Written by Julia Rodriquez, Staff Writer Sheri Noviello keeps us healthy by ensuring that our nurses are properly educated.  Noviello is VSU’s new dean for the College of Nursing. She joined VSU in April of 2014 as an associate dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Three months later she was appointed interim dean and is now dean.  ...

Written by Carlius Williams, Staff Writer Earlier this month, Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey released some news that almost broke the Twitternet— Twitter would make tweet limits 10,000 characters. Way too much for current Twitter users such as myself, there are certain apps that already allows users to tweet more than 140 characters such as Twitlonger and Medium, but only a ...

Written by Gabe Burns, Sports Editor David Dean, the winningest coach in Valdosta State history, will not be winning any games for the Blazers in the foreseeable future. Dean’s departure to Georgia Southern came as a surprise to not just VSU, but to the entire community. As a result, Blazer fans wait with anticipation as the school continues its search ...

Written by Meaghan Bitters, Asst. Advertising Manager After there has been so much talk about the connection between genetically modified organisms and cancer, several people have chosen to cut out GMOs from their diet. However, it can be pretty hard to do that if consumers are unsure of which food has been modified and which have not. A GMO is ...

Written by Miles Brown, Staff Writer The VSU community is investing, igniting and inspiring the future of Valdosta State. To date, the campaign has raised 46 million dollars. This goal was achieved in a short year and a half, which beat out the predicated five year goal. “Invest. Ignite. Inspire” is a comprehensive capital campaign strategy for Valdosta State University ...

Written by Geneva Crooks, Staff Writer As the 2016 Presidential elections quickly approach, we are faced with not only saying goodbye to the Obama’s, but also welcoming in a new President for the next four years. The United States has been a country loosely based off of our Founding Fathers’ religion, Christianity, since its early years. However, Christianity was never ...

Written by Julie Jernigan, Staff Writer When we think of birth control, we don’t necessarily associate it with men, and why is that? All our lives we are taught that it’s up to the woman to supply her own form of birth control whether it be from pills, patches, shots, or making sure she brings a condom, but what if ...

Written by Jada Dukes, Staff Writer “We maybe can’t save everybody, but we can save some!” This is a powerful statement made by President Obama during his immense speech regarding gun laws on Jan. 5, 2016. We are only a few days into the New Year and our president has made it very clear that he is taking his last year ...

Written by Geneva Crooks, Staff Witer In a society obsessed with appearance, dieting has become a way of life. But, what happens when calorie conscious people want to have a few drinks? For some, the answer is a phenomenon called “drunkorexia.” Common among college students, “drunkorexia” is the process of someone eating less to drink more. With drinking being such ...

Written by Jyrell Wynn, Corresondent On Jan. 9, Valdosta State alumni Patrick Stewart McKinley passed away due to complications from an ATV accident at Dodge County Hospital in Eastman, Georgia. Patrick was a junior accounting major. As a Valdosta native, McKinley went to Open Bible Christian School until the 11th grade, but graduated from Valdosta High School in 2011. While ...