Written by Ritsuki Miyazaki   Parking issues on campus continue to rise as students take advantage of disabled parking spaces on campus.   According to the VSU Parking Department, there are a total of 6,063 parking spaces on campus. 4,337 spots are designated for students, and 184 are designated as disabled parking spaces.   To park in the disabled parking ...

No more classes on Friday? This became one of the main topics of discussion at last Thursday’s Faculty Senate meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the UC Magnolia Room when Dr. Aubrey Fowler, assistant professor of marketing, proposed that VSU adopt a two-day class schedule. This would mean that classes on Fridays would cease to exist, and would only be offered ...

Written by John Preer   With spring break right around the corner, many VSU students are trying to get into shape and look their best.   On Wednesday, VSU hosted “Fitness Frenzy” from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the front lawn and featured different organizations which provided information on staying fit and having a healthy lifestyle.   For those ...

Written by Joe Adgie   The steam coming from the ground in front of Palms Dining is not steam at all, but rather “water runoff”, according to an anonymous employee with Plant Ops. The employee, who declined to be named, explained that this “water runoff” was the result of the rains that have hit Valdosta lately. “It was so wet ...

Written by Sarah Turner   CORE Outdoors will leave students with no excuse to stay cooped up in their dorms during the next couple weekends with a kayaking trip on March 2 and a horseback riding trip on March 9. “Kayaking the Okefenokee” is a day trip where students will walk a nature trail scattered with Venus fly traps, kayak ...

Written by Steven Setser   Hey everyone and welcome to the last day of February! Here’s the newest tech news. An update on last week’s story–Sony did unveil the PlayStation 4.  They did not show the actual console, but the controller is a modified version of the prototype.  The system and controller will interact with the new PlayStation Eye in ...

Written by Quasha Ross   The recent film “Identity Thief,” was quite colorful to say the least. With a cast which included Jason Bateman from “Horrible Bosses,” and Melissa McCarthy from “Bridesmaids,” this film was obviously made to bring the comedy. Sandy Bigelow Patterson, played by Jason Bateman, is swindled by Diana (Melissa McCarthy), when she steals his identity. Her ...

Written by Anthony Pope   Top 5 Things We Learned This Week 1. Oscar host Seth McFarlane told a lot of tasteless jokes at Sunday’s Oscars, but what would you expect from a guy who voices a diabolical baby on a cartoon. 2. Jennifer Lawrence won an Oscar and tripped up the stairs on her way to give her acceptance ...

Anyone who has ever raised a bottle will tell you that many college students get their culture in the form of classic Irish drinking music.

Written by Dowling Payne   Lights, cameras and action—a lot of action. It all came together in the dorms of VSU. A combination of those three along three students is what formed SurviveFight Productions, a photography, cinematography and graphic design company. Behind the lens of SurviveFight is Graham Nguyen, a 19-year-old sophomore mass media major from Montgomery, Ala.  Nguyen first ...