Students gathered in Claudia Crosby Theater to receive awards and recognition for participation in honor societies last Wednesday. Troy University’s Honors Convocation is an annual ceremony to recognize the success and academic achievements of students and faculty throughout the year. A few weeks before the spring semester ends, the convocation allows students to celebrate their successes with their friends and family. “We’re paying tributes to those students, whether

Troy football’s T-Day featured plenty of familiar faces, including multiple former players at the athletic department’s “Brunch with Legends” event. Preceding on-field action, the gathering inside the Stadium Club featured Carlton Martial, BJ Smith, Jeremy Rowell and Eric Thomas. Martial holds the FBS record as the all-time leading tackler. He was a four-time All-Sun Belt First Team selection over his five seasons with Troy. Martial was named Defensive Player of the Year du

While we can all agree that the days of the wild west are long gone, this reviewer truly believes that deep down, everyone would like to be a cowboy, at least for a day. Recent media has encouraged this reception of the idealized West primarily through television, film and music. John Grady, the main character of Cormac McCarthy’s “All the Pretty Horses” (1992), follows that yearning for the great frontier, even when circumstances change the landscape he must work with. Yo

Troy football wrapped up its spring practice schedule with T-Day on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium. In an offense vs. defense scrimmage, the Trojans’ offense won the scrimmage, 38-19. While the scrimmage was not the first of the spring period, it was the only one open to the public. “It was good for us to get out and simulate a game as much as we can without going too far,” said head coach Gerad Parker. "This is the only opportunity we'll have this spring to play in

Troy University gymnastics found success at the National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC) competition, placing second overall. Troy’s Kayla Burrell placed second on vault and Amy Treloar placed first on bars with a perfect 10.0 score. The team is coached by Maren Settle, a senior sport management major from Acworth, Georgia, who also serves as club president. She said she started the program three years ago because she wanted to create a space where at

Coachella 2026 returned to the desert with a lineup and energy that reinforced its status as one of the most influential music festivals in the world. Held the weekends of Apr. 10 through 12 and Apr. 17 through 19 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, the 25th edition of Coachella sold out within a week of its announcement, showing just how much anticipation surrounded the event. Even for those who could not attend, widespread media coverage, social media clips and a

The Beach Boys are a band I have been listening to my entire life. There was a time in high school where I was listening to them religiously, and I can easily point to a few albums in their career I thought they were at their best. I still have the same opinion today. One of those albums is “Sunflower,” released in 1970, after Brian Wilson’s perfectionism and mental decline during the making of “Smile” but before their descent into baiting nostalgia in the late 1970s. “Sunfl

Troy freshman Stephan Tavares Noale impressed in his first season on the Troy men’s tennis team. He punctuated his strong season with two Sun Belt Tournament singles wins, clinching quarterfinal and semifinal wins for the Trojans. The freshman from Sao Paulo, Brazil, burst onto the scene in the spring season, compiling a 16-3 record in his first collegiate season. Only two of the losses came in the regular season, with the other one coming to eventual conference champions Ol

Troy women’s tennis concluded the regular season with a 12-7 record and went 6-1 in Sun Belt Conference play after defeating Georgia Southern, 4-2. The Trojans’ 12 victories fall one short of 2024-25’s 13-win season, but their six conference wins tie last season’s mark. Troy has secured double-digit wins in every season dating back to 2020-21. The duo of Hiba Heni and Leena Metwally were the first Trojans to claim victory after defeating Franzi Heinemann and Nanaka Kijima

Troy’s Student Unity and Services Council (SUSC) partnered with the Black Student Union and 101 E.L.I.T.E Men to hold a field day last Wednesday. The event was set up on the band practice field with kickball, tug-of-war, a raffle and an ice cream truck. “It’s a way to get people out of their dorms and get out of that spring semester slump,” said Taniya Traylor, a senior social work major from Anniston, Alabama, who founded SUSC and serves as the organization’s president. “Wh

With everything going on in the news nowadays, it is seemingly difficult to keep track of what is going on in the Middle East. According to www.bbcnews.com, America and Israel launched an attack on Iran. Why did they do this, and is it a good thing? According to state.gov, Secretary of State, Marco Rubio explained the whole point of attacking Iran was to make sure they could not build a nuclear weapon. As soon as the attack happened though, Americans felt the effects. Accord

Central Michigan transfer tallies five hits on Sunday The baseball series finale of the Troy Trojans and Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns on April 19, 2026, was a historic night for many reasons. Much of the attention will go to the walk-off grand slam hit by Jimmy Janicki as deserved, but Aaron Piasecki had a career night as well, with five hits and four runs scored. “I’m glad I can be up there,” Piasecki said. “I’m blessed for the opportunity that I have.” Piasecki started the day

Aquarius- You have a good balance between studying and getting a study group together. You’ll do fine. Pisces- You will spend no time studying because you got distracted by your cat. You’ll probably end up sleeping through the final. Aries- You’ll study for a brief period, but you have been had the material mastered for a few weeks already. Talk about being extra prepared. Taurus- You keep a calm head while studying. You are able to comfortably work through difficult areas

Disney studios has been lazy for the last few years. It is no secret that they only put out live-action remakes of childhood classics or sequels to already established properties. After slowly remaking classic movies since the 90s, Disney has started to remake any successful movie, specifically the princess movies. In the last 10 years, we have seen “Cinderella,” “Aladdin,” “Mulan,” “Snow White” and “The Little Mermaid,” with planned live action releases of newer movies like

Troy track and field visited Atlanta for the Georgia Tech Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The meet held a number of schools in the surrounding area, including Georgia Southern, Kennesaw State and Alabama State. The Trojans also competed against schools from across the country, like Brown and UMass. The Trojans competed against over 100 people in some events and still had numerous top-10 and top-five finishes throughout the meet. On the women's side of the track, Rachel

The Troy men’s tennis team made a run to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship match last week, where the team fell 4-1 to nationally ranked Old Dominion. The Trojans dispatched Georgia Southern 4-0 and Southern Miss 4-1 after ending the regular season with a 7-0 sweep of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The No. 2-seeded Trojans started their journey in the Sun Belt Conference quarterfinals against Southern Miss. Troy opened the match strong, securing the dou

In a thrilling finale, Jimmy Janicki smashed a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth to take the series from the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, 2-1, last weekend. "It was bases loaded, one out,” Janicki said. “I was just trying to do anything I could to get that run in. “He got me 1-0, and then I knew he was going to fastball. They've been throwing me fastballs all series. Honestly, I didn't know it was a home run. I thought it was just going to be a popout, but it cleared the wa

Troy women’s golf had good rounds from junior Mayna Saini to begin the Sun Belt Tournament. Saini finished the day inside the top five individually. Despite the Trojans sitting at 12th as a team, shooting 38 over, Saini shot one under after the first two rounds. A 4-under first round, the lone Troy round to finish under par this tournament, and a 3-over second round gave the junior a good shot at the individual lead. Sophomore Mathilda Ringblom finished the first two rounds

Two Troy professors will soon hold a bike riding event on Troy’s campus to honor their son who passed away at the age of two. O’s Cool Bike Ride and Walk is an annual bike ride in its fourth year, held to memorialize Owen Lewis, the son of Drs. Heather and Onick Lewis. Owen passed away from sudden cardiac death caused bylymphocytic myocarditis – a disease often found in young athletes resulting from inflammation in the heart – on Apr. 28, 2022. “Owen was an energetic, athle

Before Earth Day, celebrated on Apr. 22, was officially recognized for the first time in April 1970, the United States released massive amounts of toxic chemicals and pollution into the air and waterways with little oversight or consequence, which ultimately led to the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency that same year. According to earthday.org, by the end of 1970, the first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency an

Raising money for a good cause – that is what Miss Troy University did Friday afternoon in the Trojan Center. Anna Grace Tucker, a junior business administration major from Huntsville, Alabama, invited students to donate and “Go Red” for the American Heart Association. Tucker was able to teach students about heart health and how students can improve their own. While she was talking, attendees were able to donate to the American Heart Association either with cash or through

The city of Troy will hold its annual TroyFest Art and Craft Festival on Apr. 25 and 26 downtown on the square. According to the festival’s official website, TroyFest is held in honor of Jean Lake and is the premier fine art and craft festival for the central Alabama region. The weekend long show draws upwards of 10,000 people to downtown Troy to celebrate the arts. TroyFest will feature local artists and merchants selling their work, restaurants selling delicious treats a

Troy University Police Department (TUPD) officers brought students relief through citation forgiveness. Students walking through the Trojan Center Food Court on Monday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. may have noticed a strong presence from the TUPD, but officers were not there to issue citations. Instead, they were helping students eliminate them. Throughout a student’s time at Troy, receiving a parking ticket is a common experience. For many students juggling busy schedules and tas

Students climbed onto the roof of Claudia Crosby Theater on April 11 and tampered with TROY TrojanVision News’ quad camera, which overlooks the university’s quad and is used as a weather camera during their broadcasts. The camera was titled over to the left, making the shot appear crooked. TROY TrojanVision News’ Director of Television Aaron Taylor discovered the camera angle looked off Monday morning and watched recorded footage from the weekend. He quickly uncovered what