The women’s soccer team at Georgia Southern University is under new management, and new head coach Brian Dunleavy is a familiar voice on the sideline. Dunleavy was a key contributor to the staff that led GSU to its first Southern Conference championship in women’s soccer last season. Dunleavy replaces Lindsey Vanderspeigel after serving as her [...]
Last night, Georgia Southern University students returned to Statesboro with silverware after a successful run in an international choral competition in Linz, Austria. The student group, Southern Chorale, competed from May 29 to June 2 in the International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition against amateur and semi-professional choirs from Europe and Asia. Southern Chorale achieved gold [...]
The trial of George Zimmerman began earlier this week, and with it came the expected media firestorm. Who could have imagined that the Trayvon Martin case would have generated this sort of interest from the media? There have been several pictures painted of the accused George Zimmerman; some news outlets have described him as a [...]
Larry Griffin, Ph.D., director of American Studies and College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences research professor, was awarded a scholarship to study in the Netherlands this fall. Griffin was awarded the Fulbright Distinguished Research Chair in January. The prestigious award is only given to scholars with significant experience and published research in their fields. [...]
The Clubhouse of Statesboro is planning to expand its bar area and will begin serving alcohol in the fall. The Clubhouse possesses a license to sell beer and wine, and with the addition of a new bar area, the owners hope to boost business and bring in a new clientele on a larger market, [...]
Georgia Southern University administrators will go before the Board of Regents in August for approval to build an almost $6 million shooting and archery center, and they expect a unanimous “yes.” If the green light is given, that construction of the Shooting Sports Center will begin this October and be completed by January 2015, Teresa [...]
Americans used to know the difference between right and wrong. Some of us still may, but for the most part this administration will twist policy to make some instances sound like the right thing when they should be condemned in the first place. They talk their way around the fact by ultimately trying to steer [...]
With the biology building set to be open in July, Georgia Southern University has seen much needed improvements to a building that was an obvious eyesore on campus. The new biology building will allow for the department to implement new teaching styles and a more hands-on approach in both the labs and classrooms. This building [...]
In the last several years, Georgia Southern University has grown, both in enrollment and infrastructure. Enrollment has increased from 16,000 in 2005 to over 20,000 last fall. Southern has continually met the needs of a growing student population by expanding in many different aspects, such as increasing the size of Henderson, to installing campus bus [...]
Fast-forward 13 years to the year 2022. Everything that we’ve been striving for, low unemployment rates, less crime, and even low gas prices, has finally been attained. It appears that we’ve reached a near-perfect society. At least that’s how it’s supposed to be in “The Purge.” “Purge Day,” is an annual holiday implemented by the [...]
There is a new Black Sabbath album out. Surprise! Also, it’s actually pretty good. There’s no use in comparing “13,” the band’s 19th album, to earlier classics like “Paranoid,” but it still holds to the dark, heavy sludge of a sound that made them so influential in the first place. In spite of the seemingly [...]
A Shakespearean classic will get a modern spin with costumes from the 21st century and a Bruno Mars dance number thanks to a summer class’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s play “As You like It”. The play will run each night from June 13 – 15 at 7:30 at the black box theater. Admission will be free, [...]
The multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores for Georgia Southern University athletics have improved since the 2011-2012 academic year. Eight programs improved their single-year scores. Golf, swimming and diving, women’s tennis, and volleyball all posted perfect scores of 1,000, with football and men’s basketball improving both their single-year and multi-year scores. “We continue to see [...]
The women’s soccer team at Georgia Southern University is under new management, and new head coach Brian Dunleavy is a familiar voice on the sideline. Dunleavy was a key contributor to the staff that led GSU to its first Southern Conference championship in women’s soccer last season. Dunleavy replaces Lindsey Vanderspeigel after serving as her [...]
Georgia Southern University has seen some of its high caliber coaches accept positions elsewhere, but Athletic Director Tom Kleinlein has kept the ship steady and found replacements. Replacing Southern Conference title-winning coaches like former head women’s soccer coach Lindsey Vanderspiegel and head volleyball coach Chad Callihan is an arduous task. However, after every resignation is [...]
