Written By Christopher Mercer, Sports Editor. Photo Courtesy of Flickr  Many athletes who come to VSU have various paths. However, none have had a lasting impact and a more extraordinary path to VSU than Victoria Ikeansio. Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Ikenasio’s journey to playing basketball wasn’t always love at first sight. “Honestly, at first, I hated it because I wasn’t ...

Written by James Brown, Entertainment editor. From the office to the campus grounds, Dr. Richard Carvajal leads a chaotic but fulfilling life in his position as Valdosta State University’s President.  Dr. Carvajal currently stands as VSU’s 10th president. As president, he works hard to ensure higher learning for each of the university’s students by attending meetings, hosting events and overseeing ...

Story and photo by Jenna Arnold, Editor-in-Chief. VSU’s campus lost over 1,600 trees due to the recent storms through 2023 and 2024. The campus faced hardships with hurricanes Idalia, Debby and Helene.  VSU was first recognized as a tree campus in 2013 by the Arbor Day Foundation. The Longleaf pines have been a crucial part of VSU’s identity, since the ...

Written by Lloydrica Hudson, Staff writer. VALDOSTA, Ga. – The VSU Student Government Association (SGA) convened Monday evening in the Student Union Ballroom C to discuss upcoming events, budget allocations and key student initiatives.    SGA President William Burnett led the meeting, showing the organization’s continued efforts to pass resolutions and maintain student engagement.   “My predecessor motivated me to ...

Written by Jasmine Hightower, Copyeditor. The City of Valdosta honored the winning team from VSU’s social media class during a city council meeting Feb. 20.  During the fall 2024 semester, students in the social media class taught by Dr. David Nelson worked alongside the Valdosta’s Public Information Office to create a social media campaign to increase public engagement within the ...

Written by Madeline Higdon, Staff Reporter. A pair of glasses caused quite a splash outside of Oak Parking Deck on Wednesday.  A student was helped by a fellow classmate, who went into the creek to save them in an act of kindness.  Dr. Clell Wright’s concert choir rehearsal had just gotten out and many students exited the Fine Arts Building ...

Written by Jenna Arnold, Editor-in-Chief.  Anyone walking around VSU’s campus and through its buildings might run across blue containers marked for various types of waste to be recycled – paper, plastic or aluminum. One might assume that waste would end up at a recycling plant. But the waste deposited in those recycling bins scattered around VSU’s campus go to the ...

Written by Adam Peachey, Staff Reporter. VSU’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences has received the largest grant in its history, $2.4 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that is set to be spread out over five years.  The school received $1.1 million of the grant in December and is set to receive the remaining money in 2026.  The school ...

On Monday, Nov. 4, VSU’s Debate Team met for their weekly club meeting, at meeting room 1022 in the Communication Arts building after a full day of events on VSU’s Communication Major Experience Day.   From 12 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., any incoming students, students with undecided majors, and people curious about VSU’s Communication Program’s offerings and mission could attend.  ...

The thought of voting can be stressful, and finding places to cast votes can be a challenge for college students. Here are the voting locations available on-campus and around the city of Valdosta. There has been talk of a polling location here on-campus and fortunately, VSU does in fact have a voting location for students and citizens of Valdosta to ...