VALDOSTA— Week one starting quarterback Jimmy Coy has quit the VSU football team.  The decision came less than a week after the 5-foot-10-inch quarterback was passed up on the VSU depth chart by redshirt freshman Brett Whitmire.  Coy informed head coach David Dean earlier this week that he was leaving the team and  withdrawing from his classes.  According to Dean, ...

 Although parking overflow continues to be a problem on VSU campus, the administration has no definite plans to build new accommodations at this time, a VSU Parking Committee official said.  However, there will most likely be new structures sometime in the future, Rob Kellner, supervisor of the committee said.  “Obviously, there’s going to be a time in the future when ...

The Mass Media department will begin relocating to the old bookstore building this Friday. The facility will officially open January 2011.

 On Sept. 7, VSU student Broderick Turner was arrested and charged with obstruction of a peace officer outside of the University Center.  VSU police officer, Cpl. Joshua Luke, was securing the UC around 9 p.m. when he observed Turner running from Bazemore-Hyder stadium to the UC breezeway. Luke intercepted Turner on the west side of the breezeway by the outside ...

 As a new academic year is upon us, WVVS BlazeFM has completed expanding their staff for the upcoming year.  The new staff’s duties include promotions, web manager, along with a new urban music director.  “We are excited about the new additions to our staff as we look to bring BlazeFM up to par,” Station Manager Daniel Oakes said. “We are ...

Brittany Blaschke   sophomore early childhood major “Yes, people would take them but it wouldn’t really help with your major classes.” Sean Willet   intramural and club sport grad assistant “No, because all you need to do is watch TV every night and you’ll find out everything you need to know.” Ricky Staebler   junior health and phusical  major “No, unless it is ...

 Being in college is one of the most stressful times in a young person’s life. We are thrown in a new environment surrounded by new people without the comfort of our home and parents. In addition to such a drastic change we also have to deal with a completely new style of teaching.  You no longer have to raise your ...

Imagine you are browsing a list of classes only to see "GaGa for Gaga: Sex, Gender, and Identity.” Unsure of what you just read, you re-read it and find that indeed the university now offers an English class centered around the pop culture icon, Lady Gaga.

 Pennsylvania’s Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is deciding to ban Facebook, Twitter, and instant messaging on main campus and dorm rooms as an experiment for students.  The only online communication the students are allowed to use is e-mail. The school is calling this experiment; get this, a “blackout.”  The problem with this so-called experiment is that these students, as ...

    Tremaine Neverson, better known as Trey Songz is back again with his fourth studio album, ‘Passion, Pain & Pleasure’. Released on September 14, 2010, ‘Passion, Pain & Pleasure’ is what Songz says is his “most personal album to date”.  This album is one of the better R&B albums of the year with mostly smooth and seductive songs on the ...