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From the sports desk
VSU Blazers scorched the SCAD Bee’s 13-5 during Wednesday afternoon’s game at Billy-Grant Field. Blazers were first to score in the bottom of the second inning when Jon Koenigsfeld, shortstop, hit a single, and Sho Kohata, second basemen, followed suit. Then Brandon Decker hit down the line to bring in Koenigsfeld and [...]

Open Mike
by Michael Wilson
Sports Column
While the semester is finally coming to a close and most people are already packed for their summer vacations, the Blazer sporting world is still running at full steam. Softball, baseball, men’s and women’s tennis, and golf will be playing through into summer in their quest for post-season glory.
And even though [...]

Josh Butler
Sports Writer
jobutler@valdosta.edu
As the rest of the student body gears up for final exams and summer break, the VSU baseball team has several games remaining on the schedule.  For starters, the team begins play in the GSC Tournament in Millington, Tenn.  The first game up for the Blazers is Southern Arkansas.  SAU has a record [...]

Josh Butler
Sports Writer
jobutler@valdosta.edu
The Nationwide PGA Tour came to Valdosta, Ga. this past week for the South Georgia Classic.  Kinderlou Forest played host to the event for the third straight year, with two years remaining on the contract.  This year there were a number of Valdosta State volunteers who fulfilled a number of jobs.  Tamika Booker, [...]

Over the past weeks, VSU Parking and Transportation has been cracking down on illegally parked cars in marked disabled spaces on campus. This is due to an increase in the number of people parking in those designated spaces without proper credentials.

Karah-Leigh Hancock
Editor-in-Chief
kphancoc@valdosta.edu
VSU students voiced their opinions Thursday, April 23 to elect the new SGA president for the 2009-2010 school year.
Kelli Cody won the election with 322 votes over Ernesto Prencke’s 272 votes.
Cody, a sophomore environmental geoscience major from Woodstock, Ga., found out she won just like any other student – by walking to the Dean [...]

Danielle Everson
Asst. Managing Editor
dveverson@valdosta.edu
Students in Free Enterprise have spent their entire allocated budget on helping the community and VSU.
Their annual report includes amounts of money that was collected from different sources. The allocated total from student activities was $12,000 with no rollover.
According to Fletcher Ogletree, president of SIFE, they always start out with a balance [...]

Quinten Plummer
Staff Writer
qlplummer@valdosta.edu
As spring classes at Valdosta State University come to a close, the VSU Distance Learning Department, in conjunction with the information technology department, prepare to roll out a replacement to our currently outdated WebCT software.
“We’re moving to a newer version of WebCT because the entire University system [of Georgia] is upgrading” said Jon [...]

Karah-Leigh Hancock
Editor-in-Chief
kphancoc@valdosta.edu
As of Wednesday at 11 a.m., there have been no cases of the swine flu in Georgia.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 91 cases of the flu and one death nationwide.
The first fatal victim of the outbreak is a 23-month-old toddler in Texas.
The states with labatory confirmed cases [...]

Christina Emery
Staff Writer
cdemery@valdosta.edu
VSU took back the night on April 23 when it hosted their fourth annual “Take Back the Night” celebration.
It was held on the front lawn in front of West Hall and ended at Palms Quad.
More than 500 people attended, including local sororities and fraternities. The event ended Sexual Assault Awareness Month with a [...]