Month: October 2019

Women’s golf takes first at TSU Town & Country

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(PHOTO/ Troy Athletics) Sophomore Nicole Lorup finished in a tie for first place at Tennessee State’s Town and Country. Lorup tied with teammate ShaeLee Scarberry as the pair shot 72-68 and 70-70, respectively.   Dylan Hurst Staff Writer The Troy Women’s Golf team won the Town and Country Invitational this Tuesday out of a field of eight teams with an overall team score of 566, a 15-shot advantage. Tennessee State played host to the event held in Nashville, Tennessee.    Sophomore Nicole Lorup (72-68—140) paced the Trojans and finished in…

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Football falls to Georgia State, fourth in East

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(PHOTO/ Troy Athletics) Junior receiver Reggie Todd breaks through the Georgia State secondary during Saturday’s 52-33 loss. Todd brought down three catches for 33 yards.    Scott Shelton Staff Writer The Georgia State Panthers defeated the Troy Trojans 45-33 on last Saturday night at Georgia State Stadium in Atlanta.  With the loss, the Trojans fell to 1-2 in Sun Belt Conference play and 3-4 overall. The Trojans are now fourth place in the East division of the Sun Belt Conference.  “I appreciate their effort,” Head Coach Lindsey said. “We played…

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Troy Students gain experience managing micro-businesses in Ecuador

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(CONTRIBUTED/ Bria Jansen) Lirona Joshi Staff Writer Every year, the Sorrell College of Business provides global business majors the opportunity to study abroad in Ecuador as a part of their global leadership experience. The week-long trip takes students to Salinas, a small rural village nestled in the Andes mountains in Ecuador, where they spend time engaging with local micro-businesses. “The class is called global leadership experience, so it is teaching you leadership skills,” said Clint Relya, associate professor of management at Troy University. “But you’re also doing some consultancy in…

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Applied ethics class to probe issues of personhood

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Rakshak Adhikari Staff Writer The Department of History and Philosophy will be offering an upper level course on applied ethics next semester. According to Joungbin Lim, an assistant professor of philosophy and the instructor for the course, the course will focus on personhood and issues in biomedical ethics. The course will begin by examining metaphysical issues related to personhood and then move to ethical issues relating to the same, added Lim. The course will also examine the concept of personhood in a variety of different traditions such as Christianity, Buddhism…

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Rugby club hits big on campus

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(PHOTO/ Chris Wallace) Oluwaseun Omotayo Contributor There may be end zones, a ball and some field goals, but it isn’t football. The sport is rugby, and several Troy students have formed a club. It is akin to American football; but, there are some major differences, like the scoring method. “There are three major differences between rugby and American football,” said Hill Beedy, a Junior accounting major from Fairhope, Alabama. “There is minimum protective wear, passing the ball forward is not allowed and play does not stop during a tackle. Unlike…

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