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Lately, crime alert emails are as routine as the weekly student activity news. Starting at the end of February, an alarming number of robberies have been reported, resulting in a series of alerts from VSU. While one was allegedly false and others were determined to occur near university property, this string of robberies has instilled fear in our campus and ...

Written by: Stuart Price, Staff Writer TV Drama: “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” This story takes place in 1970s London, right in the middle of the Cold War. Gary Oldman, whom you may know as Commissioner Gordon from the recent “Batman” films, plays George Smiley, an ex-intelligence officer, aka “spy,” who is brought back to the force to defeat a mole ...

by Kenzie Kesselring Welcome to America! Land of the free…kind of. Indiana’s governor, Mike Pence, signed a religious freedom bill on April 2. This law is bringing up some strong emotions from Indiana citizens who are afraid this bill might allow businesses to discriminate against same sex couples. This act will allow business owners to refuse service to people if ...

Written by Tatyana Phelps, Copy Editor SGA elections are approaching and students can prepare to vote on April 16 at 12:01 a.m. The open positions for the election are president, vice president, comptroller and secretary. There are also 40 senate seats up for election. Students can attend the SGA’s executive branch debate in the Student Union Theater at 7 p.m. on April ...

Written by Stuart Price, Sports Writer Last weekend, the Blazers traveled to Huntsville, Alabama, for a three-game series with the University of Alabama-Huntsville Chargers. The Blazers were able to win the first and the final game of the series by scores of 12-10 and 6-4. The second game of the series began Friday night, but was suspended and picked back ...

Written by: Kailee Kivett, Staff Writer DigDuck is a new free social media app that allows users to censor a picture before sending it. The receiver can then choose to use their ducks, which is the payment method, to unlock the rest of the picture. The app also uses the person’s location to show public pictures from others in the ...

by Jordan Hill Vote even though you don’t know with what party you affiliate. Vote even though you don’t know any of the candidates. Vote even though you don’t know what you want from a president. To make voting a requirement for every U.S. citizen is a good thought, but it opens up a can of uninformed worms to make ...

by Tatyana Phelps It seems as though since the SAE scandal at the University of Oklahoma, schools are doing whatever they can to prevent sororities and fraternities from doing anything that may seem racist. Several schools are beginning to take precaution with anything that can cause a racial uproar. Now, sororities at the University of Georgia are no longer allowed to ...

Written by Austin Wells, Sports Writer It was a disappointing Wednesday for the Men’s Tennis team as the No. 10 Blazers (12-5) fell short to No. 8 Columbus State (16-3), losing 5-1. Things got off to a bad start for the Blazers, losing all three of what were close doubles matches. Edward Nguyen and Niklas Herbring were the closest to ...

Written by Ivey Ingalls-Rubin, Staff Writer According to a recent paper published in Biology Letters, the pull of the moon may be too much for one particular plant to resist. This study reveals that the Ephedra foeminea shrub has some interesting characteristics, one might even consider them to be werewolf-like. This plant prefers to do its sprouting and unleash its ...