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Do vanishing scooters make your head SPIN?

Trojan Living

Zach Henson Editor-in-Chief If you’re a Troy student, you’ve doubtlessly seen the bright orange SPIN bikes and red and black SPIN scooters around campus, but you may not have thought much about how they get there. Although there is almost always a bike or scooter near you and ready for use, a lot more goes into that process than you might think. The SPIN day starts at 5:30 a.m., when Thomas Bowman, an upcoming sports management graduate student from Vero Beach, Florida, and Evan Mayfield, a junior management major from…

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Resources offered to students

Trojan Living

Bishal Niroula Staff Writer Troy University offers several helpful resources that not all students may know about. Many of these services are free.  The library, Eldridge Hall and John M. Long School of Music are a few places on campus that offer helpful resources to aid in students’ success. “The library provides access to many online academic databases that people aren’t aware of,” said Rachel Hooper, an assistant professor who is head of reference in the library. Students can log on to trojan.troy.edu/library to access hundreds of academic databases, including…

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Piddlers remind crowd why they ‘came into this room’

Trojan Living

Kelvin Hawkins Staff Writer  This past weekend Troy University hosted the 11th annual Pike Piddlers storytelling event for students and local residents. The show took place in the Trojan Center Theater on Friday and Saturday, and featured four experienced performers. Friday’s event featured a single, free performance, while Saturday comprised three separate sessions open to the public. Many students were encouraged to attend the performance by professors of journalism and communication, such as Maryjo Cochran, professor of broadcast journalism and communication studies. “This is a wonderful opportunity that we (did)…

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