Written By: Austin Wells For the first time in over a decade, VSU will be holding a cross country meet this Saturday at 8 a.m., and the runners look to improve off a 5th out of 13 Men’s finish and a 3rd out of 13 Women’s finish from their first meet last Saturday. Although both are good finishes, sophomore ...
Read More »Daily Strange: Why do your fingers wrinkle?
Written By: Ivey Ingalls-Rubin, Staff Writer Have you ever been curious about why your fingers and toes shrivel up like dry old prunes when they’re exposed to water for too long? Well research has confirmed the theory that wrinkly fingers improve our ability to grasp wet or submerged objects. The grooves that are created work much like the tread of ...
Read More »Dr. Michael Meacham’s Ice Bucket Challenge
VSU’s Dr. Michael Meacham takes on the Ice Bucket Challenge! Click the link to watch! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmfjWxM0CEM&list=UUURXHtMsK1BwU9_KdxHmOpw
Read More »NAACP: Mouths closed, Eyes Open
Written By: Elan Waite A group of around 50 students gathered between West and Ashley Hall Tuesday, armed with potent signs expressing their outrage for the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, as part of a planned protest. The students involved did not speak, not due to lack of opinion, but by choice. The silence was meant to speak volumes. The ...
Read More »SGA talks commencement, FLEX options
Written By: LaShawn Oglesby After the SGA secretary debate Monday night in Jennett Hall, the SGA proceeded to have its usual meeting, and the highlighted topics were the commencement survey, expansion of restaurants students could use with their FLEX card and the new bus app, “Where’s the Blaze.” The commencement survey, which asks what days the commencement services should be ...
Read More »Supporters and protesters show up for Carson event
Written By: Cole Edwards Days after a controversial speaker came to VSU’s campus, people are still buzzing about the event. A renowned John Hopkins neurosurgeon and potential 2016 presidential candidate, Dr. Ben Carson, spoke to a sold-out crowd last Thursday at VSU, including Gov. Nathan Deal. In a speech entitled “America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation ...
Read More »VSU alumnus gains buzz in country music circuit, remains humble
Written By: Julia Armistead Valdosta’s own Seth Ennis took on Nashville, Tennessee, this past summer to further his career in country music and get his name out there. The country singer has been interested in music almost his whole life. Starting out, however, his parents made him take piano lessons when he was five years old, along with his older ...
Read More »Emulators ROMs, Memories
Written By: John Preer I recently got the urge to play a lot of the video games from my childhood. That wasn’t the best idea. Unfortunately, I either no longer had the system or couldn’t find the game cartridges. No Super Nintendo to fix my Super Marion Kart craving, or PlayStation 1 to satisfy my nostalgia for Megaman 7. Fortunately, ...
Read More »Purdue Survey
Written By: Tatyana Phelps A new Purdue University survey proves that getting involved on campus isn’t just good for your overall college experience; it’s beneficial to your future career and can even reduce your level of student debt. Gallup and Purdue University teamed up to organize the Gallup-Purdue Index, the largest survey of college students in our country’s history. According ...
Read More »Minority Messiah Prompts Outrage
Written By: John Preer It’s been a rough year for any Aaron McGruder fan out there. After waiting for news of another installment to “The Boondocks” animated series, there seemed to be light at the end of the dark tunnel that was season three. Fans of “The Boondocks” rejoiced, but only momentarily. News that the series’ creator would not participate ...
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