A bill introduced this week in the Georgia Senate would give Georgia cities and counties the authority to allow liquor, beer and wine sales on Sundays. There were mixed reactions to the bill in the VSU community. Supporters of Sunday liquor sales feel the bill has a good chance of passing the Georgia legislature now that Gov. Nathan Deal has ...

Almost overnight, Melissa “Jinx LaRue” Johnson has turned roller derby from an afterthought in the Valdosta community to a fully functioning sports team with a practice facility for girls to come and compete. Johnson—founder, owner and team captain of Valdosta Venom, LLC— and her team are skating through Valdosta attempting to bring notoriety and publicity to roller derby. Roller derby ...

 The Lady Blazers basketball team notched their first conference victory last week and on Saturday, followed it up by getting their first road win by defeating Lambuth 57-49.  The win is much more than a road victory, though. The win puts the Blazers at 2-1 in conference and that will be crucial during conference tournament time.  “For us, it’s about ...

 Sagittarius. Capricorn. Aquarius. Pisces. Aries. Taurus. Gemini. Cancer. Leo. Virgo. Libra. Scorpio. Ophiuchus?   Recently, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that a shifting of the stars may have caused the Zodiac to change.  The article read:  “The ancient Babylonians based zodiac signs on the constellation the sun was ‘in’ on the day a person was born. During the ensuing millenniums, ...

 On college campuses around the country, day after day, week after week, and year after year students aren’t learning anything. According to a study done for the book “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses,” after two years of study 45 percent of students did not learn anything new, and what’s even more disturbing is the statistic that 36 percent ...

 Students will likely be digging deeper into their pockets to pay tuition starting next fall because of more budget cuts.    Along with the higher tuition, the eligibility guidelines for the HOPE scholarship will also be stricter for the next school year. Governor Nathan Deal opened the current session of the General Assembly with a State of the State address. ...

 The Blazers played a breathtaking double overtime game last Saturday against the ninth-ranked Alabama-Huntsville Chargers in the VSU Complex. The game resulted in an 81-77 loss in this top 25 showdown and an overall 14-4 record.  After going all the way to the Elite Eight in the Division II NCAA Tournament last season, VSU graduated seven seniors and left head ...

Samantha Foxx performs Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” Wednesday night as part of the sixth annual Drag Delight in the Ballroom of the Student Union.

Four Loko, a popular drink among college students nation-wide, has been stirring up controversy at some universities and has been banned in five states.

Drop Out Society became an official campus organization on Oct. 13, becoming one of the newest clubs at VSU.