Month: September 2013

Spectrum Alliance provides safe atmosphere

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Faith Karwacki Perspectives Editor   The Troy University Spectrum Alliance held a photo shoot Tuesday night to promote the NOH8 Campaign. Students wore white T-shirts and wrote “NOH8” in red and black ink on each other’s cheeks. The NOH8 Campaign is a national campaign designed to promote marriage, gender, and human equality through visual protest, educating the public and celebrity advocacy. “We wanted to do something that was activist based,” said Tyler Ray, the president of Troy University Spectrum Alliance and senior choral music education major from Georgiana, “The NOH8…

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The Brick food review

Trojan Living

Zach Winslett Arts and Entertainment Editor   The “sports-bar experience” is a staple of college towns. Sports bars far and wide make their strongholds in America’s college towns, where droves of college students seek refuge from their collegiate responsibilities (they’re also seeking beer, too). Troy, however, has had a tumultuous past with sports bars. The revolving door of bars and grills that have graced the plot where Trojan Zone now sits have been less than fulfilling, and, until recently, the Brick was a sort of well-kept secret, hiding above the…

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Trojan Treasure: Women’s Initiative

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Lauren Coughlin Staff Writer   The sixth Trojan Treasure is the Women’s Initiative, an organization on campus committed to education, open discussion and innovation in approaching the concept of feminism. Their stated mission, which can be found on their Facebook page, is “to promote human rights and equality, not just the rights of women,” and this is reflected by their diverse membership of men and women and the active role every member plays in discussions. The Women’s Initiative meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. in Smith Hall room 160. Meg…

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Troy University military-friendly

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Kelsey Vickers Staff Writer   Troy University has been named one of the top 15 percent most military-friendly universities of all in the United States. The veteran-owned company Victory Media, which provides a number of services to members of the military, rates private and publically-owned colleges on the basis of how well they embrace military students. “Troy University has a commitment to our fighting men and women – whether active duty, National Guard, Reserves or veterans,” said Dr. Jack Hawkins Jr., Chancellor and Marine Corps officer who served in Vietnam.…

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