Month: January 2020

Track wins four events at Samford Invitational

Sports

(Photo/Troy Athletics) The track team starts its season with three consecutive meets at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Hanna Cooper Staff Writer The Troy track and field team finished the three-day Samford Invitational with four event champions last weekend.  “This was a much better week than last week,” director of the program Marc Davis said. “We worked out some rust, and we just have to keep plugging away. “We had some wins and some other great confidence-boosters this weekend.” For the second consecutive week, Michael Alvernaz found himself on the podium winning the…

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U.S. Census hiring

News

Emma Daniel News Editor The United States Census is set to begin counting soon, and students can apply to help with the process.  Students can apply at census.gov/jobs for many different positions with competitive wages and flexible hours.  “They’re (the U.S. Census Bureau) trying to get a very complete and accurate count of our students,” said Dean of Student Services Herbert Reeves, who is also the main point of contact for Census counting. “That’s why they’re placing a special emphasis on recruiting partners at the university level. “They are wanting…

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Paving continues and smooths out roads

News

Emma Daniel News Editor Students are expressing relief on social media that campus roads are being paved, but some said their cars have already sustained damage from potholes and rough roads after weather delayed paving project.  Alex Reynolds, a senior nursing major from Dothan, Alabama, and the city liaison, assured that the work would be finished within a week, weather allowing.  “As frustrating as the roads are, the finished road on campus is very nice and smooth,” he said. “I’m looking forward to them all being in great condition in…

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Opinion: Why write for the Trop? You can learn skills that apply to any field

News

Asem Abdelfattah Opinion Editor Writing for the student newspaper is not only for journalism majors. I am a business major with a concentration in economics and writing for the Tropolitan has been one of the most enriching opportunities I have had as a student at Troy University. I first joined the Trop as a staff writer in the news section three years ago. Frankly, the main motivation for me to join the Trop was the potential to earn a scholarship. Being an economics major with aspirations in academia, journalism did…

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Solving real world problems at TroyHack

News

Oluwaseun Omotayo Staff Writer Students were given the chance to battle with code and solve real-world problems at Troy University’s first TroyHack, held over the weekend. “A hackathon is a coding competition where students can create and innovate while learning through the workshops available,” said Boluwarin Dairo, a senior computer science major from Ibadan, Nigeria. “It is also an avenue to win cool prizes and network with future employers.”  The event accepted applications from all students regardless of their majors or classification. More than 140 students participated in the event.…

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