February 2014 – Page 3 – The Tropolitan

Social media and the effect it has on the United States

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Ngoc Vo Staff Writer With the increasing accessibility of the Internet and the transition of the media into the digital age, American news coverage and entertainment materials are consumed by people across the globe. As a non-U.S. resident, when I was in Vietnam, I could have a picture of what was happening in the country through the same media. I believe the perceptions of the U.S. by informed foreigners are heavily influenced by the information given to them by American sources. Although foreign attitudes towards the U.S. are as diverse…

Student parents learn from their little ones

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Grishma Rimal Staff Writer Yen Bui’s day frequently begins at 1 a.m., which is when her 3-month-old son James Bui Downs wakes up, usually crying over being hungry. She spends the night trying to nap as her son naps then proceeds to go to classes in the afternoon. Once her husband returns from his morning classes, Bui spends the rest of the day completing chores with him and doing her school work while watching the baby. Bui, a sophomore accounting major from Hanoi, Vietnam, and her husband Chad Downs, a…

Troy softball loses three at the Lipton Invitational

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Megan Phillips Staff Writer The Trojan softball team traveled once again to the sunshine state and lost 3 out of 5 in the Lipton Invitational hosted by the University of Florida in Gainesville last weekend ending the series with a tie game. In game one of the tournament, the Lady Trojans faced the Lady Eagles of Georgia Southern University on Friday, Feb. 21. The game saw an early lead for Troy with a single from senior utility player Kacie McAllister in the bottom of the first, keeping the bats hot…

Student Counseling Center raises awareness about eating disorders

February 27, 2014February 26, 2014 News

Miranda Carlee (left), a junior psychology major from Chelsea and Student Counseling Center peer educator, and Morgan Grove (right), a clinical mental health counseling graduate student from Tampa, Fla., promotes National Eating Disorders Awareness Week Wednesday in the Trojan Center. The event is sponsored by the Student Counseling Center.

Student digs up ancient remains in Israel

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Alyse Nelson Assistant Features Editor Traveling across the world to spend half of the summer in a subtropical climate and taking day trips to snorkel and explore local cities sounds more like a vacation than an academic trip. A select group of students have been enjoying these benefits every year as they travel to Ashkelon, where a decades-old archeological site has been the source of education and entertainment for Troy students during the past five summers. Working alongside other schools such as Harvard University and Boston College, Trojans have spent…