January 2017 – Page 4 – The Tropolitan

Student Spotlight: Haley Jackson Designs

January 26, 2017January 25, 2017 Admin_trop

Madina Seytmuradova Staff Writer The millennial entrepreneurs have swept the world, according to the 2016 BNP Paribas Global Entrepreneur report created in association with Scorpio Partnership. While the report says that millennials typically start their companies at age 27, Haley Hostetter, a sophomore communication major from Fort Davis, has started her one-woman art-retail company as early as her freshman year of college. “It didn’t happen overnight,” Hostetter said. “It’s not like I just picked up a pencil and started the other day. I’ve had a lot of practice.” Haley Jackson…

Ramirez nominated for Good Works Team

January 26, 2017January 25, 2017 Admin_trop

Sinclair Portis Staff Writer Caitlyn Ramirez, a senior criminal justice graduate student from Shawnee, Oklahoma, has been nominated for the 2017 Allstate Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Good Works Team. This award honors women athletes at the collegiate level for their accomplishments in leadership on and off the court. The WBCA Good Works Team nomination criteria include being in good academic standing while remaining actively involved in charity groups and community service organizations. “Candidates should show superior dedication in these extracurricular areas,” according to the WBCA website. For its fifth…

John M. Long School of Music introduces new course

January 26, 2017January 25, 2017 Admin_trop

Pratiksha Joshi Staff Writer The Troy University World Music Program, a program within the John M. Long School of Music, has introduced a new course this semester: the Celtic Ensemble. The Troy University World Music Program, a program within the John M. Long School of Music, has introduced a new course this semester: the Celtic Ensemble. Titled MUS 1140 TZAA, this course is open to all students and faculty members alike and is directed by Jaime Hammack on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Smith Hall Room 201. There are currently about…

Theater department revives PG-rated touring ensemble

January 26, 2017January 25, 2017 Trojan Living

Draven Jackson Staff Writer Troy University’s touring theatrical ensemble, the Pied Pipers, will be performing three shows at the historic Dothan Opera House on Tuesday, Jan. 31. The Pied Pipers is a group of student actors, directors, and staff that travel together around the area and put on public and school performances. The group is a yearly tradition that began over 40 years ago when the first director of theater, David Dye, began the theater department at Troy University. According to Tori Averett, chair of the department of theater and…

Publix will open to public

January 19, 2017January 19, 2017 News

Kat Rogers Staff Writer Publix Super Market will open its doors at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:45 a.m. The 45,600 sq. ft. store, on which construction began in September 2015, will be located across George Wallace Drive from Sonic, and behind Popeye’s, AT&T and Panda Express. According to Harbert Retail, the development company overseeing the Publix project, Marco’s Pizza, Goldfingers and Beaute Nail Spa are planned to join the storefronts in the Publix shopping center. Publix is an employee-owned supermarket chain based in…