Month: November 2014

Parker McCann Staff Writer POPulus and frequency often collaborate to work together —the groups even talked about touring at one point. frequency started in 2009 when Diane Orlofsky, professor of music and director of University Choirs, now the director of the group, noticed that most colleges and universities that have large music programs also have local jazz groups. “I’m a big fan of ensemble vocal jazz, and in 2009 it started to become popular with contemporary a capella, thanks to shows like ‘The Voice,’ ” Orlofsky said. In 2011, frequency…

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Cassie Gibbs News Editor Anton Zimanek, a senior hospitality and sports management major from Prattville, and Derek Daniel, a senior sports management major from Troy, suggested an additional use for the $125 fee that was approved by the Student Government Association last year to improve the recreational facilities on campus. The proposition included taking a few dollars from the $125 general student fee that is charged to every student at Troy University, and, using that money, create a fund for the use of funding club sports on Troy’s campus. “That…

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Cassie Gibbs News Editor   What was meant to be a class project became a way for Troy students to voice their opinions about their satisfaction with the university. Olivia Melton, a sophomore math and economics major from Orange Beach, created a Troy University Student Satisfaction Survey on Surveymonkey.com that consisted of 10 questions about student life and students’ overall satisfaction of Troy. Melton originally created the survey for her Introduction to Social Science Inquiry class, but decided to make the project bigger. After advertising the survey on Trojan Today…

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