David Rodock dsrodock@valdosta.edu Students will have the opportunity to learn about alcohol and substance abuse from motivational speaker Randy Haveson. Haveson will be speaking at the P.E. Complex at 9 p.m. on Wednesday. The event will last approximately one hour. Haveson, who was the VSU Coordinator for Alcohol and Drug Awareness in 1998, brings over [...]

David S. Rodock dsrodock@valdosta.eduThis is what I think two flowers sound like when having sex: As Patty the sunflower was walking down the road, she noticed something different about the day. It was something in the air, some strange scent that couldn’t be described. The gametes were certainly in the air this morning. Further down [...]

David S. Rodock dsrodock@valdosta.edu O lordie, where would we be without thou divine creation, the highest in the chain of human creation, the copper badges of society. O only you see our folly, our trials and tribulations, our negative instincts and positively mundane lives. Send us protectors, with hearts of gold, spare us the violent [...]

David S. Rodock dsrodock@valdosta.eduOver the last several months, the United States has had plenty of trouble regulating the rest of the world’s military actions. With insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan keeping the majority of our armed forces preoccupied, other countries have used this opportunity to build up nuclear arms, and have begun testing their nuclear [...]

David Rodock dsrodock@valdosta.eduGood day fellow students, this is your favorite Darkside editor, Mr. David Rodock. I’m the same guy who made fun of fraternity guys last year, called George W. Bush a facist, and just recently told all students to eat kittens and puppies. In a recent turn of events, I have come to learn [...]

Monday afternoon, Dr. Zaccari opened his doors to listen to student complaints, suggestions and feedback. This is an ongoing tradition, and has been ever since Dr. Bailey was president.This year, like any other year, was both a success and a failure. While it is great to see how many students actually came to question or [...]

David S. Rodock dsrodock@valdosta.edu College is hard on students, no question. With part-time jobs to help cover power bills, and high-interest loans to pay for class, many students are forced to eat Ramen noodles, live in sub-par housing arrangements and wear the shittiest of clothing. I myself have been subjected to these horrible living arrangements, [...]

On Monday VSU’s AFROTC held a vigil honoring P.O.W. and M.I.A. servicemen. Cadets in the cage were not allowed to speak. Guards on duty: Cadet Matthew Sumerall, junior, applied mathmatics and Cadet Jake Stinch, sophomore, accounting./ David Rodock To see more photos, click here.

David S. Rodock dsrodock@valdosta.edu Imagine for a moment, that video games aren’t two sticks and a couple of buttons. Pretend that throwing a football, throwing punches or swinging a sword is recognized by the video game, allowing whatever actions you make with the controller translate flawlessly into the game. In the world of video games, [...]

Aldous Huxley nothingisreal@valdosta.edu You know, there is a common saying that most people know, but barely any people follow. The way I figure it is that if I want something sweet and someone I don’t know is offering it to me, I’m damn sure going to take it. Who ever said that taking candy from [...]

Five years have passed since the horrible attacks on our country, and nothing seems to have changed. Though it feels as if the attacks occurred only yesterday, Americans seem to have already forgotten the lessons learned from those attacks. Human attention spans seem so short that we have forgotten the feeling of community, even when [...]