk you through it. The rebuilding...

Marshall football memorial statue rededicated

Carson Mckinney, Reporter • November 10, 2020

A Marshall University football memorial statue was installed in a new location on campus after restoration. Robin Howell of the Marshall Football Memorial said over the past 50 years, the original...

We will never forget

Anna Williams, Student Body President • November 10, 2020

For the second year now, I have had the honor of planning the Memorial Fountain Ceremony. Each time, I learn more about members of the 75 – funny stories, their hobbies, fond memories, and more. I also...

Jerome A. Gilbert, Ph.D., President, Marshall University • November 10, 2020

Fifty years is a very long time, and it is a long time to grieve. In an individual’s life, a half century usually encompasses countless milestones, some large and some not so large. There are school...