Month: March 2016

A ‘Saga’ like no other: A food review of the Trojan Dining Hall

Opinion

Katie Miller Staff Writer Whitney Cale Staff Writer Many students rely on access to Trojan Dining Hall, otherwise known as Saga, as their primary source of daily meals. In between classes, students can join their friends and spend hours inside, eating from an endless buffet of food. Typically the food is adequate, but at the busiest time of day — lunchtime — how does Saga manage? With approximately 50 people in line for Wednesday’s fried chicken, Katie Miller said her hopes to get food quickly were crushed. To her surprise,…

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Former U.S. ambassador to deliver public address

Trojan Living

Kat Rogers Staff Writer Former congresswoman and U.S. ambassador Connie Morella will be giving an address to the Troy community on April 6. Morella’s career includes time as a representative for Maryland’s 8th district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003, and U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, from 2003 to 2007. “A political and personal journey through minefields and milestones—in heels,” is the topic of her lecture, which will take place at MSCX room 114 at 4:30 p.m. She…

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Speech tournament to provide $500 scholarship

Trojan Living

Priyanka Sharma Staff Writer Students will have a chance to demonstrate their speaking skills and compete for a chance to win a $500 scholarship at the 25th annual intramural speech tournament. The competition will be held on Thursday, April 21, at the Trojan Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Hall School of Journalism and Communication and is free for all Troy students to participate. “A student does not need to have any speaking experience to participate in this competition,” said Maryjo Cochran, professor…

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Race commemorates fraternity member

Trojan Living

Franchesca Perez Staff Writer Troy’s chapters of Tau Beta Sigma sorority and Kappa Kappa Psi fraternity are setting up their annual philanthropic event for a cause close to their hearts. Each year the two host a Step for Life event to raise money and donate the proceeds to the Alabama chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in memory of Steven Dobarzynski. Dobarzynski, a former trombonist for the Sound of the South and brother of Kappa Kappa Psi, died in 2002 after battling leukemia for seven months. Upon his death,…

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Conference promotes student research work

Trojan Living

Grishma Rimal News Editor The research papers one writes in college have the chance to serve a bigger purpose than the letter grade one receives. All Troy undergraduate and graduate students are invited to showcase their research work at an interdisciplinary seminar next week. The second Troy University Student Research Conference will be held on April 7 and 8 in Hawkins-Adams-Long Hall, and students from all fields of studies can participate. According to English professor Ben Robertson, who began the conference last year, the idea behind it is to promote…

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