“If the food is better, then I have no problem with it.” Katherine Geter freshman mathmatics major “I think Sodexo is doing a pretty good job, and I don’t think it’s necessary to change.” Myles Rabunt freshman undecided major “It doesn’t matter to me as long as the new food vendor serves better food.” Keith Simmons sophomore biology major “I ...
Read More »Evaluations should be ethical
Would you bribe your professor to ensure that you received a decent grade at the end of the semester? Although we all look forward to the semester being over, we dread drudging through the last few days of classes.
Read More »People Poll: What do you think about the Regents Test being done away with?
“I’m upset about them taking the test away because I had to take it twice and pass. New students are getting off easy.” Jazmine LeCount junior nursing major “I really don’t care if the test is taken away or not. I passed it.” Lorraine Dawkins sophomore political science major “I feel like it if they had it there to take, ...
Read More »Longer late nights
Late Night Dining is probably one of the best attributes of VSU. During the weekdays, many students are consumed by homework and burdened by a heavy schedule. I often experience this “homework overload” myself. I enjoy the fact that I can leave my dorm at 3 a.m and receive a full course meal from Hopper Dining Hall. During the middle ...
Read More »Sexes switch places
The sexes have been battling for generations, with men in the lead. Men have always played the big game, while women cheered on the side. But things have changed. As women, we have established a voice starting with the right to vote and now we can be politicians, doctors, scientists, entrepreneurs and whatever else we want to be; no longer ...
Read More »Locals in library should leave
Walking in, you expect a kind of sanctuary in Odum. It’s a college library meant to foster the study of each one of the students in attendance at VSU. Instead, fights are occurring, computers are being taken up, and every once in a while a screaming kid runs in-between the book stacks. Let’s be clear, it’s nothing against the Valdosta ...
Read More »New bill bans electronics
You are busy chatting away on your Blackberry on your way to class one day when suddenly a policeman pulls you over. Confused as to the cop’s intention, you get off the phone. He comes up and writes you a ticket for a whopping $100. You look down and are shocked at the reason. You just got fined for talking ...
Read More »Black history deserves more
As midnight struck on Feb. 1, countless students at VSU tweeted and posted on Facebook: “Happy Black History Month!!!” promising and encouraging others to celebrate this month that is supposed to belong to us. NAACP hosted a Black History Week that was meant to celebrate Black History and Black Leadership, so why were these events attended by less than the ...
Read More »Protection is the answer
In response to the “Bill has pros and cons” column, I would like to voice my opposition to the rationale of eliminating taxpayer funding for abortions in order to restrain unprotected sex. I can certainly understand an argument to stop this funding for fiscal reasons but to believe that safe sex would be practiced more frequently because of higher abortion ...
Read More »Black History week on a post-racial campus
At this point in “Post-Racial America”, the celebration of Black History Month on most predominately white campuses (such as VSU) and a sizable portion of black campuses is relatively arbitrary. We don’t fully understand the connotations of the celebration, yet out of a commitment to rote tradition, we do it every year. The people that are heralded are usually the ...
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