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Study tips for finals

Trojan Living

Pradyot Sharma Staff Writer Having achieved a 4.0 GPA for the past four semesters, Perry Metzler, a junior hospitality management major from Atmore, says there is little pressure on him before his finals because he has been preparing consistently throughout the semester. “I have a solid grade in every class and don’t have to stress as much before the finals,” Metzler said. “I study ahead of time a little bit for each class and focus on the exam at hand during the finals.” Daniel Smith, an assistant professor of economics…

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Students are learning to fly

Trojan Living

Taylor Boydstun Variety Editor While the majority of college students’ class time is spent in a classroom listening to lectures, students in the Trojan Aviation Program get to fly with their instructors over the city of Troy and surrounding areas. “It’s basically passing down a legacy,” said Robert McCabe, the director/operations manager and chief flight officer. “If I had to start all over again, I’d want to be a pilot. “There’s nothing else I’d rather be. When you retire from that, there’s a sense of wanting to give back.” McCabe,…

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Halloween not ‘pagan’ day

Trojan Living

Taylor Boydstun Variety Editor According to CNN, more than 179 million Americans celebrated Halloween this year, spending over $9 billion on decorations, candy, costumes and more. That’s over one-third of the U.S. population. In a class lecture on the history of Halloween, Luke Ritter, a lecturer of history, told a story from his childhood about trick-or-treating at the home of a man who said he shouldn’t celebrate Halloween since it is a pagan, Satanic holiday. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” Ritter said. “The origins of Halloween are, in…

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Troy coach inducted into Hall of Fame

Sports

Taylor Boydstun Staff Writer It has been said that “good things come to those wait.” That rings especially true for Richard Shaughnessy, director of the strength and conditioning program. Shaughnessy came to Troy University in 1996 as a restricted earnings coach, taking a $30,000-per-year pay cut in order to pursue his vision for Troy University Athletics’ strength and conditioning program. On July 31, he was inducted into the Wiregrass Hall of Fame. “At the time, I got to build the strength program,” he said in an interview with the Tropolitan.…

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Trojan keeper looks to fans for support in 2016

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Taylor Boydstun Staff Writer Of 11 players named to the Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference Team, only one is a goalkeeper, and only one attends Troy University. Mikki Lewis fills both categories. As of Tuesday, Aug. 16, the junior has been selected for the prestigious list for her second consecutive year. While the psychology major from St. Johns, Florida, is honored to have received such an award, she insists that her success is due primarily to the supporting defense. “I was the only player from Troy that was named,” Lewis said,…

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