A packed house gathered in the Whitehead Auditorium to watch a “frightful” themed concert from the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra. The event took place on Saturday Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m.  The musicians and the audience came dressed head to toe in various costumes to celebrate the Halloween spirit. A cosplay competition occurred during intermission and over 40 people competed on ...

Welcome to Cherie’s Picks, the spooky edition! I am so glad you decided to drop in. As usual, I have a list of upcoming events on campus with organizations that would love for you to accompany them! Without further ado, here are the events for the week of Oct. 28.   To start the week off, on Monday, Oct. 28 from ...

VSU Dining has implemented a new event to its rotation in order to bring the fine dining experience to campus, 20 students at a time: a monthly supper club.  The idea of a supper club is simple: a few people come together once per month or so, where they eat a meal consisting of a few courses based on a ...

VSU finished 408th out of 500 colleges within America in the Wall Street Journal’s annual ranking of the best colleges, down from 319th in the previous year.  The Journal analyzes a variety of statistics, including salary impact, graduation rate, learning environment, career opportunities and others, in order to conduct its ranking of the best U.S. colleges each year.  This year, ...

Welcome back to another edition of Cherie’s Picks! Long time no see, but I am so glad you decided to drop in. As usual, I have a list of upcoming events on campus with organizations that would love for you to accompany them! Without further ado, here are the events for the week of Oct. 21.  To start the week ...

Three weeks after Hurricane Helene demolished VSU and the surrounding region, students are still struggling to get their lives back to a normal school year.    Many members of the VSU community were without power, water and other essentials for weeks and some are still recovering in a variety of ways.   On Thursday. Sept. 26, Helene made landfall as a ...

Welcome back to another edition of Cherie’s Picks! I am so glad you decided to drop in. This week is going to be a little different, but nevertheless, Cherie’s Picks will adapt. Without further ado, here are the events for the week of Sept. 30.  To preface before getting into things, I hope everyone is well. Cherie’s Picks is pre-written ...

Confluence is a yearly gathering in September of university and college students from across Georgia, they gather at confluence with a passion to truly be saved thanks to their growing relationship with God. Spanning three days from Friday Sept. 20 to Sunday Sept. 22.   Participants embark on a whole weekend of creating new relationships, games and learning allowing students to ...

VSU Theatre is taking “show business” to new heights as they prepare for their upcoming performance of Chicago. The show, set to run from Oct. 31-Nov. 2 and Nov. 4-6, tells the classic story of greed, murder, and corruption, all under the backdrop of 1920s Chicago.  The musical starts with Vaudeville star Velma Kelly, played by Arianna Mangus, performing on-stage ...

Last Wednesday, September 18th, CAB held an interactive comedy hypnosis show called “Cards Against Hypnosis,” hosted by David Hall, in the Student Union Ballrooms from 7 to 9 p.m. Hall is from Boston Massachusetts but travels all over the country hosting and performing this hypnosis show. He received specialized training in stage hypnosis from the Stage Hypnosis Center in Las ...