Written by: Victoria Johnson Having only been a club sport at Valdosta State for four years, the rugby team is in full force this semester. They won their previous game against North Georgia College on Feb. 22, beating their opponents by a landslide with a score of 93-0. The team is 4-0 on the season. “We make sure to get ...

Written by: Jordan Hill VSU students have formed teams for a new, up-and-coming sport: Spikeball. The game takes two teams of two players. One team serves the ball onto a small, bouncy net, and the opposing team then has three chances to hit the ball back onto the net. The players can move 360 degrees around the net after the ...

Written by: Lia Armistead Valdosta State men’s tennis won their seventh straight match on Tuesday after defeating Ferris State University. VSU improved to 7-2 on the season while the women’s team moved to 5-2 after their victory. The men won all three doubles sets, even with a switch-up of partners. Fransisco Yim Kim left his usual doubles partner, Mario Navarro ...

Written by: Joe Adgie Chances are, your view on the National Security Agency is of a big, bad agency that listens to all of your phone calls, knows all the websites you visit, and where you are at all times, no matter where you are or how wired you are.   According to the NSA, this is not the case. ...

Written by: Olivia McLean It got deep on Tuesday when nonfiction writer and editor Dr. Ned Stuckey-French gave a reading that touched on subjects such as racism and the meaning of life. The West Lafayette, Ind., native who is a professor at Florida State University read two selections, “Nightmares” and “South Side,” to an audience in the Student Union Theater. ...

Written by: Neil Frawley With conference tournaments raging on and selection Sunday only days away, excitement grows. And at 7pm, once all conference tourneys have ended and all 68 teams have been announced, the madness can and will ensue. And when it does, the focus of the sports world will once again turn to the brackets as hopeful souls look ...

Written by: Tyra Mills On Sunday, students woke up before moving the hands of their clocks an hour ahead.  It’s something done every year, right before spring time hits, and in the fall clocks move back an hour. While this process is supposed to improve people’s lives, it may be causing more problems than it solves. According to the New ...

Written by: Elan Waite The world was created in seven days, but these films were created in two.  The 48-Hour Film Competition had its public viewing of the contestants’ short films in Jerry and Kay Jennett Lecture Hall Sunday, and no one in attendance seemed to have any regrets. Jennett was filled with an array of emotions as everyone watched ...

Written by: Chris Kessler Without Liam Neeson, international travelers would be doomed. “Non-Stop” is a perfect mix of Alfred Hitchcock suspense with Hollywood’s top action star, Liam Neeson, doing what he does best. Neeson stars as an air marshal aboard an international flight that has been threatened by terrorists. An anonymous texter tells Neeson that a passenger will die every ...

Written by: Rikysha Williams The Society of International Students will be hosting the 38th Annual International Dinner March 29 at 6 p.m. This semi-formal event, entitled “Journey Around the World,” will be held in the Student Union Ballrooms. Faculty, staff and students as well as members of the community are invited to come out and celebrate the plethora of cultures ...