Tag: Lilly Casolaro

International student honored

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Lilly Casolaro News Editor A memorial service was held for Aslesha Pandit, a freshman computer science major from Nepal, who died on Friday, Dec. 16, due to injuries caused by a car accident. Pandit was traveling on Thursday, Dec. 15, with Sangam Subedi, a freshman accounting major from Lalitpur, Nepal, and the driver of the vehicle, Shraddha Chand Thakuri, a freshman biology major from Kathmandu, Nepal, and Abhigya Ghimire, a freshman psychology major from Bhaktapur, Nepal. According to Florida Highway Patrol and media reports, Subedi ran a red light at…

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Library installs coffee machine

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Lilly Casolaro News Editor With over 20,000 views and 218 shares on Facebook, the recently installed coffee vending machine in the Troy University campus library is a hot topic. “I guess the coffee machine is the biggest thing we have ever done apparently,” said Chris Shaffer, dean of library services. In comparison, roughly 7,300 people viewed the page announcing the installation of the exercise bicycles in the library, which allow students to both workout and study simultaneously. “Obviously there was a perceived need (for a coffee machine) as far as…

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Student support is key to football’s success

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Lilly Casolaro News Editor #RankTroy is a success. As I was cheering on the Trojans at the UMass game on Saturday, Nov. 5, I looked around and noticed stickers, banners and fliers proclaiming “Rank Troy.” My hopes were escalating that Troy would rise in the polls, but I had slight doubts in my mind that Troy could and actually would be ranked nationally.  As Troy’s football team won games, students and announcers alike joined the movement that petitioned to see the Trojans enter national rankings for the first time. All…

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‘Helen Unveiled’ portrays secret romance

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Lilly Casolaro News Editor “It was Helen Keller who once said the most beautiful things in life cannot be seen or touched; they must be felt in the heart,” said Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr. Audience members at the 22nd annual Helen Keller lecture series were exposed to another side of Keller, from the traditional viewpoint of a visionary and an activist, which expressed her humanity, her womanhood and her heart. “The Helen Keller lecture celebrates the spirit of a great Alabamian—a lady, I think, who is our greatest of Alabamians—who…

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Spirit of Halloween celebrated this weekend

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Lilly Casolaro News Editor Nijhoom Roy Staff Writer In the spirit of Halloween, several of Troy’s organizations are hosting themed events this week as the holiday draws near. One group is Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity, which will be holding its annual philanthropy event, “Trick or TKE,” on Saturday, Oct. 29, in support of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the organization’s national philanthropy. According to its website, St. Jude’s mission “is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.” Daniel Patterson, a junior…

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