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The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

The evil of civil forfeiture

Caitlin Grimes, Reporter November 12, 2014

There is a threat to personal property rights occurring every day in this country. This threat to individual’s property is of course, civil forfeiture. This practice is a process by which the government...

College is stupid, but college is beautiful

Codi Mohr, Executive Editor November 12, 2014

It’s that time of the semester when we all—from seniors down to freshmen—come to the same conclusion: college is stupid. All the assignments start to pile up and are due in the same week. You...

Don’t waste our time, we won’t waste yours

Editorial November 12, 2014

It seems to be a common misconception that college students have flexible time and commitments, and that we can adjust our schedules at the last minute or that we just have time to waste. College students...

Three cheers for 2-D: ‘Interstellar’ breaks the mold, for the better

Taylor Stuck, Managing Editor November 11, 2014

Let me preface this by saying if you haven’t seen “Interstellar” yet, you need to. Make that your Saturday night or Sunday plan. It is a must. Also, there aren’t any spoilers in this. I’m not...

Has Instagram changed our perception of reality?

Bri Shelton, Columnist November 11, 2014

Many of us like to pretend the era of Myspace and embarrassing profile pictures never happened. We all took those selfies with duck faces, peace signs and sometimes facial expressions of our own creation....

Say no to drug ads

Editorial November 11, 2014

Pharmaceutical advertisements are everywhere: magazines, televisions, on the pen you’re writing with, the bench you’re sitting on. It’s no surprise that the drug industry is one of the biggest in...

What I put on my face has nothing to do with my worth

Jocelyn Gibson, News Editor November 10, 2014

For a while it was the trend among feminists to shed any practice that could be seen as a tool of the patriarchy and one of the first things to go was the use of makeup. Feminists worried applying makeup...

Honor them with remembrance Friday, celebration Saturday

Editorial November 10, 2014

What do you get when you have a 9-0, No. 21 ranked Thundering Herd football team, plus a conference championship stealing team coming into the Joan and the anniversary of a plane crash that took the lives...

A West Virginia college student just set the bar for millennials

Caitlin Grimes, Columnist November 6, 2014

This past Election Day was a day of firsts, especially for West Virginia. The state not only went completely red, but elected its first female senator, Shelly Moore Capito. The media just now caught up...

10 things no one ever told us about college

Bri Shelton, Columnist November 6, 2014

There are so many things people never told us about college. We knew walking into Marshall University the next chapter of our lives would be amazing, but many of us also found college to be a different...

Want to get elected to U.S. office? Claim your opponent is Obama.

Editorial November 6, 2014

While it is nice to think our fellow citizens don’t base their votes on the misinformation and twisted facts presented in political ads, this notion was, unfortunately, proved wrong in Tuesday’s election. It...

Registration regret: A tale of caution when planning your course load

Taylor Stuck, Managing Editor November 5, 2014

As a freshman, when I came to orientation, I was surprised to find my schedule was already made for me. Thankful, but surprised. I was glad I didn’t have to worry about it and it was a pretty good schedule,...

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