Month: March 2020

Pandemic monument to failings of big government

Opinion

Sam Stroud Staff Writer As the global pandemic of COVID-19 sweeps across the Western World, some media voices and politicians have attempted to use the pandemic as a reason to grow the federal government’s reach and power. Such an attempt was made in one of the recently abandoned stimulus bills, in which House Democrats attempted to make paid sick leave a permanent requirement on small businesses going forward. That action, and others like it, to tighten federal requirements on the private sector, are completely and wholly antithetical to the lessons…

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“Robbed”: Trojans react to championship season cut short

Sports

(Photo/Chris Wallace) Hanna Cooper Staff Writer “Robbed”: Trojans react to abrupt end of historic season The Troy women’s basketball team was heading into the Sun Belt Conference tournament as the No. 1 seed and eyeing an NCAA tournament bid before the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to their championship run. The Sun Belt Conference announced the tournament was canceled just before the Trojans took off for New Orleans. As the regular season champions, Troy earned the automatic NCAA tournament bid. “We were all in the locker room because we had…

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Two associated with university diagnosed with COVID-19, one case in Pike County

News

Emma Daniel  News Editor A Troy student and one faculty member have been diagnosed with COVID-19, according to a university statement, but they have been off-campus since spring break. One case of COVID-19 has also been confirmed in Pike County, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH). Neither the faculty member or the student lives in Pike County, and the student did not live on campus. No information has been released about the patient in accordance with medical privacy laws. COVID-19 may stay dormant for 2 to 14…

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Office of Student Involvement, Red Cross to host blood drive

News

Pradyot Sharma Editor-in-Chief Troy University’s Office of Student Involvement is teaming up with the American Red Cross to organize a blood drive to combat severe blood shortage throughout the country. The Blood Drive will be held on Tuesday March 24 and Wednesday March 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Trojan Center Ballrooms According to the American Red Cross, there has been an unprecedented amount of blood drive cancellations due to concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Donors should pre-register at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=troyu to reserve a time. In a…

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