The Parthenon

Marshall Remembers AIDS Victims

Nolan Duncan, Student Reporter • March 23, 2024

For AIDS Awareness Week, Marshall University will have the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display in Drinko Library. The quilt has 48,000 squares memorializing over 125,000 victims since the 1980s, said a Marshall...

Students Somewhat Satisfied with Marshall Dining

Baylee Parsons, Copy Editor • March 22, 2024

Marshall Dining’s overall satisfaction rate is just below the national average, according to Marshall Dining’s Spring Satisfaction Survey. “So, we ended up at a 3.7 versus the national average...

Herd Walks Off Redhawks

Ben Cower, Student Reporter • March 21, 2024

The first-ever walk-off home run at Jack Cook Field sealed the deal for Marshall Baseball’s series victory over the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks on Sunday, March 10, in a 5-4 slugfest. Despite...

JMU Ends Herd’s Tournament Hopes

Ben Cower, Student Reporter • March 20, 2024

An up-and-down season for Marshall Men’s Basketball came to a close Saturday, March 9, in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament quarterfinals, with the James Madison Dukes besting the Herd 81-64 in Pensacola,...

Campus Couples: Courtney and Phillip Vallejo

Kaitlyn Fleming, Student Reporter • March 19, 2024

Romance can blossom in any capacity, and the heartfelt story of two Marshall faculty members who have lived in numerous time zones and work in different departments shows how love can thrive regardless...

Herd to Face Hokies in First Round of NCAA Tournament

Joseph DiCristofaro, Sports Editor • March 19, 2024

It takes two to tango in the historic big dance, and Marshall Women’s Basketball found their partner in the Virginia Tech Hokies for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Herd will take on the...

Students Protest Preacher Through Chanting, Art and Twerking

Luke Hamilton, Contributor • March 18, 2024

A controversial preacher brought together students from the LGBTQ community, religious backgrounds and across campus as they protested his message on Thursday, March 14, near Buskirk Field. Springtime...

BeyondMU: Biden’s SAVE Plan is a Start, but There’s Much Farther to Go

Matthew Schaffer, Managing Editor • March 18, 2024

On the campaign trail in 2019, Joe Biden promised to enact changes to reduce the mountainous burden placed on Americans due to the student loan crisis that economically stifles nearly 43 million...

Have Mountaineers Always Been Free?

Baylee Parsons, Copy Editor • March 17, 2024

“Go back to the kitchen and go make babies,” said Natalie Tennant, former West Virginia secretary of state, in her speech for the Title IX Office’s Women’s History Month event. “Those words...

Marco: Bison, Myth, Legend

Nolan Duncan, Student Reporter • March 16, 2024

Marco is the "spokes-buffalo" for Marshall University, said the head of Archives at Marshall. Lori Thompson, the head of Archives at Marshall University, said Marco is important in building the brand...

Starving for Change: Reflections on the Unpassed Campus Hunger-Free Bill

Nicolas Raffinengo, Contributor • March 15, 2024

Over the course of the last couple of legislative sessions, the West Virginia legislature has continued to disregard the safety and well-being of students. Last session, the legislature passed the campus...

Embracing Change: Marshall’s Plan to Prepare for Campus Carry

Kaitlyn Fleming, Student Reporter • March 14, 2024

Recognizing campus carry is an unavoidable law that will imminently go into effect is a significant aspect of handling concealed carry arriving at Marshall on July 1, one member of MUPD said at the campus...