Textbooks not always covered by financial aid

Pradyot Sharma Staff Writer Each semester, many students use scholarships or financial aid to cover their expenses here at Troy. Students can use this money to buy textbooks from the campus bookstore, which eases their financial burden while attending college. The process isn’t as smooth sailing as expected. Most types of financial aid require the students to buy certain prescribed textbooks for their purchase to be covered under the plan. Any other book that they buy, which could potentially help them with their education, must be paid for out of…

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Women’s basketball falls in rematch of 2016 SBC Championship game, bounces back with win at Ark. State

Scott Watkins Staff Writer The Troy women’s basketball team took a road trip through the Natural State and split its two games against Little Rock and Arkansas State. The first game featured a matchup between two Trojan teams that were undefeated in Sun Belt play when Troy (13-5, 6-1 Sun Belt) faced off against the Little Rock Trojans. The back and forth battle left Little Rock with a 77-74 victory and a spot atop the conference standings. Troy outshot and outrebounded the opposing Trojans but caught a bad case of…

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Troy remains in a tie for seventh in Sun Belt standings after 78-69 win over Little Rock on the road

Wesley Kircharr Staff Writer The Troy men’s basketball team split a pair of conference games over the weekend, falling to Arkansas State 80-82 before rebounding with a 78-69 victory over Little Rock. After the two road games, Troy (11-10, 3-4 Sun Belt) maintains a record just over the .500 mark heading into a stretch of 11 consecutive conference games. That stretch is highlighted by a matchup with red-hot Georgia Southern, which has yet to lose a Sun Belt game. In Saturday night’s thriller against Arkansas State, the Red Wolves held…

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Trojans lose at NC State, UNCG

Michael Shipma Sports Editor After a strong showing in Tallahassee, the Troy men’s tennis team dropped its next two matchups, losing 2-5 at North Carolina State and 2-4 at North Carolina-Greensboro. The Trojans’ first match of the weekend and their first true road match came on Friday against The Wolfpack in Raleigh, N.C., where Troy got off to a hot start in doubles play. Andre Baldo and Hassan Ndayishimiye defeated N.C. State’s Ivan Saveljic and Igor Saveljic 6-3 to start things off before Filip Mansson and Austine Racine took down…

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Karaky’s play not enough to lift Troy

Michael Shipma Sports Editor The Troy women’s tennis team got off to a rough start to the spring 2017 schedule, losing at Virginia Tech 2-5 and at ETSU 3-4. The Trojans’ seven-player roster features just one senior and will be seeking to gain experience and wins going forward. Part of the future of the women’s team is junior Nancy Karaky, one of four juniors on the team and winner of both her matches in Troy’s first contest of the spring season against the Hokies of Virginia Tech. Karaky defeated VT’s…

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