Month: November 2015

Panthers hold off Trojans

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PHOTO GALLERY   Michael Shipma Sports Editor The Troy football team gave up 519 yards of total offense en route to a 31-21 loss to conference foe Georgia State in the Georgia Dome on Friday, Nov. 27. After tying the game at seven midway through the second quarter, the Trojans (3-7, 2-4 Sun Belt) gave up 24 straight points to the Panthers (5-6, 4-3 Sun Belt). Despite a late surge in the fourth quarter, it was too little, too late to overcome the deficit. Senior quarterback Nick Arbuckle put Georgia…

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Georgia Southern soars past Troy on senior day

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Michael Shipma Sports Editor The Troy football team was unable to stop the run game of Georgia Southern in its final home game of the season, falling to their conference foe 45-10 on Saturday, Nov. 14. After scoring the first 10 points of the game, the Trojans (3-7, 2-4 Sun Belt) gave up 45 unanswered points to the Eagles on Troy’s senior day. Following a field goal from senior kicker Jed Solomon, the Trojan defense scored its third defensive touchdown in two games when junior safety Demetrius Cain recovered a…

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New faces in political science

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Tori Roper Features Editor-in-Training New assistant professors in the political science department hope to enrich the program. Maryam Stevenson, an assistant professor in the political science department, began teaching at Troy this semester. Stevenson, a lawyer, practiced physician immigration law in Las Vegas. “It is a niche area of law,” Stevenson said. “I helped medical groups and universities wanting to hire foreign physicians.” Stevenson taught at the University of Indianapolis for three years before moving to Troy. Stevenson said that she and her family moved to Montgomery from Indianapolis in…

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Words are hard when you’re saying goodbye

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Jessica Smith Copy Editor I’ve claimed Troy as my hometown for over 20 years, so I should probably know where the majority of important buildings are on campus. Troy’s not that big, after all. Still, I managed to get lost on Troy’s campus a year and a half ago while looking for Camp Trop — the pre-semester workshop to prepare the Tropolitan staff. Even though I showed up late, awkwardly bumping someone in the leg with my bag as I conspicuously tried to be inconspicuous, nobody threw anything at me…

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