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Student charged with falsifying robbery

by Cole Edwards The VSU student who was arrested on Tuesday for falsifying a robbery report has hired a lawyer and hopes to prevent any further action from being taken against him against him. Matthew Tito, 21, of Snellville, Georgia, was determined by the VSU Police Department to have called in a false report and is in Lowndes County Jail ...

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University of Oklahoma SAE under microscope after racist video goes viral

by John Preer The Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter of Oklahoma University has been in national headlines lately for a video that surfaced on social media last week. The video depicts several members of SAE on a bus singing a racially charged song full of derogatory terms for African-Americans. After the video went viral, OU immediately disbanded the chapter and suspended ...

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Is study abroad really worth it?

by Tatyana Phelps The cost of not studying abroad may be even more costly than the money that comes out of your pocket for a school trip to a foreign country. VSU offers several study abroad trips each year, with a wide variety of courses and programs. Although studying abroad can be a bit expensive, research shows that students who ...

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SGA talks March Madness, Secret Shopper

by LaShawn Oglesby SGA approved a co-sponsorship with Distinguished Women of Excellence (DWE) for a March Madness event and conspired to secretly evaluate campus services at its Monday night meeting. Secret Shopper is an evaluation of various services on campus, in which SGA will be participating. According to the form that was handed out, VSU customer services will be rated ...

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Out with the old, in with the ‘Oz’

by Kristin Whitman After 35 years, VSU’s Police Chief Scott Doner is calling it a day. Doner said he decided to retire to make up for lost time with family that accrued because of his crucial position. “I was starting my 36th year of campus law enforcement,” Doner said. “My family had sacrificed a lot with all the late-night phone ...

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Top crimes at VSU

by Kailee Kivvett When parents send their kids off to college, they generally seem to worry about their children staying safe. Colleges dedicate much of their energy and money to making sure that their students are protected. However, this does not stop crime from happening altogether. Sergeant Wil Leschber from VSUPD said that the crime most often seen on VSU’s ...

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Pour some sugar on me

By Jyrell Wynn With financial responsibilities looming, many college students are choosing to become sugar babies in order to pay off debt. A sugar baby is a young male or female that is cared for by an older man or woman. The babies are paid with gifts, money and other luxuries to provide companionship to their clients. Sugar babies are ...

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Early bird gets the ‘A’

by Tatyana Phelps Many students try to avoid taking early morning classes if they can help it, but after reading the results of two professors’ study, students may want consider taking earlier classes if they want better grades. Two professors at St. Lawrence University conducted a study that confirmed that the earlier the class time students take, the higher their ...

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Faculty senate rants against administration

by Kenzie Kesselring The air was thick with tension at last Thursday’s emergency faculty senate meeting as members met to discuss their concerns with the administration, the firing of faculty members and sexual harassment claims made in recent months. The meeting began with faculty members discussing an anonymous letter that was sent to some senate members. According to faculty senate ...

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Diagnosing disorders on campus

by Kailee Kiyett A recent campus event brought to light a widespread but rarely talked about problem among college students—eating disorders. A seminar on eating disorders was held Feb. 20 in the Student Union, and the keynote speaker, Marissa McNamara, spoke about everything from myths to statistics to treatments. According to McNamara, 25 percent of college women binge. “Binge eating ...

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