By: LaMarcus Wilkerson VSU is nearly finished with its search for a new provost/vice president of academic affairs. The nationwide search has been ongoing since summer 2012, and the VSU Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Search Committee now has three finalists for the second highest position at VSU. The finalists are Dr. Hudson Rogers, a dean at Florida ...
Read More »VSU email provides news to some, bothersome to others
Written by: John Preer If you are a VSU student or faculty member, a certain format should be fairly familiar: the initial of your first name, a middle initial (sometimes) and your full last name followed by “@valdosta.edu.” Every student is set up with an email address in a similar format when he or she registers at VSU. This ...
Read More »Love ‘bytes’: Social media is dominating relationships
Written by: Lamarcus Wilkerson Students, staff and faculty connect in various ways through social media, and now romantic relationships are not immune to the complex world of cyber communication. More often than not, there is a student or faculty member nearby that’s texting their significant other. If that’s not the case, he or she may be tweeting publicly about last ...
Read More »Professor’s collection a fun diversion
Written by: Sydney Devine English professors collect more than items of the literary kind. From salt and pepper shakers to pink flamingos and brooches (a type of clothing pin), Dr. Kinney has a wide variety of bizarre collections that she either keeps in her home as decoration or wears on a daily basis. “I’ve always collected books, it seems, but ...
Read More »VSU students stack the competition with CORE
Written by: Abbie Baggerly VSU students will reach new heights with CORE. CORE Outdoors will be hosting the second annual crate stacking competition March 6 at 7 p.m. The event will be held in the Student Recreation center, and everyone is welcome to attend. Equipped with a helmet, harness and a rope, competitors will stack milk crates ...
Read More »VSU students identify what a Blazer really is
Written by: Jessica Ingram When you think about Harvard, you think about arrogant, intellectual, trust-fund-spending, future corporate lawyers. When you think about University of Arizona, you think of “Girls Gone Wild.” But what comes to mind when people think about VSU? The VSU administration is in the process of trying to answer that question. VSU has joined the Atlanta firm ...
Read More »SGA postpones the addition of new senators
Written by: Joe Adgie For the first time in several years, a hopeful SGA senator was rejected by the legislative body−and it happened twice. This occurred during a Monday night meeting that saw two other hopefuls elected with relative ease. The two candidates voted down were Kimberly Taylor and Brianna Marshall. The SGA’s legislative body cited a lack of ...
Read More »Dig in: New Remerton pizza buffet offers food and fun
Written by: Eric Jackson If the thought of fresh, doughy specialty pizzas doesn’t grab your attention, then take one step inside Remerton’s new buffet restaurant, and you won’t leave without a full stomach. The Mill Pizza Buffet and Games opened last week in the Remerton Mill Plaza across the street from the decimated construction area that was once the Strickland ...
Read More »Hill Harper excites VSU crowd
Written by: Isaiah Smart Hundreds of eyes gazed in a hypnotic state as Hill Harper captivated the attention of anyone near the Student Union ballrooms Tuesday during the VSU event titled “Celebrating 50 Years.” The Harvard Law graduate served as the keynote speaker of the 50 Years of Integration committee’s biggest event of the school year. Students, faculty and ...
Read More »Officer 699: Man of Mystery
Written by: Matthew Sullivan The life of a VSU parking attendant is racked with peril. “I had just bought a drink from the Student Union and had set it down to write a ticket,” Officer 699, a VSU parking patroller of two years, said. “When someone walked by, they snatched my drink, ran away and threw it in the creek.” ...
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