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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

January is National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Title IX sheds light on common signs of human trafficking

Holly Belmont, Staff Reporter January 23, 2025

College students, especially those who are financially unstable, can fall victim to human and labor trafficking. With January being National Human Trafficking...

Student walking on Marshall's campus

Braving the snow: students tackle the first week of spring semester

Nolan Duncan, Staff Reporter January 21, 2025

As the 2025 Spring Semester begins, students used the first week to prepare themselves for classes. While the new semester appears daunting, some students...

Morrisey's inauguration included a celebratory parade, the mountain state's first since 2009.

GALLERY: Marching Thunder performs on Inauguration Day

The Parthenon January 14, 2025

The Marching Thunder took to the streets of Charleston on Monday, Jan. 13 as West Virginia's 37th Governor Patrick Morrisey was sworn into office.

The Herd will start the 2025 season in an away matchup against Georgia.

Marshall declines bowl game invitation

Nate Harrah, Student Reporter December 14, 2024

After a year of success for the Thundering Herd Football team, winning the Sun Belt title and finishing 10-3, Marshall University announced they will be...

Huff has been with the Herd since 2021.

Gibson in, Huff out as head coach of Marshall Football

Joseph DiCristofaro, Sports Editor December 10, 2024

On Sunday afternoon, after a Sun Belt Conference Championship victory less than 24 hours earlier, Tony Gibson was named the 32nd head coach of Marshall...

November is recognized as National Veterans and Military Families Month.

Title IX to highlight local veteran resources

Baylee Parsons, News Editor November 20, 2024

Of Marshall’s 11,000 students, a small percentage identify as veterans. In honor of National Veterans and Military Families Month, the Title IX Office...

(Left to right) Alys Smith, Alissa Stewart Sparks, Raine Klover, Gina Milum, Brittany Ochoa, Nora Ankrom

Local women talk nonprofit management

Sarah Davis, Managing Editor November 20, 2024

Leaders do not fit a certain stereotype and in fact, they often defy them, a figure in a local nonprofit said. “True leadership doesn’t come from...

University and Adobe officials cut the ribbon at the ceremony.

Marshall named first Adobe Creative Campus in state

Nate Harrah, Student Reporter November 19, 2024

To watch the television news package created for this story, please click here. Creativity and innovation were the focus of the ribbon cutting for the...

Representing the 75, roses were rested on the fountain during the ceremony.

Community embraces resilience at fountain ceremony

Sarah Davis, Managing Editor November 15, 2024

Specifics change with each year, but the purpose and heart remain: the Marshall community stands around the fountain on November 14 – rain or shine –...

GALLERY: The 54th Annual Fountain Ceremony

GALLERY: The 54th Annual Fountain Ceremony

Wade Sullivan, Photo & Graphics Editor November 15, 2024

Wade Sullivan can be contacted at [email protected]

All students were invited to celebrate at the event.

First-generation students celebrated at annual event

Sean Donovan, Student Reporter November 13, 2024

Marshall hosted its annual First-Generation Celebration Fair in the Memorial Student Center on Nov. 7.  The fair had many different stations ranging...

Mean Girls national Broadway tour

‘On Wednesdays We Wear Pink’: Broadway show Mean Girls to come to campus

Jordan Ooten, Student Reporter November 10, 2024

Promoting the “Mean Girls” musical coming to Marshall University on Nov. 13 has been a labor of fun, said a representative of the Marshall Artists...

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