One of the things that I love about the Wachowskis as filmmakers is how divisive their movies can be among audiences. It shows that they are not just making movies to bring in money– they do it because they have a love for it. They enjoy taking on impossible projects that most writers and directors would shy away from. “Cloud ...
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Weighing Affirmative Action
The idea that affirmative action is preventing white students from getting a great education because colleges are admitting unqualified minorities is nothing more than an offensive joke. Despite the narrative that some may try to paint, minority students are in college because they are able to stand on their own merits and no amount of twisting facts and distorted history ...
Read More »No threat in shooter rumor
Rumors of a shooter in the Mass Media building on Wednesday proved to be false. Eyewitnesses place a young man at the scene who was described to be around 5-feet-9-inches tall, stocky and traditional college student-aged. He wandered around the building asking for money, claiming to be armed. It was discovered that the man was not armed and the ...
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Lady Blazers step it up this week
With the GSC tournament exactly one week away the Blazers Soccer team needs a key victory against West Alabama on Friday at home to stay at second place in the GSC. In conference play the Blazers are 5-1-1 while the West Alabama Tigers are 4-2-1. A loss on Friday would put the Lady Blazers behind the Tigers in the GSC ...
Read More »VSU, UWG face off for blood drive
Jermaine King, a mobile unit technician racks sample tubes into boxes for shipment to Douglasville.
Read More »Grad student shares rare antiques with Odum
VSU students can now travel back in time. Starting this fall, the Tatler-Burgess Collection offers nearly three dozen antique items on display on the second and fourth level in Odum Library. “If people were to go to Archives and Special Collections on the fourth level, there is various work on display there including some maps and modern lithographs—some by Matisse ...
Read More »SpecTech: Apple announces new iMac, two iPads
Hey Spec Tech readers. Welcome to a new week with shocking news from Apple and Android about launching some new devices. This week Apple gave another press conference where they announced the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display for $1699. It has a 2.5GHz dual-core i5 processor with 8GB RAM and 128GB flash storage. It also has a FaceTime HD ...
Read More »PopAddict: Lohan returns to partying, Timberlake marries Biel
Hello World—Anthony here yet again to wrap up all the things in pop culture that had us buzzing this week. I promised myself that I wouldn’t talk about Lindsay Lohan anymore, but old habits die hard. Everyone’s favorite hard partying actress has made news yet again– except this time she decided to make it a family affair. Several blogs and ...
Read More »Mumford & Sons delivers passable second album
Mumford & Sons new album “Babel”, released Sept.24, is one of the best albums in 2012 Mumford & Sons is an English folk rock band that hit the music scene in December 2007 and has been making history since. The first album, “Sigh No More” was released October 2009 and set the music world on fire. The new release “Babel” ...
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