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Rader stands in front of a Huntington fire engine.

Subjects of ‘Heroin(e)’ documentary to discuss film, Huntington opioid crisis following screening

Danite Belay, Reporter October 19, 2017

The subjects of the Netflix original documentary “Heroin(e)” will field questions and discuss Huntington’s opioid crisis Thursday following a 7 p.m. screening of the film at Marquee Cinemas in...

Marshall football heads to Murfreesboro

Kyle Curley, Assistant Sports Editor October 19, 2017

      Marshall football (5-1, 2-0) will continue to search for C-USA supremacy this Friday in Murfreesboro, Tennessee against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (3-4, 1-2). The...

Marshall junior quarterback Chase Litton warming up prior to kickoff of the Thundering Herd’s homecoming game 35-3 win against the Old Dominion Monarchs Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Litton is now eighth in Marshall history for career passing yards with 6,599 after he threw for 176 yards in the win over ODU.

Marshall quarterback Chase-ing history

Kyle Curely, Assistant Sports Editor October 17, 2017

Chase Litton has rewritten the history books with his performance on Saturday. The junior quarterback out of Tampa Bay has been on a roll this season, with his team now the victor in five of its six...

Volunteer Rachel Mullen frightened guests as a possessed doll during last year’s haunted house.

Frights for Philanthropy: SigEp’s ‘CarnEvil’-themed haunted house starts Friday

Hunter Ellis, Reporter October 16, 2017

In an effort to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Tri-State, Marshall University’s chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) will have their fourth annual haunted house this weekend and Hallo-weekend....

Danny Westfall returns to Marshall University for the homecoming parade with his Bubble Wagon. Westfall travels all over West Virginia to bring smiles to local parade-goers.

Bubble Wagon returns for homecoming

Sadie Helmick, Life! Editor October 12, 2017

Since 2011, Danny Westfall and his wife Cathy Westfall bought a new John Deer tractor that happened to come with a wagon. At their family reunion, the kids and Danny would play with bubbles until the kids...

PINK Bus

PINK Bus returns after successful last year

Danite, Belay October 12, 2017

Victoria’s Secret’s PINK Bus made its way back to Marshall, after receiving the highest number of sales of any campus in the PINK campus rep program last year. The PINK Bus gives students the opportunity...

Members of the Fighting Addiction club participate in Marshall’s Unity Walk Monday.

Fighting Addiction club hopes to change narrative of opioid epidemic

Hunter Ellis, Reporter October 12, 2017

Fighting Addiction is a new club on campus looking for members interested in “changing the narrative” of the opioid epidemic affecting the community, according to club president and second year medical...

Junior linebacker Juwon Young enters the field at Jerry Richardson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina for his first game in a Thundering Herd uniform after serving a suspension for the first four games of the year.

Herd linebacker Young’s presence felt in debut

October 10, 2017

Marshall football gained a key piece of its defense back prior to kick off against the Charlotte 49ers in linebacker Juwon Young, a transfer from Miami (Fla.). Young was suspended for the first four...

Marshall students participate in the 6th annual Unity Walk Monday, an event that aims to spur togetherness among Marshall students and the local community. The walk is the first of several homecoming events planned this week.

Marshall students celebrate differences during Unity Walk

Kayla Simmons, Reporter October 9, 2017

Marshall’s 6th Annual Unity Walk marked the beginning of the university’s 2017 homecoming week celebrations. Monday’s event was an opportunity to recognize the diversity of the school’s student...

Marshall’s 2017 homecoming court. (Front, from left) Michael Andry, Payton Paluch, Katie Lemmon, Emily Kinner, Taylor Foster, Hannah Fetty and Daniel Parlock. (Back, from left) Corey Taylor, Daniel Feck and Alexander Bailey.

Homecoming court representatives announced

Brooke Griffin, Reporter October 9, 2017

The Marshall Thundering Herd ended their annual Unity Walk by announcing their 2017 Homecoming Court with dozens of students watching. Kelly green bow ties and dresses filled the stage as the candidates...

Carmen Giménez Smith

Writers express their Hispanic-American identities through poetry

Alison Baldridge, Reporter October 9, 2017

Continuing celebrations of Hispanic Heritage Month occurred Thursday through the A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series, which included readings from the visiting writers Carmen Giménez Smith and Dan Vera...

Wil Haygood at Marshall University

Acclaimed author and journalist to lecture on modern civil rights progress

Caroline Kimbro, Reporter October 9, 2017

Wil Haygood will present the Amicus Curiae lecture, “Thurgood Marshall’s Battle for Justice,” Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Marshall University’s Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall. Haygood, a New York Times...

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