By Megan Callahan, News Editor, and Armone Gates, Copy Editor Several colleges have started new AI majors, and starting in the Fall 2026 semester, VSU will jump on the bandwagon.  VSU will begin a new AI track for computer science majors, and anyone interested in taking these three AI courses.   The main reason the AI committee created this track is that AI is becoming a greater ...

By: Megan Callahan News Editor On Feb. 4, 2026, Louis Levy, who held a variety of positions here at VSU including President, sadly passed away.   He joined VSU in 1989 as a professor and head of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice. Throughout his career, he was known to always have his door open so that students could come in, and he would help ...

 By: Megan Callahan, News Editor   On Jan. 17, the Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance and Michael Noll, a former VSU professor who is now a civil rights activist, joined forces to protest the activities of the U.S. Immigrations and Enforcement agency (ICE).  The protest was put together soon after Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother who was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.  Similar protests have been taking place across the country since Good was killed.  Several protesters stated that part of the reason for this ...

By: Ailyn Quiroz, Staff Writer  Horse lovers get ready to join the Blazer Equestrian Club!   The Blazer Equestrian Club is the newest club on VSU’s club roster as they held their interest meeting in the second week of the spring semester.   The club has partnered with the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA), whose mission is to make equestrian competition more ...

Written by: Megan Callahan: Spectator Staff Writer  “Wicked” has been a household name in the Broadway industry for 22 years now and has been named the fourth of the longest-running shows in Broadway theatre History.  So, when the director, Jon M. Chu, decided to take this Broadway musical to the big screen, people were both very excited yet skeptical to see if this project would be taken in the right direction.  After seeing the first “Wicked” movie, finding out how Chu took his time ...

By: Megan Callahan, Spectator Staff Writer When people think of Jazz, they usually think of stimulating music to help people focus on studies, dinner music, or simply just elevator music.   However, on Nov. 12 in the Whitehead Theatre our very own VSU Jazz band reminded people that this particular genre of music can be exciting and riveting to watch.  ...

By: Megan Callahan, Staff Writer  The Duchess of Malfi is a truly haunting, ominous, yet amazing play that will have you on the edge of your seat. Throughout the entire play, the amazing acting from the cast had the audience in the palm of their hands.   When Hank Rion, the director, first came onto the stage before the play, he ...

By Megan Callahan  Spectator Staff Writer    VSU purchased three new buses just in time for the fall semester, according to an email from the Parking and Transportation Department.    The three new buses will be part of the Blazer Shuttle Express that operates Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.    The VSU shuttle buses have been ...