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The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

The Women and Gender Center is located on the first floor of Prichard Hall. The center is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Women and Gender Center provides support for sexual assault victims

Hanna Pennington, Executive Editor July 23, 2019

Marshall University’s Women and Gender Center is working to provide resources and support to students who are victims of sexual assault. “We definitely want to be able to reach students before they...

Smith for W.Va. campaign manager Katey Lauer, second from left, interacts with community members involved in W.Va. Can’t Wait movement at campaign’s statewide launch in Matewan in January this year.

Smith campaign workers first in W.Va. history to unionize

Douglas Harding, News Editor July 23, 2019

Considering the billions of dollars spent on elections in American politics each year, the amount spent on wages and benefits for campaign workers, those doing the brunt of the work for politicians and...

Local activists protest U.S. border conditions, Thursday evening outside the Cabell County Courthouse. Sculpture was created by local artist, David McGee.

Local activists protest “cruel, inhumane” U.S. border conditions

Douglas Harding, News Editor July 20, 2019

Amid recent controversies surrounding living conditions for those detained in border facilities run by the United States federal government, Women’s March West Virginia members and other concerned residents...

Blanc’s book, “Red State Revolt,” released this year.

Education strikes challenge political norms, emblematic of working-class consciousness

Douglas Harding, News Editor July 9, 2019

In February last year, roughly 20,000 West Virginia educators and school service personnel demanded their voices be heard by going on strike, shutting down schools in all 55 counties across the state in...

Students returning to Marshall’s campus this fall will notice several prominent modifications.

Marshall campus receiving major makeover over summer

Sarah Ingram, Campus Editor July 9, 2019

Students will see multiple changes on Marshall’s campus in the fall 2019 semester as the layout is in the process of being modified to make Marshall feel more like home, according to the director of...

“Wake Up Dorothy” production team members gather around camera to make group decision.

Local creators pushing cinematic boundaries

Douglas Harding, News Editor June 25, 2019

In April of last year, one Marshall University student, Jason Morgan, then-sophomore commercial music major, had the idea to tell a coming-of-age story of Appalachian artistry, culture and inspiration...

Huntington Pride offers ‘rainbow’ of community events

Huntington Pride offers ‘rainbow’ of community events

Sarah Ingram, Campus Editor June 25, 2019

Rainbows could be seen across town after community members showed their support of the LGBTQ community at the city of Huntington’s third annual Pride Picnic. While events like the picnic, Herd Glow...

INTO members pose for selfie.

International program encourages campus involvement

Sarah Ingram, Campus Editor June 25, 2019

47 countries. One campus. Marshall University’s INTO Center has been home to international students from throughout the world since its establishment in 2013. Though many assume the title is an acronym,...

Recovery Point Huntington program director Ray McWilliams addresses crowd Thursday evening during ceremony at First Presbyterian Church.

Recovery Point graduates ‘make impossible possible’

Douglas Harding, News Editor June 15, 2019

Thursday evening, 20 men stood on stage to celebrate and be honored for an occasion many of them said once felt impossible, and which several of them said they thought they would never live to experience. Recovery...

Center on Budget and Policy explores poverty, education reform

Center on Budget and Policy explores poverty, education reform

Douglas Harding, News Editor June 13, 2019

Amid the state legislature’s summer special sessions for education reform and following the recent release of a report on “The State of Public Education in West Virginia,” by the West Virginia Chamber...

Eric Dillon will be attending Marshall University this fall as a first-year computer science major.

High hopes, academic ambitions ahead for incoming Yeager scholars

Douglas Harding, News Editor June 11, 2019

Outstanding academic ambitions and accomplishments are just two of several aspects which separate some college students from their peers, and Marshall University’s class of 2023 Yeager scholars is no...

EDITORIAL: Huntington needs you, class of 2023

EDITORIAL: Huntington needs you, class of 2023

June 11, 2019

What are your impressions of Huntington? Maybe you’ve lived here your entire life, or maybe you’d never been to the Jewel City until you visited Marshall University for the first time. Whatever the...

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