Articles Written By ‘ Brittany Briscoe ’

 

Facebook and Twitter- a way of life

Apr 15th, 2010 | Written by: | Category: 2009-2010, 2010-04-15, Opinion, Top Headlines

Wake up. Change my status on Facebook and read a couple of other people’s statuses. Get on Twitter and tweet to everyone that I am on Facebook checking statuses. Go to class. While in class, get on Facebook and see what everyone is doing while in class. Tweet to see [...]



Guys and girls can be just friends

Apr 8th, 2010 | Written by: | Category: 2009-2010, 2010-04-08, Opinion, Top Headlines

Is it really possible to be really good friends with someone of the opposite sex? Some people think it is completely impossible for a guy to be friends with a girl and not want to sleep with her. But some guys have tons of friends who happen to be [...]



Trials of long distance love

Mar 4th, 2010 | Written by: , | Category: 2009-2010, 2010-03-04, Opinion, Top Headlines

Do you believe that a long-distance relationship can work? It depends, right? Does it depend on the distance? Does it depend on the person or does it depend on you? How and will a long distance relationship work with college-age people might be the question now, but the ultimate [...]



Friendships worth more than a fight

Feb 25th, 2010 | Written by: | Category: 2009-2010, 2010-02-25, Opinion, Top Headlines

Building and keeping friendships is not easy. They take the same type of effort as any other relationship you might come across in your life. Learning when to let someone go, and when to hold on and continue a relationship, might be some of the hardest decisions you make [...]



Clear communication necessary before the next step

Feb 18th, 2010 | Written by: | Category: 2009-2010, 2010-02-18, Opinion, Top Headlines

So you two had sex. It was okay sex. But now he/she is acting like he/she is always busy or just don’t have enough time for anything. She said she was in the library studying, but you walked around the entire library slowly and saw no glimpse of [...]



Tallahassee has good deals for more cost effective vacations

Feb 4th, 2010 | Written by: , | Category: 2009-2010, 2010-02-04, Features, Top Headlines

So you want to get away, but don’t have that much cash. Well, make your way to Tallahassee, Fl. Tallahassee is roughly an hour and a half away and the trip both ways will not cost you more than $100. Most likely you will not be going by yourself so if you split the cost [...]



Jobs, transportation hard to find

Jan 28th, 2010 | Written by: | Category: 2009-2010, 2010-01-28, Opinion, Top Headlines

        The price for me to attend college this semester, including books, housing, an a-la-carte meal plan, and all the other fees imposed by VSU and the Board of Regents, was $5,518. My financial aid, including my Hope Scholarship, was only $4,000; I was $1,518 short. I decided I was going to take out a [...]



Shoppers should put purchases in perspective

Dec 3rd, 2009 | Written by: , | Category: 2009-12-01, 2009-2010

The holidays are traditionally a time for fellowship, family, vacation . . . and shopping, for oneself and for others. As many have observed, the holidays have become increasingly commercialized, and holiday tradition seems to require gift-giving. Considering the nation’s troublesome economic situation, though, many people are concerned about affording gifts.             However, [...]



Ga. Teacher of the year vists VSU

Nov 19th, 2009 | Written by: | Category: 2009-11-19, Web Exclusive

Gwen Desselle, 2009-2010 GA Teacher of the year, visited Valdosta State’s campus Wed. Nov. 18 from 2 t0 3 p.m. Speaking at the VSU Education Center, Desselle shared some insights into her career in order to encourage future teachers from VSU. Over 100 students and many professors attended the talk.
Desselle earned three degrees from [...]



Students attend anti-DUI lecture

Nov 5th, 2009 | Written by: | Category: 2009-11-05, 2009-2010, Campus News, News

 Some VSU students  listened to Chris Sandy’s story, a Georgian man convicted of two counts of vehicular homicide by DUI.
 Sandy explained how one mistake ended the rest of his life.
 On April 11, 2000, he was at a party and had four mixed drinks; a friend called him and told him to come to another party.
 He [...]



Relay for Life sponsors ‘Spookin’ out Cancer’

Oct 28th, 2009 | Written by: | Category: 2009-10-29, 2009-2010, Campus News, News

Relay for Life hosted their annual kickoff event, “Spooking out Cancer.”
 The events at the kickoff included a “Thriller” competition, “Pie-A-Professor,” a sack and spoon race, and a cake walk.    Their mission this year is to make VSU aware of Relay for Life and to get more students involved.
 “We are going to have plenty of entertainment [...]



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