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Rant of the Week “The Chaos Roulette Magic Event held by the Gamer’s Gathering on Thursday was a lot of fun. It was a great way to spend an evening with people of all skill levels in one of our favorite card games. It was a new spin on being a nerd!” Rave of the Week “I attemped to work ...

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Banks slam customers with fees

Swiping a debit card for our purchases has become second nature—but usually we don’t expect the bank to hit us with a monthly fee for it. Using a debit card was once a free service, until banks such as Bank of America decided to start charging its customers for it. On Sept. 29, the largest bank in the nation announced ...

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Nation’s obesity epidemic slows

The United States is battling obesity—and kind of winning. The number of normal weight people at 36.6 percent outweighs (no pun intended) the number of overweight people at 35.8 percent for the first time in over three years, according to a recent Gallup poll. The poll’s authors have come up with theories as to why this is true. First Lady ...

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Rant and Rave

Rant of the Week: “The library is supposed to be quiet, so please stop getting offended when someone gives you an evil eye when you’re carrying on a 2-hour conversation on the phone and the volume of your voice is on 100. I have no problem with you answering the phone, but if I can hear you and the person ...

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Homecoming falls short

Homecoming is a tradition that takes place throughout the U.S. from high school to universities every year. Homecoming is supposed to be a time when school spirit is at an all-time high, from the students who love the school, to the students who can’t wait to transfer; however, I have noticed that school spirit is a very small part of ...

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Choosing when the time is right

As a child I was told to hold out—“wait ‘til you find the right one.” Of course, I didn’t listen…I just had to know what my besties were talking about in high school and so that’s where my trouble, like a lot of us, began. Being in a relationship was simple in high school. There were rules like we date ...

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People Poll: Do you have any plans for Homecoming week?

“Going to the football game and partying the whole weekend!” Theseus Jackson senior sociology major “I plan on feeling good.” Sean Westbrook sophomore business administration major “Going to the parade and football game with my Alpha Sig sisters.” Taylor Lanning junior sociology major “I am anxious to attend Wild Adventures, the parade, the football game, and enjoy my friends.” Tiara ...

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Facebook rearranges face

So Facebook has done it again. Those shifty guys have thought that a new redesign of the already overloading website would be a terrific idea considering that we are dealing with a new redesign every six months. What are we lowly peons supposed to do in the face of this controlling force? How is the world going to run without ...

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Artists should deface elsewhere

Many artists have found public areas to be the perfect canvas to display their graffiti or street art to the wandering public eye, but a college campus is not the place for this vandalism to make its mark. Recently, we have noticed an increase in the amount of graffiti incidences in the police reports. VSU prides itself on having a ...

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