After two tight elections, the new Student Government Association President is senior political science major Demario Jones.
The run-off election began Monday between Jones and candidate Chris Nish after the results of the original election showed that Jones didn’t achieve the mandatory 50 percent plus one of the student votes to win the election. In [...]

DeMario Jones
DeMario Jones, SGA presidential candidate, attended a platform on Wednesday night discussing his goals for the upcoming SGA elections on April 19-20. Jones, a senior Political Science major from Jacksonville, Fla., discussed his plans to “see things through� if he were elected. Jones is a two-year captain for the Blazers football team [...]

A VSU student who was arrested for obstruction claims he was wrongfully arrested and disputes the Valdosta State University Police Department’s version of events.
According to VSUPD, Charles Chukwara was arrested on April 6 in his dorm room at Langdale Hall, after he hindered officers in the process of arresting Shandon Greene, who was involved in [...]

A VSU student and a Tifton resident were arrested by VSU Police after a confrontation on Tuesday in front of Palms Dining.
Shandon Greene, a Tifton resident, was arrested and charged with battery and obstruction of a police officer. Charles Chukwura, a VSU student, was arrested and charged with obstruction of a police officer.
Both suspects were [...]

The “5 W� policy drafted by the Education Policies Committee was approved by the Faculty Senate at the Faculty Meeting on March 25. President Patrick J. Schloss, did not attend the meeting but later approved the policy. Effective Fall 2010, all undergraduate students are limited to five course withdrawals (“W�) grades for their entire enrollment [...]

The Faculty Senate meeting today will discuss the proposed policy to limit the number of classes from which a student may withdraw to five.
According to the March 25 agenda, the Education Policy Committee believes this policy should address the problem of “course shopping.�
Course shopping occurs when students overload themselves with hours, and in the beginning [...]

Students in Free Enterprise, also known as SIFE is a nonprofit international student organization that uses marketing and other business tactics to volunteer in the community. SIFE began at VSU in 1994 with seven members and has grown to 200 members. The group is also active in 47 countries with 1500 college campuses nationwide.
SIFE was [...]

Attorney James Alexander spoke to students and alumni about his books “Halfway Home From Kinderlouâ€� and “If I Should die before I Wake…What
Will Happen to My Stuff?�
In these books Alexander discusses his happy childhood and growing up in Valdosta.
In his lecture, Alexander discusses living in Valdosta in the 1930’s and learning from the people [...]

 Odum Library has finished the first phase of renovations with the completion of the second floor.Â
 Construction at Odum began the summer 2009 with plans to renovate all three floors in separate phases.
 New carpet, paint, ceiling tiles and sprinklers   will be added to make the older side of the library look similar to the addition already [...]

The Board of Regents along with the VSU Foundation has approved the naming of the Atrium in the Student Union as the First American Drugs Association Atrium.
Jeff Sikes of the FAD has given the university a significant gift through the VSU Foundation.
The VSU Foundation is a fundraising association that balances all of the school’s gifts [...]

Students are eager to return home for Thanksgiving dinner, to enjoy “real food� rather than noodles and tasteless TV dinners. But what if the recession has ruined your Turkey Day? Here are some ways to keep your Thanksgiving cheap and tasty.
According to the American Farm Bureau’s 24th annual price survey, the average cost of [...]