Month: February 2018

Rivers, Troy women’s basketball split road games

Sports

Scott Shelton Staff Writer The Troy women’s basketball team fell to Sun Belt Conference foe Coastal Carolina 84-71 on the road Thursday but rebounded two days later to defeat Appalachian State 93-64. The loss to Coastal Carolina ended Troy’s six-game winning streak and gave the Chanticleers the sweep in the season series despite a career-high 20 points from Jasmine Sanders, and only nine turnovers as a team. Against the Mountaineers, the Trojans took advantage of 24 turnovers from the host, Appalachian State, to cruise to a 29-point victory. It’s the…

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Summerville helps Troy to historic finish at SBC Championship

Sports

Daniel Hunt Staff Writer The Sun Belt Indoor Championships came to a close on Tuesday with the Troy women’s team finishing in fifth place out of 12 total teams. The Trojans were led by junior Indiya Summerville, who won first place in the shot put event to help her team to its highest-ever finish at the conference championships. The event kicked off on Monday, Feb. 19, and lasted two days. The Troy men’s team did not take part in the competition. Texas State emerged victorious with 124 points in the…

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Craig Pittman: ‘Our job is to tell people what’s really going on’

News

Zach Henson Assistant News Editor “Our job is not to change things,” said Craig Pittman, a reporter for the Tampa Bay Times. “Our job is to tell people what’s really going on. “What they do about it is up to them.” Pittman, an alumnus of Troy University, was once a writer for the Tropolitan, a position that caused an angered dean to call him “the most destructive force on campus.” Pittman spoke to students at the Hall School of Journalism and Communication’s annual journalism symposium Monday, highlighting the topic “How…

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Meet the SGA executive candidates

News

Tori Bedsole News Editor The Student Government Association (SGA) will hold executive board elections on Wednesday, Feb. 28, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students will have the opportunity to vote through their Trojan email. The Tropolitan interviewed each candidate about his or her platform and goals if elected. Interviews were conducted by Asem Abdelfattah, Tori Bedsole and Taylor Boydstun. Headshots were taken by Asem Abdelfattah and Clif Lusk. Candidates President Gus McKenzie, a junior communication major from Monroeville, is running on a platform of “Giving Back with Gus.” McKenzie…

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Letters from 2018 presidential candidates to SGA voters

Opinion

Photo contributed by Carter Ray Carter Ray: Looking forward to better days Dear Trojans, My name is Carter Ray, and I am eager to serve as your next SGA president if you choose to elect me. I believe that leaders must possess several characteristics, which include courage, trust, experience, responsibility and respect. Leaders also must be able to take action and represent all of their constituents.  I believe that I hold many of these traits, and I strive every day to better myself. It has been my great honor and…

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