Day: February 7, 2019

Ladies drop fourth contest

Sports

Hanna Cooper Staff Writer After taking two more wins in conference play, the Troy women’s basketball team traveled to Mobile to take on rival South Alabama, falling 80-77. In the first quarter of play, Troy gained a 10-2 lead early over the Jaguars. South Alabama cut the eight-point deficit to four by scoring four points inside the arc. Troy extended the lead to nine points after a Jasmine Sanders three-pointer, but the Jaguars pulled the game within two by the end of the first quarter.  Neither team was able to…

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Getting into the swing of things!

Trojan Living

Abhigya Ghimire Staff Writer While most students are busy running from one class to another, caught up in their hectic college lives, a group of students meet every Monday and Thursday to take a break from the stress and enjoy some swing dancing.  “I just think it’s very unique. People don’t really dance like this anymore, and it’s like stepping back in to the time,” said Abbey Collins, a senior elementary education major from Alabaster, Alabama.  Collins has been the president of the swing dance club for one and half…

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The internet killed the video star: one student’s thoughts on modern music

Trojan Living

Matt Firpo Contributor “The times they are a changin’” – though he may not have known it then, Bob Dylan predicted the future of music with these lyrics.  The internet has greatly changed music as a culture and redefined artists again and again in the past 20 years.  A pop star is now just a tweet away from success as online audiences become more prominent. The internet has spawned many stars before, like Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper, but today, stars have created massive fanbases in short periods of…

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Men fall on three game skid

Sports

Scott Shelton Staff Writer The Troy men’s basketball team dropped its third-straight game on the road Saturday, falling to Sun Belt Conference rival South Alabama 81-75 after struggling in the second half. Following the loss, the Trojans fell to 10-11 overall and 3-6 in Sun Belt Conference play.  After the game, head coach Phil Cunningham noted the Jaguars’ three-point shooting as one of the determining factors in the game. “It’s an extremely tough loss,” Cunningham said. “The difference in the game was South’s three-point shooting in the second half, and…

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School records fall at Camel City Invite

Sports

Wesley Kirchharr Sports Editor Five indoor records were set on Saturday as the Troy track and field teams traveled to take part in the Camel City Invitational in Winston-Salem. The Trojans were led on the track by sophomore standout, Precious Ogba. Ogba won three events over the weekend while also setting the Sun Belt’s season best in the 400-meter dash.  Ogba also took the top spot in the 200-meter dash with a personal best time of 24.74 seconds, narrowly edging Richmond’s Tamar Accius with a time of 25.31. Ogba then…

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