Written by Jamel Shorter, Staff Writer Eric Eugene Sheppard, Jr., known for his avid protesting of the American flag on Valdosta State University’s campus, has been indicted by a Lowndes County grand jury for carrying a weapon in a school safety zone. Sheppard will be arraigned on October 16, according to Assistant Southern District Attorney Brad Shealy. Although Sheppard created ...

Written by Jyrell Wynn, Staff Writer The Student Government Association had a general assembly meeting at 8 p.m. in the University Center Cypress Room earlier this week. At the meeting, SGA discussed things such as the Fill-a-Truck food drive, Project Pink to address breast cancer, and decorating the stadium red to show school spirit. Nicole Njoku, committee head for student ...

Written by Jordan Barela, Editor-in-Chief Our lives have become so integrated with social media that most everything can be done with an app. Digital is everywhere you look.  Society as a whole has moved towards this digital direction. Now, you can find a significant other or a quick fling online. While this is not anything new, “digital dating” has overtaken ...

Written by John Preer, Editor-in-Chief The city of Valdosta has made it to the top 100 of a list that not many are proud of.  Valdosta shared this precarious honor with other Georgia cities including Albany, Augusta, Columbus and Macon.  According to the Center for Disease Control, Valdosta comes in at 87 in a list of the top 100 sexually ...

Written by Dillon LaRue Rountree, Staff Writer Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, arrived in the United States for his first American tour Tuesday afternoon to a rock star’s welcome. He was greeted by President Obama, Vice President Biden and their families, as well as an enthusiastic crowd. The Argentinian-born pope has held the position of supreme pontiff ...

Written by Dillon LaRue Rountree, Staff Writer As of Wednesday evening, the Valdosta Police Department has released no new information concerning the armed robbery that occurred last Saturday night at approximately 9:40 p.m. According to the Valdosta Daily Times, a nineteen-year-old female student was robbed at the corner of East Jane Street and Williams Street in front of Bazemore-Hyder Stadium, a ...

Written by Jordan Barela, Editor-in-Chief Valdosta State is blazing the trail with its new marketing campaign. Beginning earlier this semester, Valdosta State rolled out a new marketing campaign titled “VSYOU”. The basis of the marketing campaign started back in 2013. Former President William McKinney’s term gave funding for an identity study. “The point of [the study] was to see really ...

Written by Julia Rodriquez, Staff Writer The amount of safety a college provides affects the decisions made by students who are looking to go there.  Parents want their children in a safe environment, and students want a comfortable place to learn.  With campus safety being a factor in enrollment, it is essential that VSU ensures a secure university. The morning ...

Written by Jamel Shorter, Staff Writer Housing and Residence Life has been busy this past school year with planning and executing the many different ways they wanted to change the scope of what it means to “live on campus.” “This is my first year living on campus, and living on campus is so different from Blanton. Blanton had so much ...

Written by Jyrell Wynn, Staff Writer Today, the Faculty Senate congregates in the University Center Magnolia Room at 3:30 p.m. for the September meeting. One item on the agenda will be how VSU refers to Fall Break Fred Knowles, Chair of Native American Studies, wrote a letter to the Faculty Senate to express his displeasure with Fall Break being called ...