VSU faces serious financial challenges. VSU faces a $5.3 million budget shortfall for the 2014-15 academic year. Its enrollment dropped by more than 10%, and in order to fill its dormatories, it now requires all freshmen and sophomores to live on campus. There are also serious concerns about campus safety. In fall 2013, a student was fatally shot in VSU's University Apartments.<ref name=tp/> There was also a stabbing at its homecoming event.<ref name=tp/> | VSU faces serious financial challenges. VSU faces a $5.3 million budget shortfall for the 2014-15 academic year. Its enrollment dropped by more than 10%, and in order to fill its dormatories, it now requires all freshmen and sophomores to live on campus. There are also serious concerns about campus safety. In fall 2013, a student was fatally shot in VSU's University Apartments.<ref name=tp/> There was also a stabbing at its homecoming event.<ref name=tp/> |