President Barack Obama announced and signed a series of executive orders Wednesday with the intention of curbing gun violence.   This comes on the heels of a series of shootings that have occurred in the last 12 months, such as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., that killed 27, and the massacre at a movie theater in ...

SGA wasted no time getting their first meeting of the semester out of the way on Monday night. The meeting, which lasted a mere 23 minutes, currently stands as the shortest meeting of the 2012-2013 school year to date and centered around bringing in a tax lawyer to talk to students. The lawyer, Lawrence Feld, is a professor at New ...

VSU Parking and Transportation changed their overnight parking policy during the break. Students who park in the Oak Street lots F, G and H can no longer park in F. This change is to benefit the large numbers of commuters that need the parking during the day. This also means resident students will need to utilize the Sustella parking deck ...

Lee’s Bookstore was bought out by DORKS Books on August 1, 2012. The name change that most students noticed this semester followed the buy-out. According to Brad Faulkner, owner of DORKS Books, there was no rush to rename the store since Lee’s Bookstore already had a good reputation in Valdosta. When DORKS opened in Valdosta, changing the name was the ...

VSU will hold its Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration celebration tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the UC Magnolia Room. The keynote speaker for the event will be Bakari T. Sellers of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Some may argue that since the civil rights era has long been over, younger members of the community might fail to see the ...

Influenza, a virus better known as the flu, has reached epidemic status in Ga. and VSU is doing what it can to help keep students from getting infected with the virus.   VSU students are able to go to the Student Health Center to receive a flu vaccination by appointment. The cost of the vaccination is $10 for students and ...

The latest developments in the homicide case of VSU freshman Jasmine Benjamin brings closure to empathizers nationwide. Eighteen-year-old Darien Meheux of Lawrenceville, Ga., who turned himself in to authorities on Thursday after learning that a warrant had been issued for his arrest, was transported to Valdosta Wednesday morning. The former VSU student is currently being held in the Lowndes County ...

College degrees are becoming the norm among those seeking jobs. The statistics from before the economic recession indicate this to be true. However, that college degree could still be worth something in future interviews. A Degree Still Helps! Brought to you by Managing Editor Jennifer Gleason.      

Valdosta State volleyball Head Coach applications completed by hopeful candidates are piling up however filling the shoes of the teams’ irreplaceable predecessor won’t be easy.    Blazer fans are still digesting the bittersweet news which came roughly a month ago that Sia Poyer has accepted the same position back home at his alma mater, Eastern New Mexico. This of course is ...

New developments have surfaced in the homicide case involving the possible murder of 17-year-old freshman Jasmine Benjamin on November 17. The GBI has announced that Darien Meheux, 18, had been arrested in connection with the case. According to a press release from the GBI on Friday, Meheux was arrested at approximately 11:30 p.m. Thursday at the Schley County Sheriff’s Office in ...