November 2019 – Page 3 – The Tropolitan

Cartoon fun

November 20, 2019 Opinion

Abigail Nicholson Cartoonist and Graphic Designer I’m The Tropolitan’s cartoonist, but this is my last comic. I first joined the Trop when I was 18 years old. I didn’t know the first thing about journalism or cartooning, but I liked to draw and had some opinions, so I joined anyway. Flash forward, and I’m 22 and graduating in a couple of weeks. My time here is coming to an end, I’d like to say, “Thank you,” to all my readers over the years for encouraging and supporting me. Being your…

Adding words to numbers

November 20, 2019 Opinion

Wesley Kirchharr Sports Editor My name is Wesley and I’ve been the sports editor for the Trop for two years, and a writer for what seems like forever. I’m not a journalism major, which may seem odd to some, but I’m set to graduate with an accounting degree. Most people either chase after words or chase after numbers when they’re choosing a career path, but I’ve had the cool opportunity to get my feet wet in both. I’m starting an internship in January with an accounting firm, so my time…

Herbarium grows with grant

November 20, 2019 News

(PHOTOS/Brady Talbert) All the samples are stored in large cabinets, but soon Troy will have better storage equipment. All the samples are pressed with notes. Brady Talbert Staff Writer The collection of over 48,000 plants located in Troy’s herbarium will soon expand, as the facility plans on doubling its capacity after receiving a more than $195,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Associate professor of biology Alvin Diamond and professor of biology Michael Woods both oversee the herbarium. “It’s kind of like a cross between a museum and a library,”…

Art, entertainment and living

November 20, 2019 Opinion

Draven Jackson Arts & Living Editor According to Mitch Albom, “Every ending is a beginning. We just don’t know it at the time.” It’s a nice thought, in its own way – the idea that there are no real endings, just new beginnings to replace the parts of our life that are over. Even though I’m only 21, I’ve become well acquainted with endings by now – the ends of friendships, the ends of relationships, the ends of books (an English major’s reading never really ends, though) and, now, the…

CULTURALLY SPEAKING: Workshop explores realistic, abstract

November 20, 2019July 21, 2020 Trojan Living

(PHOTO/ Zenith Shrestha) The Chinese Culture Club hosted a workshop presentation on modern Chinese art on Nov. 15. The workshop was led by artist Tao Zhou, who said on a flyer for the event that when he’s looking at a canvas, he “contemplate(s) on the relationship between landscape and humankind. It is such a relationship that exists beyond the distinction between the realistic and the abstract.” The workshop was held in Bibb Graves Hall and was open to the public.