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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Pres. Gilbert: Let’s keep hope alive at Marshall

Pres. Gilbert: Let’s keep hope alive at Marshall

Pres. Jerry A. Gilbert April 21, 2020

Uncertainty. It’s what bothers me most about the pandemic, as I’m sure it does many of you. That uncertainty is about not only our personal lives and our own families’ health and well-being, but...

PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVE: Biden ‘already trying to out-Trump Trump’

Douglas Harding, Managing Editor April 21, 2020

In a recently released ad, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden attacked Donald Trump’s COVID-19 pandemic response from a right-wing perspective, criticizing the president for “roll[ing]...

Parthe-Pet: Memphis

Parthe-Pet: Memphis

April 21, 2020

This is Memphis. He loves belly rubs and snuggles. He also loves going to Starbucks to get pup cups. Interested in featuring your pet in the paper? Use #ParthePet on social media or contact Douglas...

Getting the facts right since day one

Getting the facts right since day one

Sarah Ingram, Copy Editor April 21, 2020

I’ve rewritten this letter multiple times because nothing seems quite right. I don’t know how to sum up my college experience in 12 column inches. I don’t even know how to sum up my last two-and-a-half...

What Marshall taught me: Farewell from Joelle Gates

What Marshall taught me: Farewell from Joelle Gates

Joelle Gates, Life! Editor April 21, 2020

If someone would’ve told me that the end of college would occur during a global pandemic, I obviously wouldn’t have believed them. But I have to admit, my time at Marshall has been full of nothing...

News Analysis: Marshall Women’s Basketball Looks Ahead After Season Cut Short Due to COVID-19

Spencer DuPuis, Reporter April 19, 2020

Looking Back: On Wednesday, March 11, the No. 8 Marshall Thundering Herd defeated the No. 9 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 71-67 in overtime in the first round of the 2020 Conference USA Women’s Basketball...

President Trump speaks to the nation from the Oval Office at the White House about the coronavirus Wednesday, March, 11, 2020.

EDITORIAL: Unprecedented, trying times

March 17, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic makes its presence known around the world, effective and responsible leadership in government is more necessary now than ever. Unfortunately, such leadership in governing is...

Parthe-Pet: Ameer

Parthe-Pet: Ameer

March 17, 2020

Ameer is a young adult cat from the streets of Huntington. He often goes by “Little Meer,” “Baby Meer” or just “Meer” for short. Ameer spends most of his time sleeping, eating treats and watching...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the winner of a Democratic Congressional primary in New York, greets a passerby in New York, Wednesday, June 27, 2018, the morning after she upset U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in Tuesday's primary election. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: On socialism

March 17, 2020

I am a retired college professor of Sociology, Social Work and Psychology. I am proud to have taught at West Virginia University, Slippery Rock University and SUNY-Brockport. I am already getting...

Staff at the Australian Associated Press head office gather for an announcement in Sydney, March 3, 2020.

COLUMN: Misconceptions about the news media

Amanda Larch, Executive Editor March 17, 2020

If you are blaming the media for promoting mass panic, you are simply consuming the wrong media. Sure, it may seem like large media corporations are contributing to the fear caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,...

COLUMN: March Madness, a victim of the coronavirus

COLUMN: March Madness, a victim of the coronavirus

Grant Goodrich, Assistant Sports Editor March 17, 2020

March is known as the month of madness in the sports world. Although many sports are in full swing, this madness is specific, deriving from the annual 68-team NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Each...

Sports Editor Taylor Huddleston traveled to Frisco, Texas for the 2020 Conference USA Basketball Tournament to cover Marshall men and women’s basketball teams.

COLUMN: The pandemic of the sports world-We Are all in this together

Taylor Huddleston, Sports Editor March 17, 2020

As I sat on an early-return airplane flight back from Frisco, Texas to Huntington, West Virginia, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, also known as the coronavirus. Life...

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