Tag: Pratibha Gautam

Troy student gets hands dirty on grounds crew

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…

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Students present summer research

Trojan Living

Pratibha Gautam Staff Writer The Physics Club held a student research presentation on Monday, Oct. 15, allowing students to gain experience in communicating their findings by displaying and explaining them to their friends and classmates. “Being able to communicate one’s research is almost as important as doing it,” said Ty Naquin, a junior physics major from Deatsville and the president of the physics club. These presentations allow student researchers to develop better communication skills while also giving the public an insight into some very interesting areas of current research, Naquin…

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City of Troy needs more gynecologists. Can university help?

Opinion

Prathiba Gautam Staff Writer The city of Troy has a total of one practicing obstetrician/gynecologist. When more than 52 percent of the 19,000 or so people are women, one is not enough for any women-centered service provider.  As a reference, a Google search of “hair salons in Troy AL” has more than 20 results. Besides his private practice, the one available doctor also offers services through the Troy Regional Medical Center, which, according to reviews online, has been named “Edge of Death.”  It is a universally acknowledged truth that a…

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