Physical Plant – The Tropolitan

Troy student gets hands dirty on grounds crew

April 24, 2019 Trojan Living

Bishal Niroula photo Amari Graben (left), a sophomore social work major from Alabaster, Alabama, and Eliza Thomas (right), a freshman psychology major from Cullman, Alabama, working outside of Jack Hawkins Hall. Pratibha Gautam Staff Writer Tia Yarbrough, a junior criminal justice major from Eufaula, is at work landscaping the university grounds by 6:30 a.m. three days a week. Yarbrough has been working for the grounds crew for about a year. The grounds crew under the Troy University Physical Plant is responsible for maintaining all the grounds on campus, recycling, maintaining…

Before you foam the fountain

March 27, 2019 Trojan Living

Pratibha Gautaum Staff Writer Every once in a while, the fountain in the quad at Troy University gets filled with foam. For many, this can be an entertaining visual, a change from the normal look of campus. For others, it might just be a simple and harmless prank. For the campus grounds crew, however, this is an unnecessary hassle that costs time, effort and money – and it is vandalism. According to a student at Troy who chose to remain anonymous, students usually pour some kind of detergent — dish…