In the words of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, speech is powerful. Speech is also, however, protected by the First Amendment.

 Stoked to apply for the college of your dreams, you submit your extracurricular-filled, grade A marked transcript, hoping to impress the admissions office. Several months pass only for you to receive the dreaded rejection letter. You wonder what you did wrong when a friend informs you that college admissions workers sometimes look at your Facebook profile.  Looking back at those ...

Whenever a VSU sports team defeats rival West Georgia, it makes for a good weekend. Following two losses against Alabama-Huntsville, the highly ranked Blazers softball team went to Carrollton and beat West Georgia twice, by scores of 6-2 and 2-0, completing the sweep.   This was the first of two meetings on the year between the two rivals.  “We dropped two ...

So how was everybody’s spring break? Who all enjoyed the sun in South Beach or the adventures of Panama City? How about St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah? Well, wherever you went over the break...

Up ‘Til Dawn, an organization that raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, will host its final event Friday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Student Union Ballrooms.

 Snack rules, parking in restricted work areas and Justice of the Judicial Council were discussed in Monday’s SGA meeting.  Attendance was comparatively low, with many senators’ seats left empty and the visitors’ area filled with less than 10 people.   The first to speak at the meeting was Genesis Jackson, a junior who is campaigning for the Justice of the Judicial ...

 Calling all females!…if you want to learn self-defense techniques, gain self-confidence and snag some elective course credit at the same time, the Rape Aggression Defense program will offer credit hours for the first time beginning fall 2011.  The R.A.D. class has been offered at Valdosta State to all female students, faculty, staff and non-students for some time, but it has ...

 Those hoping that the Georgia State Legislature has come to an agreement on a new HOPE plan will have to wait a bit longer.   The Senate approved House Bill 326 on Tuesday, voting for cuts to the HOPE scholarship that would apply to all but the highest achievers as well as other cuts to avoid drying up all of the ...

 The case of rape that was reported on Feb. 20 is still under investigation, said Major Ann Farmer of the Valdosta State University Police Department.   A VSU student reported around 5 a.m. “that she was forced to have sexual intercourse against her will,” according to the VSUPD’s incident report.  The incident report also indicates that the victim knew the offender. ...

 Eighteen students from a South Korean university are currently enrolled at VSU through a new program. Next spring, that number could increase to 120.  “Students want to come here, and we’re happy to have them,” Lauren Braun, International Student Advisor, said.   For the past three years, VSU and Dongguk University in Seoul, South Korea, have been working on the 1:3 ...