This week is all about tablets: HTC’s makes plans to release a new tablet, Barnes & Noble and Amazon fight for the e-reader tablet market and even more tablet news in this issue of Spec Tech. Amazon launched the Amazon Kindle Fire earlier this week, a day earlier than announced. Many critics have praised the Fire for having a low ...

Thursday, the biology department will host a science seminar about “Managing fungal diseases in organically managed peanut fields.” The seminar will take place at 4 p.m. and last for at least an hour. Dr. Diane Rowland, a University of Florida professor in the Department of Agronomy, was set to be the speaker, but unfortunately fell ill. In her place is ...

Every year many students look forward to the Thanksgiving holidays—a few days that students don’t have to worry about classes and class work. Setting early morning alarms for early classes is far from the students’ minds. Not only are the students excited, but the families are excited as well. Catching up on what was missed while gone, spending time in ...

The dance and theatre department will be hosting their 13th annual Cabaret fundraiser on Sunday in the Student Union Ballroom. The event will include a buffet dinner of beef tenderloin or shrimp and grits as well as cabaret performances from VSU Theatre and Dance students. “It’s an opportunity to perform and provides a student scholarship,” Jacque Wheeler, head of the ...

Students concerned with diversity at VSU will get a chance to express their opinions at a forum Thursday in the UC Classroom 1144 at 7 p.m. A group of sociology students have made the decision to create a forum that highlights thoughts on whether or not VSU is diverse enough. This is an attempt to allow students to have a ...

“Gangs and Greeks both share the love for a brother,” said Nigel Richardson. This is just one of many views of students at the Gangs v. Greeks forum held Tuesday night.

VSU’s Senior Fall exhibition had its opening...

Following two tough conference losses the Blazers football team is faced with a must win situation against the University of North Alabama Saturday. Against West Georgia and for the second game in a row, VSU took a lead late into the fourth quarter, only to give up a go-ahead touchdown with little time remaining. The loss dropped VSU to 6-3 ...

Tonight Ancient Athens will come to life in Sawyer Theatre. VSU’s Theatre & Dance “The Oresteia” at 7:30 p.m. tonight through Nov. 12 and Nov. 14-16. Another showing will be Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. “The Oresteia” is a trilogy of Greek plays written by the playwright Aeschylus. The trilogy was originally performed in Athens during the 5th Century BCE. ...

The last time we saw Harold and Kumar on the big screen, they were escaping Guantanamo Bay. The third installment in the weed-loving tandem’s adventure lacks the laugh-out-loud comedy of its predecessor. A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas offers a few laughs, a few lessons, and the unnecessary use of 3D. The movie picks up six years after the ...