Today’s Birthday (04/28/15). Home sustains you this year. Pursue excellence. Take time with planning. Do the work well and once. Budget a larger expense for after 6/14. Romance heats up after 10/13. Collaborate for a common cause. Schedule a peaceful escape after 10/27. Review the terrain, past and forward. Grow your nest egg for home and family. To get the ...

Written by Kayla Stroud, Web Editor VSU’s Student Government Association approved of a series of resolutions Monday night, including consideration for student parking on Georgia Avenue and a position statement on the current flag controversy. Several of the resolutions were in reaction to last week’s protest in which several students stepped on the American flag and a veteran was detained by ...

Written by: Tatyana Phelps, Copy Editor After Eric “EJ” Sheppard and others walked on an American flag on Friday as part of a protest, many across the country are now blasting VSU for allowing the protest to happen. In response to this criticism, VSU President William McKinney is postponing his annual State of the University address and calling for a ...

Written by: Zenobia Harris, Asst. Features Writer Michael T. Slager, the South Carolina police officer who was arrested and fired after shooting and killing an unarmed man, has apparently become a cause worth supporting. Go Fund Me, a crowdfunding site that allows people to raise money for various causes, shut down a page that was gathering money in support of Slager. ...

Written by: Lia Armistead, Asst. Sports Editor Racism is a topic that is tender to bring up. However, in a recent article that Cosmopolitan published on its online magazine, racism was definitely prevalent. The article discussed recent trends that were either “gorgeous” or “need to die. ” The 21 trends that were considered “gorgeous” had white models showing the trend. However, those ...

What’s in your Love Forecast for this week? Monday, April 27 – Sunday, May 3, 2015 Taurus: April 20 – May 20 You could discover that you and a casual friend have a lot in common. The sun is showing you that you can really find multiple levels of compatibility with someone who is already in your social circle. Don’t ...

Today’s Birthday (04/27/15). Domestic bliss pulls magnetically this year. Pour energy into home projects. A profitable new phase in your work flowers. Balance health and happiness with rigorous attention to budget and schedule. Obstacles dissipate after 6/14. Begin or renew a romance after 10/13. Play together for goodness and beauty. A peaceful escape refreshes after 10/27. Bring love home. To ...

Written by: Ivey Ingalls-Rubin, Staff Writer Spray on skin is reality. A prototype medical device has turned the science fiction notion of spray-on skin to a reality. This device literally sprays skin cells directly onto burn victims and enables the body to re-grow skin. The traditional methods like skin grafts were far more invasive and took weeks and sometimes months to ...

Written by: Kailee Kivett, Staff Writer VSU is in the red, and not in the money sense. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) categorizes VSU as a Red Light University, which means that VSU has at least one policy that FIRE says clearly and significantly restricts freedom of speech. FIRE’s  grading system for these policies is Red Light ...

Written by: Kenzie Kesselring, Asst. Opinions Editor   Starbucks declared its’ longing for Americans to “race together,” but not all coffee drinkers seem thrilled about the idea. It’s not that Americans are opposed to talking about race, but many don’t seem to want to at 8am over a tall skinny vanilla latte. The campaign launched by Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz ...