By: Mayah Cantave The fight for same-sex marriage is almost at an end as the U.S. Supreme Court is paves the way for same-sex marriages in five more states. Technically, the Supreme Court did not establish a constitutional right for same-sex marriage, but rather deny hearing cases. The Supreme Court denied petitions to hear cases in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia ...

When the truth came out, the truth hurt. The painful truth to some people is that VSU is shrinking. The more important truth to the remaining 11,500 students is that reaching our goal — graduation — has become an increasingly difficult struggle. We realize recruiting is important, but VSU needs to realize that it is time for retention to take ...

By: Jordan Hill It takes a death of a U.S. citizen to motivate our government and the CDC to take action. Five international airports are screening temperatures of passengers coming back from West Africa, where Ebola is believed to have started. This movement comes after a couple of Ebola diagnoses in the U.S. and one death. Screening international passengers’ temperatures ...

As the Foundation’s Annual Giving Fund Drive gets underway this year, I pause and reflect on the events of the last year. I have been contributing annually to the fund since my arrival at Valdosta State in 1990. I have happily given not only to my own department, but to various units throughout the university as many of these need ...

By: Taymara Tait According to a CNN article, Wesleyan University has ordered for fraternities on their campus to turn co-ed within the next three years. The fraternities will be required to accept not only men, but women as well. The differences between men and women are no stranger to most; in fact, they’re pretty crystal clear. So why should Wesleyan’s ...

By: Mayah Cantave  Recently, it was discovered that Clemson University sent students an email requesting students take an hour-long “anonymous” online course, which asked students invasive questions about students’ drug and alcohol habits and sexual history. Clemson students are required to take the course. If they do not, students may face disciplinary action. Some of the questions the course asked ...

By: Jordan Hill Rigorous studying for the SAT, writing your life away and sweating over your grades are the beautiful things high school students do to prepare to apply to college, but not anymore! Goucher College, located in Maryland, allows students to apply to the college by recording a video of themselves explaining how they see themselves at Goucher. They ...

Pro By: Taymara Tait It’s Tuesday and an assignment is due a week from today. You turn to the rubric on your desk-top and it clarifies the assignment for you. Not only does your understanding for the assignment become clearer, but you also know in what direction to take your paper. If it wasn’t for that handy dandy rubric, what ...

By: Jordan Hill In an attempt to curb sexual assault, app developers launched Good2Go. It’s an app that adults can use to ensure each adult is consenting to sex before it happens. While it is a good idea and a great attempt to prevent college students from sexual assault while drunk, the app has its flaws. The app asks four ...

With sore shoulders, rape victim Emma Sulkowicz carries her mattress across campus in protest while her alleged rapist walks the same campus path. In Sulkowicz’s opinion, Columbia University did nothing to punish her alleged rapist. She plans to carry the mattress around campus until she no longer goes to school with her alleged rapist. One student at the University of ...