Troy University Students use memes to express concerns, complaints

Left: A meme posted to the Troy Students by Students Facebook group by Zipeng He. Right: Another meme posted to the same group by Soumitra Ganguly. These are a few examples of students using popular meme formats to voice their opinions and observations about campus issues. Lirona Joshi Staff Writer People posting memes on the various Troy students’ pages have been giving everyone a lighthearted way to view the hot topics at the university. Whether it be in hyping up for the rivalry game against South, or addressing the potholes…

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Facebook regulation is a breach of privacy

Sam Stroud Staff Writer In today’s technological climate, we are often bombarded by news and ads on social media platforms while we use our state-of-the-art devices. One such platform we hear about in particular, and usually not for a decent reason, is Facebook.  Facebook is one of the world’s largest social media platforms, with 2.27 billion people worldwide on it. Lately, the company has found itself at the center of several privacy breach scandals. These incidents have led to prominent politicians from both sides of the aisle, including Senator Elizabeth…

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Students evade high prices, swap textbooks using Facebook page

Goodness Ohia Obioha Contributor The Facebook group “Troy University Textbooks” was created by students to lessen the financial burden of spending money on new textbooks. Members of the group advertise the books they don’t need anymore and students who are in need of those particular books will respond, agree on a certain price and schedule a meeting place for the transaction. “Actually, it was very good for me because I bought most of the books from there,” said Kushani Sathsarani, a freshman biomedical sciences major from Colombo, Sri Lanka. “I…

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U.S. presses Afghanistan on militants

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