Are you registered to vote? Today VSU’s NAACP is hosting a voter registration drive for students, faculty and staff. NAACP hopes to reach out to the community and encourage people to register to vote in this election. Chris Hawkins, the political action chair of the NAACP and coordinator of the drive, said NAACP is inspired by the national scale of ...

The month of October, for the Women and Gender’s Studies department, is Domestic Violence Awareness month. WGST has planned a few events to help spread awareness of domestic violence—particularly domestic violence against women. Some of the faculty and staff from WGST involved in the cause are: Dr. Tracy Woodard-Meyers, Teresa Paliwoda, Helen Wishart, Dr. Mark George, Andrea Ramirez, Felicia Hilson ...

Spoiler alert: The Maya doomsday prophecy is just a myth, according to the panel discussion Tuesday. The Arts and Sciences Lectures Series invited the VSU community to a panel discussion titled “Debunking the Maya Myth: Reassessing the Doomsday Prophecy, 12/21/2012.”

When in a relationship, it’s impossible for both partners to agree on everything. There will be some clashing of different opinions, views and thoughts. This is where compromise and sacrifice both come in to play. Though these two relationship elements tend to be a struggle to achieve for some people, it’s worth the battle in the end when both partners ...

The VSU Honors Program has transitioned from a program to an Honors College, and Mike Savoie, professor in the College of the Arts, has taken the position as interim dean. Prior to Savoie’s acceptance of the position, an unsuccessful search went out for a permanent dean for the college. When the Honors College was still a program in fall 2006, ...

Dear Love Doves, Hi, I’m torn between leaving my ex and moving on. There’s this guy that I’m interested in, but i still have feelings for my ex. I’m afraid that he’s not ready for commitment. My ex seems to have a change of heart in how much he wants a relationship with me. He just recently told me that ...

 “Love, Loss and What I Wore,” directed by Duke Guthrie, will be performed for the remainder of the week in the Lab Theatre on the second floor of the Fine Arts Building.             Written by Nora and Delia Ephron, the show consists of monologues covering topics from women’s relationships to wardrobes.             “I selected the play based on my search ...

Hello ladies and gents: I have a conflict, and I need some advice. Love has always been an up and down battle that I have gone through, and am going through now. I’ve been cheated on in the past many of times, so I have trust issues. You would think that I would have my guard up—NEGATIVE.  I wear my ...

Platonic friendships and intimate relationships–can you connect the two? No? Well, let us help and guide you through it. First, you meet a person and are possibly physically attracted to them. Maybe you noticed some things about them or just bumped into them and started making conversation. Either way, you’ve now acknowledged that the other exists. After the “greet and ...

            Sometimes you have to step-out from the behind-the-scenes and make headlines rather than write them. Last week came with the news that a fellow student-run, college newspaper had lost the majority of their editorial staff in a protest for Freedom of the Press—an Amendment “The Spectator” takes seriously. “The Red and Black” at UGA is run by student-journalists, as ...