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Tough economic times lead to a DIY Christmas

With the current stranglehold on the economy, many people are looking for budget friendly gifts to supplement their buying needs for the holidays. A quick internet search helps find where the deals are, but what if the prices are still over your budget? Do-it-yourself gifts go back to a time when mass production was yet to find its way into ...

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PopAddict: Kardashian baby coming soon, Love to counsel Lohan

Wow, folks! This is the last week of school and the last semester of Pop Addict for moi, so you know I have to go out with a BANG right? Of course you do! Now I know everybody is tired of Kim “Kimmy Cakes” Kardashian and her 72 days-marriage-and-too-long-divorce settlement from Kris Humphries (/Kardashian). The situation has gotten a little ...

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New gallery bridging gaps

Placed neatly at 704 N. Ashley Street, across from the Dairy Queen, is a large gray building renovated into Valdosta’s newest tattoo parlor and gallery, The Brass Quill Gallery.

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SpecTech: New tablets, e-readers hit market; Revue canceled

This week is all about tablets: HTC’s makes plans to release a new tablet, Barnes & Noble and Amazon fight for the e-reader tablet market and even more tablet news in this issue of Spec Tech. Amazon launched the Amazon Kindle Fire earlier this week, a day earlier than announced. Many critics have praised the Fire for having a low ...

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Cantonwine to speak at biology seminar Thurs.

Thursday, the biology department will host a science seminar about “Managing fungal diseases in organically managed peanut fields.” The seminar will take place at 4 p.m. and last for at least an hour. Dr. Diane Rowland, a University of Florida professor in the Department of Agronomy, was set to be the speaker, but unfortunately fell ill. In her place is ...

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Rest, relax, enjoy: Students excited about Thanksgiving break

Every year many students look forward to the Thanksgiving holidays—a few days that students don’t have to worry about classes and class work. Setting early morning alarms for early classes is far from the students’ minds. Not only are the students excited, but the families are excited as well. Catching up on what was missed while gone, spending time in ...

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Theatre and dance to host annual fundraiser

The dance and theatre department will be hosting their 13th annual Cabaret fundraiser on Sunday in the Student Union Ballroom. The event will include a buffet dinner of beef tenderloin or shrimp and grits as well as cabaret performances from VSU Theatre and Dance students. “It’s an opportunity to perform and provides a student scholarship,” Jacque Wheeler, head of the ...

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Greek theatre comes to life on VSU stage

Tonight Ancient Athens will come to life in Sawyer Theatre. VSU’s Theatre & Dance “The Oresteia” at 7:30 p.m. tonight through Nov. 12 and Nov. 14-16. Another showing will be Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. “The Oresteia” is a trilogy of Greek plays written by the playwright Aeschylus. The trilogy was originally performed in Athens during the 5th Century BCE. ...

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Harold and Kumar Christmas flick uncharacteristically tame

The last time we saw Harold and Kumar on the big screen, they were escaping Guantanamo Bay. The third installment in the weed-loving tandem’s adventure lacks the laugh-out-loud comedy of its predecessor. A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas offers a few laughs, a few lessons, and the unnecessary use of 3D. The movie picks up six years after the ...

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