What was your best pre-teen birthday present?  How about a car? Ridiculous– but that may be where we’re heading as parents provide younger and younger children with technology way beyond their years. Before, kids were concerned with Barbies and baseball, now it’s all about the latest social network and technology. The kids nowadays look and act–in a sense–more grown up ...

Immigration — the word alone is a controversial and overly-discussed topic in the United States. Both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama possess innovative proposals for reforming immigration, but are the laws and regulations associated with immigration really in need of reform? Or is it simply the lack of enforcing such laws that leads to the loss of millions of dollars ...

“My parents didn’t come down over the weekend.” Jameeka Montgomery freshman biology major   “I went home and me and my parents watched The Hunger Games.”  Rachel West freshman mass media major  “I showed my parents the sights of Valdosta.” Angelica Simpkins freshman biology major “I went home and me and my parents went to the movies to see house ...

As we move towards the presidential election, the constant display of the ‘issues’ by the leading political candidates can cause more confusion than clarity.   Topics are thrown at us from all directions: on television, the Internet and even on campus. To fully understand the candidates we need to ask ourselves a rather simple question: how do the issues pertain ...

“I think they should put more lights in Oak Street. There are only a few there and they are all burned out.” Ashley White senior criminal justice major “It’s not that much light by the strip behind the education building.” Destiny Aighobahi junior biology major “I haven’t felt unsafe yet.” Joe Pyles junior nursing major “I feel like the area ...

Campus has been buzzing this week with the news of one of the biggest tragedies our state has seen in the recent economic crisis. Secretary of State, Brian Kemp, released a statement to the press declaring that beginning Nov. 1, the Georgia State Archives would no longer be open to the public. To access them, one would need to make ...

It’s official: Don’t ask, don’t tell repeal had exactly zero impact on the military. Nada. Nil. Nothing. A study released by the Palm Center on Monday showed that the military has suffered no damage because of the repeal of “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” The academic study from a research branch of the Williams Institute at University of California Los Angeles ...

A serious issue in America today is the “Celebrity Role Model”.  If you ask individuals from this generation who they look up to, you’ll hear names like Kim Kardashian or Lil’ Wayne. I am tired of going on Twitter and seeing the ignorance young people are retweeting from celebrities. But what makes me even more upset is the fact that ...

“Another Starbucks; closer to the Fine Arts building.” Alan Sifventes sophomore art major   “An oriental restaurant.” Bilal Bush junior engineering major “California Pizza.” Bill Hoover senior computer science major “Baja Fresh.” Giovanni Luna senior computer science major “A sushi bar.” Stephanie Clark sophomore undecided

It’s not very known that September represents National Campus Safety Awareness Month. This title has existed since 2005, and yet not many students–if any– know about it. A university should encourage campus organizations to do all they can during the month of September, and year round, to promote campus safety and security. For any student, safety is an extremely important ...