Ashley street has everything that a vsc student could want? hamburgers at burger king or mcdonalds, pizzas at pizza villa or pizza hut, breakfast at jimbos, or a place to see rednecks in action, shoney's drive-in. 2black awareness week this year's black awareness week was described variously as "best ever," "informative and enlightening," and "a great success." events such as the gospel sing, skip and virgil in concert, speeches by dick gregory and dr. prince jackson, and a performance by the albany state choir were well received by the audience. skip and virgil's concert proved to be a fantastic evening of entertainment, skip mcdonald's beautiful voice, being backed up and merged with the powerful voice of raymond virgil kept the audience captivated throughout the performance.

A year book was published for Valdosta State College from 1925-1977, under the name The Pinecone. From 1981-1987, a yearbook was published called Milestones. Valdosta State University had three names during this period, Georgia State Womans College, 1925-1950; Valdosta State College, 1950-1993; and Valdosta State University 1993-present.