Happy Valentine’s Day! Or Single’s Awareness Day! Whichever mane you prefer. Let’s talk tech. Another gaming tablet was announced that looks much like the Wii U controller or the PlayStation Vita. The Wikipad has been around for about a year in concept form. It has finally been reviled as a 7-inch, Android 4.1 ...
Read More »PopAddict: Annual Grammy Awards full of stars
Written by Anthony Pope Hello World—Anthony here wrapping up all the celebrity news that had us talking this past week. This week, music’s shining stars put on their best prom dresses and penguin suits to gather at the fifty-fifth annual Grammy Awards. Before the festivities kicked off, the ceremony was shrouded in controversy when CBS sent an ...
Read More »Beyonce shuts down Super Bowl XLVII
Hello World—Anthony here yet again with another week full of celebrity news. It’s only February and I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say that Beyoncé is going to be having the best year ever. After all, this is the fourth edition of Pop Addict this year and I have managed to mention her in every article– she has to ...
Read More »PlayStation 4 may be revealed, BlackBerry unleashes new phones
Hey– stop playing Temple Run 2 and dive into this week’s tech updates! Speaking of phones, Nokia is doing research that has nothing to do with phones–yet. Nokia received a grant from the European Union to research and develop a material called “graphene.” Graphene is the hardest, thinnest and lightest material found by man. It is 300 times stronger than ...
Read More »Student jams to Zumba with smiles
Zumba has officially swept the nation. Becoming a popular craze over the last few years, Zumba has become popular in gyms and private studios around the U.S. VSU’s Campus Recreation offers students the chance to get the great culture and exercise that Zumba provides. Sophomore fashion design major, DeAnna Dahmer, also a retail management major, is passionate about her job ...
Read More »Football team welcomes 25 signees
The first Wednesday of February isn’t like any other hump day in the world of college football. National Signing Day always is exciting at the Division I level as the most-sought after recruits in the nation make their public announcement where they’ll be playing collegially next year. Division II may not have as much anticipation or thrill but Valdosta State ...
Read More »‘America’s Got Talent’ fails to recognize talent
Imagine the upbeat, modern feel of dub step, but played by a classical musician. It’s beautiful, engaging, but somewhat intimidating. Unusual music like that couldn’t really exist, could it? Ladies and gentlemen, it does. Today’s explosive discovery is none other than the semi-famous “hip hop violinist” of America’s Got Talent. If you haven’t heard of Lindsey Stirling, then you are ...
Read More »VSU tennis serve up new season
The sun is shining, flowers are blooming, birds are singing: this can only mean one thing right? It’s time to serve up another season of VSU tennis.
Read More »PopAddict: Chris Brown, Frank Ocean brawl
Written by Anthony Pope Hello World—Anthony here wrapping up all the stories that had us buzzing this past week. Kicking things off this week, Chris Brown proved to everyone why he is the picture perfect poster child of mental stability by getting into a physical altercation with R&B singer Frank Ocean. According to sources, probably the local ...
Read More »SpecTech: Carriers no longer able to unlock cell phones
Written by Steven Setser How is everyone doing? Hope you didn’t have a heart attack after hearing that J.J. Abrams is directing Star Wars Episode VII. If you did, I hope this tech update will ease the pain. You can no longer unlock your phone from your cellular carrier. That’s right, on Saturday it was made illegal. Before mobile ...
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