Langston Hughes’ dream will no longer be deferred as the African-American Studies Program will host “The Langston Hughes Project” tonight in the Student Union Theater at 7:30 p.m. This event will be a multimedia presentation by The Ron McCurdy Quartet, featuring Dr. Ron McCurdy, professor of music and jazz studies in the Thornton School of Music at the University of ...

Caterpillars, robots, witches and green goo- These are just a few subjects of the children’s books entered in the MeeGenius Author Challenge.

VSU’s Symphony Orchestra will perform their third concert this season on Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. in Whitehead Auditorium.

Strawberry Sweethearts trays were on sale from Feb. 7-13, benefiting the impoverished children and families of Valdosta, Ga. The team, affiliated with Azalea City Church of God, conducts Outreach Programs every week, raising money and giving aid to those in need around the community. The Emerge Demo Team sold strawberry Sweet Hearts Trays all week for $20. “So far we ...

VSU held the “All Black Affair” at the Fruits of the Garden Winery to finish up Black History Week. The owner of Fruits of the Garden Winery, Blanch Boykins, was the ultimate host, greeting students and serving wine. Mrs. Boykins has been in business three years and has been located in downtown Valdosta for two of those three years. The ...

Ruby Tuesday united with American Red Cross for its first Community Giveback Program event on Feb. 8 to 10. “Our goal is to raise money for the Red Cross,” Chuck Millsap, the restaurant manager, said. “All people have to do is come in and eat and request your 20 percent of your bill be donated to the Red Cross.” Valdosta ...

After months of nationwide searching, VSU has found four presidential candidates to potentially take Dr. Louis Levy’s place in July. The VSU Presidential Search and Screen Committee will spend the duration of February interviewing the four candidates to become the ninth University President. A search began on Sept. 8, some months after Dr. Patrick Schloss resigned to take the position ...

Blazing Through Books is in need of VSU student volunteers to help community children improve their reading and writing skills as well as their social and confidence level.

Today the Valdosta State University Department of Music is hosting the 4th annual Titletown Jazz Ensemble. The event is free and starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Whitehead Auditorium. The Titletown Jazz Ensemble will feature the VSU jazz ensembles as well as the jazz ensembles from Lowndes and Valdosta High Schools. “The Titletown Jazz concert serves as a showcase for ...

This week Netflix should start getting worried, iPhone classes, and say goodbye to the PlayStation Network name. In an interesting move, Verizon and Redbox have teamed up to have a new streaming service and even possible downloading of movies. The standard DVD kiosks will remain, but you will be able to stream movies to your smartphones, TV sets and maybe ...