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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Women won’t vote for Clinton just because she’s a woman

Editorial April 13, 2015

Hillary Clinton officially announced that she is running for president Sunday with a YouTube video posted on her website and Twitter. Clinton went very broad with her appeal in the video, featuring single...

Back up your files before you regret it

Amanda Gibson, Columnist April 13, 2015

I am so bad about backing up my computer. I have a flash drive where I keep pictures and another I use for important files for school, but by no means do these two flash drives hold everything I have on...

#MeganMusicMonday: Festivals are a must-go

Megan Osborne, Life! Editor April 12, 2015

As I sit here in the newsroom trying to recover from watching Circa Survive’s Coachella set via live stream, I am taken back to the sweet smell of dust and sunshine that permeates music festivals, and...

Save it for the campaign

Editorial April 12, 2015

Hillary Clinton announced her 2016 presidential campaign Sunday and (surprise!) the backlash and criticism started rolling in within hours. Potential opponents to Hilary, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and...

In the shadow of giants

Editorial April 8, 2015

In a nation where movies are often heralded as the epitome of visual entertainment, it is interesting that television shows seem to be receiving all the buzz as of late. The power of modern television...

This screenshot shows the updated Myspace login page.

Missing the nostalgia of Myspace

Bri Shelton, Columnist April 8, 2015

Does anyone else besides me ever miss the old social networking site Myspace? Back in the day, Myspace was the hip social medium to be a part of. There wasn’t really any competition with other websites...

Campus controversy and biased news

Campus controversy and biased news

Jocelyn Gibson, Managing Editor April 8, 2015

Controversy creeps up on campus in the most interesting ways sometimes. All it took was a poster about privilege in the freshman dorm hung by the resident adviser of that floor to get an entire article...

Being a thinker in a world that seems to discourage thinking about entertainment

Being a thinker in a world that seems to discourage thinking about entertainment

Jocelyn Gibson, Managing Editor April 8, 2015

The entire genre of “happy ending” entertainment could be tainting the way humans view the world. I have never been one for movies and books with a happy story. I have a strong desire to feel intense...

Journalism Fail

Editorial April 7, 2015

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism released a tragic report of media malpractice Sunday in relation to a Rolling Stone article about a brutal gang rape at the University of Virginia,...

W.Va. no longer ‘Open for Business’

Editorial April 6, 2015

West Virginia cannot seem to understand what its own best interests are. At least not the legislators. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin recently signed legislation that would prevent Tesla motors from selling...

Tweet a joke, the trolls shall come

Tweet a joke, the trolls shall come

Megan Osborne, Life! Editor April 6, 2015

I decided to book myself a hair appointment the other day. I noticed on the lovely user-friendly service selection application the salon uses that a “women’s cut and style” was $30 and a “men’s...

The #FreeTheNipple movement gets plenty of tags on Twitter, even having its own account and several other accounts, like i-D magazine, devoting many posts to #FreeTheNipple promotion.

#FreeTheNipple until we don’t have to think about it anymore

Editorial April 5, 2015

It started in Iceland most recently, but #FreeTheNipple has come to America and attracted some celebrities to its cause all for the sake of a 17-year-old girl who hoped to start a revolution and desexualize...

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