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The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Herd in the NFL

Grant Goodrich, Assistant Sports Editor September 15, 2020

Four former Marshall football players made impacts on their NFL teams this weekend. All four players happen to play on the defensive side of the ball with at least one player at each level of the defense. Starting...

EDITORIAL: High-speed broadband should be a public utility

September 15, 2020

The onset and continuation of the coronavirus pandemic have relentlessly exposed now-unmistakable flaws in the social fabric and critical infrastructure of states and towns across the U.S. In West Virginia,...

RADICAL PERSPECTIVE: No country for young people

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor September 8, 2020

Young people throughout history have been consistent leaders in demanding essential progressive political and societal changes to our world and our nations, far too often against the systemic and ruthless...

Op-Ed: Follow the science in W.Va. election process

Mac Warner, WV Sec. of State September 8, 2020

“Follow the science” refers to following facts, not hyperbole and hysteria. It is taking West Virginia elections from good to great.  Health and safety, absentee ballot applications, and timely...

RADICAL PERSPECTIVE: Julian Assange is an (honorary) American hero

RADICAL PERSPECTIVE: Julian Assange is an (honorary) American hero

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor September 8, 2020

What do you call someone who exposes the international war crimes of the most powerful government in the world, which endlessly lies about those violent crimes to the civilians funding them via their tax...

EDITORIAL: We deserve better than this

EDITORIAL: We deserve better than this

September 8, 2020

They say the stench of dying empires wreaks of desolation, death and despair. In the face of a torn and tattered social fabric which has been ripped apart and exposed entirely throughout the coronavirus...

SPORTS COLUMN: LEARNING FROM EKU

Grant Goodrich, Assistant Sports Editor September 8, 2020

Because it was a romp over an FCS opponent, Marshall’s 59-0 victory over Eastern Kentucky Saturday will receive an understandably tepid and cautious response from many people. However, the talent...

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Parthe-Pet: Sir Henry “Hennessey” Thomas

September 1, 2020

Introducing Sir Henry “Hennessey” Thomas. Henry is a bearded dragon that resides in the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity house. Henry enjoys riding on shoulders and going on leashed walks. A rather picky...

COLUMN: Importance of Minority Representation in Media

COLUMN: Importance of Minority Representation in Media

Isabella Robinson, News Editor September 1, 2020

I was recently presented with the information that, to date, there are no Black centered West Virginia news or media publications, one Black editor for a mainstream WV news publication, and no Black reporters...

Eugene V. Debs, member of the Socialist Party of the USA and presidential candidate, speaks to members of the worker’s union on Aug. 17, 1912, at an unknown location in the USA.

EDITORIAL: The essence of united labor

September 1, 2020

As Labor Day approaches, let us remember not only to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the American working class (and of those around the world), but also to recognize the reasons we understand...

SPORTS COLUMN: Football is King

Grant Goodrich, Assistant Sports Editor September 1, 2020

Cross Country. Football. Men’s and Women’s Golf. Men’s and Women’s Soccer. Women’s Tennis. Volleyball.  In a normal year, these eight sports are all played in the fall at Marshall University;...

Editorial: This is NOT normal

August 25, 2020

We are living in dangerously weird times. And things just keep getting weirder... Everywhere you look, institutions are burning, safety-nets are snagging, people are getting sick. The White...

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