As children, playing dress up with our parents’ clothes was a normal thing to do. You may remember looking into your parents’ closets and seeing a vast array of outfits to choose from, but as you grew older you found yourself throwing away any embarrassing hand-me-downs. Thrift stores ten yearsContinue Reading

With the winter Olympics in Sochi just beginning, Twitter seems to be hosting an Olympics of its own in bathroom mirrors across the country. Aptly nicknamed the “Selfie Olympics,” the popular Twitter trend encourages people to photograph the most creative self-portrait they can muster. From silly to snarky, but oftentimesContinue Reading

In 2008, Barack Obama was elected president with an impressive 66% of the vote amongst 18-29-year-olds. Boasting endorsements and support from stars like Oprah Winfrey, Usher, and Scarlett Johansson, Obama was highly popular with young people–in November of 2009, a Harvard University Institute of Politics survey found that 58% ofContinue Reading

The primary goal for student tutors, many of whom are in honors societies, is primarily to help less-advanced students understand and grasp a concept in a class. In addition, since all the students in a class learn the same material, student tutoring is helpful because it can strengthen the understandingContinue Reading

Some words like “where” and “wear,” or “read” and “read,” can be confusing even to fluent English speakers, but are especially difficult for English Speakers of Other Languages, also known as ESOL students. According to ESOL department chair Sharon Carser-Brown, the level of challenge varies based on students’ backgrounds. “ItContinue Reading

Thinking about the future after high school is stressful for a lot of students. They often feel that they are alone in the process. Helping to alleviate this stress is exactly the job of Marshall’s college and career specialist Gardner Humphreys. According to Humphreys, the main purpose of his positionContinue Reading

Founded in 2010, the Writing Center has experienced a dramatic increase in attendance in just a few months of operation. The program, an after-school tutoring service for students who need help on essay writing, caters to students who would like feedback on essays or need assistance in brainstorming. Inspired byContinue Reading

The government shutdown, which started on Oct. 1, led to 800,000 government workers being furloughed. It was the second longest shutdown since 1980, but was the most significant when measured in terms of furlough days. When combined, the Federal government employees were furloughed for 6.6 million days in total. TheContinue Reading