Category: 2009-04-16

Christina Emery
Staff Writer
cdemery@valdosta.edu
The Lady Blazers are still going strong with a 43-6 season stats so far. Their next game will be Saturday, April 18 at West Alabama. This year the girls’ season started off really well. The season took off with a boom with 6 games in a row our lady blazers took the lead. [...]

Adeshina Lawal
Staff Writer
ailawal@valdosta.edu
With yesterday being National Income Tax day, many Americans, along with many Valdosta residents, are at unrest.
Gathering in the afternoon off N. Ashley St., people came  from all over Valdosta to protest what they believe to be unfair taxation, using the 1773 Boston Tea Party as precedence.
The people see a lot of government [...]

Karah-Leigh Hancock
Josh Colwell
The Spectator
kphancoc@valdosta.edu
jocolwell@valdosta.edu
The majority of VSU students will be digging a little deeper in their pockets beginning next semester. Thanks to the change in the “Fixed for Four” policy, VSU will be raising the tuition fee anywhere from five to 20 percent beginning in the Fall 2009 semester.
Students who began their career at VSU [...]

Amanda Blank
Staff Writer
alblank@valdosta.edu
I wake up with a headache on the day a big assignment is due in one of my classes. I’m already exhausted and now I have to take time out of my morning routine to take something to relieve the pain which also means I should probably eat breakfast, a rare occurrence in [...]

Two weeks ago, Lowndes County received up to 11 inches of rainfall, which resulted in flooding throughout the area. Roads were closed, residents were evacuated and homes were destroyed by rising waters. Yet, among all the losses, students with Mediacom service were complaining about how they had to go a few days without cable or [...]

Hannah Montana haters
I get weird looks from people when I tell them that the “Hannah Montana” movie was good. Stop looking at me that way! Yeah, it’s a Disney movie, but do you know how many adults watch Disney movies? “Hannah Montana” might not be “Cinderella” or “Beauty and the Beast,” but at least I’m [...]

SGA survey
I applaud the Student Government Association for getting out in the quad on Thursday and bribing students with hamburgers and hot dogs to fill out surveys about the organization.  On the same day that my opinion piece came out about how they needed to better promote themselves, they go and do it. Plus, the burgers [...]

In response to “There’s no point to
voting in the SGA election”
I would be more than happy to vote, but I don’t know anything about any of the candidates.  I read the Spectator every week.  Maybe I have overlooked it, but I have not read anything covering the candidates.  I didn’t even know there were elections until [...]

Dana Littmann
Features Editor
dmlittmann@valdosta.edu
I’m a handicapped student, and on Monday I was given a $110 ticket for “blocking” a disabled parking spot.
As you can probably understand, I was pretty upset when I got this ticket. When I went to the Parking and Transportation Department, the employee I spoke with told me that the department has started [...]

Amy Johstono
Staff Writer
acjohstono@valdosta.edu
A Hopper Hall resident assistant was arrested Thursday, April 9 due to charges of theft of a financial transaction card and fraud, according to the VSU Police Department.
RA Willie Springer was arrested for theft and fraudulent use of a Hopper Hall student’s Valdosta State University ID card.
The student reported her card missing the [...]

Amy Johstono
Staff Writer
acjohstono@valdosta.edu
The Residence Hall Association members elected a new president on March 31 to serve for the 2009-2010 year.
Justin Whitfield, the president-elect of RHA, plans on making major changes in the organization, as well as raise membership and awareness.
“My goal is to make RHA as well known as CAB and do more things for [...]