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Expanding the creative realm: Professors and students talk about opportunities for writers on campus

October 20, 2016 Trojan Living

Anushka KC Contributor Madina Seytmuradova Variety Editor Almost everyone at one point or another has written a poem or story, but not many share their works, let alone publish them. “Do any people try to do uncreative writing?” said Michael Orlofsky, the director of the creative writing program at Troy University. “Writing up those ideas is one way that they (writers) identify what constitutes their psyche or spirit or imaginative life. Plus, a lot of times it is fun.” Troy University has a large number of faculty members involved in…

Ain’t no place like dorms

August 12, 2015August 11, 2015 Admin_trop

Jane Morrell Opinion Editor There is that old saying that home is where the heart is, but in regards to residential housing on a college campus, home is where there is a space left open that you can afford. For most freshmen, like Miranda Jones, an undeclared major from Decatur, it is their first time away from home, and there is a mixture of excitement and fear. “My best friend and I are roommates,” Jones said. “I was excited to be able to live with her, but nervous at the…