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Coffee shop gets spiked

Starbucks Coffee Company will sell beer and wine in Atlanta, Southern California, Chicago and Pacific Northwest area stores later this year. Customers expressed a desire to have more options for relaxing in an evening setting. “We recognize the importance of continuously evolving with our customers’ interests, lifestyles and values in order to stay relevant over the long term,” a company ...

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Hall flood shuffled students

Approximately 45 students were relocated to Hopper Hall late Saturday night after a rupture in a hot water pipe on the 5th floor C Wing caused them to be flooded out of their rooms in Langdale Hall. Dean of Student Affairs, Russell Mast, was there to quickly assess the situation. “The majority of the damage was done to the fifth ...

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Rogers’s performance a crowd-pleaser

Cathy Rogers charmed the ears of listeners in Whitehead Auditorium with the divine sounds of her piano finesse and musical expertise on Thursday evening. As part of the requirement for achieving her Master of Music in Collaborative Piano Performance degree at VSU, Rogers and several other skilled musicians brandished an array of instruments and dosed the crowd of approximately 100 ...

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PopAddict: A Twittery tea party

Hello guys and dolls, pull out your cups because I am serving some tea! Madonna wanted all the young girls to know that she was the queen during her Super Bowl Halftime show. Although she couldn’t move like she used to, Madge showed us why ,to some, she is the Queen of Pop. The Award for Unnecessary use of the ...

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Grand Shenanigans at the Brass Quill

The Brass Quill, a local tattoo shop, is hosting their “Grand Shananagan” of all grand openings on Feb. 11 from 2 to 6 p.m. at 704 N. Ashley St. What’s a Grand Shananagan? Since the shop has already had their grand opening last November, they needed a new name to call their event. The Brass Quill is a tattoo shop ...

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Spring music recitals harmonize campus

This month, VSU’s Department of Music will be presenting its spring music recitals in the Whitehead Auditorium. Two students, Jovan DeShong and Tugce Bryant, and one faculty member, Elizabeth Goode will each perform during the recital. VSU senior, Jovan DeShong, will be playing three songs on her viola during her Feb. 10 recital including “Henly-on-Thames” by Tom Knifc, “Elegy” by ...

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Gaze into the galaxy

When Galileo first peered through his looking glass to view the stars, could he have imagined that future generations would be able to see the stars projected on the ceiling of their homes? While he may not have been able to envision this future advancement, this is essentially what is happening in the Planetarium in Nevins Hall. Winter Stargazing, the ...

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Local business bears new artistic mural.

Students who drove down Baytree Road may have notice a very new addition to the nearby scenery. John Gay, a former VSU student and owner of the novelty shop Divided By Zero hand painted a very impressive artistic mural on the side of his shop just off Baytree Road. Check the slideshow below for some picture of John Gay painting ...

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Field of softball dreams

The VSU Lady Blazer softball team is prepared to begin their 2012 campaign towards a national championship and thanks to a promising recruiting class they will have the talent to do so. No. 6 ranked VSU plays their first game of the season this weekend with a squad that returns seven starters and adds several top tier newcomers. Four of ...

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Signing Day 2012

National Signing Day is the day that every fan learns about their new players and hope they will be the ones to lead their team to the football promise land, and VSU is no different. VSU reeled in a huge recruiting class in terms of size and stature yesterday on National Signing Day, bringing in 29 new players. The Blazers ...

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