Month: January 2013

Utilize Our Strengths & Build on Our Weaknesses

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By: Anthony Watson A quarter of children in Alabama live in poverty. More than 10 percent live in extreme poverty. More than 75 percent of public school eighth graders can’t read or complete math at their level. But that’s okay, right? Because students don’t get pissed off at that, we furrow our brows over the lack of ice cream in Trojan Dining. We’re pissed off because we don’t get our refunds back in a timely manner. We’re lucky to be studying at an institution when a large majority of our…

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Court Side Seats to Anyone Who Shows Up

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By: Caleb Odom Photo by: Joshua Thurston With a revised student seating plan at basketball games, students can now get closer to the action in Trojan Arena. All you need is your Troy student I.D. The first five rows of sections 102 through 104 will be available to students who simply present their Troy I.D. card to a Trojan Arena event staff member. Gone is the inconvenience of taking a student ticket and being chained to the seat while your friends, who arrived later than you, are sitting in the…

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Lady Trojans Make Strides

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By: Brandon Lee   JONESBORO, Ark. – Several of Trojans from the women’s indoor track and field team moved up in the all-time rankings list after Friday’s Arkansas Invitational. “Some great strides were made today toward meeting our goals,” said head coach Jill Lancaster.  “Leaders continued to impress in their categories and our team made large strides towards our goals for the end of the year.  The team must continue to grow and improve though.  I am excited to see what we do in Middle Tennessee next week.” Freshman Julia Ostendorf…

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Trojans vs Blue Devils Coming to a Stadium Near You

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By: Hank Walkers   To prepare for their newest out of conference game, the Blue Devils, Troy needs to start watching exorcism movies now. I did a lot of work with this lede. I tried. When multiple teams left the Sunbelt, Troy was forced to find a new out of conference opponent to fill their schedule. While Duke may not be the first opponent people think of for Troy, the teams are actually quite similar. Troy and Duke, though they have never played, are racing back to greatness. Both teams…

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