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The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

A memory of a miniature Brittany with her dad, Roger.

Column: DNA does not make the dad

Brittany Hively, Managing Editor October 13, 2020

Some say the teenage and college years are when one really discovers themselves and find out who they really are in life. But I would argue that we never truly finish discovering ourselves. All of our...

EDITORIAL: The criminalization of truth-telling

October 13, 2020

For years, Australian journalist Julian Assange has been locked up, tortured and spied upon while battling legally with the U.S. government, which under two presidential administrations, has attempted...

SPORTS COLUMN: Herd in the NFL

Grant Goodrich, Assistant Sports Editor October 6, 2020

It was a quieter weekend for former Marshall players in the NFL. Nevertheless, there were two players who still made some noise. Getting Week 4 started on Thursday Night Football, the New York Jets...

Column: How a Democracy Falls . . .

Tyler Spence October 6, 2020

In 1858 when Abraham Lincoln gave a speech, saying a house divided against itself cannot stand, he was not President, or even running for president. Lincoln gave this speech after he had just accepted...

Granny reading a copy of The Parthenon, as she did every week.

COLUMN: Pause the chaos; Play the memories

Brittany Hively, Managing Editor October 6, 2020

Instant messages, cell phones always in hand, instant news notifications, full schedules of things to do and the list goes on. This is how our world currently runs, everything needs to be done instantly...

Democratic candidate Paula Jean Swearengin and Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito.

EDITORIAL: Democracy requires debate

October 6, 2020

Paula Jean Swearengin, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in West Virginia, and incumbent Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito were trending for several hours on Twitter over the weekend as Swearengin...

Secretary of state releases voter participation info

Secretary of State Mac Warner September 29, 2020

Secretary of State Mac Warner released a weekly update on statewide voter participation in the Nov. 3 General Election.  Data as of Sept. 29, 2020: • Total statewide absentee ballots requested:...

COLUMN: The Fear of Injustice

COLUMN: The Fear of Injustice

Denise Jackson, Social Media Editor September 29, 2020

Being a black woman, I am very afraid. I am afraid that in my future I will never get to see an unjustifiable killing by a police officer, with the officer behind bars. I am afraid that fifteen years from...

President Donald Trump speaks about coronavirus testing strategy, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020.

EDITORIAL: Tax the rich

September 29, 2020

We hate that this has to be said, but minimum wage workers should not be forced to pay more in taxes than millionaires and billionaires—not in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, or anywhere...

Herd in the NFL

Grant Goodrich, Assistant Sports Editor September 29, 2020

After week three of competition in the National Football League, three former Marshall football players contributed to their teams.     In a win, Buffalo Bills tight end Lee Smith caught one pass,...

COLUMN: Generational Hustle

COLUMN: Generational Hustle

Brittany Hively, Managing Editor September 22, 2020

“It’s those damn millennials ruining everything,” say the older generations.  “Ruin? We’re just trying to live on a world you ruined,” say the millennials. “Oh, and there’s an entire...

EDITORIAL: Black Lives Matter

EDITORIAL: Black Lives Matter

September 22, 2020

Seventeen Republican state senators from West Virginia recently made headlines for penning a letter to Marshall University and West Virginia University criticizing, among other things, WVU's football team...

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