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Good2Go is not good enough

By: Jordan Hill In an attempt to curb sexual assault, app developers launched Good2Go. It’s an app that adults can use to ensure each adult is consenting to sex before it happens. While it is a good idea and a great attempt to prevent college students from sexual assault while drunk, the app has its flaws. The app asks four ...

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Stand together to end sexual assault

With sore shoulders, rape victim Emma Sulkowicz carries her mattress across campus in protest while her alleged rapist walks the same campus path. In Sulkowicz’s opinion, Columbia University did nothing to punish her alleged rapist. She plans to carry the mattress around campus until she no longer goes to school with her alleged rapist. One student at the University of ...

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College is worth the pay

By: Tierra Francois With all the money, time and sacrifices made to be in college, one main question arises: Will it all be worth it in the end? The average debt for a student attending college for four years is about $29,400. With all that money being spent, you would really hope to have a decent job waiting for you ...

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Consent is at the heart of the matter

By: Elan Waite Sexual assault is an unavoidable truth that is staring us all in the face. The topic of sexual assault on college campuses has been a recurring issue that the media has continued to keep a bright light on. Coverage has spread throughout all media outlets, as it should, and has been monitored more closely by students. One ...

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Daily Strange: Cosmic Year

Written By: Ivey Ingalls-Rubin The planets in our solar system orbit around the sun. Each orbit for earth is one year. This you all know. Whilst this is all going on, our entire solar system orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Our sun and the solar system move around 800 thousand kilometers per hour, which is about 500 ...

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Daily Strange: Strange New Brain Cell

Written By: Ivey Ingalls-Rubin, Staff Writer A strange new shape of brain cell leaves neuroscientists baffled at what the function of these neurons might be. It is true that neurons come in various shapes and sizes; however, they follow a very basic blueprint. The structure consists of a cell body that has protruding gangling appendages called dendrites and axons. In ...

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Daily Strange: Where exactly does that old book smell come from?

Written By: Ivey Ingalls-Rubin, Staff Writer Old books are known to bear a glorious smell within their pages. It truly makes any book nerd weak at the knees. During an interview with The Telegraph, Matija Strlic described that beautiful smell as “A combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness, ...

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Students disapprove of graduation application fee

With graduation right around the corner, seniors are making sure to dot the I’s and cross the T’s before it’s time to walk across the stage. A crucial part of this process is filling out the graduation application that includes a fee of $25 which does not cover the costs of a cap and a gown. While some seniors are ...

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SGA talks student life, new smoking ban

Written By: LaShawn Oglesby SGA welcomed the directors of student life and human resources at its weekly Monday meeting, and discussion topics ranged from the new smoking ban to football to a Nickelodeon celebrity. The first guest of the night was the associate director of student life, John Wright. According to Wright, student life is trying to get a new ...

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VSU parking proves problematic

Written By: Marquez Slaughter Finding a parking spot on campus may be a problem for students, faculty, staff and visitors, but misusing unpermitted parking spots and permits on campus has become an issue that has caught the attention of the University Police Department. Scott Doner, director of UPD, sent out an email on Sept. 8 to students, faculty and staff ...

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