Marshall University's Student Newspaper

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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Farewell from Executive Editor Sadie Helmick

Farewell from Executive Editor Sadie Helmick

Sadie Helmick, Executive Editor December 4, 2018

In 2012, I met a group of nursing students from Marshall in Tegucigalpa, Honduras during my first trip to Honduras, a place that changed the course of...

LET ME BE FRANK: One Last Time

LET ME BE FRANK: One Last Time

Franklin Norton, Managing Editor December 4, 2018

As my undergraduate career at Marshall University comes to a close, I pause to reflect on the few years I've spent as a student here. The experiences I've...

My Melanin is NOT your makeup

My Melanin is NOT your makeup

Lillie Bodie, Reporter November 27, 2018

The Kardashian phenomenon in the rise of the social media hits the peak of white civilization wanting to inject their bodies and darken their skin. In...

LET ME BE FRANK: On Food

LET ME BE FRANK: On Food

Franklin Norton, Managing Editor November 27, 2018

This past weekend I took a trip to Nashville with friends, where searching out good food was a priority. I have found that some of the best moments, the...

COLUMN: Support the Soldiers; End the Wars

Douglas Harding, Reporter November 14, 2018

This Veterans Day, I think it is important we remember the horrific reality that 20 veterans commit suicide every day in the United States of America....

Amendment 1 is a giant step back for West Virginia women

Rileigh Smirl, Columnist November 13, 2018

Since last week, we’ve had a midterm election and received the results. I was so excited to vote; I took my time to educate myself on who I was voting...

Amanda Larchs mother and father, Sandy and Biff Larch, shortly after they married in 1986. Her father served in the Army and was stationed in Germany.

Veterans Day is about more than just parades

Amanda Larch, Copy Editor November 12, 2018

Every Veterans Day there are parades, a few tributes and dedications during football games, sales at every major department and furniture store and movie...

Smirl Meets World On Travel

Smirl Meets World On Travel

Rileigh Smirl, Columnist November 6, 2018

I spent my weekend surrounded by monuments, memorials, and metro stops in one of my favorite cities I have ever visited: Washington, DC. While it wasn’t...

SMIRL MEETS WORLD: FIRST-TIME VOTER

SMIRL MEETS WORLD: FIRST-TIME VOTER

Rileigh Smirl, Columnist October 30, 2018

This year is a special one for me, as it’s the first general election I have ever been able to vote in! I remember going with my mom to her polling place...

Jo Tremmel: SGA House of Representatives executive committee was not a compromise

Jo Tremmel, For the Parthenon October 30, 2018

In the October 24th edition of the Parthenon, the ongoing debate over the House of Representatives was discussed by both the Parthenon and in a piece by...

Smirl Meets World: Growing Up

Rileigh Smirl, Columnist October 23, 2018

It’s my favorite time of year: October. (Usually) the weather hits that sweet spot where it’s not too cold or hot, but just the perfect temperature...

Hunter Barclay: New executive committee to represent student groups

Hunter Barclay: New executive committee to represent student groups

Hunter Barclay, Student Body President October 23, 2018

In early September, Student Body Vice President Hannah Petracca and I proposed to the Student Senate the concept of an SGA House of Representatives (the...

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