By: Austin Sellars, Staff Writer VALDOSTA, Ga. – Titletown, USA, is renowned for its numerous national championships in Division II sports at VSU and its intense high school football rivalries. However, many overlook that it has become a powerhouse in collegiate dance.   The VSU Red Hots swept both the jazz and hip-hop divisions at the National Dance Alliance College National Championship in Daytona Beach, Florida, securing their 10th and 11th national titles in program history.   ...

By: Rut Labrada, Staff writer At a town hall meeting on April 17 at the Student Union Theatre, guest speakers and more than 70 city residents discussed concerns regarding an artificial intelligence data center to be built near the Foxborough subdivision, concluding, among other things, that the data center would not create many jobs for the City of Valdosta. The data center, which is being spearheaded by lawyer Pope Langdale ...

Megan Callahan News Editor On Friday, April 24th, the Michael Jackson movie, “Michael”, will come out in theatres! This movie has probably been long awaited by Michael Jackson fans, especially since he was named as, “The King of Pop”, during his time. Over the years, the movie industry has created several movies about infamous names in music. Including Amy Winehouse, Elvis, Whitney ...

By: Rut Labrada, staff writer  Get ready to “Dance the Night Away,” Blazers. On Friday, April 17, VSU’s K-pop Club will be hosting their yearly busking event from 3-4 p.m., where the club members will perform a lineup of nine different K-pop dances at Converse Square.  The event, which was initially planned to occur from 2-3:30 p.m., was moved back one hour ...

By Dionte Daniel, Spectator Staff Writer  VALDOSTA, Ga. — Spring football isn’t about wins and losses. Spring football is about finding identity.  VSU has found parts of who it wants to be.  Head Coach Graham Craig said effort and competition were what stood out to him after the Blazers finished spring practice with their spring game.  “I think this team ...

By: Austin, Stellars, Staff writer VALDOSTA, Ga – When you hear the name Muhammad Ali, the phrase “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” might come to mind, or you might remember his legendary fights with “mean” Joe Frazier and his bouts with George Foreman. What if I told you that his most important fight wasn’t against either of those guys?  ...

By Madeline Higdon, Staff writer April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and during April, for the past ten years, The Haven, an organization dedicated to the sheltering and protection of sexual assault victims, has set up a display between West Hall and Nevins Hall on VSU campus to fight against the question of: “What were you wearing?”   One thing that ...

By: Dionte Daniel,  Staff Writer   The sound of the ball connecting with the bat bounced around Minute Maid Park. Gabriel Burns looked up to see where the ball would land before he knew he was about to watch a home run.   “Oh my God,” Burns spoke aloud from inside the press box. Jorge Soler ended up hitting a three-run ...

By: Gray Walker   Staff Writer The Lowndes Associated Ministries to People and Inc. (LAMP), is a primary homeless shelter in Valdosta that also serves in seven other counties, and for the past four years every spring semester VSU hosts a fundraiser for them in the Student Union. This year’s took place on March 26th.   The fundraiser was started by Professor Thomas Hochschild, a professor of sociology here ...