The Parthenon

Career Expo aims to engage students, community with Tri-State area businesses

Hannah Graham, Reporter • October 9, 2018

Marshall University’s Career Services organized a Career Expo Tuesday, Oct. 9th, in the Don Morris Room. The event was for students and community members to talk with and get involved with local businesses. Businesses...

65th Annual Fire Parade takes over Fourth Avenue, brings awareness to fire safety

Lillie Bodie, Reporter • October 9, 2018

By LILLIE BODIE The Parthenon Children’s faces lit up to the bright lights and loud sirens of fire trucks Oct. 8, at the annual Fire Prevention Parade in downtown Huntington. The Fire Parade...

Tsubasacon returns to Huntington with weekend of pop culture

October 8, 2018

Tsubasacon 2018 took place at the Big Sandy Convention Center in Huntington, Oct. 5 through Oct. 7. The convention is a yearly event centered around video games, anime, manga and other pop culture entities....

Localization showcases local artists in Huntington

Lillie Bodie, Reporter • October 8, 2018

The second annual Localization pop-up art show allowed local artists to celebrate and have their work acknowledged Saturday, Oct. 6, at The Progress Building in downtown Huntington. Lilly Dyer, senior...

Marshall University volunteers repaint the Hal Greer underpass

October 7, 2018

Marshall University faculty, staff and students showed support for the Huntington community by repainting, cleaning and performing landscaping maintenance on the Hal Greer underpass, Friday, Oct. 5. As...

Studio 8 Yoga allowed dogs and their owners to do doga together

Meg Keller, Reporter • October 7, 2018

Yoga has gone to the dogs as community dogs and their owners participated in Doga, sponsored by Studio 8 Yoga at Ritter Park Thursday, Oct. 4. Joan St. Clair, director of Studio 8, said she wanted to...

Fifth annual West Virginia Makes Festival

Lillie Bodie, Reporter • October 7, 2018

Marshall University’s Memorial Student Center was filled with creations from a variety of entrepreneurs at the fifth annual West Virginia Makes Festival Friday, Oct. 5. Artists, entrepreneurs and innovators...

Herd football’s second half collapse leads to MTSU victory

Sydney Shelton, Reporter • October 6, 2018

Middle Tennessee’s football team scored 24 unanswered second half points Friday in Marshall’s 34-24 loss at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. With the win, MTSU improved to 3-2 (2-0 Conference...

Yoga in the Sustainability Garden connects students in nature

Gretchen Kalar, Reporter • October 2, 2018

Students meditated through yoga sponsored by Gro Huntington and the Marshall University Sustainability Department Monday, Oct. 1 in Marshall’s student garden. “Gro is working with the Sustainability...

PROACT opens, provides additional recovery services

Sam Phillips, Reporter • October 2, 2018

Marshall Health collaborated with several local hospitals and clinics in opening a center designed to help Huntington residents struggling with addiction. The Provider Response Organization for Addiction...

Where Marshall can take you: Study abroad in Japan

LeAnna Owens, Reporter • October 2, 2018

When Caralee Casto’s high school accidentally put her in a Japanese class her senior year, no one would guess that three years later Casto would be nearly 7,000 miles around the world studying abroad...

National Alpaca Farm day at Merritt’s Farm in Barboursville

Meg Keller, Reporter • September 29, 2018

A nurse turned farmer opens her property to the public once a year to celebrate the animals she cares for daily. Julie Merritt and her husband Chip allow the public to their farm each year for National...