by Joe Adgie   How about having both a fall break and a full week for Thanksgiving break? Faculty Senate vice president and president-elect, Aubrey Fowler, proposed such a schedule change during Monday’s SGA meeting. The proposal suggested starting fall semester three days earlier, allowing for a return of Fall Break, a full week off at Thanksgiving. These changes also ...

Written by: Steven Setser Welcome back, fellow readers. Have you replaced Pandora with iTunes Radio yet? Me neither. Anyways, let’s see what Valve has been working on and find out when you can play the Xbox One before its release. Valve had some major announcements after its initial SteamOS reveal. It will also be making the rumored Steam Box, a ...

Written by: Cole Edwards With a successful first half of the 2013 Homecoming week in the rearview mirror, things are really gearing up as we head into the weekend. Tomorrow has been designated as Red & Black Day on the VSU Campus. All students and faculty are encouraged to wear their best and brightest red and black clothing to show ...

Written by: Anthony Pope Hello, World—Anthony here bringing you all the pop culture events from this past week that had us talking. While the government was being shutting it down in D.C., and not in the good way, the rest of the world was waiting eagerly Tuesday night as the Princess of Pop Britney Spears dropped the video for her ...

Written by: Isaiah Smart The former VSU student who created some silly, senseless park rangers and gained the attention of over a million viewers, will be returning his creation for another season. Waco O’Guin, 38, will premiere the second season of his show “Brickleberry” on Comedy Central this fall. The upcoming season will have a total of 13 episodes. O’Guin ...

Written by: Rebecka McAleer Welcome back to Additive Noise, your #1 source for music you probably haven’t heard before. Old music, new music, strange music — it doesn’t get any stranger than today. This weekend I went to the store and traded in some old video games for credit to buy new ones. One of the two that I picked ...

Written by: Cole Edwards Get your face paint, blow horns and school spirit ready, VSU students. Homecoming 2013 is upon us. Events will begin Monday and will continue until Saturday’s game against the Florida Tech Panthers. In a letter posted on the VSU website, President William McKinney wrote that this year’s Homecoming is especially important because it comes at a ...

Written by: Abbie Baggerly Knowing how to present yourself while at a dining table may be your advantage when it comes to landing a job over your competitor. Career Services will be hosting the Dining Interview Etiquette Workshop on Tuesday at 4 p.m. and on Nov. 7 at 10 a.m.  Many employers are beginning to hold dining interviews in order ...

Written by: Steven Setser Welcome to another issue of Spec Tech! I hope you are all finished skipping classes to play Grand Theft Auto 5. This week Microsoft pleased many people and also killed an App. Also, BlackBerry has to delay a product, per the norm. Microsoft held a conference and announced the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2. The ...

More than six months since his last game in a Blazers uniform, Valdosta State’s all-time leading shot-blocker, Josh Sparks, is ready to test himself professionally. "I’m thousands of miles away from anyone I know, but it’s definitely a move that I needed to make. Getting paid to play basketball is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”