Articles Written By ‘ Betsy Thaxton ’

 

Cheap Dinner Breakdown

Nov 3rd, 2010 | Written by: , , | Category: Features, Food and Dining, Top Headlines

 Valdosta is full of restaurants that are well within a college student’s budget. No matter if you crave taste, style or price, Valdosta has a restaurant for you.    There are many Mexican restaurants in town including Rodeo, on Ashley Street, and El Toreo with two locations.  There is an El Toreo on Gornto Road [...]



Low CIRP response for VSU

Oct 7th, 2010 | Written by: , , | Category: Administration, Campus News, News, Top Headlines

The Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA has administered a survey for first year college students. VSU allowed students to participate in this survey from August 3, 2009 to September 25, 2009. Of  the 2,148 surveys that were made available to VSU students, only 16 percent were completed. “That is sad and pathetic,” David Funk, [...]



VSU lacking in student parking

Sep 29th, 2010 | Written by: , , | Category: Opinion, Top Headlines

 As we all know, parking on campus is awful and students usually have to drive around for a long time to find a place to park. However, what about the parking tickets?  In the fall of 2009, there were a total of 5,338 parking spaces. Of those, there were only 3,917 student spaces but 6,820 [...]



Theater and Dance Department presents ‘Spirit of Dance in America’

Apr 21st, 2010 | Written by: , , | Category: Entertainment, Features, Spotlight

The VSU Theater and Dance Area of the Communications Arts Department will be performing its new routine called “Spirit of Dance in America.” The production will take place in the Sawyer Theater, in the VSU Fine Arts Building on today through Saturday a t7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Open auditions for this performance [...]



Braves’ spring training really makes for an affordable trip

Feb 25th, 2010 | Written by: , , | Category: Features, Top Headlines

Baseball fans, you have an amazing opportunity this month in Orlando, Fla. March 2 marks the beginning of the Atlanta Braves’ spring training, and through March 31, Braves fans will have a chance to see their favorite team during their pre-season games. For an inexpensive weekend full of baseball, peanuts, and crackerjacks, you will root, [...]



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