Tag: Lirona Joshi

Walk Hard: ATO members will start walking to Panama City Beach Friday morning

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(Photo/Contributed) Members of Troy University’s Alpha Tau Omega fraternity pose with their flag on the beach last year after completing the annual six-day, 128.3-mile walk from Troy to Panama City Beach known as Walk Hard. The proceeds from the event go to benefit veterans. Luke Brantley Variety Editor Lirona Joshi Staff Writer Members of Troy University’s Alpha Tau Omega fraternity will embark on a six-day, 128.3-mile walk from Troy to Panama City Beach, Florida, over spring break. The 29 walkers will leave Friday at 8 a.m. from the Bibb Graves…

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A look at the responsibilities of Troy University resident assistants

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(Photo/Zenith Shrestha) Sudeep Neupane, a senior computer science major and Pace Hall resident assistant from Butwal, Nepal, knocks on a resident’s door to perform a routine room check. RAs typically check rooms twice a month. Lirona Joshi Staff Writer Troy University Office of Housing and Resident Life recently sent out an email calling for applications resident assistants (RA) for the upcoming academic year. The position of an RA entails working as a liaison between the students and the housing office while catering to the specific needs of on-campus residents. “Resident…

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Black History Month event works to preserve important historical papers

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(Photo/ Zenith Shrestha) Students work with Learning Center Coordinator Patricia Harris to transcribe papers written by Anna Julia Cooper, a prominent black scholar and activist. Lirona Joshi Staff Writer The Learning Center at Troy University observed Douglass Day last Friday. The day is a commemoration of the legacy of the African-American author Fredrick Douglass. In 2017, Douglas Day was incorporated by the Colored Conventions Project as an annual day for preserving Black history. For this year’s celebrations, institutions and individuals across the country gathered to conduct a transcribe-a-thon and read-a-thon…

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Faculty Spotlight: James Sanders

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Zenith Shrestha photo Assistant professor of physics James Sanders began working for Troy University in 2014. Lirona Joshi Staff Writer What do you like about Troy? “I do like a lot of the students. We definitely have a lot of students who try very hard in their classes, and it’s nice to see that. Even if they come from a background where they don’t have much of a physics background when they come take my physics course, many of them they say this is the first physics course they’ve had.…

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Troy University Students use memes to express concerns, complaints

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Left: A meme posted to the Troy Students by Students Facebook group by Zipeng He. Right: Another meme posted to the same group by Soumitra Ganguly. These are a few examples of students using popular meme formats to voice their opinions and observations about campus issues. Lirona Joshi Staff Writer People posting memes on the various Troy students’ pages have been giving everyone a lighthearted way to view the hot topics at the university. Whether it be in hyping up for the rivalry game against South, or addressing the potholes…

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