Month: February 2018

Troy sweeps season opener series, falls at Auburn

Sports

Scott Watkins Staff Writer The Troy baseball team opened its 2018 season with a four-game sweep over Tennessee-Martin before falling 6-5 in a hard-fought road game to Auburn. The Trojans got off to their second 4-0 start in three years after outscoring the Skyhawks 42-9 over the span of the weekend’s four games. However, they were unable to leave Auburn with an upset victory after the Tigers used a run in the eighth inning to hold off Troy. Starting Friday, shortstop Matt Sanders played a key role during the Trojans’…

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Parkland survivors shouldn’t be belittled or silenced because of their age

Opinion

Matt Firpo Opinion Editor It’s time to stop treating young adults like children, and more like educated individuals. The victims of the deadly shooting on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, are caught between two narratives as they have called for stronger gun control regulations. The typical cycle that follows a school shooting tends to classify the victims as children, framing them in a mindset of helplessness. Socially, we associate children as undeveloped, immature and incapable of speaking intelligently and rationally on political issues. In…

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Trojans pick up pair of wins in Arizona, top Samford

Sports

Michael Shipma Sports Editor The Troy softball team split its four weekend games at the Hillenbrand Invitational in Tucson, Arizona, defeating Bryant and Montana, but losing to Colorado State and another game to Montana. That tournament was followed up by a 9-6 win on Wednesday at Samford. The Trojans lost their first game of the tournament 4-3 in extra innings to Montana on Friday, but bounced back with a 5-2 win over Bryant the next day. Later on Saturday, Troy was shut out by a score of 5-0 by Colorado…

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Women’s tennis losing streak continues

Sports

Augusto Rossi Staff Writer The Troy women’s tennis team dropped its first two home matches of the season over the weekend at the Lunsford Tennis Complex with back-to-back 5-2 losses to ULM and North Florida. The defending Sun Belt champion Warhawks outlasted the Trojans on Friday after controlling the singles phase of the match, followed by the Ospreys doing much the same two days later. Troy won five of its six doubles matches over the course of both contests, but won just three of its 12 singles matches. In Friday’s…

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Students learn and perform at annual guitar festival

Trojan Living

Madina Seytmuradova Staff Writer The fifth annual guitar festival brought performers of every skill level to compete and collaborate at the Troy campus on Friday, Feb. 16. “It’s world-class guitarists at Troy; I mean, there’s no other way to put it,” said Thomas Maudlin, a senior chemistry major from Childersburg. “Dragos — his concert was fantastic.” Participating guitar students from several elementary, middle and high schools attended two master classes with Troy students and guest artists. According to Robert Gibson, a lecturer of guitar and the director of the guitar…

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