Employment opportunities for engineer majors after graduation have just increased. The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, formed by president Obama in 2011, announced that 45 industry leaders have committed to doubling their engineering internships in 2012. The council estimated that this will add over 6,000 “additional opportunities for hands-on, technical job training for future engineers.” The goal is to ...

The crowd sat in reverence through the City of Valdosta’s Tenth Anniversary of 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. No one made a sound as the VSU Mass Choir sang patriotic music. The crowd listened intently to the welcome remarks from Col. Scott Kindsvater, 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing Commander at Moody Air Force Base. The entire ceremony ...

The Blazer’s defense and special teams kept the game tight with a few clutch plays while the offense struggled to produce in a 24-17 victory over Newberry. Coach David Dean’s defense made an early statement when Ryan Smith intercepted Newberry quarterback, Bryan Ehrlich on their second drive, but the Blazers failed to score. However, the VSU defense took the scoring ...

Director Steven Soderbergh has made yet another film with huge scope, big stars, and gritty style. However, it ends up falling short of most of his other works, giving its audience a muddled narrative that lacks both suspense and the emotional connection an audience must feel with the characters. The cast is full of superb actors (Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne ...

Starting this fall semester, the VSU bookstore will offer a textbook rental program, giving students the option to rent instead of buy certain textbooks. Bethanie Brogdon, the director of University Stores, says that the announcement was made at the beginning of the school term. Like popular textbook rental sites, the Textbook Rental Program is designed to save students money. However, ...

Many freshmen were surprised when they answered a knock at their door and were greeted by one of VSU’s House Call volunteers on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

A 12 member committee comprised of VSU administration, faculty, and officials have begun a national search to replace former VSU President Patrick Schloss, who stepped down in late June.

­­Since the begining of the semester students and faculty have been dealing with BlazeView outtages. VSU faculty and students experienced problems trying to access the VSU web page due to the heavy amount of traffic the site was receiving. Even more students stated that they were unable to access their e-mail accounts on Windows Live last Wednesday around 3 p.m. ...

The VSU Fine Arts Gallery opened its doors to the Art Faculty Exhibition on Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. while the faculty jazz combo played for the guests. The gallery displays artwork from various mediums, including illustrations, photography, oil paintings, sketches, and even sculptures. The exhibition is sponsored by Hester and Morris Orthodontics. “[The objective is to] showcase works of ...

According to recent reports from InsideHigherEd.com, an online news source for college and higher education, Dr. Frank Rybicki, will finish the 2011-2012 academic year, but it will be his last here at VSU. According to Rybicki, this was the decision of the VSU administration. For those who are not aware, last semester Rybicki was involved in a confrontation with a ...