Month: March 2019

‘The Seagull’ to showcase students’ efforts and ideas

Trojan Living

Andrea Hammack Staff Writer Troy University’s Theatre and Dance Department is set to perform “The Seagull” by Anton Chekhov April 4 through April 6 at 7 p.m. in Malone Blackbox.  “The Seagull,” translated by Paul Schmidt, is a comedy about the trials humans face on a daily basis, and it asks questions about human nature, art and the meaning of life. Originally written in 1895, it is considered a classic piece of theatrical canon.  Jesse Graham, a lecturer of theater and the director of the play, had many goals in…

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Women fall in postseason at Trojan Arena

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Wesley Kirchharr Sports Editor The Troy women’s basketball program enjoyed national attention last week with the team’s appearance in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The women made history with the postseason game in Trojan Arena, playing host to UAB on Thursday, March 21.  Troy fell to the Blazers in a close, high-scoring affair, losing 93-89, ending the season for the Trojans.  “The team showed so much fight and this was a great game for women’s basketball in general,” Troy Head Coach Chanda Rigby said. “There were relatively low mistakes shooting,…

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Softball breaks a five-game skid with a series sweep

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Hanna Cooper Staff Writer The Troy softball team traveled to Coastal Carolina last weekend and snapped its five-game slump with a series sweep.  Troy’s offense shined, recording 12 hits to power past Coastal Carolina, 11-3, in six innings last Friday afternoon at Charles Wade-John Lott Field. Leanna Johnson’s shutout performance matched the booming offense to down the Chanticleers. Johnson sat down eight batters, scattered seven hits and only gave up one walk.  Troy’s offense continued to dominate, recording 17 hits to down Coastal Carolina, 10-4, in the Sun Belt series-clinching…

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Baseball steals one from Coastal

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Scott Shelton Staff Writer The Troy baseball team avoided a sweep against nationally ranked Coastal Carolina, the defending Sun Belt Champions, on the road last weekend. With the lone win, the Trojans gained their first Sun Belt Conference win of the season and fell to 1-5 in conference play and 11-13 overall. In the first game, the Trojans got the bats going but couldn’t put runs on the scoreboard. Despite the loss, Head Coach Mark Smartt noted the team’s improvement. “If we play like that the rest of the year,…

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Course offers interdisciplinary approach to literature review

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Rakshak Adhikari Staff Writer The department of English is offering an interdisciplinary upper level elective course called “Literature, Theory and Criticism,” which will discuss psychoanalysis, queer theory, historicism, Marxist theory, ecocriticism and disability studies. The class is open to any student who has completed two classes in literature. According to Priya Menon, an associate professor of English and the instructor for the course, the class begins with the examination of concepts such as history, voice and author and then moves to the study of various schools of literary theory developed…

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