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Lunchtime  Legend: Frostop Drive-In

Lunchtime Legend: Frostop Drive-In

Meg Keller, Social Media Manager March 17, 2020

In a city inundated with a hankering for hotdogs, Frostop Drive-In’s franks are a force to be reckoned with, according to locals. Frostop Drive-In in Huntington, West Virginia is one of seven major...

J.R. has been homeless for two months and traveled to Huntington for the first time last week.

Homeless in Huntington: Wayne Glover Jr., ‘J.R.’

Douglas Harding, Managing Editor March 17, 2020

Wayne Glover Jr., or J.R., is 52 years old and was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and he has been homeless in Huntington for about one week. Glover said he has been homeless for the past two months,...

Staff at the Australian Associated Press head office gather for an announcement in Sydney, March 3, 2020.

COLUMN: Misconceptions about the news media

Amanda Larch, Executive Editor March 17, 2020

If you are blaming the media for promoting mass panic, you are simply consuming the wrong media. Sure, it may seem like large media corporations are contributing to the fear caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,...

In addition to their food pantry, Drinko Library offers hand sanitizer stations and recommends practicing social distancing on campus. Dining services such as Harless Dining Hall, Chick-fil-A and Starbucks will remain open.

Food pantry, dining services remain open during COVID-19 crisis

Amanda Larch, Executive Editor March 17, 2020

Marshall University’s food pantry will remain open during the period of non-face-to-face classes, though it will close during the originally scheduled spring break.  It is open Mondays from 1:30-3:30...

No. 6 Marshall survives against No. 11 UTEP in first round of C-USA Tournament

No. 6 Marshall survives against No. 11 UTEP in first round of C-USA Tournament

Taylor Huddleston, Sports Editor March 12, 2020

The Marshall University men’s basketball team defeated the University of Texas at El Paso Miners in the first round of the 2020 Conference USA Tournament in Frisco, Texas with a final score of 86-78. The...

Herd women’s basketball defeats Golden Eagles in OT in first round of C-USA Tournament

Herd women’s basketball defeats Golden Eagles in OT in first round of C-USA Tournament

Taylor Huddleston, Sports Editor March 11, 2020

The Marshall University women’s basketball team won its first Conference USA Tournament game since 2016 Wednesday afternoon at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas after defeating the University...

Lillie Bodie of the Women's and Gender Center and Oliva Giovingo and Iram Kingson of the Muslim Student Association pose at the Herd in Hijab table Monday in the Memorial Student Center.

Herd in Hijab wraps students in Islamic culture

Amanda Larch, Executive Editor March 9, 2020

Herd in Hijab offered students an opportunity to learn more about hijabs and the Islamic religion, Monday in the Memorial Student Center. Students were encouraged to bring their own scarves, or use the...

Guest lecturer presents biography of suffragist and civil rights activist

Amanda Larch, Executive Editor March 6, 2020

Suffragist and civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell was born in 1863, the same year of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. She died in 1954, a few weeks after the Supreme...

In this January photo, W.Va. Gov. Jim Justice delivers his State of the State address in the House of Delegates’ Chamber in Charleston.

EDITORIAL: Justice, racism and ‘thugs’

March 3, 2020

Gov. Jim Justice was accused of racism last month when he called members and coaches of a high school girls basketball team “a bunch of thugs” who “don’t know how to behave” after a tense game...

Manchin says he may vote Trump despite voting to impeach him

Manchin says he may vote Trump despite voting to impeach him

Douglas Harding, Managing Editor February 20, 2020

Sen. Joe Manchin, during a recent town hall, defended his recent vote to remove President Donald Trump from office but told attendees he may still support the president’s 2020 re-election campaign against...

CEO panel focuses on leadership, a changing future

Amanda Larch, Executive Editor February 19, 2020

Three CEOs, former and current, of world-renowned corporations shared their advice, answered questions and even accepted an audience member’s resume Wednesday during the Dean’s Distinguished Speaker...

In this June 2019 photo, demonstrators gather at the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill as justices finish the term with key decisions on gerrymandering and a census case involving the Trump administration’s attempt to ask about citizenship status in the 2020 census.

EDITORIAL: Take the census seriously

February 18, 2020

With Census Day just over a month away, the people of West Virginia must understand and acknowledge the direct influence the data recorded on April 1 will have on their state, their political power and...

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