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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

The Herd will start the 2025 season in an away matchup against Georgia.

Marshall declines bowl game invitation

Nate Harrah, Student Reporter December 14, 2024

After a year of success for the Thundering Herd Football team, winning the Sun Belt title and finishing 10-3, Marshall University announced they will be...

Head coach Charles Huff and offensive lineman Logan Osburn celebrate following the win.

Marshall Football makes history in SBC Championship

Nate Harrah, Student Reporter December 10, 2024

After a 10-year championship drought, the Marshall University Thundering Herd won its first Sun Belt Championship title  against the University of Louisiana...

Huff has been with the Herd since 2021.

Gibson in, Huff out as head coach of Marshall Football

Joseph DiCristofaro, Sports Editor December 10, 2024

On Sunday afternoon, after a Sun Belt Conference Championship victory less than 24 hours earlier, Tony Gibson was named the 32nd head coach of Marshall...

Kaitlyn Fleming

Vulnerability is a virtue—but not for women

Kaitlyn Fleming, Opinions & Culture Editor November 26, 2024

She’s too bossy. She’s too serious. She’s too emotional. But, boys will be boys. Why is it that women are consistently held to higher...

Michael Neiburg

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War history, Ukraine discussed at latest Amicus Curiae

Sarah Davis, Managing Editor November 23, 2024

The latest Amicus Curiae lecture, which finished out the Fall 2024 Semester, featured a discussion on foreign war and its relationship with the United...

Megan Archer

West Virginia roots inspire Huntington Chamber’s next leader

Kaitlyn Fleming, Opinions & Culture Editor November 23, 2024

The spirit of West Virginians fuels the ambition to magnify Huntington’s business community at the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce, said the...

Joao Roberto sizes up the ball during a previous match this season.

Men’s Soccer drops SBC championship to WVU

Nate Harrah, Student Reporter November 21, 2024

Ninety minutes of regulation, two 10-minute overtimes and 12 penalty kicks decided the Sun Belt Champion, West Virginia University. Marshall University...

Women’s Basketball falls to George Mason

Joseph DiCristofaro, Sports Editor November 21, 2024

Marshall Women’s Basketball dropped its third game of the season against the George Mason Patriots 69-56 in the Cam Henderson Center on Sunday, Nov....

Huntington small businesses prepare for Pink Friday

Huntington small businesses prepare for Pink Friday

Ella Bumgardner, Staff Reporter November 20, 2024

Huntington, West Virginia, has built a community of small business owners who are coming together to support each other this holiday season.  There...

November is recognized as National Veterans and Military Families Month.

Title IX to highlight local veteran resources

Baylee Parsons, News Editor November 20, 2024

Of Marshall’s 11,000 students, a small percentage identify as veterans. In honor of National Veterans and Military Families Month, the Title IX Office...

(Left to right) Alys Smith, Alissa Stewart Sparks, Raine Klover, Gina Milum, Brittany Ochoa, Nora Ankrom

Local women talk nonprofit management

Sarah Davis, Managing Editor November 20, 2024

Leaders do not fit a certain stereotype and in fact, they often defy them, a figure in a local nonprofit said. “True leadership doesn’t come from...

Rafael Retires: The most biased story I’ll ever let us publish

Rafael Retires: The most biased story I’ll ever let us publish

Rafael Alfonso, Content Editor November 20, 2024

I hardly recognize The Parthenon these days, but, to be honest, that’s a really good thing. When I joined the paper back in the Spring 2022 Semester,...

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