Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Amanda, as a journalist and avid consumer of the arts, believes STEM holds a higher importance than arts, though they should be equal.

GINGER’S GUIDE TO: Importance of the arts

Amanda Larch, Executive Editor January 21, 2020

I’m a journalism student, so I tend to be more interested in the arts than the sciences. Though, after taking my required biology credit last year, I...

Anti-government protesters against the reelection of President Evo Morales, attend a rally with the coca leaf growers in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. The United Nations on Thursday urged Bolivia’s government and opposition to restore “dialogue and peace” after a third person was killed in street clashes that erupted after a disputed presidential election on Oct. 20.

PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVE: Call it a coup in Bolivia

Douglas Harding, News Editor November 19, 2019

If the recent happenings in Bolivia do not constitute a coup d’état, it is difficult to imagine a scenario that would. Nevertheless, corporate media...

COLUMN: Filling the role, legacy of sports editor

COLUMN: Filling the role, legacy of sports editor

Sydney Shelton, Sports Editor November 12, 2019

Sports editor: as a beat writer in the fall of 2018 I knew that one day I wanted to hold that title. I knew that with that title came great responsibility,...

Active Minds put up a wall last week to allow students to write about their mental health struggles and how they cope.

COLUMN: Mental health on campus

Tyler Spence, Contributor November 5, 2019

If you walked by the Memorial Student Center at any time last week, you may have noticed a large, four-sided, black chalk wall. The tops of each side invite...

The fifth annual Love Your Red Hair Day was Tuesday, Nov. 5, but Amanda loves her red hair every day of the year.

GINGER’S GUIDE TO: Love Your Red Hair Day

Amanda Larch, Managing Editor November 5, 2019

I love my red hair. I know that may sound strange, but that statement took me years to say. With Tuesday, Nov. 5 being the fifth annual National Love Your...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump give candy to children during a Halloween trick-or-treat event on the South Lawn of the White House which is decorated for Halloween, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Washington.

PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVE: Horrifying realities of U.S. economy

Douglas Harding, News Editor October 29, 2019

For decades, Halloween has been a festive holiday celebrated through trick-or-treating, costuming and decorating spooky, scary scenes of haunted horrors....

Sarah Ingram, copy editor, covered Greek Life when she was a reporter.

COLUMN: Greek Life is not defined by stereotypes

Sarah Ingram, Copy Editor October 22, 2019

As a sophomore journalism student, I was given the task of covering Greek Life for The Parthenon. I didn’t realize this assignment would change how I...

COLUMN: It’s that point in the semester

Sydney Shelton, Sports Editor October 15, 2019

If you’re a college student, you probably understand what I mean when I say it’s that point in the semester. You have a million things to do, you’re...

In this Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 file photo, Terry cleans out his tent at a large homeless encampment, near downtown St. Louis.

PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVE: U.S. plutocracy rigged against working poor

Douglas Harding, News Editor October 15, 2019

Due to the endlessly corrupting infection of big money in politics, the American economy is rigged against poor and working people in favor of wealthy...

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., gestures toward Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit.

PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVE: Sanders, Warren campaigns far from identical

Douglas Harding, News Editor October 1, 2019

As in recent weeks Joe Biden has repeatedly face-planted on the campaign trail and nosedived in polls across the nation, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth...

Inam Rehman, manager of Jubilee Vape & Smoke Inc., displays a flavored vaping solution his store sells, Monday Sept. 16, 2019, in New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing to enact a statewide ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns of vaping.

GINGER’S GUIDE TO: Stop the vape cloud

Amanda Larch, Managing Editor September 24, 2019

Failing tests, forgetting to do homework, not taking an umbrella because you’re sure it isn’t going to rain and then it does…these are some of the...

In this May 20, 2017 photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh.

PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVE: U.S. ‘locked and loaded’ for Iran war

Douglas Harding, News Editor September 17, 2019

President Donald Trump, whose successful 2016 campaign revolved around the slogan “America First,” announced via Twitter on Sunday that American military...

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