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Written By: Tierra Francois Con: Going through college and rightfully earning your degree is the best way to feel confident in life. Having something given to you is not always what is best. It’s better to work hard for something and cherish it rather than getting it easily and not caring too much about it. Student government is proposing ...
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Domestic violence awareness panel meets
Written By: Tyra Mills As the midterm elections came to a close Tuesday night, VSU students gathered in a Bailey Science Center classroom to partake in a Domestic Violence Awareness Panel hosted by the Office of Social Equity. Topics discussed included if and when a man should defend himself against women and how a man should do so if the ...
Read More »VSU homecoming starts off with a bang, not a fizzle
Written By: Tatyana Phelps Homecoming Week is in full swing, and the campus is ablaze with festivities as the VSU community engages in one of the biggest celebrations of the school year. “Homecoming is a highlight, one of the key highlights of a fall semester,” SGA President Tyler Barker said. “It’s simply a time to celebrate Blazer pride as a ...
Read More »VSU enhancing safety
Written By: Lia Armistead Last semester, junior Lizzie Lohmar was using all the proper precautions to walk across Paterson Street, including crossing at the pedestrian cross walk, when she was suddenly struck by a pick-up truck turning left off of College Street. The accident was fatal, causing VSU students and faculty to raise concern about pedestrian safety around busy streets ...
Read More »VSU rolling anti tobacco measures
Written By: Kristin Whitman If you must smoke, take your “butts” off VSU campus. The tobacco ban has been fully enforced for a little over two weeks now, and the ban depends on the VSU community to let people know tobacco use is not at all allowed on campus. The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents put ...
Read More »VSU welcomes Kel Mitchell last weekend
This story was written by Adrienne Fry. Acting, faith, family and orange soda—VSU students got a blast from the past Friday night when ‘90s Nickelodeon actor Kel Mitchell took the stage for a Q-and-A. SGA, the African American Studies Department and the Office of Social Equity teamed up to sponsor this informative Q-and-A-style lecture featuring comedian and actor/director Kel Mitchell. ...
Read More »Week of tobacco ban still leaves students seperated
By: Elan Waite With a week of enforcement behind it, the tobacco ban is in full effect at VSU. Campuses in Georgia have gone smoke free and the reaction to the new policy varies. On Oct. 1, VSU enforced the smoking ban put into place by University System of Georgia Board of Regents. According to the ban, all forms of ...
Read More »McKinney shifts student affairs
Written By: Elan Waite & John Stephen One day he was in, and the next he was out. Russell Mast, a VSU staff member since 1989, no longer works for VSU in any capacity as of last Thursday, according to VSU President William McKinney. On Sept. 25, Dr. McKinney sent an email to all VSU students, faculty, staff ...
Read More »Tobacco Use Gets The Backburner
Written By: Isaiah Smart The ability to enjoy tobacco products at free will is going up in smoke on Oct. 1. After a decision from the USG Board of Regents was passed this spring to make all campuses in the system tobacco-free, the time has finally come to go into effect. The policy is a by-product of the Georgia ...
Read More »Students still waiting on new ATM
Written By: Tatyana Phelps Last October, Dr. William McKinney revealed that VSU’s faculty senate made the decision to move the ATM from the University Center to the Student Union due to its secluded and unsafe location. It is now almost an entire year later, and the ATM has yet to be moved. The new chief of staff, Dr. Kimberly Luse, ...
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