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The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

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It’s time to stop blaming Gen Z

Baylee Parsons, Managing Editor February 13, 2025

Are they one of my classmates? Are they one of my friends? Are they okay? These are the questions that immediately popped into my head when I arrived on campus Tuesday, Feb. 4, to find a student had...

Filmmaker David Lynch poses at his Los Angeles home March 14, 2002.

There will never be another David Lynch

Caden Adkins, Opinions and Culture Editor February 8, 2025

On Wednesday, Jan. 15, American director and actor David Lynch passed away from emphysema, leaving behind a legacy that is impossible to replicate.  Over the past five decades, Lynch has redefined...

Elon Musk arrives before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP)

Elon’s salute does not make him a Nazi

Caden Adkins, Opinions and Culture Editor February 3, 2025

The repeated antisemitism, support for Germany’s thriving neo-Nazi party and creepy, sexually driven remarks about Taylor Swift, however, do. It is currently being debated whether his questionable...

Students were greeted with a snow-covered campus as class began for the Spring 2025 Semester.

A new look for a new climate: Students confront fashion in the frost

Bethany Jarrell, Staff Reporter January 27, 2025

Students returning to class this week experienced the heaviest snowfall Marshall has seen since 2022, bringing forth a shift in campus fashion as students scramble to adapt to this unusually cold start...

'Longlegs' movie poster

‘Longlegs’ was disappointing

Caden Adkins, Opinions & Culture Editor January 25, 2025

Not even Nicholas Cage could save a movie that distracts the viewer from it’s god-awful storyline by relying on it’s pretty cinematography. Granted, the movie does look very visually appealing. Oz...

Kaitlyn Fleming

Vulnerability is a virtue—but not for women

Kaitlyn Fleming, Opinions & Culture Editor November 26, 2024

She’s too bossy. She’s too serious. She’s too emotional. But, boys will be boys. Why is it that women are consistently held to higher ethical, moral and simply existential standards than...

Rafael Retires: The most biased story I’ll ever let us publish

Rafael Retires: The most biased story I’ll ever let us publish

Rafael Alfonso, Content Editor November 20, 2024

I hardly recognize The Parthenon these days, but, to be honest, that’s a really good thing. When I joined the paper back in the Spring 2022 Semester, we didn’t have QR codes in the print or weekly...

Executive Editor Evan’s Exit

Executive Editor Evan’s Exit

Evan Green, Executive Editor November 20, 2024

Both for myself and The Parthenon. And so, this is my goodbye (or execution, as Baylee keeps calling it). I’ve been working for The Parthenon for a little under three years, and I’ve been the executive...

Maggie Gibbs during her internship in the summer of 2021

Success doesn’t have to mean suffering

Maggie Gibbs, Staff Reporter November 18, 2024

There’s a huge misconception that you need to follow a “safe” path to secure your future, even if it drains you, but, if you don’t enjoy what you’re doing, how can you expect to excel in it? Success...

The impact of student journalism

The impact of student journalism

Abigail Cutlip, Social Media Manager November 13, 2024

I have always hated farewells. More specifically, I have always hated the change that is almost guaranteed to follow. My time at The Parthenon has been the source of some of my fondest memories here...

Vito vacates the newsroom

Vito vacates the newsroom

Joseph DiCristofaro, Sports Editor November 13, 2024

Throughout my first three semesters of college, I often questioned whether I had picked the right career path and whether I belonged in higher education. In the second semester of my sophomore year, those...

Kaitlyn Fleming

You know it is serious when Gen Z has not cracked a single joke

Kaitlyn Fleming, Opinions & Culture Editor November 6, 2024

It’s no secret that Gen Z-ers tend to lean toward humor to cope. No matter the gravity of the situation, you can always count on TikTok trends to take the younger generation by storm as a way to manage...

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