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Marshall's Ahmed Shakoor (6) outruns Ohio State's Dan Bain to score a touchdown after Marshall blocked a field goal attempt during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam)

[Photo] Herd prepares for battle against Buckeyes

Joseph DiCristofaro, Sports Editor
September 18, 2024
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Alabama Rep. Neil Rafferty speaks in support of transgender rights during a rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

[Photo] Beyond “she” and “he,” preferred pronouns offer safe space

Brittany Hively, Executive Editor
April 6, 2021
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Election official Nhan Tran wipes down a voting booth at Boston City Hall during early in-person voting, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

[Photo] 5 Things Every WV Voter Should Know Before Voting In-Person

W.Va Secretary of State Office
October 27, 2020
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[Photo] EDITORIAL: Lessons learned from Apollo 11 moon landing

July 23, 2019
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FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2018, file photo, Donald Trump Jr., center, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, right, depart following the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington. Senate investigators have evidence revealing the identities behind two mysterious phone calls that Donald Trump Jr. had with blocked numbers during the 2016 presidential campaign, just days before he met with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. According to phone records provided to Congress, Trump Jr. spoke to Howard Lorber, a New York real estate executive, and Brian France, the former chairman of NASCAR, two people familiar with the records told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

[Photo] EDITORIAL: Washington Post ad wins Super Bowl

February 5, 2019
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President Donald Trump sits at his desk on Air Force One upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. At the center is Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

[Photo] MU weighs in on President Trump’s first week in office

Kylee Hurley, Reporter
January 26, 2017
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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2016 file photo, a woman kneels to take a "back break" while waiting in line at a weekend early voting polling place at the North Hollywood branch library in Los Angeles. The FBI's disclosure that it was reviewing emails related to Hillary Clinton's email investigation will make no difference to tens of millions of voters who have already cast ballots. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

[Photo] Editorial: Your right to vote was earned, use it

November 7, 2016
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FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2016 file photo, Dakota Access Pipeline protesters sit in a prayer circle at the Front Line Camp as a line of law enforcement officers make their way across the camp to remove the protesters and relocate to the overflow camp a few miles to the south on Highway 1806 in Morton County, N.D. Members of more than 200 tribes from across North America have come to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's encampment at the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers since August, the tribe says. Estimates at the protest site have varied from a few hundred to several thousand depending on the day _ enough for tribal officials to call it one of the largest gatherings of Native Americans in a century or more. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)

[Photo] Editorial: Dakota pipeline could ruin major water supply for Sioux

October 31, 2016
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West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, from left, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, and Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear address the media before the start of a conference titled, ìTaking Back Our Communities: Combatting the Opioid Crisis,î on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, at New Life Church in Huntington, W.Va. The conference was attended by dozens of law enforcement officers, health care professionals and faith-based groups. (Sholten Singer /The Herald-Dispatch via AP)

[Photo] Tri-State comes together to fight opioid epidemic

Tom Jenkins, Reporter
October 27, 2016
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New York Giants kicker Josh Brown (3) watches as his field goal-attempt misses during the first half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

[Photo] Editorial: What the NFL is doing wrong

October 24, 2016
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Charlotte 49ers QB Hasaan Klugh just manages to get off his pass as Marshall University Defensive Tackle Tomell One put on the pressure during Thundering Herd football action Saturday afternoon at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington. Bob Wojcieszak/Parthenon

[Photo] Gallery: 49ers hand Marshall fifth loss of season

Bob Wojcieszak
October 23, 2016
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Bernie Sanders addresses a Clinton-Kaine rally inside the Prochnow Auditorium at Northern Arizona University, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Many political observers believe that traditionally Republican Arizona is in play for this election. (Tom Tingle/The Arizona Republic via AP)

[Photo] Editorial: If Trump loses, Paul Ryan could be out and Bernie Sanders in

October 20, 2016
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File-This Oct. 7, 2016, file photo shows Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pausing during a meeting with members of the National Border Patrol Council at Trump Tower in New York. A defiant Trump insisted Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, he would "never" abandon his White House bid, rejecting a growing backlash from Republican leaders nationwide who disavowed the GOP's presidential nominee after he was caught on tape bragging about predatory advances on women. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

[Photo] Editorial: Trump sees consequences of ‘Trump Tapes’

Editorial
October 10, 2016
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In this image made from video, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters outside his Trump Tower building in New York on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Trump insisted Saturday he would "never" abandon his White House bid, rejecting a growing backlash from Republican leaders nationwide who disavowed the GOP's presidential nominee after he was caught on tape bragging about predatory advances on women. (AP Photo/Ezra Kaplan)

[Photo] Trump Tapes: Students react to Trump’s comments about women

Tom Jenkins, Reporter
October 10, 2016
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/John Locher)

[Photo] Clinton, Trump meet for personal town hall debate

Tom Jenkins, Reporter
October 10, 2016
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Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks during a campaign stop in Gettysburg, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

[Photo] Editorial: Pence makes poor decisions on public health

Editorial
October 6, 2016
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Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine, left, and Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence answers a question during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

[Photo] Kaine and Pence spar over running mates during vice-presidential debate

Sara Ryan, Reporter
October 5, 2016
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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2016, file photo, Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks in Wilmington, N.C. With the first presidential debate complete and its spin cycle nearly over, the two understudies are getting ready to take the main stage. The vice presidential debate on Oct. 4, 2016, will be the only time Republican Mike Pence and Kaine will have the nation’s attention all to themselves, away from their much more well-known running mates. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

[Photo] Column: Reasons voters need to watch the vice presidential debate

Jared Casto, Online Editor
October 3, 2016
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People hold signs at a "protest for justice" over Friday's shooting death of Terence Crutcher, sponsored by We the People Oklahoma, in Tulsa, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

[Photo] Editorial: Justice served in Terrence Crutcher murder

Editorial
September 22, 2016
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Evidence teams investigate at the scene of Saturday's explosion on West 23 Street in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in New York. An Afghan immigrant wanted for questioning in the bombings that rocked a New York City neighborhood and a New Jersey shore town was captured Monday after being wounded in a gun battle with police. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

[Photo] Editorial: Trump plays blame game in response to bombings

Editorial
September 19, 2016
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All dressed up and nowhere to go, Marshall University QB Chase Litton scrambles and looks for a receiver with Akron's Daumantis Venckus in hot pursuit during the second half action Saturday afternoon that saw Marshall go down to defeat 65-38 at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington. Bob Wojcieszak/Parthenon

[Photo] Gallery: Akron Zips overpower Thundering Herd, 65-38

Bob Wojcieszak
September 17, 2016
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San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid (35) and quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Santa Clara, Calif., Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

[Photo] Column: What do you stand for?

William Izzo, Life! Editor
September 15, 2016
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Marshall University's Emanuel Byrd splits the defense of Morgan State's Damare' Whitaker and Carl Garnes during Thundering Herd first half opening day football action Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington. Bob Wojcieszak/Parthenon

[Photo] Gallery: Thundering Herd defeats Morgan State Bears

Bob Wojcieszak
September 12, 2016
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, sits at its launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. The mission, scheduled to launch on Sept. 8, is the first U.S. attempt to reach an asteroid return a sample to Earth for study. (NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP)

[Photo] Marshall students, Huntington residents commemorate 9/11 anniversary

Tom Jenkins, Reporter
September 12, 2016
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Pictured from left to right are Kiss members Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Paul Stanley as they play "Deuce" during their Freedom To Rock tour concert on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pa. (Christopher Millette, Erie Times-News via AP)

[Photo] KISS returns to Huntington for “Freedom to Rock” tour

Tom Jenkins, Reporter
September 8, 2016
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In this combination of photos, Melania Trump, left, wife of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016, and Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Melania Trump's well-received speech Monday to the Republican National Convention contained passages that match nearly word-for-word the speech that first lady Michelle Obama delivered in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photos)

[Photo] COLUMN: The Problem with Shrugging off Melania’s Plagiarism

Lexi Browning, Executive Editor
July 22, 2016
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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 10 AND THEREAFTER - In this photo taken Friday, April 1, 2016, Kat Williams, a history professor at Marshall University, poses in her office in Huntington, W.Va. Williams specializes in women, history and United States sports history. Her book "Life After the League: The Real Impact of Playng in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League" will be released soon. (Lexi Browning/The Herald-Dispatch via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Kathy Williams walks the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade route with a portrait of the Civil Rights leader during the parade in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Jan. 18, 2016.

[Photo] MLK’s ideas continue to change and grow today’s society

Nancy Peyton, Reporter
January 18, 2016
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Members of the media gather outside the El Paso County Terry R. Harris Judicial Complex in Colorado Springs, Colo. Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, during the first court appearance for Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting suspect Robert Dear. In the background of this photo is the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. (Mark Reis/The Gazette via AP)

[Photo] Using that ominous phrase “the media” and what that really means

Editorial
December 1, 2015
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A woman lights a candle outside the Bataclan concert hall, which was a site of last Friday's attacks, in Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. France invoked a never-before-used European Union "mutual-defense clause" to demand Tuesday that its partners provide support for its operations against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq and other security missions in the wake of the Paris attacks. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

[Photo] A NEW VIEW: We may never have all the answers

Nancy Peyton, contributor
November 17, 2015
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In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 file photo, Lebanese army soldiers stand guard near the damaged car of the family of Haidar Mustafa a three-year-old who was wounded in Thursday's twin suicide bombings, in Burj al-Barajneh, southern Beirut, Lebanon. Within hours of the Paris attacks last week that left 129 dead, outrage and sympathy flooded social media feeds and filled the airwaves. Commenting on the public outpouring of support and anger following the Paris attacks, Lebanese blogger Joey Ayoub accused the media and world leaders of caring less about deaths in Beirut in IS attacks than deaths in Paris at the hands of the same group. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

[Photo] Nations without first-world privilege deserve same display of solidarity as France

Editorial
November 17, 2015
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Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, looks on as Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, speaks during the CNN Democratic presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

[Photo] #DemDebate turned Sanders v. Clinton

Editorial
October 13, 2015
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