Written by Rebecka McAleer   Welcome back to Additive Noise! We’re going to spin off in a fun direction today with some practical application. Music is a form of communication designed to send messages, and today’s song sends more messages than any I’ve ever heard before. We’re diving into the world of Broadway, with the prologue from the musical “Godspell: ...

This is not the way our mothers and fathers attended college in yesteryear.

Written by Shane Thomas   Lines at the restaurants on campus are known to get out of hand during a busy school day. In order to fix this problem, VSU Auxilary Services has introduced the Tapingo service. Tapingo will allow VSU students to order ahead and skip the annoying hustle and bustle of lines, while saving them precious time in ...

Written by Ben Skender   VSU held its Spring Career Expo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday in the UC Magnolia Room to provide and discuss employment opportunities for students and alumni.   “We’re pretty happy about the amount of careers fairs we have, which is one in spring and another in fall,” Kevin Taylor, interim service director ...

Written by Stephen Cavallaro   On Monday, The Gay-Straight Alliance held a game night from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom 1 to promote bonding amongst members.   This game night featured the Gay-Mazing Race—a scavenger hunt in which teams of four assembled and set out to cover 15 checkpoints scattered around campus. Ten checkpoints were ...

Written by Will Lewis   The Faculty Senate will meet today in the UC Magnolia Room to vote on the fate of fall break.   The Academic Scheduling and Procedures Committee (ASPC) will propose the combining of the fall and Thanksgiving holidays into one, week-long break.   The elimination of the two day break in October would allow students an ...

Written by Jessica Ingram   The VSU FamilyWorks therapy clinic is now holding a Sexual Assault Survivors Support Group at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday nights.   The therapy clinic is operated by the Marriage and Family Therapy Program and is open every day of the week.   The group started on March 6, and is open to men and women ...

Written by Joe Adgie   While the University System of Georgia may have spoken against legislation that would permit firearms on college campuses, they may be unable to stop it.   That was discussed during Monday night’s SGA meeting, where Dr. Michael Noll, physics and astronomy professor, and Kathryn Grant, a recent VSU graduate, explained why this legislation would be ...

Written by Joe Adgie   With an upcoming Friday deadline, interest in the SGA elections may be at an all-time low – so low, that no hopeful senator has yet to turn in their election packet. This issue was mentioned during Monday night’s SGA meeting, where executives lamented the low turnout. In an email sent on Tuesday night, SGA secretary ...

Written by Will Lewis   The U.S. is the world’s leading exporter of sperm.   According to an ABC News report, as of 2005 American sperm banks controlled over 65 percent of the global market.   This places Americans in a prime location for the import of another commodity: greenbacks, bones, dollars—money.   The business is estimated at $100 million ...