November 2018 – The Tropolitan

Troy student bound to grand jury on murder charges

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Admin_trop

Jeremyah Howell, a Troy University student, has been bound to a grand jury on charges that he killed a man he found in his girlfriend’s bedroom while engaged in what his defense attorney called “mutual combat.” Pike County District Judge William Hightower presided over Howell’s preliminary hearing Tuesday, deciding there was enough evidence to present the murder case before a grand jury and refusing to lower Howell’s $100,000 bail. According to Terry Miles, a detective of the Troy Police Department and witness in the hearing, Rashad McClaney had taken Destiny…

College journalism teaches useful skill and self-discovery

November 28, 2018 Opinion

Abby Taylor Assistant News Editor My time writing for the Tropolitan has taught me more than I could have imagined coming to Troy. I look back at all of the moments when people would ask me, “Are you a journalism major?” When I would respond to these questions with a “No, I’m an English major,” people would automatically assume I was a copy editor. It was funny to me because people never assumed I would be writing for the News section of the paper. The Trop has taught me so…

Stewart leaves legacy of journalism excellence

November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 News

Pradyot Sharma Section Editor Steve Stewart, an assistant professor of journalism, will be stepping down from his role as adviser to the Tropolitan newspaper and Palladium yearbook at the end of December 2018 and will retire from Troy at the end of the Spring 2019 semester. Stewart, who came to Troy in August 2009, is a former president of the Alabama Press Association and has served as editor and publisher of the Monroe Journal. “I remember when Steve was first hired; I really welcomed him to come in because I…

Student journalists don’t cut corners, but they do cut up

November 28, 2018 Opinion

Steve Stewart Faculty Adviser When I arrived almost 10 years ago as the adviser to student publications, I found that somebody had put a sign on the wall of the office suite shared by the Tropolitan and the Palladium: “Trojans don’t cut corners.” Three of the four corners of the sign had been clipped off. That sign remained in place for several years but disappeared during a housecleaning. I would have wanted to keep it as a souvenir. Fortunately, I had taken a picture. Don’t get me wrong. I agree…

University puts classes on sale for Black Friday

November 28, 2018July 13, 2021 Opinion

Editor’s Note: Columns appearing under “Meanwhile, in Sparta…” are works of fiction. Any references to real people, places or events are satirical statements that do not reflect real events. Pradyot Sharma Opinion Editor As Americans lined up outside malls and stores to shop for televisions on Black Friday, there was a huge line outside the Adams Administration Building to purchase classes put on sale by the university. “With the rising cost of education in the United States, this is the only way to ensure I can afford to pay for…