Crissie Elrick Photo Editor  cmelrick@valdosta.edu  By wearing pink today, faculty, staff, and students can help the members of Zeta Tau Alpha paint the campus pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  ZTA will have a booth on the pedestrian mall between Nevins and West Halls. Information about breast cancer can be obtained at the [...]

Crissie Elrick Photo Editor cmelrick@valdosta.edu Students will soon have the opportunity to get to know their professors outside of the classroom by having lunch together at an on-campus dining hall. On Sept. 1, Out to Lunch will officially kick off. This program allows on-campus residents with meal plans to set up a lunch meeting with [...]

Crissie Elrick Staff Writer cmelrick@valdosta.edu Valdosta State University will host “Take Back the Night” as a part of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month tonight beginning at 7 p.m. on the front lawn in front of West Hall. The Sexual Assault Committee at VSU has organized the candlelight vigil and march, which honors people who have [...]

Littering Walking by the creek that runs through campus the other day, I saw a bunch of litter that was piled up on the edge of the water. There are trash cans everywhere on campus, but for some reason, there was a ton of trash in the creek. The creek is home to turtles and [...]

Health fair March was National Athletic Training Month, a campaign supporting health care for life and support. VSU sponsored a health fair in which students could get their blood pressure checked and their body mass index checked, receive free massages and find out lots of information about staying healthy. This was a good way to [...]

Crissie Elrick Staff Writer cmelrick@valdosta.edu Campus Wellness sponsored the Spring Health and Wellness Fair in the Hugh C. Bailey Science Center atrium and pedestrian walkway on Tuesday. Over 20 vendors participated in the event that helped educate VSU’s campus about ways to stay healthy. Free glucose screenings and blood pressure readings were available along with body [...]

The Palms Quad was buzzing with students on Wednesday as the Safe Spring Break Fair provided food, games, safety trivia, and brochures all reminding students to have a fun break, but also be responsible.

Crissie Elrick Staff Writer cmelrick@valdosta.edu What was supposed to be a wild and crazy Saturday night at Milltown Groove turned out just to be a regular weekend night after the anticipated Girls Gone Wild bus never appeared. Numerous reasons are in circulation as to why the bus never showed. According to the Valdosta Daily Times, community [...]

Crissie Elrick Staff Writer cmelrick@valdosta.edu Director Howard Deutch and writer Jordan Cahan blend their works together in the 2008 film “My Best Friend’s Girl” to create a humorous journey in the lives of two best friends as they chase after the same girl. Tank (Dane Cook) plays the role of the foul-mouthed, vulgar jerk that [...]

Crissie Elrick Staff Writer cmelrick@valdosta.edu The time to graduate is finally here for many Valdosta State University students and there are many things students need to remember to be able to celebrate their educational journey’s end. Although many students are going to graduate in December and have completed most of the graduation requirements, there are [...]

Crissie Elrick Taylor Yeates & Kim Wright Staff Writers The Spectator Underage drinking, binge drinking, and alcohol consumption in general is a very common occurrence on college campuses. In severe cases, alcohol poisoning is possible, and unfortunately, many don’t know how to deal with it. For many college students, drinking becomes a casual act because [...]