Correction: The cutline under the photo accompanying the print copy of this article, published on Nov. 17, read that the people in the photo were from the VSU ROTC. Instead, they are Team Moody from the Moody Air Force Base. The front lawn was covered with 52 VSU and community volunteers on Nov 11 at 8 a.m., showing respect to ...

 Coming to downtown this Saturday is Valdosta’s first ice skating rink.   Located in the Toombs Street parking lot, Holiday on Ice will be open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Tuesdays through Fridays from 5-10 p.m. through Dec. 19.  “I’m excited about the ice skating rink,” Shelia Vanommeren, a senior international business major said. “I’m ...

 DearDrunkMe.com is a Web site created for sober people to speak to their drunken alter ego.   VSU students Alex Abell, a senior marketing major and Omari Brown, a senior computer science major, created the website on July 1.  Abell and Brown started the site after partaking in several drunken nights.  Realizing that they were engaging in inappropriate behavior, Brown ...

 Halloween is getting close and it is about time to find that perfect costume.   There are costumes being sold all around town and on the Internet, but they are usually very expensive.  On the other hand, there are plenty of costumes that can be made from things around the house; costing you little to no money at all.  A ...

 About 60 attendees were on hand Monday at the Student Union as the Political Action Commitee of theVSU NAACP joined with the Student Government Association and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity to host a rally with the goal of imploring students to exercise their right to vote.   They invited the College Democrats and College Republicans to explain the most important ...

   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 ...

Constitution week kicked off with Professor Kenneth Janda as the key note speaker. Dr. Janda expressed the importance of the Constitution.

 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 ...

The Happening brought new and returning students to the front lawn on Aug. 26 to find what Valdosta has to offer. Over 200 exhibitors came to the 19th annual event,