The Parthenon

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...