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The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Let the bandwagon go

Taylor Stuck, Managing Editor December 4, 2014

It happens every year, usually around any sporting event’s championship game. Whether it’s football, hockey or tennis, die-hard fans, in an effort to proclaim they are the No. 1 fan, deem other fans...

Financial stress plagues college students

Editorial December 4, 2014

A question often enters the minds of college students: do those who run institutions have any knowledge of what it is actually like to be a student? Sometimes, it feels like the institution is working...

Where’s all the hair?

Jocelyn Gibson, News Editor December 3, 2014

As per usual, a Buzzfeed article has been circulating on social media. I know — surprise, surprise. The article, a list, is “12 Female Characters Who Keep Shaving Despite Constant Peril” with...

UVA suspends fraternities until January while investigating rape allegations

Editorial December 3, 2014

After the release of an incriminating article in Rolling Stone detailing the gang rape of a woman at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity of the University of Virginia in 2012, the traditionfavoring university...

Community mourns the loss of long-time journalist and altruist

Jessica Ross, Assignment Editor December 2, 2014

C. Bosworth “Bos” Johnson passed away Sunday, November 23. To some of you, this name may not mean anything, but for those who knew him, or who have ever had the pleasure of meeting him, know how great...

What’s normal?

Editorial December 2, 2014

Dress normal. That is the most recent campaign by Gap that started this fall. It is hard to wrap your head around, which doesn’t equal a successful campaign. Grab a copy of the latest Rolling Stone...

Take a tech-break, enjoy time off, come back with a fresh perspective

Editorial November 20, 2014

We are all ready for the upcoming week off from classes, and we are probably telling ourselves this will be the week we accomplish all those things we haven’t gotten around to during the semester: neglected...

#blessed

Taylor Stuck, Managing Editor November 19, 2014

This morning, in my car on my way to class, I was thinking about my makeup. I’ve been experimenting with my simple look recently, branching out a little bit. I’ve been struggling with winged-eyeliner,...

Body too bootylicious for you

Editorial November 19, 2014

There comes a time in every newspaper opinions section when it must include something about Kim Kardashian West’s backside. The bum that broke the Internet first appeared on social media when Paper...

Don’t waste time on small talk, so much else is important

Jocelyn Gibson, News Editor November 18, 2014

“How are you?” “Fine.” Not exactly a conversation starter, is it? Do they really want to know how you are? Do you really want to tell them? I know I don’t. Small talk is a social interaction,...

Feminism is a movement, not a buzzword

Editorial November 18, 2014

TIME Magazine has apologized for literally wanting to ban the word “feminist.” TIME has been polling the Internet for the worst word of the year since 2011, when “OMG” was voted off the island...

Members of the Marshall University community at the Memorial Fountain Ceremony participate in Rev. Steve Harvey’s “Live it, Love it, Loyal to it,” a team tradition, Friday on the Memorial Student Center plaza.

Don’t put religion over unity

Editorial November 17, 2014

The 44th annual Memorial Ceremony to honor the 75 Marshall University football players, staff and members of the community lost in the Nov. 14, 1970, plane crash was a wonderful commemoration of sacrifice...

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