Written By Ritsuki Miyazaki Dance with your heart and feel the music at Motion Dance Studios in Valdosta.   Motion Dance Studios offers a wide variety of dances including Latin, ballroom, fitness, and hip hop.   Alvaro Leyva, studio owner and instructor, and Hannah Moore, instructor, have more than five years of experience as professional dancers.   According to Moore, Motion ...

By Ritsuki Miyazaki   Two former VSU students are now making wild history on the reality TV show “Ax Men,” which airs on the History Channel.   Dave Stone, 35, and Chris Miller, 24, are the crew members of DreadKnots river logging, and are also cast members of the sixth season of “Ax Men,” which premiered December 2012. The DreadKnots ...

Written by Ritsuki Miyazaki   According to VSUPD media log, four cases of marijuana use have been reported on campus in the past six months. “New Years, sometimes, we see a little bit of rise of students smoking marijuana,” Scott Doner, director of VSUPD, said. Doner suggests students should contact a resident assistant or call VSUPD if marijuana is smelled ...

By Ritsuki Miyazaki   The sweet sound of a symphony could be heard during the Tunes for Tots performance from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday in the Whitehead Auditorium.   The annual event, held by the Valdosta Symphony Guild, was designed to introduce the several instruments played by the child orchestra.   “Tunes for Tots is the annual out ...

President Barack Obama announced and signed a series of executive orders Wednesday with the intention of curbing gun violence.   This comes on the heels of a series of shootings that have occurred in the last 12 months, such as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., that killed 27, and the massacre at a movie theater in ...

If you see three sheets in the wind, don’t worry, it’s not about drinking—it’s about advertising. Many students are looking for efficient and creative ways to advertise their organizations, events and even conduct personal business. Most organizations often revert to using sheet-signs. Student looking to hang sheet signs are required to bring them to the Student Life office in the ...

The outdoor CORE challenge course looks innocent enough in the daylight, but as the sun goes down the cackling of evil clowns and the screams of terrified students can be heard for miles. The annual haunted trail ran ended Tuesday, but not before everyone got to experience this year’s circus theme. “Since we’re on the center of town, we wanted ...

The VSU Police Department advises students to be especially careful and to never leave their stuff unattended due to a recent string of vehicle break-ins.  According to the media log from VSUPD, there have been nine vehicle break-in cases on campus reported this year.  The areas of reported break -ins include Sustella and Oak Street parking decks.  According to Scott ...

The battle of chef’s cooking competition was took place on yesterday at Hopper dining hall. “This is the first annual cooking competition we provide here at VSU, it is based off the TV show called Chopped from Food Network”Allison Mitchell, senior marketing manager at Valdosta state dining, said. “We’ve had ramen noodle contest before, but we wanted to bring it ...

Love thy neighbor—only if they’re not annoying. As midterm comes around, some students are not only finding out how hard it is to maintain grades but also how hard it is to live with their roommates. VSU Housing and Residence Life is offering roommate workshops for students who have never lived with a roommate prior to the beginning of the ...