Rory Johnson Staff Writer Over the last year of quarantine, many international students had to decide if they would stay in Troy or return to their home countries due to the pandemic. Many international students who returned home had problems with time differences between Troy and their home countries when it came to assignment deadlines. “The hardest part to me was staying up until midnight to attend my classes,” said Pedro da Silva, a senior music industry major from Lisbon, Portugal. “Luckily, some professors were lenient with this since classes…
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Troy students rack up ADDY awards
Codi Clemmons Staff Writer Troy University’s Art and Design Department won 16 Awards in the American Advertising Awards Competition this year. Troy University announced the students who were awarded during a ceremony last Thursday. This competition is held every year by the American Advertising Federation, which is the oldest national advertising trade association in the United States. Students are given the opportunity to select the pieces they feel are the best from their portfolios and submit them for the category that coincides with their project. There are more than a…
Read MoreTroy student remembered
Ayanna Williams Staff Writer Troy’s students gathered together on Feb. 25 to celebrate the life of William Llyod Etheredge with a candlelight vigil. Etheredge exchanged his earthly life for his eternal life on January 15, 2021 in result of a tragic climbing accident. He was a 19-year-old native from Montgomery, Alabama and a music industry major at Troy University. Etheredge was born on March 28, 2001 in Floodwood, Mississippi to the union of Tod Steven Etheredge and Crystal Lorraine Stamps Etheredge of Pike Road, Alabama. As students gathered together to…
Read MoreLook back: Troy’s vaccine struggle
Brady Talbert Staff Writer Troy University’s struggle to receive COVID-19 vaccines has been one months in the making; involving other colleges getting doses, unfulfilled expectations, questions left unanswered and conflicting statements made by the state. The Tropolitan learned in January the state had sent Auburn University and the University of Alabama a combined 10,500 coronavirus vaccines. Auburn received 7,000 doses, according to its website, while Alabama reportedly received 3,500 doses. Despite the Alabama Department of Public Health at the time limiting vaccinations to “healthcare providers, nursing home residents, law enforcement…
Read MoreTroy Celebrates Black History
( Photo / Sparsh Shakya ) Martavious Ginyard reads “Walking with the Wind” by John Lewis. Jakiya Dudley Staff Writer Troy University is celebrating Black History Month by having literature read-ins held by Troy Council of Teachers of English, Sigma Tau Delta and the English department. The literature read-ins are events where participants can read a short poem or excerpt from the works of their favorite African American writers. “Black History Month is important in America, and I think it is even more important this year,” said Theresa Johnson, the…
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