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‘Meet the Blazers’ draws crowd despite heat

Written By: Shane Thomas Despite stifling heat and weather dangers, fans braved the conditions to “Meet the Blazers” on Sunday at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium. The VSU Blazers football team, the Red Hots dance team and cheerleading squad conducted clinics and signed autographs for fans. “Meet the Blazers goes back a long way—way before I got here,” Ric Sisler, VSU director of ...

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Volleyball Ready To Serve Up Big Season

Written By: Neil Frawley There are 56 banners hanging in the PE Complex and not one is for volleyball. But when 2013 Gulf South Conference volleyball Coach of the Year, Mike Swan, and his revamped Lady Blazers break in the complex’s new paint job on Sept. 6 against Albany State, adding a 57th banner will be of top importance. On ...

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Ex-VSU Professor’s Anti Confederate Stance Stirs Controversy

Written  By: John Stephen       A former VSU professor is at the center of a rapidly growing controversy over an open letter that the professor sent to Georgia legislators condemning government support for Confederate commemorations.       Dr. Mark P. George, VSU professor until May 2014, is planning to file an official complaint against VSU for what he said are wrongful ...

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Study Abroad Is Best Decision For Students

Written By Lia Armistead Beautiful scenery, inspiring history, exotic culture, and amazing people; study abroad is the best way to experience something new and different in a student’s college career. Whether it’s a summer, a semester or longer, each is unique, yet amazing in the same sense. “It gives students the opportunity to do something adventurous, to do something they ...

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Stereotypes Affect Everyone

Written By Jordan Barela Racism is still alive in 2014. Take a second and let that sentence sink in. The sugarcoated, happy ending belief is that racism was abolished in the 1960s after the Civil Rights Movement achieved what it set out to achieve. Sadly, it is just a belief. As a child of an interracial couple, I have seen ...

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A Letter To Freshmen

Written By Mayah Cantave Ring, Ring, Ring! The fire alarm is going off. You now have to run outside and stand outside your dorm at 6 a.m. in your pajamas when it’s 30 degrees outside. You were not ready for this at all. Expect the unexpected. Everything you think can go wrong will most likely go wrong. Your internet can ...

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Brown Killing Not Justified

By Kenzie Kesselring On Saturday, August 9th, Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson around noon. Johnson told CNN that he and Brown were walking in the street when Officer Wilson allegedly told the men to get out of the street using some harsh language. The men said they were almost at their ...

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Don’t Bring Internet Addiction Bootcamp To U.S.

Written By Taymara Tait Imagine being locked away in a secluded camp where your internet surfing rights are taken away. You’re stripped from your days of watching brand new videos like that new Nicki Minaj “Anaconda” video you just can’t miss or searching for those new Michael Kors bags your friend told you about. Imagine that leisure time is gone. ...

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Annual Blazer Dash 5k Is Here!

Written By: Alex Tostado The 9th annual Blazer Dash 5K is happening Saturday in front of the Student Recreation Center. The race will begin at 7:30 a.m. VSU’s Campus Recreation and Campus Wellness host the event to encourage community building as well as promote healthy lifestyles. The Student Recreation Center encourages all ages and levels of participation, including walkers. The ...

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