Students present summer research

Pratibha Gautam Staff Writer The Physics Club held a student research presentation on Monday, Oct. 15, allowing students to gain experience in communicating their findings by displaying and explaining them to their friends and classmates. “Being able to communicate one’s research is almost as important as doing it,” said Ty Naquin, a junior physics major from Deatsville and the president of the physics club. These presentations allow student researchers to develop better communication skills while also giving the public an insight into some very interesting areas of current research, Naquin…

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

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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Pursuit: ‘Come as you are’

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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Band student hit by vehicle

Taylor Boydstun Staff Writer Senior music education major and Sound of the South member Chris Wallace, from Montgomery, was hit by another student’s car at the intersection of University Avenue and McKinley Drive around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, according to University police Chief John McCall. “He was walking when a car hit him going about 35 mph,” said a witness, who asked not to be identified. “He landed on top of the car, where his elbow went through the windshield. He landed about 20 feet up from the crosswalk.”…

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