Month: May 2019

How to deal with stress, anxiety in college

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Emma Daniel photo Joe Roark, a risk management insurance major from Panama City Beach, Florida, does yoga to reduce stress, especially when exams pile up. He was a senior in the spring Emma Daniel Christina Stone, a social work major from Huntsville and a freshman as of spring 2019, knows how easy it is to brush issues off as “typical college stress.” “While some of that (stress) is normal, a lot of it isn’t,” Stone said. “I thought I was just struggling more than usual because of deadlines and finals,…

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Illegal parking can lead to prosecution; avoid tickets, know the rules

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Yue Qian photo Yao Wu, a journalism major from Taizhou, China, who was a sophomore in the spring, in a campus parking lot.   Yue Qian Yaqi Jia, a finance major from Suzhou, China, who was a sophomore in the spring, got a parking ticket on campus. She was surprised and didn’t know the reason. She learned that she had been fined for parking in the wrong area.  “I wasn’t happy when I first received the ticket,” Jia said. “I don’t think I deserve to be punished. I don’t know…

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Studying abroad with Troy helps gain new experiences

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Makayla Cameron Zechariah Johns drinks from a river in Bariloche, Argen-tina, in the summer of 2018. It was a test to tell your future depending on the numbers of sips you took.   Makayla Cameron After a 10-hour flight and a stop in another country, Zechariah Johns had arrived in his new home for the next two weeks: Argentina. Johns, who was a sophomore computer science major from Niceville, Florida, in the spring of 2019, had never been out of the United States but decided to study abroad because he…

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Choosing the housing situation that suits you

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Mingrui Li photos  Zhifei Zheng, a broadcast journalism major from Yangzhou, China, who was a sophomore in the spring, studies in his dorm room in Gardner Hall.   Mingrui Li Troy University’s housing service can help students solve problems. But students also have advice — about the merits of various dorms, what you need, what to do, and life on campus and off.  “I’m very satisfied with Hamil Hall, where I don’t have to clean the toilets and bathrooms, and there are washing machines on every floor,” said Lu Shi,…

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Music fraternities work together to support the arts

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Chris Wallace photo Marybeth Moore, a dance major from Alabaster, Alabama, and a senior in the spring, helps a student register for the 46th annual Southeastern Clinic for high school honor bands on Jan. 31, 2019.   Sarah Jones Music has always been a big part of Erin Baum’s life. While she was growing up in a military family, music was her way of connecting with other people, especially when she moved to Enterprise in high school. Baum was able to join Enterprise High School’s marching band, and her love…

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