“I’m gonna be sad to see him go, he was a great man and did a lot of great things far the university. We are gonna be hard pressed to find someone as good as he is.” Aaron Hatch freshman marketing major “I think it sucks that he’s leaving. Who will take care of the major issues for the school ...

College graduates: great news. This year’s graduates are finding a better job market than last year’s graduates, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The survey says that employers intend to hire about 19.3 percent more graduates than the class of 2010. The survey consisted of information from 174 schools from February through April. While the top paying ...

When finals end, summer break begins. Here’s a thought on how to spend those long, lazy days—keep taking classes. Most of you might scoff this idea, wanting to disappear for three months and forget VSU exists. Growing up in an American culture, we are trained to associate summer with relaxation, not responsibility; we should be all lounging on the sandy ...

It’s sometimes easy to forget that the people writing your newspaper are people too.

 SGA is, as its name states, our Student Government Association. As such, this body has two main obligations to the VSU community: to govern, and to represent students.  SGA says on its website that it “acts as a planning body as well as a legislative body to make the VSU experience the best that it can be.”  In keeping with ...

 After four or so years, you are finally a senior. During this scary year, the pressure sets in, the stress rises, and the mind races with the open-ended possibilities of your post-graduation days. For your major, you know it is in your best interest to go to graduate school. You apply, but to your growing frustration and dismay, you cannot ...

 Starting next fall, Tidewater Community College in Virginia will require its students to go beyond the normal requirements for obtaining federal loans.  Federal loans will be based upon a realistic view of the students’ financial status before and after college. The amount of money a student has and will make post-graduation will determine the amount of money they are loaned. ...

“I was asleep. I didn’t even know that the power went out.” Griffin Driskell junior marketing  major “I was in class. We ended up staying in class the whole period and it was really hot.” Tangelia Moss sophomore nursing major “I was sleeping and my roommate came in and told me that the power went out. I told her I ...

“I don’t know what that is.” Megan Powell freshman dental hygiene major “I feel like people shouldn’t do it because it will over stimulate the dopamine in their brain and they will become depressed.” Renee Johnson freshman finance major “I have no idea what it is.” Antoin Freedman sophomore undecided major “I know of it and have seen my friends ...

Contrary to popular belief, social networking sites such as Facebook are not the major cause of a sinking GPA. According to a survey conducted of about 13,900 incoming college freshmen, alcohol is in fact, the most significant factor involving the student GPA. According to Todd Wyatt, a doctoral candidate at George Mason University and director of research at Outside the ...