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Monthly Archives: January 2012

PopAddict: Nicki Minaj, More plastic than Cher

Hello guys and dolls, get your cups ready because I am serving some hot tea! Nicki Minaj needs to have several seats. Her new song and video, “Stupid Hoe”, is foolery at its best. If the ignorance of the song is not enough, the video is ridiculous. You paid for all that butt and can’t move it for anything in ...

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Grinding down on the books

In the wake of the worst economic times since the Great Depression, it's easy to get caught up in our own affairs and take certain things for granted.

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Eaton channels emotion into poetry

Joseph Ashley Eaton, VSU junior and mass media major, has managed to publish two books: “Night’s Ocean View” and “The Imagination Engines,” all while balancing school and playing guitar in two bands.

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Local 96.7 DJ Juan Gatti dead

A masked gunman fatally wounded Valdosta radio DJ Stephon “Juan Gatti” Edgerton, 40, late Friday night. The Valdosta Daily Times reported that after leaving his shift, on Friday, a man approached and shot him twice in the body and once in the head. Edgerton called 911 at 11:53 p.m. to describe the gunman as a white male wearing a mask ...

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Web censorship paused for now

The Protect IP Act (S. 968 PIPA), was postponed until further notice by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid due to the recent Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) blackout protest. Dozens of websites, including Google, Twitpic and ICanHasCheezburger, have participated in the recent SOPA protest against the SOPA and PIPA bills. On Jan. 18, about 115,000 websites and online businesses chose ...

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Dress code, nonsmoking campus talk are hot buttons at SGA Town Hall

The Student Government Association discussed several issues including the possibility of students voting to implement a tobacco-free campus policy and student dress code during Wednesday night’s Town Hall meeting in Jennett Hall. SGA Vice President Derika Powers voiced concerns pertaining to the excess of smoking by the academic halls. “Currently there is a policy that restricts smoking within twenty feet ...

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Colleges merging in Georgia

Earlier this month, representatives of the University System of Georgia proposed that eight colleges across Georgia would merge into four. The university system began a study that would determine whether thirty-five campus systems would minimize the amount of institutions it runs to help reduce government costs. As of January 10, 2012, the merger between eight institutions within Georgia won the ...

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AKA captivates public

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founders were not the only ones honored at the VSU’s Kaptivating Kappa Upsilon chapter founder’s day observance ceremony. The event, held Jan. 17 at the University Center at 8:30 p.m., recognized famous sisters such as Toni Morrison, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Kathy Hughes, Alice Walker and Carolyn Meyers. While giving the sorority a look ...

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