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Plants are sold on the Memorial Student Center Plaza April 24 during Earth Day celebrations.

Gardens in bloom on campus

Meredith O’Bara, Reporter April 30, 2019

Marshall University is not only a home to students, but to plants starting life in several gardens across campus. As the summer season approaches, students and gardeners prepare for the vegetable season.  Since...

Students can receive help with their schoolwork, hear from guest speakers and have a safe place to stay until their guardians get home from work or school.

From capstone to community: class project creates mentorship program for children

Makaylah Wheeler, Reporter April 30, 2019

Marshall University journalism students are trying to prove that Huntington still has a bright future by placing the hope for tomorrow in the children of today. The Hero2One sponsorship program started...

EDITORIAL: After 2018/2019, we are more

EDITORIAL: After 2018/2019, we are more

April 30, 2019

The fountain is finally back on, and it officially feels like spring on Marshall’s campus. With the semester and school year coming to a close, nostalgia seems to fill the air, just like pollen, bees...

Students and community members celebrate Earth Day with plant sales, interactive activities for kids and booths with information on recycling and other environmental initiatives in the area at the Memorial Center Plaza April 24.

Marshall community celebrates Earth Day

Heather Barker, Executive Editor April 26, 2019

Marshall University’s Memorial Student Center Plaza was full of green Wednesday, and not just with the school’s colors. Students and community members gathered by the fountain to celebrate Earth...

Emilie Christenberry and Sydney Ankrom from CAB

Campus Activities Board initiates tattoo buzz on campus

Trey Delida, Reporter April 26, 2019

Wearing yellow shirts reading “Bee Kind” in solidarity with the Save the Bees movement, members of the Marshall University Campus Activities Board swarmed the Memorial Student Center plazaWednesday. Emilie...

Athlete of the week: Kerri Parks, women’s golf

Athlete of the week: Kerri Parks, women’s golf

April 23, 2019

ABOUT KERRI PARKS YEAR: Sophomore HOMETOWN: Flushing, Mich. SEASON STATISTICS: 74.0 stroke average, five top-10 finishes LAST WEEK’S STATISTICS: 2nd at the Conference USA Championships at...

Students participate in Herd Holi in 2015 on Buskirk Field.

Herd Holi to celebrate spring, forgiveness with burst of color

Tiara Brown, Reporter April 23, 2019

The fourth annual Herd Holi, a celebration of color, friendship and spring, will be Thursday at 6 p.m on Marshall University’s Buskirk Field. “Holi is (a) popular ancient festival in India where...

Huntington community members view “Paris to Pittsburgh” climate change documentary in Marshall’s Memorial Student Center prior to panel discussion with local environmental experts.

Huntington community explores ‘Paris to Pittsburgh’ documentary for Earth Day

Douglas Harding, Online and Social Media Manager April 23, 2019

In 2015, the Paris Climate Accord historically convened leaders from 195 countries in collective agreement to combat the consequences of climate change and to limit global warming by reducing greenhouse...

Protestors attempt to engage local passers by (left: Mark Connelly, left-center: Barbara Garnett, right: Charles Britz).

EDITORIAL: Earth more important than economy

April 23, 2019

Happy Earth Day: the leader of our country still will not address climate change. President Donald Trump delivered a statement about Earth Day on Monday without once mentioning the destruction happening...

Flames and smoke rise from the blaze as the spire starts to topple on Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Monday, April 15.

Marshall students mourn with Paris

Trey Delida, Reporter April 16, 2019

The week leading up to Easter is a week intended for celebration, service and symbolic rebirth for those who identify with Catholic beliefs, but this week has been shaken by the Notre Dame Cathedral fire...

The Space Shuttle takes off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at NASA.

Where Marshall can take you: NASA

Taylor Huddleston, Reporter April 16, 2019

It will be 50 years this summer since Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Days after the Apollo 1 accident, Marshall University alumnus Gary Ray accepted a job at National Aeronautics and Space Administration...

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