Written by Joe Adgie   The steam coming from the ground in front of Palms Dining is not steam at all, but rather “water runoff”, according to an anonymous employee with Plant Ops. The employee, who declined to be named, explained that this “water runoff” was the result of the rains that have hit Valdosta lately. “It was so wet ...

Written by Joe Adgie   While the SGA wants to boast “We got this!” the Monday night meeting did not appear that way. That slogan appears on a proposed t-shirt that was shown to the SGA by the Public Relations Committee and Senator Micah Howell.  The shirt would be worn by senators, and was designed with the purpose of showcasing ...

Written by Joe Adgie   An SGA regulation was changed on Monday and a Health Center representative discussed co-pay fees. That happened during the SGA meeting that night at the UC’s Magnolia Room, the first meeting where the public was allowed to sit in during the debate and voting sessions of the meetings. “It’s actually part of the Georgia Sunshine ...

Written by Joe Adgie   We’ve seen some real sad scenes in the last year– most notably from Newtown and Aurora. We can’t imagine what the families of those lost are going through, nor will we try to. What we have seen coming from these atrocities, however, is sensationalism bordering on nauseating. Thanks to the wonder of the 24/7 news ...

Written by Joe Adgie   The new Health Sciences and Business Administration building could sit idle once construction is completed, due to budgetary restrictions. This was revealed during Friday morning’s Planning and Budget Council meeting, and was classified by Sue Fuciarelli, vice president for Finance and Administration, as a “crying shame.” The University System of Georgia’s capital budget request for ...

Healthcare reform was on the minds of people at the Bailey Science Center on Wednesday night, as a panel discussion attempted to clarify this highly complicated issue. The event, which was attended by approximately 60 members of the community, discussed how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as ObamaCare, would affect patients, caregivers and businesses. ...

President Barack Obama announced and signed a series of executive orders Wednesday with the intention of curbing gun violence.   This comes on the heels of a series of shootings that have occurred in the last 12 months, such as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., that killed 27, and the massacre at a movie theater in ...

SGA wasted no time getting their first meeting of the semester out of the way on Monday night. The meeting, which lasted a mere 23 minutes, currently stands as the shortest meeting of the 2012-2013 school year to date and centered around bringing in a tax lawyer to talk to students. The lawyer, Lawrence Feld, is a professor at New ...

Commuters will get around 200 more parking slots in the Oak Street Lot. That proposal was brought out by Ryan Baerwalde, SGA President, during Monday night’s SGA meeting, the last of the semester. The new slots will come at the expense of residents, who will have their parking area in that lot slashed in half. “I think we’ve all seen ...

Life is beginning to move on in Georgia Hall. Students who live in the residence hall, the one where Jasmine Benjamin lived, have reported sadness and a different atmosphere around the hall, but the only differences have been added security. “At first it was a little eerie, you know, people are thinking about it,” Alyssa Stringer, a freshman early childhood/special ...