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Students evade high prices, swap textbooks using Facebook page

March 22, 2018March 27, 2018 Trojan Living

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…

Honors society and Center for Student Success to host discussion on advising

January 25, 2018January 24, 2018 News

Lirona Joshi Staff Writer Alpha Lambda Delta, a national honor society that recognizes academic success in freshmen, is partnering with the Troy University Center for Student Success to organize “Ask the Advisors” in an effort to bridge the divide between the advisers and advisees. The event will focus on how students can work with their advisers and how they can use that relationship for academic and career success. The event will be held in Patterson Hall Room 201 on Thursday, Jan. 25, at 3 p.m. “Students sometimes have a difficulty…