The Parthenon

Nothing beats a court storm

Brad Heltzel, Columnist • March 3, 2015

The court storm epitomizes college sports, where the excitement and passion of a collective student body fan base overwhelms the arena in a sea of school colors as they bask in the glory of the university’s...

#MeganMusicMonday: 8-tracks to character limits

Megan Osborne, Life! Editor • March 2, 2015

February was an interesting time in the music world – Drake, Jack Ü and Big Sean all dropped new albums, and they’re all pretty freakin’ good (coming from someone who isn’t up to speed on the...

If you call yourself a feminist, watch the gendered insults

Jocelyn Gibson, Managing Editor • February 26, 2015

Terms like “mansplaining,” “manterrupting” and “brocreate” offend me on the same level as saying someone does something “like a girl.” These words become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Feminists...

Don’t take advantage of my favorite author

Bri Shelton, Columnist • February 25, 2015

A few weeks ago, Harper Lee made a major announcement that she is releasing a sequel to her famous and only novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” this summer. The new book will be called “Go Set a Watchman”...

Column – Piles of snow become piles of homework

Amanda Gibson, Columnist • February 24, 2015

After these rare and much appreciated snow days, the piles of snow are soon going to turn into piles of homework. As everyone catches back up with their syllabi, you might find yourself under more pressure...

#MeganMusicMonday: Best shows I’ve attended – Part 2

Megan Osborne, Life! Editor • February 23, 2015

Last week I started a top 10 list for the best performances I’ve ever seen. This week, I’m listing numbers five through one, which are much harder to put in some sort of hierarchical order because...

#WeekendWalkOff: Will the real Kevin Durant please stand up?

Shannon Stowers, Assistant Sports Editor • February 19, 2015

#WeekendWalkOff is a weekly column where sports and pop culture collide in a look at the one of the week’s biggest sports topics. A little more than nine months ago, sports fans across the world fell...

Why I am rejecting the term “white feminism”

Jocelyn Gibson, Managing Editor • February 18, 2015

An idea persists among many modern feminists that mainstream feminism is “white feminism.” That is, it isn’t meant to help anyone other than white middle and upper class women. I firmly reject the...

Column: Herd teams having success out of the limelight

Shannon Stowers, Assistant Sports Editor • February 18, 2015

For almost every school across the country, football and basketball are the prized possessions of athletic departments and fans, and rightfully so. The two sports are, for the most part, what television...

College is a breeding ground for germs, take precautions to avoid sickness

Amanda Gibson, Columnist • February 18, 2015

While everyone else on campus was heading home or hanging out this past weekend, I was lying in bed suffering through a cold. Cuddling a box of tissues, I tuned into the Food Network and this is how I...