By: Lloydrica Hudson, Sports Editor VSU football will hit the road for the first time this season when they take on Fayetteville State on Saturday at 11 a.m. in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Blazers enter the matchup 2-0 after wins over Emory & Henry and Warner. VSU’s offense has shown improvement through its first two games, particularly on the ground.  ...

By: Dionte Daniel, Assistant Sports Editor  Southeastern Conference fans don’t mind controversy. Recruiting scandals, SEC-wide coaching beefs and conference realignment are all par for the course.  Kicking LSU out of the conference, however, would be different.  The ongoing war between LSU and SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has opened a can of worms about how much power a conference has to ...

By Aileene-Bjork Novascotia, Staff writer In 2024, Swedish developer team Wrong Organ made us gasp, flinch, and cry at their masterpiece of a video game, “Mouth-washing.” Their depressing, uncomfortable tale about what kind of monsters we can be in our worst moments is now a staple in horror game history. Well, Wrong Organ is coming back with another title, and ...

  By: Megan Callahan, Campus Life & News Sept. 11, 2001, was a defining moment in our country’s history. The iconic Twin Towers, Manhattan’s World Trade Center, were taken to the ground and almost 3,000 people died during this attack.  This year marks this date 25 years since this tragic event occurred. Many people who were born after it happened ...

By: Armone’ Gates, Editor & Chief  Every year around early September on a Monday in the United States and Canada, Labor Day is celebrated near and far. Other countries around the world celebrate it as “International Workers’ Day,” which falls in early May.   Due to Labor Day falling on the first Monday of the month, the dates vary between September ...

By Aileene-Bjork Novascotia, Staff writer While I’m a big fan of “Valve’s Left 4 Dead series”, it’s surprising to know that it’s actually not the first zombie game on Valve’s famous Source engine.    That honor goes to “2007’s Zombie Panic! Source”, which aims to scratch a different itch all together for zombie fans. It’s for people who not only ...

By Faith Forster, Managing Editor & Graphic Coordinator  A piggy bank has always been a classic way that a child would save their money. So, why shouldn’t adults have one?  I grew up, living by the philosophy that you should only buy what you need in order to do your best to save money for the future. Now, as an ...

By: Ailyn Quiroz, Staff Writer  VSU is partnering with the King Sejong Institute Foundation and Hannam University to bring Korean culture to students and Valdosta residents.  King Sejong Institute Foundation is a global initiative funded by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, with the goal of promoting Korean Culture and Korean language education overseas.  ...

By: Gray Walker, Staff Writer  Welcome, freshmen, to your first year at VSU. Now, the first year of college is always a little scary, so is starting anything new. But your upperclassmen peers are here to help. We went around and asked some of the more seasoned students things that they wished they knew back when they were first starting ...

By: Dionte Daniel, Assistant Sports Editor The WNBA should be riding the biggest wave of success in its history. Instead, the league’s biggest conversation has become everything that isn’t basketball.  Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White declaring for the 2027 WNBA Draft and Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham publicly criticizing Commissioner Cathy Engelbert leadership are problems the ...