The VSU football team traveled to Arkansas-Monticello last weekend riding a high of momentum following its advancement up the polls to the number four Division II team in the country; however, the excitement would be short lived as the Blazers were upset 23-9 by the Boll Weevils. The Blazers entered the fourth quarter up by a 6-3 score however Arkansas-Monticello ...

Picture acrobats soaring through the air, gymnasts performing amazing stunts while bouncing off trampolines and contortionists bending their bodies in ways unimaginable—this isn’t your average circus—it’s Cirque du Soleil. The internationally-renowned circus performs permanent shows in Las Vegas and Orlando, but also tours various cities. Having always wanted to see a Cirque du Soleil show, I knew I had to ...

Social media is now a driving force behind our culture. Yet, the medium may be in store for a radical change of scenery as Google releases its new social media service Google+ and Facebook makes a number of changes to help secure its dominance. Google+ has been recently opened to the public but is still technically in beta. It has ...

This week had a lot of device announcements as well as company updates. Both Apple and Amazon had huge keynote announcements this week. Let’s dig in! Let’s start with Apple; I will say I am not impressed, but here is what you need to know. Apple had updates for the iPod Nano, Touch, and iPhone. The newest iPhone is called ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

VSU’s Chemistry Department will begin hosting Science Saturdays Oct. 8 at 9 a.m. in the Bailey Science Center. This upcoming Saturday, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Initiative will have its first event to start off this year’s Science Saturdays in the BC Atrium consisting of science demonstrations and exciting hands-on activities for not only middle grades students to enjoy, ...

VSU Music Scholarship Alliance will hold the annual Pops in the Park Jazz celebration today in the Amphitheater behind the Fine Arts building from 6-9 p.m. Pops in the Park is a music scholarship program held to raise money for VSU music students. The lineup of performers includes the VSU Jazz Ensemble, the New Jazz Ensemble, the Faculty Jazz Combo, ...