Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor.  After nearly four months of searching, VSU has chosen Christopher Hughes as the next chief of police for the university.  He will join the university staff on May 1, 2025 and remain as a permanent chief.  Hughes is joining the staff after the resignation of former Chief Alan Rowe in October of 2024, who ...

Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor.  VSUPD’s reports for the weekend of 3/28-3/30 had three incidents that stood out among the report, which also contained five other incidents, two traffic stops and 155 building and property checks.  FRAUD  STUDENT UNION: A 19-year-old man was arrested in the Student Union for theft at 6:40 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 30.   Officers ...

Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor. After over a year of investigation, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has charged two men with the murder of a VSU college student who was killed in October of 2023. Long, 21, was bartending at The Pier on Oct. 29, 2023, when the shooting occured outside of the bar. She was shot while closing ...

Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor. VSU Theatre and Dance have continued to dazzle audiences with their spring dance concerts, and their latest show, “Evolve,” has taken the creativity of the department to new heights– in some moments, literally. The project includes a statewide premiere of a collaborative piece that has been years in the making, as well as VSU’s ...

Story By: Bailey Wilson, Ansley DeCenzo, Arizona Renfroe, Lloy Hudson, Winter Dube, Armoné Gates, James Brown, Jasmine Hightower, SeanTae-A Price  In a small blue house next to the Student Health Center, a student walks through the yellow front door of the ELI Annex. She stops just long enough to sign her name on the sheet on the table in front ...

Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor. After two months, there is a definitive timeline on what happened after VSU’s networks were hacked into. In late June of 2024, a zip file containing malware was downloaded onto a computer on campus, which went undetected and inactivated until December. It entered the system through a “business-needed template” and remained invisible until VSU’s ...

Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor. Tanique Thomas, a VSU student and member of SGA, passed away on Feb. 17. The President’s Office released a statement at 5:00 on Feb. 17, providing details on the loss. “Tanique was a freshman from Coral Springs, Florida,” the statement said. “She was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in chemistry, ...

Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor. On Monday around 10:00 a.m., several VSUPD cars, an ambulance and two fire trucks arrived at Hopper Hall for an alleged cardiac arrest.  GBI has arrived on campus to help, though no details are available at this time. According to Fire Lieutenant Shelley Miller, the incident was a cardiac arrest, but no other information ...

Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor. From campus closures to important updates, there is one name on campus most synonymous with keeping up to date on happenings around VSU: Robbyn DeSpain, director of strategic communications and special events.  DeSpain has worked with VSU since July of 2020 and even before that, received her bachelor’s degree in mass media here. According ...

Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor. The unexpected departure of VSU’s Interim Police Chief leaves the university searching for someone to run the Police Department for the second time since October. However, there has been an increase in interest in VSU’s police department due to a recent pay raise for on-campus officers.  Interim police chief Dennis Dorsey abruptly announced his ...