Old Arena to Get 'Rec'ed

This special summer edition of Don’t spend the Tropolitan is a guide What’s Inside: to campus life prepared by stu- more than dent journalists. It’s tailored for you have to How to join new students, especially those on textbooks new sorority attending IMPACT summer orientation. pg. 2 pg. 12 Troy University’s Offcial Student Newspaper ROPOLITAN Vol. 90, Issue 30 www.TropNews.com/impact Summer 2017 Prevent freshie errors Santana Wood Not getting involved early, eating too much campus Chick-fl-A, and neglecting to learn where the library was before mid-semester are among the things Allyson Waldrop, social work major from Cullman, regrets from her freshman year at Troy University. Hannah Stone photo Freshman year is the frst year of college and a time of frsts for many things. It is where you start gaining Football rises through the ranks a degree, but also friendships and life experiences. Football players high-fve fellow Troy students who came to support their team at Troy’s Veterans Students strive to do their best, but mistakes happen. Memorial Stadium in its game against UMass on Nov. 5, 2016. The Trojans won 52-31. For more “I would tell incoming freshmen to get involved information about the rise of Troy’s football team, visit Page 9. early,” said Waldrop, who was a senior in the spring. “I didn’t join an organization right away, and it got real boring, real quick.” Waldrop has been involved with Alpha Delta Pi sorority, which helped her gain friends as well as get Old arena to get ‘rec’ed some volunteer work in the books. See Mistakes, Page 14 New rec center groundbreaking You can appeal set this summer Hannah Stone a parking ticket Construction for a university recreation center is projected to start at the beginning of August 2017, with to student panel completion expected in November Justin Blowers to the web address at the 2018, according to Olivia Melton, bottom of the ticket. The 2016-17 president of the Student Kylie Foor walked out appeal form can also be Government Association. of her dorm to be greeted found under the traffc According to Jim Bookout, by an offcer writing her appeals tab, which is Artist’s rendering of an aerial view of the new recreation facility senior vice chancellor of fnance a parking ticket. But that under the SGA tab, on the planned to be completed in 2018. Design is subject to change. and business affairs, construction wasn’t the end of her story. Troy University website. will begin as soon as the plans are Clark, an exercise science major is expected to be ready in October Her ticket was just one Next, you should submit fnalized, with the goal of starting in from Birmingham who was a junior to replace the lost Sartain parking, of the many given on Troy the parking ticket online August. in the spring. according to Melton. University’s main campus. along with any argument A total of 8,480 parking “The process has been success- The new rec center will be built Melton, a mathematics and as to why the ticket should tickets were given in six be voided. ful, and the architects have been where the Sartain Hall parking lot is economics major from Orange months, according to the guided by the Wellness and Recre- now located, during which Sartain Beach who was a senior in the Troy University Police The more evidence you ation Center Committee comprised will remain operational. After the spring, encourages students to take Department. have—especially pictures —the better, according to of four students, two senior vice new rec center is built, Sartain will advantage of the university’s transit Getting a ticket is a Patterson. chancellors, two student services be torn down to create a parking lot. system when parking will be short reality that many Troy representatives, the city of Troy’s With parking already a concern, early in the fall. Bookout suggests University students have “Make sure you have all rec center director, physical plant the university announced plans for that students use the outer lots, such to face. However, you can the facts you believe are as the Trojan Arena lot. and a project manager,” Bookout a new parking lot near the Trojan appeal a ticket. relevant,” he said. “Don’t said. “The process to date has taken Center earlier this year. The new lot See Rec, Page 6 Foor, a psychology come in without any facts, several months.” major from Enterprise and know where you who was a junior in the parked.” In the fall of 2016, a $100 fee was spring, decided to appeal See Tickets, Page 7 tacked on to the bill of each full-time to the Traffc Appeals student to help pay for construction. Committee. According to Bookout, Troy’s Daniel Patterson from Board of Trustees will increase the Alpharetta, Georgia, fee by $25 every four years. who was chairman of the committee and a junior “The fees will pay the debt service political science major in on the bonds used to build the the spring, said there is facility,” Bookout said. “The fees do no reason to be nervous not cover the operational expenses or intimidated about the of the facility.” process. “We decided that the best thing “We’re not mean for Troy long-term would be to people,” Patterson said. make this new rec center the face Artist’s rendering of an inside look of the new recreational facili- “We’re all just students.” of Troy,” said SGA Sen. Sierra ty. Design is subject to change. The frst step is to go Sable Riley graphic Recipe for success: Chancellor advises four steps Jack Hawkins Jr., getting the most out of al marketplace that awaits $1.3 trillion and for the of comedian Woody Allen, Ph.D. your TROY experience. you after graduation. frst time was greater than who said, “Ninety percent Chancellor I will focus on what I 2. Get involved! credit card debt. of success is showing up!” believe are the four most Involved students Do not take out student Go to class, and get to important topics. are usually successful loans unless you abso- On behalf of the know your professors. 1. As Alabama’s In- students. Join a special-in- lutely need them. Manage They will be happy to help Troy University family, ternational University, terest club, play intramural your money wisely by welcome to the 2017 you if you show an interest TROY enrolls students sports or pledge a Greek following an expense in your academic work. IMPACT sessions, which from almost 80 nations organization. budget. will provide an orientation around the world. A word of warning, 4. Learn TROY Again, I am pleased that to your new college home. Take advantage of this however: Don’t get so traditions. you chose Troy Universi- I am glad you have Jack Hawkins Jr., opportunity to get to involved that you neglect It’s important to know ty, and I hope the IMPACT chosen Troy University, chancellor of Troy know classmates from your academic work. the words of the alma sessions are interesting and informative. and I believe in time you University other cultures. 3. Be smart with your mater and the fght will believe it was one of You will make lifetime money, and manage your song. Take time to learn Do not hesitate to ask the best decisions of your cellor for 28 years, there friends, and you will debt. about the history of the questions of your IMPACT life. is a great deal of advice better prepare yourself for Last year, total student University. leaders! They are there to After serving as chan- I could give you about success in the internation- debt in the USA topped Finally, take the advice assist you. Page 2 Tropolitan, Summer 2017 Finding the best textbook for you Sydney Taylor “It’s important for students to realize that fnancial aid will only pay for books Angela Clark opens her laptop’s if you are able to charge from a refund. browser, class schedule in hand, and A fnancial aid refund is the surplus searches for the least expensive textbooks money you receive after your tuition, she can fnd. room and board, meal plan and any other “I can’t afford to waste money on fees have been paid for. textbooks,” said Clark, an anthropolo- If a student plans to use fnancial aid gy major from Birmingham who was a to pay for textbooks at the bookstore, the junior in the spring. “o I make sure to student must complete all requirements check every possible source for the best to receive aid. price. Financial aid problems According to the ffce of Financial Aid’s Cost of Attendance document, the “The main problems we experience average cost of books and supplies for are when students have not gotten their the 2016-2017 fall and spring semesters ducks in a row, ade said. “They’ll was ,. sometimes forget to sign a promisso- ry note or complete the paperwork, and Clark attempts to keep that price down, because we aren’t fnancial aid, we are which sometimes means getting books unable to f it. Another big problem is from somewhere other than the campus that they’ll wait too long and miss the arnes oble bookstore. deadline to use their aid. “What I don’t think a lot of incoming According to Bradley, students have freshmen realize is that you don’t have to around a month to buy or rent textbooks get your books strictly from the school’s Sydney Taylor photo using fnancial aid.

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