Month: April 2017

Tori Bedsole Editor-in-Chief Leading the Tropolitan as editor-in-chief has been the greatest accomplishment of my college career. I have had the privilege of serving with some of the most dedicated writers and photographers I have ever met. It has been an honor to serve alongside students from a variety of disciplines. Different viewpoints bring diversity and perspective to a newspaper. I hope that as the Trop grows old, students from different majors and opinions will continue to come together to seek out the truth. The Tropolitan may be Troy University’s…

Tropolitan Editorial Board  Concerning the news article on Page One about Taylor Holt’s campaign practices for an executive position in Troy’s Student Government Association, the office of the Tropolitan feels that the SGA is not performing its purpose to an appropriate extent. Holt, a member of Phi Mu, after campaigning at a separate table across from Phi Mu’s Founders’ Day tent, eventually moved her campaign under Phi Mu’s tent under the supposed threat of “severe weather.” During this time, her campaign and the Founders’ Day event were indistinguishable from one…

Holly Ammons Photography Editor God willing, I’ll be graduating in a few weeks. I’d like to leave behind some inspirational piece of advice, but I’m drawing a blank. I have nothing profound to say, so please excuse me as I reflect upon the past five years. I registered for my first semester of classes with the dream of being a nurse. I was in an unhealthy relationship that I thought would last forever. I didn’t speak up for myself or anything else. Most days, I wanted to be invisible. Almost…