Today’s Birthday (02/18/15). Pursue a personal dream to begin this year. New doors opens. Fortune smiles on career efforts. Your communities unlock long-term success. Tonight’s Aquarius New Moon inspires creativity. Organize to launch a personal project after 3/20. Resolve kinks in shared finances after 4/4. Begin or renew a partnership after 10/13. Nurture yourself so you can nurture others. To ...

by Elan Waite Counter Movement/ Piggy-back movements We need to grow up. Today, there seems to be a recurring pattern amongst social movements. Step 1: Find a cause. Step 2: Create a voice through social media. Step 3: Sit back and wait for the piggy-back movement to strike. Early last year, social media was taken by storm when the hashtag ...

by Kenzie Kesselring Friday’s release of the movie adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey” has caused some controversy between women who have been anxiously awaiting the movie and women who find it to be obscene and abusive. “Fifty Shades of Grey” originally caused a lot of media buzz when the first book was released in 2012. Women flocked to their ...

by Jordan Barela Only in America can a person sue someone for not wanting to spread hate, slap a “violation of civil rights” defense on the law suit, and call it a day. In late January, a baker in Colorado was sued for refusing to put an anti-gay message on a cake. The customer came to Azucar Bakery in Denver ...

by Zenobia Harris Last week, VSU Health Services sponsored free HIV and STD testing as part of a week of events centered on safe sex, STD and HIV awareness. Just in time for Valentine’s Day weekend, VSU’s Health Services teamed up with Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity for “Safe Sex Week,” which featured events encouraging students to practice safe sex ...

by Alex Corbitt The IDEA Center, a place for other teachers to learn and communicate with others, is now taking applications for grants to help support faculty who would like to improve their classes this semester. The goal of the IDEA center, located on Georgia Avenue is to allow professors to meet with other teachers and discuss issues within the ...

by Tierra Francois The Cactus Flower Café, located at 3209 North Oak Street Extension, Valdosta, GA, is a delicious authentic Mexican restaurant. They serve a wide variety of Mexican dishes from nachos with queso dip to mini chimichangas. The atmosphere of the restaurant is very modern and actually quite relaxing. The food is made quickly with large enough portions to ...

by Jordan Hill Get your butt up the stairs and off the elevator. As a full-time college student with a part-time job, it may be hard for you to get the necessary exercise to stay healthy. It is tempting to wait on the elevator in the parking deck rather than take the stairs that are right across the hall from ...

by Jyrell Wynn A hot debate that is steadily circulating is whether women’s sports teams should be called “Lady” mascots. For example, in the case of VSU sports, Lady Blazers should be able to make up their own mind about what they want to be called. If players want to be called Lady Blazers, let them have their title. They ...

by Tatyana Phelps VSU students will have the opportunity to meet a television judge as the lives of the first two African-American VSU students are honored at the Thomas-Pierce Scholarship Dinner. The scholarship dinner, hosted by the Office of Social Equity, the Black History Month Committee and SGA, will honor Drewnell Thomas and Robert Pierce, the first two African-American students ...