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Fall 2011

Eclectic dessert at its finest

So, there I was, no lie, a hot Thursday afternoon walking into Valdosta’s newest eclectic dessert shop. Now before I even set foot in the place I had a funny feeling about the place, not like “Oh my God, they have Rocky Road!” but more of “Oh crap….yogurt.” Before I hear the uproar of the local granola hippies and eco-mentalists ...

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Coming Soon: Local independent film company to premiere new horror flick by Halloween

Doug Sebastian Productions (DSP), a Valdosta-based indie film company, plans to release a new film written by Roy Kirkland entitled “Battle of the Cursed: The Two Kings.” “I got the idea while filming our previous movie, Crazed,” Roy Kirkland, writer, cast director and actor, said. “The two main characters in this film, Tyler Mitchell and Blake Connell, did such a ...

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Mom’s the word: This week in Hollywood, Baby boom and more

So who’s ready to turn out Valdosta High stadium for the first home game of the season tonight? I know I am—I have my towel ready! Oh, who runs the world? Blazer Women’s soccer and volleyball team do. Congrats on the winning streak ladies! Good news just follows good news and in celeb-mom news, Mel B from the groovy girls ...

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Macadoo’s is no more; introducing Zacadoo’s

What’s in a name? A lot, Macadoo’s is learning. Macadoo’s is changing its name in order to avoid legal entanglement from a family restaurant with the same name. “Macado’s” is the original family resturant with locations throughout the south, including North Carolina, and Virginia. According to the Macado’s website, the family resturant is popular with the college crowd with their ...

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Housing enforces new id cards for students

Starting this fall semester, all main campus residence halls have implemented a color coded ID system suggested by a former RA. The new system has made the monitoring of people entering and leaving residence halls more efficient. Before the new system, a card swipe and a front desk worker acted as the only points of security when people entered the ...

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Committee starts presidential search

A 12 member committee comprised of VSU administration, faculty, and officials have begun a national search to replace former VSU President Patrick Schloss, who stepped down in late June.

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Rugby club team hits hard this fall

Since its inception in October of 2010, the men’s rugby team has been one of the most popular and successful club teams at VSU. The VSU rugby team began play in January of 2011 and has been winning ever since. Savannah holds a well known rugby tournament every year, The Saint Patrick’s Day Rugby Tournament, in which men’s teams from ...

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Impressive display in opener

The women’s soccer program at VSU kicked off in style this week with the Lady Blazers picking up convincing victories against Georgia Southwestern and Queens University of Charlotte. It all began Thursday evening with the inaugural match taking place against Georgia Southwestern. A crowd of 1,577 turned out to see the Lady Blazers dominate proceedings in what turned out to ...

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Blazeview experiences outages

­­Since the begining of the semester students and faculty have been dealing with BlazeView outtages. VSU faculty and students experienced problems trying to access the VSU web page due to the heavy amount of traffic the site was receiving. Even more students stated that they were unable to access their e-mail accounts on Windows Live last Wednesday around 3 p.m. ...

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