Written by Jordan Barela, Editor-in-Chief and Mayah Cantave, Asst. Opinions Editor Walk into Ashley Street Station on a Friday night and you will notice three things: beer, beards, and bands. Last Friday night, something was different. Unfiltered, unadulterated, and pure rock-and-roll was in the air, and Radio Birds controlled the air waves. Trading the Atlanta skyline for a life on ...
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Imagine it is a Friday morning, and you only have one class for 50 minutes. You are running a little late so you decide to park by the library in a 45-minute spot thinking, “Surely I won’t get a ticket for going five minutes over.” But when you get back to your car, low and behold, there is a ticket ...
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Written by Julia Rodriquez, Staff Writer For a long time the thought of life inhabiting another planet seemed like complete science fiction. But NASA is hoping to turn this concept into reality. NASA announced on Sept. 28 that there is water flowing on Mars. In the ongoing search for life outside of Earth, NASA has focused on Mars, because it ...
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Written by Carlius Williams, Staff Writer Wouldn’t it be cool to have a highlighter that sends what you highlight directly to the computer? Well Scanmarker has made this product available. Scanmarker makes it so students, lawyers, researchers, and anyone else can highlight text and have that material sent to their computer. This highlighter recognizes various different types of texts from ...
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Written by Jyrell Wynn, Staff Writer As flu season approaches, Valdosta State is gearing up for the upcoming season. Some VSU students are already getting their shots for the flu such as Cole Horne. Horne, a senior majoring in legal assistant studies, plans to get his flu shot today. “I’m concerned enough to get the shot, “said Horne. The three ...
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Written by Jamel Shorter, Staff Writer Ben Carson, a renowned neurosurgeon, has now chosen to take on another chapter of his life—politics. Carson has been known for making controversial statements during debates. He has talked about everything from the Affordable Healthcare Act to why he thinks “being gay is a choice.” Despite all of this, in the latest NBC News/Wall ...
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Written by Niamani Carlyle-Hollis, Staff Writer Having a fear of something, whether it is large or small, can present an array of problems within itself. We tend to hold ourselves back or at a distance from things that we fear. Our fears may even be some of the biggest obstacles to overcome in our lives, so how do we do that? ...
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Written by Gabe Burns, Asst. Sports Editor The Blazers are going to have an opportunity to rebound in a big way. VSU takes the road for what will be a can’t-miss matchup with the No. 2 ranked West Georgia Wolves. The Blazers stomped the Wolves 40-6 in their regular season meeting a year ago, but VSU’s 2014 season was ended by ...
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Written by Stuart Price, Staff Writer After winning their first 12 matches of the season, VSU Volleyball fell Tuesday night to the nationally-ranked UWF Argonauts in Pensacola. It was a close match the entire time, and VSU came out on fire taking the first set of the match by a score of 25-15, which ended UWF’s ten-set win streak. However, ...
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Written by Stuart Price, Staff Writer CORE Outdoors has a huge line of events in store for the VSU community this October. The next big things you have to look forward to are the Fall Break trips. Students can travel to North Carolina for a hiking and rafting trip Oct. 9 to 13 or go to Jekyll Island from Oct. ...
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