Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 is nationally observed as Hispanic heritage month. It is a time for people—not just Hispanics—to enrich themselves in a diverse culture of foods, music, art, and language. President Lyndon B. Johnson introduced Hispanic heritage month in 1968 to celebrate the independence of many Latino countries such as Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, and Honduras. October 12th, ...

VSU’s Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. hosted “Be an Angel Week” in the Student Union Sept. 26 through 29. “The purpose of ‘Be an Angel Week’ is to help promote awareness to the students on campus about the needs of others and how they can help,” Niquisheila Hall, senior biology major and member of Sigma Gamma Rho Inc., said. The ...

Valdosta State women’s soccer team (7-3) will travel to Florence, Ala. to face North Alabama (9-2) this Sunday following their first conference loss last week to powerhouse West Florida. VSU’s 5-0 shutout on the road drops them to 3-1 and keeps UWG perfect in Gulf South conference play. The Blazers were held to only two shots on goal compared to ...

Disabled Parking violations are an issue that VSU traffic and parking enforcement deal with on a continual basis. According to Sergeant Carolyn Glock of the VSU Police Department, although the problem does occur here on the VSU campus, it is minimal. Parking violations include disabled parking fraud, making use of a disabled hang tag or permit registered in someone else’s ...

The weekly SGA meeting this past Tuesday reflected the struggles of its new members to find their feet, as the only issue debated was whether or not to spend roughly $300 on pizza for a Senate Retreat on Sunday. The first order of business occurred when the vice president, Dericka Powers, tried to get volunteers to enlist for the Parking ...

VSU athletics had its share of successes and shortcomings in the past week of both non-conference and conference play. Blazers football kept up its undefeated run improving its record to 4-0 with a win against Southern Arkansas on Saturday night. The offense produced 415 total yards of offense, 252 on the ground and 163 through the air. David Bailey, running ...

Everyone likes a good underdog story. Just think about all the past sports movies that stick in your memory as classics: “The Replacements,” the never-ending underdog story of the “Rocky” movies and then the always hysterical “Major League” franchise starring the infamous Charlie Sheen as the wild man pitcher. How strange that the part he played there somehow continued on ...

This has been one crazy, long week. Hello, Thursday and cheers to Friday! I’m too ready for the weekend. I need some me-time, seriously. Besides that, can anybody tell me what the heck happened to that brick island in front of Hopper? One day, I’m walking around the thing then poof! It’s gone, just like that. Anyway, who knows with ...

Seven years ago, Business Bites was just a small trailer behind Pound Hall providing students on VSU’s North Campus with cheap and affordable food. The Students in Free Enterprise made the decision to build Business Bites to cater mainly to students on North Campus, keeping students from leaving the campus just to eat. According to one of the faculty advisors ...

Six students performed “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” on Sept. 24, taking the audience out the Fine Arts Building and into the Schulz County Schools to experience a day in the life of Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” gang. The college student cast undertook the challenge of acting in a sold out performance with an audience ranging from children to older ...