Tag: Abby Taylor

College journalism teaches useful skill and self-discovery

Opinion

Abby Taylor Assistant News Editor My time writing for the Tropolitan has taught me more than I could have imagined coming to Troy. I look back at all of the moments when people would ask me, “Are you a journalism major?”  When I would respond to these questions with a “No, I’m an English major,” people would automatically assume I was a copy editor. It was funny to me because people never assumed I would be writing for the News section of the paper. The Trop has taught me so…

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Chi Alpha talks dating on V-day

News

Abby Taylor Online Content Editor Chi Alpha campus ministries hosted a dating panel for students to ask married speakers questions about dating and relationships. The panel was held on Valentine’s Day at 7:30 p.m. in the Trojan Center Ballrooms and was open to all students. “This event is a time for students to be able to ask hard questions to people who have more experience than them in the dating field,” said Whitney Bowers, a strategic communication graduate student from Melbourne, Florida, who volunteers with Chi Alpha. Wesley and Halie…

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Pursuit: ‘Come as you are’

Trojan Living

Abby Taylor Online Content Editor Students have come together to start Pursuit Ministries, a campus ministry created for weekly Christian prayer and worship. Pursuit was created “by students, for students,” said Davis Johnston, a junior geomatics and surveying major from Eufaula. It meets every Thursday at 9:30 p.m. in Sorrell Chapel. Johnston helped start the organization in April 2017, and Pursuit has seen more than 80 people a night regularly for worship services. “We’re not affiliated with a church,” Johnston said. “It’s just another opportunity for students to come and…

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Vietnamese culture to be highlighted

News

Abby Taylor Staff Writer The Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) will be holding a Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebration for students and faculty on Friday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Trojan Center Ballrooms. “If you want to try something different from what you see daily around campus and you want to see something cultural, then come,” said Tra Vu, a junior marketing major from Hanoi, Vietnam, and the president of the VSA. The celebration was held last year, and Vu said that there are some changes and surprises coming…

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New Troy plates released

News

Abby Taylor Staff Writer Troy University license plates have been recently redesigned and have new features, according to Walter Givhan, the senior vice chancellor for advancement and economic development. “A tag redesign occurs every five years,” Givhan said. “The state requires that. It’s a great opportunity to refresh the look of the tag, and it gets people interested again.” One of the changes includes the option to include more letters on the tag. “One of the great features that you have this year is we used to have only five…

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