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Headphones prevent social interaction

Trojan Living

(PHOTO/Caitlin Collins)   Jill Odom Variety Editor   Headphones are a great invention. They allow listeners to enjoy music, audiobooks or whatever else without disturbing others around them. However, with the advent of the Beats headphones by Dr. Dre and similar noise-cancelling headphones, blocking out the outside world has reached a whole new level. Now on the walk to class you are more likely to see students with earbuds or these new over-the-ear headphones on and social interaction put on hold. For those who aren’t plugged into an iPod or…

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Trojan Treasure: Documentary Club

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(PHOTO/Hannah Crews)   By Jill Odom Variety Editor   The eighth Trojan Treasure is the Troy University Documentary Club (TUDC), which was just formed in the middle spring semester 2013 by Chad Downs, a senior marketing major from Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. TUDC focuses on two things: watching eye-opening documentaries on various subjects, discussing them afterwards and producing documentaries. The organization meets every Tuesday in Bibb Graves Room 129 at 7 p.m. It welcomes all students, especially those interested in learning about normally unheard of topics. It is especially suited…

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Trojan Treasure: Chi Alpha

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By Jill Odom For readers just now joining in, the Trojan Treasures articles feature a new or unheard of organization each week. If you want to have your organization mentioned, please email TropVariety@gmail.com. The fourth Trojan Treasure is Chi Alpha, a Christian fellowship organization that meets every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Trojan Center ballrooms. Chi Alpha is open to all students. Chi Alpha was originally formed in 1968, but Justin Felch, who is also the campus pastor, founded the current group in 2005.  They average just under 100…

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Trojan Treasure: International Justice Mission

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By Jill Odom The Trojan Treasure for this week is International Justice Mission, more commonly known as IJM, which is Troy’s campus chapter that fights for justice for the oppressed by raising awareness and fundraising. The first meeting is Thursday, Sept. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in Trojan Ballroom A. They meet every other Thursday, alternating with the sister organization Stella’s Voice, which also fights human trafficking. Sara Kate Peavy formed this chapter of IJM in February 2012, but on the global scale, International Justice Mission is a human rights agency…

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Trojan Treasures: M.I.S.S. Elite Society

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By: Jill Odom Trojan Treasures is a new section that will feature the new and unheard of organizations at Troy. If you want to have your organization mentioned please email TropVariety@gmail.com. The first Trojan Treasure is the M.I.S.S. Elite Society, which is dedicated to Motivating and Instilling Sophisticated Students into an Elite Society. This group formed in the spring of 2011 and currently has 30 members. Unfortunately it is only for women, but there is a male counterpart known as 101 E.L.I.T.E. Men. Their goal is to motivate female students…

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