The Parthenon

Business Incubator promotes entrepreneurship

Carson Mckinney, Reporter • September 15, 2020

Marshall University’s Lewis College of Business’s partnership with the Brad. D. Smith Business Incubator is offering new opportunities for not only students and graduates, but the Huntington community. Tricia...

Counseling Center Providing Suicide Prevention Training

Xena Bunton, Reporter • September 15, 2020

The Counseling Center is providing two one-hour QPR suicide prevention training sessions this fall semester to students, staff and faculty. Several students and faculty attended the first session via...

Marshall ranked in top tier of American universities

University Communications • September 15, 2020

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – For the second consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” rankings have recognized Marshall University among the nation’s top higher education institutions. The...

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 Smashers is a gaming club at Marshall University...

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 Act. The red lights symbolize the entertainment...

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 socially distanced, while still giving potential new...

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 athletic department, in addition to the reduction...

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 for U.S. Congress from West Virginia are women. “West...

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. 20, per information released by the university...

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 recent incident showing police officers in Kenosha,...

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 a tutor. After President Gilbert suspended...

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, limited capacity, and mask wearing, the Rec is doing...