Written by Jordan Barela, Editor-in-Chief The media and the recent presidential debate coverage have been rife with anti-Muslim remarks and bigotry. And on Saturday, that prejudiced reared its ugly head as two protests were held in quaint downtown Valdosta. One was an Anti-Muslim protest against allowing Syrian refugees to come to America. The other was a counter response from Valdosta ...

Editor’s Note: This story will update whenever more information is made available. Early Sunday morning, a VSU alert was sent out stating that gun shots were fired in the 1400 block of Sustella. According to the alert, three people were seen in a silver Accura headed towards a university parking lot. Text and email alerts were sent out around 2 a.m. ...

Written by Jordan Barela, Editor-in-Chief Campus Recreation is looking to haunt your dreams. Last night, Campus Recreation started its annual Haunted Trail. According to Greg Knaus, the Graduate Assistant of Special Events and Student Development, the Haunted Trial has been going on for ten years now.  When it first began, the Haunted Trail was used as a fundraiser to help ...

Written by Jordan Barela, Editor-in-Chief With all the new iPhones, Galaxies, Mac Books and even Segways comes the generation that uses this technology the most: millennials. According to the Pew Research Center, a millennial is someone born after 1980 and is part of the first generation to come of age in the new millennium. With millennials becoming a more prominent ...

Written by Tresia Bowles, Staff Writer Last Thursday, Oct. 15, the first session of “Brave Space” started in the Student Union. Brave Space is an open forum for any member of the LGBTQIAP+ community to come and discuss various topics. The forum is open to students, faculty, staff and graduate students to have serious discussions concerning current issues within the community. ...

Written by Jordan Barela, Editor-in-Chief Our lives have become so integrated with social media that most everything can be done with an app. Digital is everywhere you look.  Society as a whole has moved towards this digital direction. Now, you can find a significant other or a quick fling online. While this is not anything new, “digital dating” has overtaken ...

Written by Jordan Barela, Editor-in-Chief It is 2015, and we as a society still slut-shame. Slut-shaming is known in popular culture as harsh criticism of a female for her real or presumed sexual conduct; criticism that takes empowerment away from the female body. In today’s world there is a double standard that everyone knows, but few are brave enough to ...

Written by Jordan Barela, Editor-in-Chief Who says only a man and a woman can conceive a baby anymore? According to a paper published in Cell, a research paper publisher, two men could possibly be able to have a baby together in the near future. No, men will not be able to physically carry a baby for nine months (a few women ...

Written by Jordan Barela, Editor-in-Chief  Things are about to get bloody and bitchy. FOX premiered its highly anticipated new series “Scream Queens” this past Tuesday and the two-hour premiere left viewers gagging. Literally. “Scream Queens” follows blonde terminator Chanel (Emma Roberts), who gives Regina George a run for her money in the mean girl department. Chanel is president of Kappa ...