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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Becoming a mentor changed my life

Becoming a mentor changed my life

Heather Barker, Copy Editor April 12, 2018

I grew up with people encouraging me every step of the way and always supporting me in everything I do. I had multiple mentors in my life that I could rely on to give me advice and show up in every stage...

Should Roseanne’s past be overlooked?

Tom Jenkins, Executive Editor April 9, 2018

After two weeks of watching the return of the ‘90s sitcom giant “Roseanne,” there are many thoughts on what this show means for Americans. Are the conservative-leaning views of “Roseanne” an...

Franklin sits and relaxes in downtown Huntington with his friend and roommate Josh Hastings.

LET ME BE FRANK: On Timeout

Franklin Norton, Managing Editor April 2, 2018

When the calendar page flips to April, life feels like a sprint. It’s as if the earth turns just a bit faster. I have a to-do list that gets longer every day, and I have to wonder how I will ever have...

LET ME BE FRANK: On Growing Up

LET ME BE FRANK: On Growing Up

Franklin Norton, Managing Editor March 26, 2018

I am writing this on my 21st birthday, a day that most consider one of the most significant age milestones. I spent the morning at the DMV, by myself, shuffling through my identification, bank statements...

Talk just keeps getting cheaper

Benjamin O’Dell and Lydia Waybright March 12, 2018

It’s election season on Marshall’s campus, with the student government race for president and vice president taking place today and tomorrow. Yesterday’s debate between teams Hunter Barclay and Hannah...

Does sameness achieve equality?

Does sameness achieve equality?

Benjamin O’Dell, Contributor March 5, 2018

In the current cultural climate, there is a lot of discussion and discourse on equality or the lack thereof. Within these conversations, inequality is often attacked by defining things like race, gender...

Finding facts in a world full of fiction

Finding facts in a world full of fiction

Lydia Waybright, Contributor March 1, 2018

We are living in what some have called a Post Truth society. In the age of alternative facts and fake news we, the public, have been given license to pick and choose what we would like to believe and to...

Social change before your eyes

Social change before your eyes

Ben O’Dell, Contributor February 26, 2018

This past Thursday, teachers and other school employees all around the state of West Virginia walked out and began a strike in response to inadequate pay and benefits. As I read the news and even heard...

History and activism are marked by young voices speaking out

Tom Jenkins, Executive Editor February 22, 2018

Wednesday the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden came to discuss Black History month and Carter G. Woodson’s contributions to Black History. Part of that history since Woodson, has become the Civil Rights...

LET ME BE FRANK: On Education

LET ME BE FRANK: On Education

Franklin Norton, Managing Editor February 19, 2018

“It was the times when I was in class and the teacher taught me a lesson about life and my mind opened up, or the moments when I walked through the halls each day with people I cared about. These moments...

CHAPTER 1: Strings

June Richardson February 14, 2018

Blythe Anderson sat in the wooden chair, legs crossed, chin resting in hand. She gazed out the window of the small, stuffy coffee shop, watching the unending stream of cars making their ways along the...

Political Evangelicalism v. Biblical Christianity: Remember the sojourner

Political Evangelicalism v. Biblical Christianity: Remember the sojourner

Lydia Waybright, Columnist February 8, 2018

Wednesday’s publication of the Washington Post included a full-page ad from an organization called World Relief, which promotes the support of immigrants among church leaders. The ad was a letter to...

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