One of the greatest joys of living in America is getting to have a voice and be involved in the process of electing political officials. As student of VSU we have this same opportunity when it comes to electing our Student Government Association executive board and senators. Following Monday’s announcement of the new 2016-17 SGA executive board and senators, we ...
Read More »Pain tolerance higher in men
Written by Erin Martin, Staff Writer Considering childbirth, menstrual cramps, and the occasional and tragic broken nails, you would reason that women must have a high pain tolerance, right? Well, with developing technology and science, studies have revealed that women actually don’t handle pain as well as men do. Science is ever changing and almost always on top of things ...
Read More »The Kerwin Bell era has begun; The Blazers prepare for a 2016 title run as spring practice kicks off
Written by Aldean Starr, Staff Writer It may be April, but it’s always football season in Valdosta. The VSU Blazers are months away from the Sep. 3 opener against the Albany State Rams, but they started preparing last week. For the first time in nine seasons, the Blazers started spring practice with a new head coach in Kerwin Bell. Bell, ...
Read More »Artists make dumpsters a little less trashy, a bit more classy
Written by Pam Agedah, Staff Writer For most of us, an enormous trash bin is not where we go to look for art. But that is soon to change here in Valdosta. The City of Valdosta and Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts is inviting artists to participate in a project for the 2016 Georgia Cities Week. Every year ...
Read More »SGA Elections: Time to make your voice heard!
Written by Jyrell Wynn, Correspondent As Blazers, it seems sometimes that students have little control over the situations that occur on campus. Students are simply just passengers as business continues as usual, but there is a silver lining as SGA Election Day approaches. On April 6, a debate was held in Jennett Hall where the candidates were able to state ...
Read More »Ex-One Direction member Zayn Malik allows listeners in to his ‘Mind of Mine’
Written by Kayla Stroud, Web Editor It has been a little over a year since the newly-minted solo artist Malik dumped his One Direction bandmates mid tour. Malik cited the reason for leaving the band after his five-year stint was that he wanted to be a normal 22-year-old. Now, millions of crying fans, multiple Twitter beefs and an RCA recording ...
Read More »Offense, rain combine to put out the Flame
Written by Austin Wells, Staff Writer Major League Baseball is about to commence, but VSU is in the middle of its conference race. Standing at 19-11 overall and 10-6 in the Gulf South Conference, the VSU Blazers baseball team had six conference games left coming into last weekend, and because of the rain two of those games were cancelled. With ...
Read More »The remedy for a bad day
Written by Olivia Studdard, Staff Writer There once was a painting my freshman year roommate made that said, “No matter how you feel…get up, dress up, show up, and never give up.” Being in my third year of this adventure called college, some days this admonition is easier said than done. You know the kind of day I’m talking about. ...
Read More »Rapper 2 Chainz to pull up to VSU with his ‘ceiling missing’
Written by Jada Dukes, Staff Writer Earlier this month, VSU president Dr. Cecil Staton released a statement via his Twitter announcing the arrival of Tauheed Epps, better known as Mr. 2Chainz (and four bracelets). Staton’s tweet stated that the College Park rapper would be touching down on VSU’s campus on April 15 2016. Contrary to popular belief, this event is ...
Read More »Editorial: We are proud to be at VSU (finally)
Congratulations VSU, you’re finally swimming in the deep end. Kudos to VSU for securing a performance from 2 Chainz on April 15. For years it has felt as though our school was a step behind the UGAs and Georgia Techs of the world, but perhaps that is changing. This semester will have brought a hip-hop superstar and a presidential frontrunner ...
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