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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

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Marshall partners with The Wild Ramp to offer Workplace Farm Share memberships

Amanda Larch, News Editor July 24, 2018

Marshall University’s Sustainability Department is partnering with The Wild Ramp and offering fresh produce to the Marshall community as part of a Workplace Farm Share program. Each week, The Wild Ramp...

Tim Watson (left) and Chris Wood (right) preparing a buffalo taco at their pop-up shop at Huntington Cycle and Sport.

Native Eats pop-up serves tradition with a flair

Sadie Helmick, Executive Editor July 24, 2018

After a night of driving through Pikeville, Kentucky, Tim Watson had an idea that eventually lead to the creation of Native Eats, a Native American taco stand. With the Shawnee Indian heritage that came...

City leaders on July 17, 2018, guiding the community with their first steps on the journey of walking to the moon.

Huntington shoots for the moon

Franklin Norton, Managing Editor July 24, 2018

It was a bright and sunny Tuesday afternoon in the downtown area of one of America’s unhealthiest cities, when nearly 300 people took the first steps to kick off an ambitious movement—a collective...

My Huntington movement encourages public engagement

My Huntington movement encourages public engagement

Amanda Larch, News Editor July 11, 2018

A few months ago, different groups of people were unknowingly discussing one very similar topic: how to help Huntington grow, escape negativity and focus on the positives. From this, the My Huntington...

Cicada Books and Coffee is located at 604 14th Street in West Huntington.

Cicada Books and Coffee offers a new twist on tradition

Sadie Helmick, Executive Editor July 11, 2018

Cicada Books and Coffee, located at 604 14th Street, West Huntington, offers a fresh take on Old Central City. After two years of planning and dreaming, Katie Norman and her mother opened Cicada Books...

Governor's Honors Academy, led by Dan Hollis and Rebecca Turnbull, walk down Fourth Avenue to the fireworks on Tuesday, July 3.

Governor’s Honors Academy takes over Marshall

Franklin Norton, Managing Editor July 11, 2018

Universities tend to be quiet over the summer, but not when nearly 200 high school honors students from all over the state come to town. For the first time in 15 years, the Governor’s Honors Academy,...

Marshall chosen to host C-USA Volleyball Championship

Marshall chosen to host C-USA Volleyball Championship

STAFF REPORT, The Parthenon June 27, 2018

For the first time since 2007, Marshall University will host the Conference USA Volleyball Championship inside the Cam Henderson Center. The single-elimination tournament brings a lot of attention to the...

Hundreds of new students flock to Marshall for first week of orientation

Franklin Norton, Managing Editor June 27, 2018

For incoming students at Marshall University, new student orientation is an important step in the college process. It is here where they will get their first class schedule, their campus ID cards and a...

Angela Kargul and Amy Parsons-White at the Memorial Student Center holding their weekly farmer’s market.

Sustainability Department Grows: weekly farmer’s market and addition of Meditation Garden

Sadie Helmick, Executive Editor June 27, 2018

With the inclusion of campus-wide recycling, conservation of energy and water strategies and the introduction of green technologies and materials, the Marshall University Sustainability Department has...

Let Me Be Frank: On Fear

Let Me Be Frank: On Fear

Franklin Norton, Managing Editor June 26, 2018

Recently I was given the opportunity to do something kind of outrageous: rappel 17 stories down Huntington’s West Virginia Building. It was the second year the United Way of the River Cities sponsored...

Where Marshall Can Take You: Study Abroad in Spain

Where Marshall Can Take You: Study Abroad in Spain

Sarah Ingram, FOR THE PARTHENON June 26, 2018

Is there a better time to travel the world than during one’s college years? I don’t think so. After college people grow up and get married, get serious jobs, have children and have so many more excuses...

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