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A popup COVID-19 test has been set up on the plaza of Marshall's campus.

New phase of coronavirus testing underway

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor September 8, 2020

Beginning this week, Marshall University will test about 60 randomly selected students, staff and faculty members for coronavirus each weekday until Nov. 20, per information released by the university...

Locals march to protest police brutality, racism

Locals march to protest police brutality, racism

Douglas Harding, Executive Editor September 4, 2020

Dozens of protestors marched through Huntington Sunday—stopping to demonstrate at the Huntington Police Department—outraged by the viral video of a recent incident showing police officers in Kenosha,...

COLUMN: Importance of Minority Representation in Media

COLUMN: Importance of Minority Representation in Media

Isabella Robinson, News Editor September 1, 2020

I was recently presented with the information that, to date, there are no Black centered West Virginia news or media publications, one Black editor for a mainstream WV news publication, and no Black reporters...

Eugene V. Debs, member of the Socialist Party of the USA and presidential candidate, speaks to members of the worker’s union on Aug. 17, 1912, at an unknown location in the USA.

EDITORIAL: The essence of united labor

September 1, 2020

As Labor Day approaches, let us remember not only to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the American working class (and of those around the world), but also to recognize the reasons we understand...

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...

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