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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

General overall view of the March Madness logo at center court before the first round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament in Salt Lake City, Mar. 20, 2019.

March Madness: the peak of sports

Grant Goodrich, Sports Editor March 16, 2021

March Madness is back.  Brackets are being printed, filled out and bet on between friends. For many, March is just as synonymous with basketball as December is with Christmas or November with Thanksgiving....

Brittany Hively, executive editor, and family prior to her winter 2019 graduation from Marshall University.

Non-traditional vs. Traditional students: It is time to bridge the gap

Brittany Hively, Executive Editor March 16, 2021

College campuses across the country use the terms “traditional” and “non-traditional,” referring to the age of students. Non-traditional tends to be 24 years old and up, while traditional is those...

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Parthe-Pet: Mollie

March 10, 2021

Mollie is the dog of a big family which includes Parthenon reporter Noah Hickman. She is a sheepdog/poodle mix that resides in a little town called Aldie, Va., she is exceptional at cuddling, and she is...

How we failed a generation: How we broke Generation Z

Tyler Spence, Opinion Editor March 10, 2021

Over the past decade and a half, American society has made wildly poor choices that have broken a generation, all while debating whether or not actions have consequences.    If one is simply making...

Brittany Hively, executive editor for The Parthenon, current graduate student in The Lewis College of Business.

Women, let’s keep moving forward

Brittany Hively, Executive Editor March 10, 2021

I once shared a post on social media about my husband and I having healthy, strong debates.   The importance of this post was the fact that, at one point, women could not have done this in the United...

Middle ground for campus carry

Middle ground for campus carry

Carter Truman, Executive Staff March 10, 2021

Campus Carry Bills — If there ever were a contentious topic to be spoken of on campus, this would be it. The introduction of six of these bills into the West Virginia Legislature means that people will...

I hate Twitter.

Tyler Spence, Opinion Editor March 2, 2021

Only one incident in recent memory has made me want to rage quit off of Twitter, bury my smartphone in a ditch and move to a country with an internet penetration rate of less than 50%. During the...

Desensitized to death

Tyler Spence, Opinion Editor February 23, 2021

The nation has now surpassed a haunting 500,000 deaths due to the coronavirus, a number that would have seemed unfathomable less than a year ago.   Too many Americans have lost grandparents, brothers,...

Respect the dead, even the ones you don’t like

Carter Truman, Executive Staff February 23, 2021

Proving they are indeed the party of love and compassion, the progressive left took to Twitter last Wednesday to kick dirt at a dead man from the comforts of their cell phones. Rush Limbaugh, a prominent...

EDITORIAL – Politics prevail over justice – again.

February 16, 2021

For months before the 2020 election on Nov. 3, former President Trump set himself up in case of defeat. Mr. Trump spread misinformation all over Twitter and his other platforms, claiming the Democrats...

Brittany Hively, executive editor for The Parthenon, current graduate student in The Lewis College of Business.

Journalism Matters

Brittany Hively, Executive Editor February 16, 2021

I can’t help but notice all of the posts about how awful “the media” is, how terrible the news is and for people to stop supporting the news in general.    I’d like to be the devil’s advocate,...

The glass is half full – just trust me.

Tyler Spence, Opinion Editor February 9, 2021

Do you feel that? Something different between your friends and family, even from just a few months ago? Noticing your attitude and mind feels cloudy and more judgmental than usual?    Allow me to...

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