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		<title>Damage Report</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/04/29/damage-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	An e-mail sent by the VSU housing and residence office demanding damage fees be paid has upset some of the students living on campus.
	Four of the eight residence halls received bills for maintenance repairs in preparation for next year’s residence.
	Each resident received an equal bill amount, but the price of damages varied by each hall. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No new summer construction plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	According to Robert Kellner of Auxiliary Services, VSU will not initiate any new construction during the summer, and instead will focus on completion of already existing projects such as the renovation of Langdale Hall’s C-wing.
	This comes as good news for environmental advocates who feel that past construction has negatively affected native animals’ habitats.
	“Trees being cut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former professor arrested</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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	A former professor at VSU was allegedly caught with a stolen VSU laptop during a warranted search of his office by the Western Kentucky University Police Department.
	On March 22, Captain Lee McKinney of the WKU PD contacted VSU police about a HP Compaq tc4200 laptop found in Dr. Mark Fenster’s office at WKU. The laptop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Federal graces union</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The pedestrian plaza leading to the Student Union has been named “First Federal Savings of Valdosta Plaza.”
	Wednesday afternoon, this name and a plaque were affixed the left wall on the Union’s Oak Street side. The naming of the plaza was a move by the university in response to a gift pledge given by First Federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sodexo may leave campus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Sodexo, the company responsible for Hopper and Palms, may soon find themselves saying goodbye to Valdosta State University.  After five years of food service with VSU, Sodexo’s contract will expire in March 2011.
Prior to the fall of 2006, the dining services of VSU were controlled by the school.  Since the arrival of Sodexo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VSU limits withdrawals to five</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The “5 W” policy drafted by the Education Policies Committee was approved by the Faculty Senate at the Faculty Meeting on March 25. President Patrick J. Schloss, did not attend the meeting but later approved the policy. Effective Fall 2010, all undergraduate students are limited to five course withdrawals (“W”) grades for their entire enrollment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SACS to visit; QEP put into action</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Every 10  years Valdosta State has to go through a reaffirmation process, and from April 6 through 8, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) will visit as a part of that process.  SACS is an organization through which Southern colleges and universities become and remain accredited.
	To remain accredited, schools must set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate assistantships on the rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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	When first arriving to VSU, Dr. Patrick J. Schloss, president of the university, said that his goal was to make VSU a nationally recognized university. Last year, he and the budget committee took steps towards reaching that goal by giving $700,000 to VSU’s Graduate School. Described as “strategic funding” by the committee, the allocation created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SGA: Bills,Bills,Bills?</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/04/01/sga-billsbillsbills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 The Student Government Association discussed the proposed budget cut and the newest class withdrawal bill, voted their approval of a health care no-show bill, and elected two new senators in Monday night’s meeting.
	President Kelli Cody  announced a decent turnout for the March 15 rally at the state capital in Atlanta, including about ten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New policy may limit course shopping</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/03/24/new-policy-may-limit-course-shopping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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	The Faculty Senate meeting today will discuss the proposed policy to limit the number of classes from which a student may withdraw to five.
	According to the March 25 agenda, the Education Policy Committee believes this policy should address the problem of “course shopping.”
	Course shopping occurs when students overload themselves with hours, and in the beginning [...]]]></description>
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