By Madeline Higdon, Photo Editor On Wednesday, September 16, multiple witnesses have reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been spotted in the Valdosta area.  A hashtag on TikTok and Facebook  has been gaining attention — #iceinvaldosta — where witnesses have been posting videos of ICE chasing down cars, blockading roads and parking lots, as well as a video ...

By Rut Labrada, Arts & Entertainment Editor VSU is seeing an increase in the number of students choosing to enroll at the school this fall semester.  In an email earlier this semester, Vice President of Enrollment and Student Affairs Vincent Miller wrote that preliminary numbers showed a total increase of 7.8%.  “VSU begins this semester with 11,254 students, an increase ...

  By: Armone’ Gates, Editor & Chief Since starting the first term of presidency at VSU on Aug. 1, President Don Green’s main priority on campus right now has been increasing student retention, creating the message for students to “start here, and finish here.”  Dr. Green joined Valdosta State University in May when he was announced as the university’s new ...

  By: Megan Callahan, Campus Life & News Sept. 11, 2001, was a defining moment in our country’s history. The iconic Twin Towers, Manhattan’s World Trade Center, were taken to the ground and almost 3,000 people died during this attack.  This year marks this date 25 years since this tragic event occurred. Many people who were born after it happened ...

By: Rut Labrada, Arts & Entertainment Editor The Lowndes County Board of Commissioners passed a two-month moratorium on applications for Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers on Aug. 25.  Unanimously voted by the commissioners, this moratorium will ban businesses from submitting applications to receive permits to build data centers for 60 days, as commissioners and county agencies research, review, and develop ...

By: Armone’ Gates, Editor & Chief The Queen of Country Music, Dolly Parton, died at the age of 80 years old on Aug. 25, 2026, from cancer. She was a philanthropist, singer-songwriter, and film star whose career spanned more than a decade. Known for her hits “9 to 5”, “I Will Always Love You,” and “Jolene,” Parton helped change the ...

By: Megan Callahan, News & Campus Life Editor  A summer in Paris includes time in a new country, a new town, and several new experiences every day. I was lucky enough to spend a month in the heart of Paris on a study abroad program at Cité Universitaire.   During my time there, it was shocking how different things were ...

By: Armone’ Gates, Chief and Editor   VALDOSTA- VSU enters a new chapter as Donald J. Green has been named the new president of the university, with his term starting in Aug 1st of 2026.  He has been a vet administrator with the University Systems of Georgia for some time, with a plethora of leadership experience within his portfolio.   Coming ...

Aiyana Hunter Staff Writer A VSU student who is listed as secretary of the Georgia College Republicans and has connections to other collegiate Republican organizations in the state says that racially charged messages that appeared under his name on a local Facebook group were not written by him.   In late March, The Facebook group Lowndes County Word of Mouth investigated some anonymous posts from ...

By: Aiyana Hunter Staff Writer On the afternoon of Feb. 26, a group of students gathered in front of the dining hall with signs in hand and a speaker at the ready.   They all shared the mindset that negativity had been given too much of a pedestal in the country recently and wanted to counterbalance it with peace and acceptance. According to them, hate has ...