At this point in “Post-Racial America”, the celebration of Black History Month on most predominately white campuses (such as VSU) and a sizable portion of black campuses is relatively arbitrary. We don’t fully understand the connotations of the celebration, yet out of a commitment to rote tradition, we do it every year.  The people that are heralded are usually the ...

 Maya Angelou once said that there is no greater agony than bearing an untold history inside you. Angelou understood the meaning of lost history or the value one’s history can have on an individual.  If a person doesn’t know where he or she comes from, he is subjected to anything and will stand for nothing which is why history is ...

“I’m going with the Steelers, because my family is from Pittsburgh.” Imani Briamh freshman finance major “I want the Steelers to win because Wiz [Khalifa] is from Pittsburgh and I love wiz.” Angelica Gibson freshman undecided major “Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers has been on fire and no defense has been able to stop him. The Bears were a top rated ...

 I’m disappointed and highly offended that the spectator would “sell-out” to such gimmicks as your springbreakHQ.com ad in the newspaper.  For one, the ad promotes the drinking and sexual immorality that has lead to the desensitization of our nation. It is personally offensive to me as a woman, to see that our UNIVERSITY newspaper is promoting the sexual idolization of ...

 When you are in college, having a child should be the last thing on your mind. This should be a time for learning and having fun, not having a family.   However, unprotected sex and unwanted pregnancies do occur, and panicked women turn to abortion.  I do wonder if abortion was no longer an option, how many people would still have ...

 A new bill presented by the Georgia Senate may mean that the trips to Florida on Sundays simply to buy alcohol may be over, and it’s about time. Senate Bill 10 will allow counties and cities to make individual decisions about whether or not to allow beer, wine, and liquor sales on Sunday.  Legislators have been trying to pass similar ...

 Imagine yourself walking down to the showers in your residence hall in the early hours of the morning. As you turn the corner to enter the bathroom, you notice that the 1010 biology professor sweeps past you with drenched hair and a scent of Irish Spring lingering behind them.   That same afternoon, you notice your calculus professor sitting at Palms ...

 Depression. Hopelessness. Emptiness. Suicide. These words might not ring a bell to you, but to someone you know, this could be a way of life.  When any of these words are brought up, the first instinct for most is to run the other way because of our overexposure to antidepressant medication commercials and overall desensitization.     The reality is that depression ...

 Imagine you are thinking about your assignment for your math class when your phone rings; it’s a text from your teacher reminding you of the problem set due Thursday.   For those addicted to texting, this sounds like a dream. For teachers, the idea of having to send texts to their students about assignments would be a nightmare.  Matt Ritchel ...

 On college campuses around the country, day after day, week after week, and year after year students aren’t learning anything. According to a study done for the book “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses,” after two years of study 45 percent of students did not learn anything new, and what’s even more disturbing is the statistic that 36 percent ...