By Winter Dube, Campus Life Editor   VSU’s Blazer Dining welcomed a new executive chef this week during their monthly supper club, bringing more than four decades of culinary experience to campus.  Executive Chef Tyrone, originally from New York City, has been cooking for more than 40 years. Throughout his career, he has worked in New York, Colorado, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and ...

 By Megan Callahan, News Editor, and Armone Gates, Copy Editor Several colleges have started new AI majors, and starting in the Fall 2026 semester, VSU will jump on the bandwagon.  VSU will begin a new AI track for computer science majors, and anyone interested in taking these three AI courses.   The main reason the AI committee created this track is that AI is becoming a greater ...

By: Marese Hudson, Assistant Sports Editor  VSU baseball opens a three-game weekend series Saturday as the Blazers host the University of Alabama in Huntsville Chargers at Billy Grant Field with a double header, followed by a single game Sunday.  Both teams have shown early-season offensive spark, but VSU enters the weekend with a lower batting average with a .261 in the Gulf South Conference play than Huntsville ...

By: Marese Hudson, Assistant Sports Editor  VSU softball returns home this weekend for its first games at Steel’s Diamond at Blazer Park with fireworks already lit, riding a three-game win streak. The Blazers are hosting #24 University of Alabama Huntsville Chargers in a key early-season Gulf South Conference showdown, with both teams entering 3-0 in conference play.  Chole Eichelberger claimed the GSC Player ...

Written by Dionte Daniel, Staff writer    Valdosta State women’s basketball enters its final two games of the regular season on the road looking to finish strong before the Gulf South Conference Tournament.    The Lady Blazers 14–12, 11–9 GSC fell on Senior Day against Union in a 78–73 decision, however, they are already locked into the postseason. What’s next is rebounding from this loss ...

For several years now, finances in colleges have gotten higher, causing many potential students to simply just forget about going to college due to financial struggles.   This makes people assume the idea that college is an amazing place to live, and to find what you’re truly passionate about doing with your life apparently only works if you have deep pockets.  Starting next year, VSU will start to make restrictions that will reduce the amount that some students will get. This ...

By: Ailyn Quiroz, staff writer  Students who are interested in publishing research should make sure to attend the annual VSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 7-9 in the Student Union.   Although the due date for abstracts was Feb. 13, it does not hurt to get a head start on coming up with a research topic for the next VSU Undergraduate Research Symposium.   “A couple of things we’re really trying to focus on this year is making research ...

By: Summer Smiley, Staff Writer  VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Lady Blazers 14-12 competed in an intense matchup during their senior day against the Union Bulldogs 19-9, in Saturday’s game at the Complex.  Although they faced a difficult loss of 73-78, the Blazers started the game with a strong defensive set causing the Bulldogs two turnovers in the first minute and a half ...

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By: Megan Callahan News Editor On Feb. 4, 2026, Louis Levy, who held a variety of positions here at VSU including President, sadly passed away.   He joined VSU in 1989 as a professor and head of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice. Throughout his career, he was known to always have his door open so that students could come in, and he would help ...