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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

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...

Interested in featuring your pet in the paper? Use #ParthePet on social media or contact robinson436@marshall.edu with photos and a short bio.

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...

Letter to the Editor: Equality and Inclusion at Marshall

Letter to the Editor: Equality and Inclusion at Marshall

Jerome A. Gilbert June 18, 2020

Dear Editor: Long ago, as a young child, I learned a song in Sunday School, which is admittedly insensitive and politically incorrect today.  Still, it got the message across to me that there was no...

Signing off  for one last time: Farewell from Joe Artrip

Signing off for one last time: Farewell from Joe Artrip

Joe Artrip, Production Editor April 21, 2020

Well, goodbyes are always hard, and this one is no different.  It’s strange to believe that my four years here at Marshall are already over even though, at times, it’s felt like 50.  Even in graduating...

GINGER’S GUIDE TO: Saying farewell

GINGER’S GUIDE TO: Saying farewell

Amanda Larch, Executive Editor April 21, 2020

Melancholy. That’s how I feel, mostly. It’s the same feeling I get when I finish a really good book. Only this time, I can’t flip back to the beginning and start rereading it.  My time with The...

A worker hands out disinfectant wipes and pens as voters line up outside Riverside High School for Wisconsin’s primary election Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Milwaukee.

EDITORIAL: Vote, but not at the ballot box

April 21, 2020

Secretary of State Mac Warner recently said via a Facebook livestream with gubernatorial candidate Stephen Smith that voting this year in West Virginia should be easier than ever before, and residents...

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