Mandatory fees are a nuisance. They’ve been the bane of the bill for years and continue to irritate future students at the same rate that they seem to rise. While removing mandatory fees completely would be appreciated by all, it’s not a practical solution. Saying we don’t want to pay for things we don’t use is an understandable argument. No ...

On June 23, Dr. Mark George, adjunct professor for the Women’s and Gender Studies program (WGST), used his VSU email to send a letter to the governor and General Assembly asking them to “no longer endorse, promote, and support Confederate holidays, events, and historic sites.” Dr. George’s social justice action was conducted on behalf of the Mary Turner Project (MTP) ...

Written By: Kenzie Kesselring Pro:  When it comes to American history, Caucasian men are constantly celebrated. A white male was the first president of the United States. White males have been credited with solving some of the world’s largest problems, and have been the ones running the government since the beginning of American history. After growing weary of being oppressed, ...

Written By: Tatyana Phelps Emily Letts thought that uploading a video of her abortion as a teaching tool and to show women that it doesn’t have to hurt—but did she ask the baby? Although Emily Letts, a 25-year old abortion counselor, is supposed to be a “sex educator,” she wasn’t using any form of birth control and unintentionally became pregnant ...

As students strolled the Pedestrian Mall last week, many wondered why the clotheslines lining the walkway were empty. For the past 14 years, the Clothesline Project, which exists to raise awareness about domestic violence, had placed T-shirts with symbolic messages on the mall. This year, instead, all that hung from the string was an explanation of the Board Of Regents ...

By: Tierra Francois A recent CNN article states that women are now getting married at a later age or even not at all. According to this article, titled “Why more women choose not to marry,” 53 percent of women over 18 are in the “single” category. Author Pepper Schwartz believes that the reason so many women are single is simply ...

I write in support of your article “Domestic abuse project hung out to dry”. I was in the Faculty Senate Meeting when this issue was raised by Dr. Tracy Meyers, Director , WGST. Dr. Meyers told the Senate what she had been told relative to the clothesline project and that it could be deemed political activity that is prohibited by ...

By: Jordan Hill The Pythagorean theorem, Beowulf and how atoms form are all things students have studied in high school or college, but that information is not helpful when it comes to real life. Why is it that we’re never taught the things that are actually going to benefit us in the “real world?” By the time high school students ...

By: Roger Farinha I see how intellectual ideas not only shape our modern global history, but how America has inherited the most advanced and liberal ideas emerging from the history of modern philosophical thought, and how our nation is now on the verge of putting one final crown of reason on the highest liberal ideals of humankind ‒ a task ...

By Kristin Whitman Money, money, money. It’s all about money in the game of life, but what about collegiate sports? Are universities doing what is right or being hypocritical by not allowing student athletes to make an outside profit from their talents? Two athletes related to this topic are Todd Gurley, University of Georgia’s running back, and Johnny Manziel, Texas ...