Month: March 2020

Support local businesses

Trojan Living

Sarah Mountain Arts & Living Editor The coronavirus has uprooted life at every level: globally, nationally and most definitely locally. Whether you’re a resident of Troy or are back home to ride out this new normal, supporting your local businesses is an essential part of helping your community through this difficult time. Many businesses are being deemed non-essential and are therefore cutting their hours or completely shutting down due to local and state government mandates, so now is the perfect time to rally behind your community. While we are under…

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Tornado touches down in Troy, none injured

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Scott Shelton Sports editor Pike County experienced severe weather and a tornado Tuesday morning, causing damage in the northern parts of the county near the Troy Municipal Airport. Damage was reported near Pike County Road 1177. A tree fell on a home in this area, but no one in the house was injured, according to WSFA. WSFA also reported damage near Pike County Road 2243. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said a house and a barn along Oak Grove Road, which is just south of the airport, sustained…

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Updated semester plans challenge students

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Sarah Mountain Arts & Living Editor Troy University officially announced its decision Tuesday morning to remain online for the rest of the spring semester, as well as suspend in-class meetings for the upcoming summer semester. The university will also close all but two dorms, prorating costs and providing refunds for graduating seniors and giving non-graduating students credit in their account to offset the fees of the fall 2020 semester. The announcement was met by mixed responses from students. While many were grateful that the university is putting students’ health and…

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Summer classes online, dorms closing, refunds: Troy University coronavirus update

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Troy University announced online-only plans for the rest of the spring semester and for summer in a statement sent to all Troy students, faculty and staff Tuesday morning. The Tropolitan is working today, March 31, to gather more information for students regarding the remainder of this semester and summer plans and will update with separate stories showing how students have been affected and how they are dealing with this unprecedented time in their lives and school careers. The following provides a quick reference for different topics. Dorms All residence halls…

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Opinion: Early bird is a free bird

Opinion

Asem Abdelfattah Opinion Editor Two years ago, I moved into a house that did not have window blinds. Not that it had inadequate ones, it had absolutely no way to block sunlight whatsoever. To make matters worse – or ironically brighter – the  window in my room was more than 70 inches wide and 50 inches long. For the entire year that I spent in that house, I woke up with sunrise and slept a few hours after sunset pretty much every day. Previously, that would have been a nightmare.…

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