The following editorial appeared in the Seattle Times on Monday, March 28: For-profit colleges have successfully marketed a compelling story in which they star front and center as benevolent purveyors of the American dream through education and gainful employment. The reality is the complete opposite. Former students testified before a U.S. Senate oversight committee this month about exorbitant tuition costs ...
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SGA Candidates set record, African Night approved, “Student Employment of the Year” financed
During the past 20 years of SGA, this year’s election will set a record for the highest number of senator candidates. The executive and senator candidates of the spring elections were released Tuesday, and a total of 68 candidates are running for senator positions. SGA President Demario Jones is pleased with the high number of candidates. “I think that’s its ...
Read More »Blazers fall to FSU 10-2
The last time the VSU baseball team took on a NCAA Division I opponent, President George W. Bush was in his first year in the oval office. On that day March 5, 2000, at Billy Grant Field the Blazers squeaked by Valparaiso 5-4. Last night, 11 years later, VSU (14-18) was looking for another kind of ‘W’ as they made ...
Read More »Baby bump, reality shows, hit singles in, football out
Hello fellow pop addicts! This week’s weather has been like a rollercoaster, hasn’t it? So who’s ready for this week’s dirt? I know you are because I have some treats for you! All the big ballers who didn’t find it smart to invest are about to be hurt big-time with the lockout. So with Sundays and Mondays gone, what will ...
Read More »Solution: Choose sanity
A storm has been brewing around campus, and it has nothing to do with the weather. It’s about an issue between a student and professor that has escalated at an accelerated rate, thanks to the Internet and social media world we live in.
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