Day: March 23, 2017

Tori Bedsole Editor-in-Chief Asem Abdelfattah Staff Writer A multimedia experience by Rachel Strain, a sophomore art major from Newton, will be featured in the Troy University library in honor of Women’s History Month on Monday, March 27, starting at 3 p.m. in the instructional media room. “Miss Represented” is the first installment in “The Second Gilded Age” collection, which “combines traditional and modern art platforms in order to juxtapose what we focus on in the media with the events we should be paying attention to,” according to Strain. “Plastered over…

Tori Bedsole Editor-in-Chief Sable Riley Arts & Entertainment Editor “Today, there are people in this country receiving no justice and no opportunity,” said Morris Dees, the co-founder and chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), at the annual M. Stanton Evans journalism symposium on Wednesday, March 22. According to the SPLC website, the center focuses on fighting hate, teaching tolerance and seeking justice. “It didn’t end with the death of Martin Luther King Jr.,” Dees said. “Dr. King had to face politicians without courage and a terrorist,…

Pradyot Sharma Staff Writer The Troy University Honors Department held its annual induction ceremony on Tuesday, March 21, at the Baptist Campus Ministries. The ceremony is purposed to recognize freshmen who have successfully completed a semester in the honors program after taking the honors colloquium course, the honors version of the Troy Orientation course. Induction into the honors program also requires a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25. Attendees were provided dinner and presented with a certificate recognizing their achievement. “Scholars enter their first year and a lot of things can…

Lilly Casolaro News Editor This year’s theme for Troy’s Greek Week is “One Troy, One Family, One Greek,” and it celebrates the 50th year of Greek life on Troy’s campus. Greek Week — March 15-26 — is a time for the Troy Greek community to come together and participate in campuswide events and competitions. “I am really excited about the new events and this year’s theme, ‘One Troy, One Family, One Greek,’ because it really promotes unity within the Greek system,” said Brittany Taylor, a junior biomedical sciences major from…