I remember high school as a time of uncomfortable encounters with women and embarrassing moments that are punctuated with clashes of the other cliques.  Mind you my clique wasn’t exactly swimming in the cool side of the proverbial pool, but then again I’m glad it didn’t.   “The Virginity Hit” is kind of a reminder of everything that made you ...

   Lady Blazers volleyball began in-Conference matches this past weekend. VSU traveled to Pensacola, Fla. for their Friday match against West Florida, only to immediately turn around for a Saturday contest against West Alabama in Livingston, Ala. The road trip consisted of over 800 miles of travel.  West Florida came out strong against VSU, sweeping the match in an easy ...

   Coach Michael Doscher, VSU’s strength and conditioning coach, spends countless hours during the week to make sure the athletes are reach their full athletic potential.  Originally from Westwood, N.J., Doscher displays so much emotion for what he does that it feeds off to players and coaches. Doscher, employed at VSU for 14 years, does training for all sports offered ...

From Staff Reports  VSU moved to 5-9 on Wednesday night when they won against Albany State.  With a 3-0 sweep (25-19, 25-9, 25-12), VSU’s Irene Hannan served 11 straight points in the first set.   Ruthie King and Hannan had 22 kills total, 11 each, in the match. Emelia Saulter and Hannan each had nine digs.  King led the team in ...

   Up ‘Til Dawn is a student organization that informs the campus of the work that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is doing. It gives students an understanding of how vital this hospital is to the survival of so many children.  “I think it is a wonderful group on campus and I think what they are doing for St. Jude ...

September 22 At 10:48 a.m. VSUPD responded to the College Street parking lot, where a Chevy Malibu was broken into. At 1:03 p.m. VSUPD responded to a report of a stolen bike. September 23 At 5:04 p.m. VSUPD responded a report of a stolen bike outside the University Center. At 6:57 p.m. VSUPD responded to a report of a stolen ...

 Turn your iPhone, iPod Touch, or Android phone into an automatic note-taking machine, allowing recorded lectures to be downloaded to your computer for easy review with Eidetiq from Chubby Weasel Technologies.  For $4.99, the application simultaneously captures photographs and records audio of the lecture or presentation.  “Eidetiq is a revolutionary note-taking app to remember what’s important, both visually and with ...

   In an effort to create a more balanced system, the Student Government Association passed new by-laws for fall 2010 regarding GPA standards for senators and executive members.  Article 5, Section 4 of the old Constitution stated, “All Senators must have at least a 2.0, and members of the Executive Branch must possess, at the time of election and throughout ...

 As we all know, parking on campus is awful and students usually have to drive around for a long time to find a place to park. However, what about the parking tickets?  In the fall of 2009, there were a total of 5,338 parking spaces. Of those, there were only 3,917 student spaces but 6,820 parking permits were bought.  That ...

 Rachel Holley  junior exercise physiology  major “Everything is fun! I enjoy seeing everyone participating.”  David Durden senior music major “I don’t really have one. Homecoming is kind of lost on me and I don’t keep up with the events.”  Sandy Gamino freshman sports medicine major “My favorite part of Homecoming is seeing everybody there preparing for Homecoming. It’s really great ...