Tuesday Oct. 28, Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity International held a public presentation by the lieutenant over the investigative division of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s office, supervisor Stride Jones. The presentation covered the case and evidence gathered within the case that started Jan. 11 2013 when the body of high school student Kendrick Johnson was found in a rolled up ...

SGA sported their new polo shirts Monday night where they reviewed the events of homecoming week and discussed opinions they heard from students for each event. The information will be used to better help SGA make the next homecoming better. Some reviews talked about were the lack of food at the carnival Monday and bad lighting. There were also complaints ...

The Student Government Association received five new senators at its last meeting of the semester. After the oath of office swear in SGA introduced their guest speaker vice president of University of Advancement John Crawford and took a survey about the recreation center hours of operation. SGA took the survey not in representation of Valdosta State University students, but as ...

SGA covered various topics during their weekly Monday night meeting. Homecoming week and events were reviewed. SGA will not be holding a meeting Monday Oct. 20 due to the week of homecoming. President Tyler Barker went over SGAs involvement and participation for each event. According to Barker, provost Rogers suggested a competition for the tailgate before the homecoming football game. ...

Outside the Fine Arts building last Thursday, students, faculty, staff and community members of Valdosta protested the arrival of Ben Carson and his speaking at VSU. The peaceful protest was put together by the sociology club. Both presidents, Ashlie Prain, junior, and Jarrett Wilson, senior, sociology majors were in attendance. In addition to protesting they helped create posters, offered ice ...

SGA Senators offered input for qualifications for next year’s homecoming king and queen in the last meeting. Senator Matthew Cowan presented a resolution for homecoming King. Following his presentation, the senators started a discussion over the qualifications for homecoming king and queen. SGA Senators were in agreement that the GPA should be raised for homecoming king and queen candidates; some ...

Written By: LaShawn Ogelsby Coffee took center stage at the SGA’s Monday night meeting. Taylor Scott Ratliff, junior public relations major, introduced a proposal called “Buck the Menu.” It is intended as a spring semester event with the hopes of becoming a VSU tradition. Ratcliff created a drink at Starbucks called “The Cool Guy,” which received praise from his fellow ...

Written By: LaShawn Oglesby On Monday, the SGA discussed many future events at VSU, including a new academic bill, new food programs on campus, and a fireside chat with President William McKinney,. The SGA voted unanimously in favor of the Academic Forgiveness Bill. If also approved by the faculty senate, this bill will allow students who earned a C, D ...

Written By: LaShawn Oglesby The Red Cross, student complaints and the financial budget were the main topics of discussion at SGA’s Monday meeting. Kathy Dallas from the American Red Cross was SGA’s first guest speaker. She talked about VSU’s annual blood drive and the challenge that goes along with the drive. VSU competes with the University of West Georgia for ...

Written By: LaShawn Oglesby SGA welcomed the directors of student life and human resources at its weekly Monday meeting, and discussion topics ranged from the new smoking ban to football to a Nickelodeon celebrity. The first guest of the night was the associate director of student life, John Wright. According to Wright, student life is trying to get a new ...