Newest Twilight installment cleans up at box office
• Date: Dec 1st, 2011 • By: Kersha Odom • 340 views • CommentTwilight’s 4th movie, Breaking Dawn Part 1 easily won the Thanksgiving box office number one spot with a $62.3 million win over the break with Disney’s The Muppets closely coming at number 2 with $42 million gross. Like other Twilight movies, Breaking Dawn did not disappoint fans. Although unlike other Twilight movies, Breaking Dawn might [...]
SpecTech: Microsoft scams and freemium fun
• Date: Dec 1st, 2011 • By: Steven Setser • 1,013 views • CommentI hope everyone had a fun Thanksgiving and a safe Black Friday. In this issue, announcements from Microsoft, EA wants to give you free stuff and more iPhone 5 and iPad 3 rumors. Microsoft announced that thousands of users’ Xbox LIVE email accounts had been sent a scam email. The email promised free Microsoft Points [...]
A very Bublé Christmas
• Date: Dec 1st, 2011 • By: Stephanie Turner • 373 views • CommentThe turkey has been carved and served. Now the eggnog is ready to be doled out, the presents are ready to be bought and wrapped, the decorations are ready to be strung, lit and hung. Finals and Christmas break is in sight. What other perfect star on the holiday tree than the Michael Bublé Christmas [...]
PopAddict: Kardashian baby coming soon, Love to counsel Lohan
• Date: Dec 1st, 2011 • By: Lavisa Darling • 226 views • CommentWow, folks! This is the last week of school and the last semester of Pop Addict for moi, so you know I have to go out with a BANG right? Of course you do! Now I know everybody is tired of Kim “Kimmy Cakes” Kardashian and her 72 days-marriage-and-too-long-divorce settlement from Kris Humphries (/Kardashian). The [...]
Bieber, you are not the father! and more juicy Hollywood updates
• Date: Nov 17th, 2011 • By: Lavisa Darling • 63 views • CommentWhat’s up, pop addicts? Trying to get through the week, huh? I hear ya! With Thanksgiving around the corner, pretty much everybody has the ‘couldn’t-care-less’ mentality. But anyway, like I promised I came back this week with some juicy details! Ok, remember that lady that was calling Justin Bieber out as the father of her [...]
Drake takes care of business
• Date: Nov 17th, 2011 • By: Maya Kellam • 160 views • CommentDrake is back with his sophomore effort, “Take Care,” which was leaked since last week but officially dropped on Nov. 15. “Take Care” has great crossover appeal. It has music for everyone—from pop enthusiast to hip hop purist. The album has substance meaning, instead of trying deliver wordplay and punch lines. He is giving us [...]
SpecTech: New tablets, e-readers hit market; Revue canceled
• Date: Nov 17th, 2011 • By: Steven Setser • 547 views • CommentThis 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 [...]
Greek theatre comes to life on VSU stage
• Date: Nov 10th, 2011 • By: Jennifer Gleason • 104 views • CommentTonight 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 [...]
Harold and Kumar Christmas flick uncharacteristically tame
• Date: Nov 10th, 2011 • By: Maya Kellam • 79 views • CommentThe 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 [...]
Wale’s sophomore release looks to improve on first
• Date: Nov 10th, 2011 • By: Kat Grigoriadis • 152 views • CommentWale has finally released his much anticipated sophomore album titled “Ambition” on Nov. 1. While Wale’s first album flopped, selling only 28,000 copies in the first week, “Ambition” is already on pace to sell close to 200k copies in its first week. The title of the album couldn’t have described Wale’s intentions better. He is [...]
SpecTech: Classic Sonic meets his modern counterpart in Sonic Generations
• Date: Nov 10th, 2011 • By: Steven Setser • 182 views • CommentIt is hard to believe that it has been 20 years since Sonic the Hedgehog appeared and took everyone by surprise. In the past 10 years SEGA has had trouble finding out who they are marketing these games to. SEGA is celebrating the 20th anniversary with Sonic Generations; a game that takes the best from [...]

