Category: State

 Georgia House Bill 615 will be presented on March 3. If the bill goes through, one will be allowed to carry a weapon on any Georgia college campus with a permit.  Bill 615 would affect at least 400,000 Georgians who hold gun permits.�
 Republican House Representative Tim Bearden is co-sponsor of this bill.  He explains the [...]

VSU College Republicans presented Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Magnolia Room (A) of the University Center. Cagle is the incumbent candidate for the 2010 race.
There will be Albany and Tallahassee news stations attending the event as well as the Valdosta Daily Times.  Also, invited guests include [...]

Francesca Zagami interviews Ashleigh Kenny from VSU Spectator on Vimeo.

Francesca Zagami
Staff Writer
frzagami@valdosta.edu
 Ashleigh Kenny, a VSU English major, has been at the center of a nationwide political controversy caused by a simple cotton shirt with a complex message:  “RIP the U.S. Constitution.” Kenny’s message has been debated and misinterpreted on national television and the internet.
 Kenny’s T-shirt [...]

Amy Johstono
Staff Writer
acjohstono@valdosta.edu
 Patrol cars from counties and cities across South Georgia lined the corner of Oak Street and Baytree Road at 8:00 last night for a sobriety checkpoint as part of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety’s 18th Annual Hands Across the Border.
 Georgia officers teamed up with its five bordering states for a six-day highway [...]

Karah-Leigh Hancock
Editor-in-Chief
kphancoc@valdosta.edu
As of Wednesday at 11 a.m., there have been no cases of the swine flu in Georgia.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 91 cases of the flu and one death nationwide.
The first fatal victim of the outbreak is a 23-month-old toddler in Texas.
The states with labatory confirmed cases [...]

Boyana Peeva
Staff Writer
bppeeva@valdosta.edu

According to an article in chronicle.com from Nov. 2008, a report has shown that most Americans, including college students have a very limited knowledge of American history, government, or economics.
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s new report “Our Fading Heritage: Americans Fail a Basic Test on Their History and Institutions” proves that a college degree [...]

Jennifer Faulconer
Staff Writer
jafaulconer@valdosta.edu
On Oct. 3, a few weeks after the $700 billion bailout plan was introduced, the House of Representatives finally passed the modified version of the bill in hopes that it would help give the American financial system the strength that it once had. The House essentially refused to approve the original bill, which [...]

Dana Littmann
Features Editor
dmlittmann@valdosta.edu
GIL Interlibrary Loan was set to be suspended on Oct. 1, but an outcry from the University System of Georgia has the Board of Regents reconsidering.
GIL Interlibrary Loan, a system that enables faculty, staff and students to request and receive books from libraries other than the one on their campus, has been available [...]

Francesca Zagami
Staff Writer
frzagami@valdosta.edu
While the nations’ SAT scores have remained consistent with last years’ scores, Georgia’s scores have dropped the state from the 46th ranking to the 47th.
In 2006, the new SAT test was implemented, requiring students to test for 3 hours and 45 minutes-excluding breaks. The 70 minute increase over the original test could [...]