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Students concerned about campus safety; University “optimistic”

Students concerned about campus safety; University “optimistic”

Douglas Harding, Executive editor August 25, 2020

Marshall officials stated Monday through a university press release that current campus COVID-19 testing data justify optimism toward having “as normal a semester as possible,” but some students...

New med school scholarships to support students from Kentucky

New med school scholarships to support students from Kentucky

Isabella Robinson, News editor August 25, 2020

New Marshall School of Medicine scholarship to support students from Kentucky First-Year medical students are now able to receive the Dr. Bobby L. and Eric K. Hardin Miller Scholar- ship, preferring...

Letter to the Editor: Equality and Inclusion at Marshall

Letter to the Editor: Equality and Inclusion at Marshall

Jerome A. Gilbert June 18, 2020

Dear Editor: Long ago, as a young child, I learned a song in Sunday School, which is admittedly insensitive and politically incorrect today.  Still, it got the message across to me that there was no...

D'Andre Knight pitches against Ohio.

Marshall baseball’s Knight awarded postgraduate scholarship

Taylor Huddleston, Sports Editor June 13, 2020

Conference USA announced Thursday that Marshall baseball redshirt senior pitcher D'Andre Knight is one of 14 student-athletes to be awarded the Jim Castañeda Post Graduate Scholarship. The 12th annual...

Thousands sign petitions to remove Jenkins, Byrd from campus building names

Thousands sign petitions to remove Jenkins, Byrd from campus building names

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor June 10, 2020

Two petitions urging Marshall University administrators to rename buildings on campus currently named after a former Confederate general and a former leader in the Ku Klux Klan have garnered thousands...

W.Va. candidate for U.S. House: Save lives, money with universal health care

W.Va. candidate for U.S. House: Save lives, money with universal health care

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor June 8, 2020

Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in West Virginia’s third district, Hilary Turner, is advocating for saving tens of thousands of lives and several hundred billion dollars through implementing...

Hundreds march in Huntington to protest police brutality, systemic racism

Hundreds march in Huntington to protest police brutality, systemic racism

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor May 31, 2020

Hundreds of protestors marched the streets of Huntington Saturday to raise awareness about police brutality and systemic racism amid nationwide demonstrations in the wake of the murder of George Floyd...

West Virginia Sens. Joe Manchin (D) and Shelley Moore Capito (R)

W.Va. senators vote to extend federal government spying powers

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor May 25, 2020

The United States Senate passed a bill earlier this month reinstating controversial surveillance powers meant for investigating terrorism and espionage, but which allow the federal government to access...

Advocates concerned how city may handle impending increase in homelessness

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor May 19, 2020

The line of landlords filing eviction notices was “out the door” Monday at the Cabell County Courthouse in Huntington as state courts reopened for in-person operations, a magistrate clerk told local...

Prisoners unable to follow safety measures amid pandemic, inmate says

Douglas Harding, Managing Editor May 5, 2020

An inmate at North Central Regional Jail in Doddridge County recently said she and others in the facility are unable to follow safety protocols recommended by health experts and state officials, are not...

Brad D. Smith preparing for the CEO Panel on Feb. 19.

Marshall alumni: Where are we now?

Brittany Hively, Online Editor April 21, 2020

Editor's note: There were two corrections made to the story below after April 22 publication due to reporter error.  Pepsi or The Herald-Dispatch?  This was the question Marshall University alumnus...

Students create time capsules to open on graduation day

Students create time capsules to open on graduation day

Amanda Larch, Executive Editor April 21, 2020

While preparing to teach a First Year Seminar (FYS) class for the first time, professor Sandra Reed stumbled upon information about the Voyager Golden Record, a time capsule sent into space in 1977. That...

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