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Student returns after year abroad

Sports

Abhigya Ghimire Staff Writer While most study abroad programs at Troy are a semester long, Bailey Anne Corbin spent her entire junior year in Germany. Corbin, a senior global business major from Panama City, Florida, spent the year at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany, taking advantage of one of the longer options offered by Troy’s study abroad program. “When it comes to study abroad trips, longer is always better,” said Sarah McKenzie, the coordinator of Study Abroad at Troy. “A semester-long trip is better than a short trip and…

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AKA supports mental health awareness through charity walk

Trojan Living

Abhigya Ghimire Staff Writer A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step, and on Saturday, April 14, the Mu Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority raised mental health awareness by organizing a 2-mile charity walk for the cause. The event, “NAMI Walks” for the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), was free for the public and held at the campus track. “A lot of people think that mental illness is just like ups and downs and heartbreaks and emotional effects, but mental illness is also eating disorder,…

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Local lynching victims honored by history class

Trojan Living

Abhigya Ghimire Staff Writer In May 1895, an African-American man, Jerico Shivers, was thrown into Pea River in Coffee County with a sinker around his neck by a group of men for an un-tried allegation of rape. On Sunday, April 8, a few students from the class HIS 2225 African American Experience along with their lecturer, Kathryn Tucker, took part in a soil collection from Coffee County where Shivers was lynched. Shivers is one of the eight lynching victims in and around Pike County the class is studying this semester.…

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American Muscle Fitness club seeks to serve all students with fundamental fitness

Trojan Living

Abhigya Ghimire Staff Writer American Muscle Fitness Club Association (AMFCA), like the name suggests, is a health promotion and fitness club that provides workout sessions for students. Founded in 2016 at Troy University, the club now has 52 official members. “The group is for people of all fitness levels,” said Denzel Veale, a graduate public administration and public health student from Lithonia, Georgia, who is its president. “We are not a bodybuilding club and are mainly focused on helping all the students. “We are mainly a service organization, and our…

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ISCO brings cultures together for Mardi Gras

Opinion

  Abhigya Ghimire Staff Writer The International Student Cultural Organization (ISCO) and Center for International Programs at Troy University collaborated to organize “Mardi Gras at ISCO” on Thursday, Feb. 8. The goal of the event was to bring people of all cultures together and celebrate Mardi Gras. Caroline Hughes, a junior English major from Decatur and the president of ISCO, said the festival was mostly organized to spread awareness among international students about Mardi Gras. “It allows us to give a chance for people to befriend each other who wouldn’t…

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