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Troy literature professor returns after months-long Fulbright trip
Nokes looks through different books in his office. Ty Davidson photo A Troy literature professor returned from a 10-month-long research trip in Uganda last week after months of delays. On Jan. 7 of this year, Dr. Richard Scott Nokes arrived in Kampala, Uganda, to begin his Fulbright Scholarship research trip. His mission in the country was to travel through all the different kingdoms and cultures to find stories only told by old books and word of mouth. Uganda doesn’t have
Ty Davidson
4 hours ago
Troy University Library celebrates Banned Books Week
A cart in the library offers students banned and restricted books. Nate Henderson photo Every year from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10, the Troy University Library offers free banned and restricted books to students as part of Banned Books Week. The week is an annual awareness campaign organized and sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA). During the week, libraries across the nation celebrate the freedom to read and spotlight the harm of book censorship. In 2017, a former
Nate Henderson
4 hours ago
Troy University campus weathers Isaias with minimal damage
A Troy University staff member helps clean up campus by picking up downed limbs. Ty Davidson photo Hurricane Isaias made landfall Friday afternoon along the Gulf Coast, hitting the Wiregrass late Friday night and continuing into the early hours of Saturday morning. The Troy University campus made it through the storm relatively unscathed. Downed tree limbs and leaf litter spread across campus; however, there was no major damage to any on-campus facilities, and there were no
Jimmy Nichols
4 hours ago
Women’s golf finishes seventh in Lady Red Wolves Classic
Mara Dajer practices on the golf course. Troy Athletics photo Phenyo Sebata shot 4-under par in the Lady Red Wolves Classic as Troy finished seventh Tuesday at the Sage Meadows Country Club. Sebata, who played as an individual and her score did not count towards Troy’s total score, started slow, shooting 3-over in round one. However, the South African was able to rebound with a strong 5-under performance in round two and another solid 2-under in round three. Sebata’s secon
Hunter Boozer
3 hours ago
Troy earns top half finishes at FSU XC Invite
Cross country earns numerous personal records, top half finishes during FSU XC Invite Troy cross country earned multiple personal records while competing at the FSU XC Invite on Friday at the Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida. During the men’s 8k, the first Trojan to cross the finish line was Riley Treadaway, who crossed with a time of 26:21.50 and finished in 16th place overall. Caden Blackman, Patterson Graham and Lane Watson rounded the top 30 for the Troj
Dawson Parks
3 hours ago
Okafor enjoys every moment on, off the track
Adaorah Okafor warms up at a Track Conference. Brady Fitch photo Two thousand miles from home. What’s the plan when you’re 2,000 miles from home? “I take my time and enjoy every day,” said Adaorah Okafor, a junior sprinter for the Troy track and field team. That’s not to say she doesn’t miss California. Okafor spent the first two decades of her life on the West Coast, in sunny Los Angeles – Chino Hills to be exact. Despite being a sprinter, she said the southern slowdown
Brady Fitch
3 hours ago
Don't judge a book by its past - "The Sixth Faction"
Madie's Margins To my knowledge, there is no stronger bond than that of a girl and the mediocre thing she loved when she was 13. The “Divergent” series was my favorite book series when I was in middle school, before my discovery of “Keeper of the Lost Cities,” which was eventually trumped when I returned to my first love, “The Hunger Games,” which is still my favorite series to this day. If that doesn’t explain my personality, I don’t know what will. To my book lovers out
Madison Harris
3 hours ago
Coraline: The scariest kids movie of all time?
Spoiler Alert with Jimmy Nichols After watching “Twitches” for the first time last week, I wanted to watch another movie that I missed growing up. The first time I watched “Coraline” was last year on TikTok. It seemed like a fun movie, but watching it that way was hard because it was cut up to avoid copyright. This year I decided to rewatch the movie, but on Hulu, to see what the movie is really like when it is not cut into 50 parts. Before we talk about the 2009 movie’
Jimmy Nichols
3 hours ago
UAC holds student Casino Night
Troy students play casino games and earn prizes at annual UAC Casino Night. Jimmy Nichols photos The University Activities Council (UAC) held its annual casino night at the Trojan Fitness and Wellness Center Monday night. Students enjoyed a night full of games, friendly competition and the possibility to win some prizes. Go big or go home, that's the story of a casino night. Students played games such as blackjack, craps and roulette in hopes of leaving with a prize at th
Jimmy Nichols
3 hours ago
Melvins has a monopoly on metal
There are few bands that have maintained such a monolithic presence and influence in music as a whole, as Melvins have. Melvins emerged in Washington in the early 80s, playing live shows before ever entering a recording studio. They immediately set themselves apart from the norm by playing atypically slow and heavy music in an era when speed and energy were the key to success. Their endless inspiration to musicians and bands, both then and now, is a phenomenon worthy of its o
Emma Crockett
3 hours ago
Mojave 3 takes a rustic angle
Mojave 3 takes a rustic angle in “Spoon and Rafter” As long as I've been a fan of Mojave 3, I've noticed that most discussion about the band ends after their third album “Excuses for Travellers.” While I somewhat understand why, Mojave 3 does have some criminally underrated work past “Excuses for Travellers.” A lot of it comes from their fourth album “Spoon and Rafter” that came out three years later. “Spoon and Rafter” is very unique from its predecessors. Once again, the
Dawson Parks
3 hours ago
Mojave 3... the third time’s the charm
You don’t need an excuse to listen to “Excuses for Travelers” Before the turn of the millennium, Mojave 3 had already released two country-tinged and dreamy albums for the world’s listening pleasure. While both were similar in a broad sense, both albums were in different neighborhoods. Their debut “Ask Me Tomorrow” was slower and more ethereal, leaning heavily into dream pop, while their second album “Out of Tune” explored faster speeds and leaned closer to country and rock
Dawson Parks
6 days ago
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