Allison Dorminey Sports Writer aldorminey@valdosta.edu As the fall semester comes to a quiet close, VSU basketball is holding a strong presence with the help of Tyrone Curnell. This is Curnell’s first year at VSU after attending Jacksonville University and Seminole Community College. From the age of three, Curnell has been playing basketball, which explains his [...]

Allison Dorminey Staff Writer aldorminey@valdosta.edu Have you not quite gotten your football frenzy fix yet? Intramural sports are making quite a stir around campus. On weeknights students can expect to ride by the Student Recreation Center and find an exceptional crowd out to watch some flag football. “There are 22 sports going on this fall [...]

Allison Dorminey Staff Writer aldorminey@valdosta.edu On Tap Magazine is a fast-paced, happening magazine that is influencing a lot of talk amongst students and staff. On Tap focuses on many important and enjoyable topics such as band reviews, Art, travel, sports, “Cool Places on Campus,” and the Oddball section that features stories such as, “Don’t Be [...]

Allison Dorminey Staff Writer aldorminey@valdosta.edu If VSU is following the national trend fewer Blazers are blowing smoke. Preston Maier, a freshman and smoker answered, “I have not smoked as regularly because I can’t just go sit outside of the door when I want one. The weather and time has to be suitable for smoking when [...]

Allison Dominey Staff writer aldorminey@valdosta.edu As add/drop week has finally come to a stressful end, we must face the fact that we are stuck with our professors for the rest of the semester. At least one semester, a student will have a professor that might not be the most compatible and the next semester the [...]

Allison Dorminey Staff Writer aldorminey@valdosta.edu What gratification comes from a treadmill? One runs and runs and reaches no destination. Often times I look at these runners and see hamsters on their wheels. Back in the olden days when we had to hunt for our food and travel without cars, there was no need for an [...]

Allison Dorminey Staff Writer aldorminey@valdosta.edu This summer, minimum wage increased from $5.85 to $6.55 an hour. People employed at the time of the increase warmly welcomed it; however, an increase in minimum wage with an already struggling economy proved to have some issues. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Roger Tetterow, professor of Economics at [...]