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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Women’s starters return for new season

Bradley Heltzel, Reporter November 7, 2014

Although their personal experiences, journeys to Marshall, University and overall personalities will remain different, returning basketball starters Norrisha Victrum, Leah Scott and Chukwuka Ezeigbo share...

New season means new faces

Malcolm Walton, Contributor November 7, 2014

Several key players from last season have left the Marshall University men’s basketball team, but Herd fans can look forward to the newcomers who will be suiting up for Marshall this season. Jay Johnson,...

NBA vet joins D’Antoni to lead the Herd

Corey Bodden, Contributor November 7, 2014

A joking response to an April text message led nine-year NBA veteran Chris Duhon to trade in his jersey for a suit. “I was at a point in my life kind of figuring out what I wanted to do—if I wanted...

Herd preparing to take it on the road

LaChel House, Reporter November 7, 2014

  Marshall University men's team is 349-110 since 1981 when playing at the Cam Henderson Center, and for the past few seasons, the Herd has found it easier to win at home than on the road. In...

Hard-hitting defense a focus for the Herd

Malcolm Walton, Contributor November 7, 2014

The up-tempo style offense first year head coach Dan D’Antoni has implemented has generated buzz for the Marshall University men’s basketball team; however, the team is adamant that it’s not overlooking...

Herd hopes to begin a memorable November at USM

Shannon Stowers, Assistant Sports Editor November 6, 2014

Fresh off a bye week in which it reenergized and regrouped, the Thundering Herd football team will begin the home stretch of its schedule Saturday when it travels to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to face the...

Men’s soccer downs Asbury 4-0

Scott Bolger, Reporter November 6, 2014

On a rainy Wednesday night at the Veteran’s Memorial Complex, the Marshall Thundering Herd (6-8-3) men’s soccer team dictated every aspect on the pitch, and that commanding performance led the Herd...

COLUMN: Life as an AP Top 25 voter

James Collier, WMUL-FM Sports Director November 5, 2014

Two televisions, two computers, a cell phone and a full collection of NCAA football games over a duration of 16 hours. That was how I spent Saturday in hopes of trying to gauge a day in the life of an...

COLUMN: New rankings leave Marshall in the dark

James Collier, WMUL-FM Sports Director November 5, 2014

The latest College Football Rankings have been released, and the results are as clear as mud, literally. While the teams within the top 10 all have stated their cases with the play on the field, the lower...

COLUMN: No ranking, no problem for Herd

Shannon Stowers, Assistant Sports Editor November 3, 2014

When the initial College Football Playoff rankings were released Wednesday, the Thundering Herd was nowhere to be found, despite being ranked in the top 25 of other polls. The CFP rankings are composed...

Marshall swimming and diving splits third meet of the season

Scott Bolger, Reporter November 2, 2014

Inside Marshall University’s Fitch Natatorium Saturday, the Thundering Herd swim team faced one Big East and one Southeastern Conference opponent in Xavier University and Vanderbilt University. Marshall...

Herd looking to bring attention to its season

LaChel House, Reporter October 31, 2014

The 12 members of the College Football Playoff selection com-mittee left the Thundering Herd out of its rankings, but Marshall University is looking to the Los Angeles public relations firm Conference...

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