The Parthenon

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...

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 program through the UofL NSF I-Corps site program...

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 fundraising efforts and community events...

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 ArrestRecords report reveals. In 2001, West...

Student football ticket guidelines 2020

University Communications • September 1, 2020

An announcement from Marshall Athletics: "Marshall Athletics has announced football student ticket guidelines and policies for the 2020 season. Please go here to watch the full instructional video...

JCESOM student earns minority research fellowship for child, adolescent psychiatry

Isabella Robinson, News Editor • August 25, 2020

A Marshall University medical student has been selected to partake in a minority research fellowship which will allow her to study the prevalence of psychiatric health disorders amongst young people in...

Students face penalties for violation of Marshall’s COVID-19 guidelines

Sarah Ingram, For the Parthenon • August 25, 2020

Students who do not adhere to the new health and safety guidelines designated by Marshall University administra- tion may face penalties as severe as suspension under the new addition to the Student...