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Trump’s war on innovation is a golden opportunity for Australia, if we’re smart enough to take it

5 days ago | smh.com.au | Luke Heeney |Sarah Davis

By Luke Heeney and Sarah Davis June 3, 2025 — 3.50pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The United States has been the world’s innovation engine for a century. It’s an envious position that has delivered it, along with allies like Australia, economic progress and strategic technological superiority. This engine is fuelled by the US’ superpower-like ability to draw in the best and brightest internationally.
Kanawha County spelling whiz competes at national spelling bee

1 week ago | wowktv.com | Sarah Davis

CHARLESTON, WVa. (WOWK) – A student in Kanawha County is taking her skills to the national stage this week. Charvitha Sanjaya, an eighth grader from John Adams Middle School in Charleston, is no stranger to the academic podium, taking her leadership from the school to the national level. As a contestant in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Sanjaya is making her administrators, teachers and school proud.
Faulkner powers winning wheels for second straight year

1 week ago | wowktv.com | Sarah Davis

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — In the tight USA Pro Elite Women’s Road Race, 2x Olympic Gold Medalist Kristen Faulkner pedaled to the finish line Monday. Riding solo and representing the EF Education—Oatly team, Faulkner said her main strategy as the lone rider was shrinking the competition group. “The group is a lot stronger than it was last year,” she said. “I knew I didn’t have any teammates here.
This newsroom changed my life

1 month ago | marshallparthenon.com | Sarah Davis

After three years of journalism school, I can confidently say I’ve learned a lot, but there’s one concept that sticks out to me: telling both sides of the story. Telling both sides of a story means giving it all, putting everything on the line and giving both platforms a chance to get their words out – portraying the story in a fair manner. Although this principle might seem specific to a class or assignment, it can also be applied when I think about the three years I spent with The Parthenon.
Lessons to Successfully Navigate Uncertainty

1 month ago | medium.com | Sarah Davis

Five takeaways from my expeditionsExpeditions are all about heading into the unknown. Each day, it’s facing uncertainty — from the environmental conditions, to the animals encountered and the people you interact with. There is so much outside of your control that doesn’t just potentially threaten the success of the expedition, but also you and your team’s very survival. These adventures have been a valuable teacher in many ways.
‘Who do you want to be?’

1 month ago | marshallparthenon.com | Sarah Davis

Jared Fishman, the founder and executive director of Justice Innovation Lab, has been asked a consistent question since he was small: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”His answer to this question went from firefighter, to ambassador, to attorney. He argued, though, that this question should be shifted with the change of one word: who. “I think the question that we should be asking people is, ‘Who do you want to be when you grow up?’” Fishman said.
Protest website now accessible on university Wi-Fi

1 month ago | marshallparthenon.com | Sarah Davis

Following the large, national Hands Off 2025 movement, students have been voicing their concerns over the battle to access the protest’s website on Marshall Wi-Fi.The URL, https://handsoff2025.com/, was blocked by the university’s system as of Thursday, April 10. By the following Monday, the website was accessible. The original critiques came from an anonymous internet forum.
Amicus Curiae tackles partisanship in U.S. Supreme Court

2 months ago | marshallparthenon.com | Sarah Davis

With a later start in the spring semester, the Amicus Curiae series welcomed another lecturer to the podium on Thursday, March 27. Margaret Lemos, professor of law at Duke University, filled the evening with her take on partisanship and, more specifically, how partisanship affects the United States Supreme Court. In addition to her work as a teacher, Lemos worked as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
Zach Bryan to perform at the Joan, Marshall community will get first priority in ticket sale

2 months ago | marshallparthenon.com | Sarah Davis

Student Body President Brea Belville announced Tuesday, March 25 that country artist Zach Bryan will be returning to Huntington. Bryan– who visited the university on Oct. 5 during a football game– will be performing a show inside the Joan C. Edwards Stadium on August 30. Belville said the Marshall Artists Series, along with athletics and the university made this inaugural stadium concert possible.
Menendez brothers seek help from Gov. Newsom, DA revokes resentencing recommendation

2 months ago | marshallparthenon.com | Sarah Davis

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has taken another step in the Menendez decision, one that could potentially set the incarcerated brothers back. DA Nathan Hochmann has revoked the office’s resentencing recommendation from previous leader Gascón in October 2024. He said in a statement on March 10 distrust was the deciding factor for him and his office to withdraw the decision.