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Cardinal Creeper’s identity unveiled

September 6, 2018September 5, 2018 Sports

Taylor Walding Variety Editor This year’s senior class may recall in the fall of 2015 — their freshman year — a mysterious entity widely known as the Cardinal Creeper. It was a person cloaked in a red blanket and skull makeup who stalked various areas around campus and received a semi-obsessive following on Yik Yak, an anonymous messaging app for college students. While many speculated about its identity, Ivey Vinson, a senior fine arts major from Clanton, managed to keep it secret. That is, until now. “It was an accident,”…

Troy employs members of deaf community and advances ASL learning

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 Trojan Living

Victoria Cirilli Staff Writer Troy University employs people from the deaf community in the area as part of the ground crew that maintains flower beds and lawns on campus. Charlotte Wittington is one of three employees currently on staff who are deaf; she is the landscape leader for the grounds crew. Wittington had no prior experience with landscaping before coming to Troy, but was trained by her friends. Now, 12 years later, she trains the new staff members. “I’m the leader, but we have about six to eight other people…