VSU contains a wide array of organizations from the social life of the Greeks, the art styles of The Film and Video Society and the VSU Ballroom Dance Club, the liberal views of the VSU Gay-Straight Alliance to the religious gatherings of Campus Outreach and the Baptist Collegiate Ministries. According to a recent report from the Association of American Colleges ...
Read More »Experience before marriage
You are 18, ready to the embrace adulthood. A certain someone has stolen your heart, filling your head with thoughts of marriage and happily ever after. Being married and going to college or jumping into the working world, your life seems just a little more perfect. Then, you start growing up more, meeting new people, learning new concepts, and fully ...
Read More »Breakfast Club reunites, fashion world mourns loss
On Monday at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, the fashion world mourned the death of stylist Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide in Feb. just days after his mother died. The city took time during its Fashion Week to commemorate the life of the British fashion designer and four time winner of the British Designer of the Year Awards. ‘Vogue’ editor ...
Read More »Pop culture comes to class
Imagine you are browsing a list of classes only to see "GaGa for Gaga: Sex, Gender, and Identity.” Unsure of what you just read, you re-read it and find that indeed the university now offers an English class centered around the pop culture icon, Lady Gaga.
Read More »College decision should belong to students, not mom and dad
According to the 2010 Gallup poll, 92 percent of parents want their children to attend college versus the 82 percent in 1995.
Read More »Oprah, Sir Paul to receive honor at Kennedy Center
This holiday season, a grand gift waits for a few select individuals. Tune in to CBS on December 28th to watch as five tremendously successful individuals are honored as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts throws their 33rd Kennedy Center Honors gala. The honorees are talk show host extraordinaire Oprah Winfrey, country star Merle Haggard, Broadway composer ...
Read More »Church protests against funerals
There are moments that I cannot believe the members of the Westboro Baptist Church exist. There is nothing wrong with living by the Bible and worshipping the God painted from it; I’m all for it.
Read More »Mosque brings controversy
Welcome back to VSU, Blazers! I hope everyone had a good summer and will have a great year. By now, I’m sure everyone has at least heard of the controversy in New York regarding the building of a mosque near Ground Zero. For those of you who are uninformed with this topic, the issue comes down to the fact that ...
Read More »Pop Addict
Guess I’m double booking it this issue but it’s what I do, and what an interesting change this certainly is from the mosque issue now plaguing New York. Oh, but rest assured, there’s always something crazy, disturbing or just plain shocking going on in the glamorous world of Hollywood. Charges have been brought against Mel Gibson for domestic violence against ...
Read More »The must see movies of this summer
Summer is a time for relaxation, recuperation, and revival, a time to go to the beach, have fun with friends, visit family, read, watch TV all day, whatever you desire. Summer is ideal in those aspects, but it is also a prime time to go to the movies. Here’s what’s coming out this year. Last summer brought “Star Trek,” “Watchmen,” ...
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