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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Amanda Gibson, Columnist April 23, 2015

If you have been to the Starbucks in the Memorial Student Center lately, you may have seen the new and inexpensive, reusable cups for sale. Starbucks is one of the many companies that is dedicated to reducing...

5 lessons of college

Bri Shelton, Columnist April 23, 2015

It’s official. My freshman year is almost over.  There’s so much I can say about my first full year at Marshall. College is definitely something that changed me for the better and helped me become...

Citizens take to Twitter to express their dismay over Operation Jade Helm scheduled to take place this summer through September.

Operation Jade Helm raises concerns of government intrusion on civil liberties

Editorial April 22, 2015

This summer, all branches of the U.S. military are launching a vast Special Operations exercise across six states called Jade Helm 15. The size and scope of this mission is vast, utilizing eight states...

Skepticism about film’s ‘year of women’

Editorial April 21, 2015

National Association of Theatre Owners President and CEO John Fithian declared 2015 as a progressive year for women in the film industry Tuesday at CinemaCon. “2015 will rock at the box office because...

MU SAND: Hydration should top daily priority list

MU SAND: Hydration should top daily priority list

MU SAND, Michaela Richardson April 21, 2015

As busy people on the go, we sometimes forget how important it is to stay hydrated. Recommendations for fluid intake for average adults are 9, 8oz glasses per day for women, and 13, 8oz glasses for men....

In this Baltimore Sun video, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts, along with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake,  discusses the events leading up to the death of Freddie Gray. Batts said on behalf of the police department, “we will get better.”

‘Better’ is not good enough because #BlackLivesMatter

Editorial April 20, 2015

A Baltimore man has died from a spinal injury following his arrest, but the problem is that no one knows how he got these injuries. Police say when Freddie Gray was arrested and put into a police van...

Poverty challenge fails to give taste of poverty

Editorial April 19, 2015

Last week, celebrity Gwyneth Paltrow attempted the #FoodBankNYCChallenge, which attempts to raise awareness about how difficult it is to live on the SNAP (better known as food stamps) budget of $29 per...

Getting right with Yeezus

Megan Osborne, Life! Editor April 19, 2015

I have a confession to make, and I’m finally ready to admit it. I like Kanye. A lot. And with Kanye appreciation came a general appreciation for hip-hop, a genre I was previously way too good for. Come...

This image of the SPJ t-shirt order form shows the design of the shirt chosen by SPJ. The front of the shirt says, “Save a journalist; Buy a newspaper.” The back features the School of Journalism and SPJ logos.

Letter to the Editor

Anonymous April 15, 2015

When I saw that SPJ had t-shirts for sale, I wanted to purchase one to show my support for my fellow student journalists. When I saw the shirts, however, I was immediately taken back to snide comments...

Food guilt, different perspectives

Jocelyn Gibson, Managing Editor April 15, 2015

I have been meaning to write about food guilt for a couple of weeks now, but after attending the hunger event on campus Wednesday, I starting thinking about food guilt in entirely different ways. The...

The Golden Age of Hollywood is over, but movies today are still pretty good

Editorial April 15, 2015

The Golden Age of Hollywood, a period of cinema between the late ‘20s and the mid ‘40s, is often heralded as the greatest period in the history of film. While it is true that many great advances in...

This screenshot taken from Southern’s video shows her statement, “Third wave feminism is not a movement for equaltiy.” She goes on to give several statistics including that more males are raped annually in the U.S. than females, “yet feminists remain silent,” she says.

Not a feminist? Fine. Don’t put them down.

Editorial April 14, 2015

A video by The Rebel contributor Lauren Southern went viral last week as she explained all the reasons she claims she’s not a feminist. Despite the somewhat faulty statistics (most of which ignore any...

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