A late night television talk show run by Marshall University’s journalism students, Up Late starts off its 10h season of production with its first studio live show Saturday.
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The Thundering Herd used a 19-point victory over the Green Wave to snap a four-game losing streak
The Marshall Thundering Herd used a dominant performance on both sides of the ball to snap its four-game losing streak against Tulane on Wednesday night.
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Thousands of Marshall fans fill the Cam Henderson Center every time the Thundering Herd men’s basketball team steps onto the court, but not every one of them arrives almost two hours before tip-off.
There are three women that do.
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Huntington got a little piece of Broadway when the number one Broadway touring concert in the United States, Neil Berg’s “100 Years of Broadway,” performed at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center yesterday.
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In the United States, the faith in the leaders of the nation are at record lows — with an approval rating of 15 percent for Congress and 45 percent for President Barack Obama.
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The Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) invited Larry Gibson, mountaintop removal activist and resident, to speak to Marshall students and community members. The lecture will be at 6p.m. Thursday in the Shockey Room of the Memorial Student Center.
St. Mary's Regional Heart Institute, along with nationwide sponsors, Macy's and Merck, are sponsoring the annual Go Red for Women Luncheon at noon Friday at the St. Mary's Center for Education. February represents American Heart Month and brings awareness to the number one killer for women: Heart disease.
Jim Terry, chief of the Marshall University Police Department made an appearance at the Marshall University Student Government Association meeting this week to share an update with student senators about the new campus parking garage, as well as answer students' questions about the project.
For the past three years, the Marshall University Office of Financial Aid has been hosting a Financial Aid Awareness Week. This year, the event begins Wednesday and runs through Sunday. Many of the different workshops take place in the Marshall Student Center.
creation Center is ready to celebrate its third anniversary with Marshall students and the community. The Rec Center has planned special events and giveaways for Monday including door prizes, instructional programs and track climbs. Michele Muth, assistant director of marketing and promotions, said the Rec Center is focused on keeping the Herd healthy this year.
BY KAYLA MARCUM THE PARTHENON Marshall women's basketball brings home the victory. Marshall women's basketball broke their five-game losing streak at home Thursday against Rice, claiming the victory at 65-57. The team came out of the gate strong with a 13-point lead less than five minutes into the first half and sustained a strong point advantage throughout the game.
Marshall University will honor female athletes Sunday. The Marshall Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will host the 15th annual Sweetheart Woman's Clinic. The clinic will be at the Marshall Recreation Center and is meant to honor the nine women's sports programs at Marshall, while also getting children from the community involved.
Fax machines inside the athletic department were working overtime Wednesday as Letters of Intent came flooding in from all over the country for Doc Holliday's third recruiting class as head coach of the Thundering Herd. National Signing Day brought 15 new student-athletes into Herd Nation, and with 15 more already enrolled, Holliday's 2012 class stands at 30 strong.
The Marshall University Student Government Association is bringing a Club Sports Council to campus in order to give those sports more recognition from the university. In 2011, the SGA created a new role within the executive branch titled the Athletics Liaison.
In the midst of its longest losing streak of the season, the Marshall men's basketball team returns to the Cam Henderson Center against Tulane aiming to snap the four game skid. Thursday night the 13-8 (4-3 C-USA) Thundering Herd will play host to the Green Wave who have a record of 14-7 (2-5 C-USA), but are much better than what their record indicates.
The Signature Events Committee at Marshall University has partnered with the Student Activities Programming Board to bring speaker Brian C. Johnson to campus. Johnson has been noted as a "compassionate speaker, committed to engaging college students in safe, fun and interactive ways," according to campuspeak.
Hospice of Huntington will be hosting its fourth annual Beach Party rom 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Field House. The event is open to the public, with ticket prices starting at $35 if purchased in advance and $40 if bought at the door.
Fans of the Marshall Thundering Herd have a new way to get their sports news. "Thundering Herd Sports" is a new show that will debut at 7 p.m. on channel 25, Marshall's educational access channel, Saturday. The production is a 15 to 20 minute show that will focus on all things concerning Marshall athletics.
Marshall University alumna, Lauren Lee, is finding her inner athlete as a contestant on season 13 of NBC's "The Biggest Loser," which began airing earlier this month. Lee, 26, graduated with her master's degree in exercise science in May 2011 and weighed 246 pounds.
There's nothing quite comparable to journalism in the 21st century. There's never been anything that would properly set a precedent for what we as journalists to look to for guidance. The truth is: We're really feeling our way through how to allow our work to benefit society at large.
This week, the Susan G. Komen Foundation announced it would stop giving funding to Planned Parenthood, an organization it has had a relationship with since 2005. The decision is said to be made because the Komen Foundation now has a new policy that states they cannot give grants to companies that are being investigated by state, local or federal authorities.
olumn in The Herald-Dispatch about the importance of newspapers for today's society, but how, unfortunately, they are dying. I've heard people discuss how newspapers were going to cease to exist for years and in some form of denial I told myself it wouldn't happen in my lifetime.
Mitt Romney won the primary election in Florida on Tuesday. The momentum Newt Gingrich had felt by winning the South Carolina primary has now been depleted. But is this because Romney simply out-debated Gingrich, or is it because Romney was able to spend nearly $12 million more in advertising in Florida? If this GOP race has demonstrated anything, it is money, not necessarily intellect, often lends a big hand to winning races.
Despite President Barack Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline, Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and a group of 43 other senators have announced they will seek to introduce legislation that would create jobs by approving the Keystone XL pipeline.
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