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SGA wasted no time getting their first meeting of the semester out of the way on Monday night. The meeting, which lasted a mere 23 minutes, currently stands as the shortest meeting of the 2012-2013 school year to date and centered around bringing in a tax lawyer to talk to students. The lawyer, Lawrence Feld, is a professor at New ...

Commuters will get around 200 more parking slots in the Oak Street Lot. That proposal was brought out by Ryan Baerwalde, SGA President, during Monday night’s SGA meeting, the last of the semester. The new slots will come at the expense of residents, who will have their parking area in that lot slashed in half. “I think we’ve all seen ...

The SGA declared an end to large funding of projects. It came through a budget amendment that was proposed by Yannick Gill, an SGA senator, and was passed by the senate. This amendment puts a theoretical cap on all SGA donations to organizations at $500. “As our President mentioned last week, ‘SGA isn’t simply a funding mechanism,’” Gill said. “Our ...

It’s time to party. The SGA and CMVSU kicked off homecoming week celebration with a cookout Wednesday in Palms Quad in hopes of getting students hyped for the upcoming homecoming weekend. The event, hosted from 1-4 p.m., was designed with one purpose in mind: unity. “This event came right on time for homecoming,” Jodi Walker, a freshmen biology major, said. ...

VSU officials, Student Government Association representatives and the VSU police chief all partook in a walk through campus Wednesday night in order to address concerns about campus lighting. The walk started at West Hall and ended in front of the Education Building where new lights where new LED lights have been installed. The LED lights provide clearer resolution in darker ...

Dr. William McKinney, VSU president, told the SGA Monday night that he intends to take a closer look at parking, and changes could be on the horizon. Dr. McKinney took questions on topics such as parking, construction and housing maintenance among other things. “When was the last time VSU did a detailed traffic and parking study?” McKinney said. “It’s been ...

After the semester ends, VSU could become a simulated war zone. At the SGA meeting Monday night, senators discussed an “Active Shooter” video to be filmed after the school closes for winter break. The film would be a VSUPD production. Amber Worthy, SGA vice president, explained. “We do have an open campus, and we are more susceptible to active shooters, ...

Monday night’s SGA meeting was highlighted by a suggestion that the Oak lot be restricted to commuters to alleviate parking problems. Amber Worthy, SGA vice president, mentioned the suggestion. “One suggestion that was brought up was that the Oak Street parking lot would be extended to commuters – all of that (would be) commuter parking,” Worthy said, “and Sustella would ...

 The Student Government Association is geared for greatness, at least according to President Ryan Baerwalde. � During the first meeting of the year Monday night Baerwalde explained that other SGA across Georgia look up to VSU’s.  “I met with (the other SGA presidents) earlier this summer, and spoke with a lot of SGA presidents, and told them what we’ve been ...

 For the most part, it was a good day to be a part of the United Leaders ticket, scoring three of the four executive seats up for grabs in this year’s SGA elections.   Sophomore Ryan Baerwalde beat out junior Junior Jackson in the race for president, scoring 65.2-percent of the vote.  Understandably, Baerwalde was thrilled about winning the seat. ...