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The purpose of opinion

August 18, 2020 Opinion

Sam Stroud Opinion Editor During my time at the Tropolitan, I have written quite a few columns I can categorize into the great, the okay, and the downright horrible. I like to think most of my columns fall into the first category. A few may fall into the second. And almost none fall into the third. As I have often pointed out in my writings for this paper, reality trumps feelings. In all actuality, just under 1% of what I have written is great. I would say 79% of what I…

Budget or bust at Troy’s grocery stores

January 23, 2019 Trojan Living

Zach Henson Editor-in-chief With education expenses causing 70 percent of graduates to leave college in debt, according to CNBC, many look for any way possible to save money. But they still have to purchase food, which poses the question: where is the cheapest place to buy groceries? While few college students consider groceries “cheap,” the Tropolitan researched the grocery stores in Troy to find the best bargain. After compiling a 26-item shopping list from comments on a post on the Troy Students Facebook page, a Tropolitan staff member went “shopping,”…