Month: February 2015

Josh Richards Staff Writer Soap in the fountain may be a student prank, but it’s costly to clean up, said Mark Salmon, director of Troy University’s physical plant. “The damage to the fountain is not necessarily damage, so much as it is a nuisance,” Salmon said. “It’s a waste of time to have to go back in there and treat the water and clean the fountain. ” Salmon said that soaping the fountain may come at the expense of the students involved. “I think that there’s an effort out there…

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Destiny Hosmer Staff Writer Marqui Jackson made his voice heard in the Trojan Center on Tuesday afternoon. Jackson, a freshman biomedical sciences major from Selma, stood in a chair in the Trojan Center food court to loudly convey his beliefs about conspiracies in our government. “If you’ve ever heard of the New World Order, that’s real,” Jackson said. “People hint it all the time in the news, even our presidents mention the New World Order, and people just let it slide by because they don’t know what New World Order…

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Josh Richards Staff Writer Students from around the globe experience America through Troy, but how often do Troy students experience other nations? Sodexo and Troy Dining Services showcased international cuisine from Sanjay Kumar Paswan on Feb. 23-24. Paswan is from India and specializes in authentic Indian cuisine. “Every year, Sodexo manages a program called the Global Chef Program,” Paswan said. “They invite chefs from all over the world [to participate].” Sodexo’s Global Chef Program is an international chef residency in which Sodexo’s top chefs from arounf the world can travel…

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