Category: Slideshows

Beekeeping doesn’t top the list of hobbies in South Georgia, but to beekeepers, it is important and fulfilling. John Avera, Valdosta beekeeper, hopes to encourage people to adopt the hobby and give them a working knowledge of beekeeping through the Continuing Education Center’s course “Introduction to Beekeeping” next month.

Kappa Sigma held their Sandcastle competition on Friday. The College Panhaellenic Council (CPC) participated in the event. The overall of Kappa Sigma Philanthropy Week was won by Phi Mu. All proceeds went to the American Cancer Foundation Society and VSU’s Relay for Life. Kappa Sigma week was held the week of Feb. 23 – 27. [...]

On Jan. 15, the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs (EOP) held their annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Program. The program called “The Dream Continues” was held in the Magnolia Room in the UC. The Guest Speaker was Nontombi Naomi Tutu, the daughter of Archbishop Desmond and Nomalizo Leah Tutu. Tutu is a recognized [...]

Danielle Everson
Staff Writer
dveverson@valdosta.edu
VSU police department lends a hand in the safety of students on campus as they urge students to report using their emergency and non-emergency numbers.
Students who witness crimes in progress such as car burglaries and on campus violence are urged to dial 5555 from any landline phone on campus rather than 911.
“We [...]

Members of the Dance club include Patricia Nealy, Cassandra Ivey, “Sumbooka” Lee, Iavae Phillips, Katrina Steward, Katrina Reid, Lauren Hallford, Lacey Harper, Denise Colemon, Cierra Johnson, Whitney Dickerson, and Rachel Lockhart, they are featured in the slideshow. The photos were taken by Francesca Zagami.

Francesa Zagami
Staff Writer
frzagami@valdosta.edu
Every other Thursday at 4 pm, about fifteen students gather [...]

High school students from across Georgia and other states visited VSU this past Saturday for Visitation Day. Different organizations and departments from around campus set up booths to let the prospective students know what was offered.

McKaylee Higgs
Staff Writer
mehiggs@valdosta.edu
Today’s student cadets are tomorrows Air Force leaders.
VSU’s Detachment 172 AFROTC is a cadet run program that is designed to prepare future officers of the United States Air Force according to a one of the program’s cadre leaders.
According Captain Timothy Bazzle, unit admissions officer of the ROTC, the focus of the program is [...]

Tim Tripplett, a Comedian Hypnotist, came to VSU on Nov 6. This event was sponsored by CAB. All photos were taken by Kristal Jones and Francesa Zagami.

It was one ball of a show at Wednesday night’s “Big Man on Campus” held at Mathis Auditorium. Ben Bolden, a junior accounting major, beat out nine other contestants in toga, swimwear, talent, and Q&A portions of the competition.
The contest began with the toga portion of the competition in which the contestants displayed togas [...]

Lee Johnson
Managing Editor
gljohnson@valdosta.edu
Just before noon on Tuesday, VSU police evacuated the University Center in response to “two vaguely worded letters suggesting a threat to the University Center and its inhabitants,” according to mass e-mail from VSU. The building was scanned by VSU police, bomb-sniffing dogs, and explosive experts from Moody Air Force Base. Nothing was [...]

Here is a slideshow of 31 photos from the Homecoming football game against Harding on Sept. 18, 2008.
All photos are by Karah-Leigh Hancock and Rebecca Huguet.