Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Harriet Tubman to rightfully replace Jackson on $20

Editorial April 20, 2016

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced Wednesday Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, marking a historic moment for equal representation of race and gender in American currency....

Cannabis industry could move West Virginia ahead of the country

Editorial April 19, 2016

There is much to be said about the mountain state, though if we look for West Virginia in national headlines, more bad than good comes to light. Sure the state has its share of problems, but most of them...

XOXO, Michael Brown

Michael Brown, Assignment Editor April 19, 2016

The readers submitted some questions about life, love and everything in between. I answered them as honest as I knew possible. I’m here to keep it real with you when no one else is and to answer with...

Editorial: Trust in the media continues to diminish

Editorial April 18, 2016

According to a study done by the American Press Institiute, only 6 percent of people say they have a great amount of trust in the media anymore. This is about the same amount of confidence the public has...

Slut Walks are just the beginning to societal change

Editorial April 13, 2016

Slut: a word that has garnered a strong negative connotation and public uproar following 2011 when a Toronto police officer suggested to York University students to avoid rape, “women should avoid dressing...

Editorial: Big networks could be the downfall of journalism

Editorial April 12, 2016

Does the average American really know where their news comes from? What’s to say that the icy sting of corporate greed or agendas hasn’t already corrupted your favorite news networks? Should citizens...

Smoking continues on campus despite Tobacco Ban

Editorial April 11, 2016

April weather means warmer temperatures and a greener campus, which makes the walk to class a little more tolerable. However, it is impossible to focus on Marshall University’s “tobacco free campus”...

Clay Mullins, left, who lost his brother Rex Mullins in the Upper Big Branch explosion, reads the statement that he was not allowed to read during the sentencing of former Massey CEO Don Blankenship as Gary Quarles, right, who lost his son, takes in the emotion of the day Wednesday, April 6, 2016 in Charleston, W.Va. Blankenship was sentenced to a year in jail and a $250,000 fine for his role in the fatal 2010 blast.

Blankenship receives sentence that doesn’t add up to his crimes

Editorial April 6, 2016

Six years and one day after 29 miners lost their lives in the Upper Big Branch mine explosion, former Massey CEO Don Blankenship left the courthouse with the maximum sentence of one year in prison, one...

Students use areas on campus to express their freedom of speech.

Campus chalkings blur the line of free speech and hate speech

Editorial April 5, 2016

What began as a nationwide trend of labeling Trump-supporting messages in chalk throughout college grounds has spiraled into a debate over free or hate speech on Marshall University’s campus. Dan Scavino,...

XOXO, Michael Brown

Michael Brown, Assignment Editor April 5, 2016

The readers submitted some questions about life, love and everything in between. I answered them as honest as I knew possible. I’m here to keep it real with you when no one else is and to answer with...

Panama Papers reveal tax havens for elites

Editorial April 4, 2016

The release of more than two terabytes worth of documents and data on offshore financial dealings of wealthy, famous and powerful people around the world is raising questions over the use of such tactics...

Editorial: Jim Justice can no longer view West Virginia as a permanent vacation spot

Editorial March 30, 2016

As the gubernatorial race picks up, West Virginians around the state are pledging their loyalties to the Republican nominee, Bill Cole, or one of the three Democratic candidates. Helping edge up his campaign,...

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