Written by Jyrell Wynn, Staff Writer On Oct. 22 through the 28, Valdosta State Theatre and Dance held a production of The Women of Lockerbie in the VSU Lab Theatre. Set in the backdrop of the Pan Am Flight 103 disaster, the play begins in the Scottish hills of Lockerbie on Dec. 21, 1995 in the style of an ancient ...

Written by Aldean Starr, Staff Writer The Valdosta State Softball team had an amazing season last year capped off with a record of 48-9 that landed them with a ranking of the #12 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II top 25 poll. The success of the Blazers softball team was not just on the field, the also excelled ...

Today’s Birthday (11/04/15). Win together this year. Your friends are the aces up your sleeve. Consistency profits. Passionate possibilities spark (after 3/9). Thoughtful planning pays (after 3/23). A group project shifts (after 9/1). One game folds and another begins (after 9/16). Play. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Scorpio ...

Written by Julia Rodriquez, Staff Writer Many people who have used crutches have had a number of complaints and problems. Traditional crutches can leave irritated red patches of skin on your underarms, they can be quite tiring to use, and they make it difficult to do anything with your hands.  Luckily for those injured, life will become much easier and ...

Written by Erin Martin, Staff Writer Chief executive of Playboy released a statement to the public that they will no longer publish images of nudity in their magazine. The executive felt that nudity and pornographic images are already readily available on the internet, so much that it is cliché to continue putting it in their magazines. What kind of reaction ...

Today’s Birthday (11/03/15). Expand your communities this year. Whatever you stand for together triumphs. Discipline with financial matters grows your bottom line. Springtime brings loving transitions, new passions, tranquil reflection and retrospection. By next autumn, your group project flowers. Play with the ones you love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the ...

Written by Jamel Shorter, Staff Writer Students in college can get very overwhelmed with classes, extracurricular activities and trying to have a social life. This leads some to make the decision to drop a class that they might be having trouble in or that they are near failing. This is referred to as withdrawing from a course and this does ...

Written by Erin Martin, Staff Writer Last week in a planning and budgeting meeting for Valdosta State University affairs, there was a discussion of a “HOPE Gap Scholarship” that will serve as a benefit for students in need of tuition funding. According to President Stanton, Valdosta State received a grant from an anonymous donor for the program. They are hoping ...

Written by Tresia Bowles, Staff Writer The dreaded lecture classes; I think every college student can attest to how awful they truly are. You sit in class for 50 minutes…an hour and 15 minutes…maybe even longer, just to listen to your professor point at a PowerPoint and talk, and talk, and talk. You force yourself to pay attention so that ...

What’s in your Love Forecast for this week? Monday, Nov. 2 – Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 Scorpio: Oct. 24 – Nov. 21 Your emotions could be all over the place as Mercury kicks up weird vibes. If you feel hurt by something your honey said to you, don’t turn a bad moment into a huge war. Realize that you’re super sensitive ...