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		<title>Group work can be beneficial</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/09/02/group-work-can-be-beneficial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter to the editor:
	I’d like to add some additional points to James Silvernale’s article “Group projects are immature.” Group work can benefit students. Students having difficulty understanding content often comprehend when others demonstrate “how to do” an assignment in a group context. The type of group activity that has been researched the most is cooperative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People Poll: What do you think about possible policies with use of the front lawn?</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/09/02/people-poll-what-do-you-think-about-possible-policies-with-use-of-the-front-lawn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sydney Matheson
sophomore
communications major
“The Front Lawn is just as much of a social gathering place as the Student Union, so putting a restriction on it would be lessening student interaction. That’s dumb.”
Corey Waynedouthit
   freshman
pre-med major
“They gotta do what they gotta do. I think people should respect it.”
Robert Stewart
freshman
undecided major
“I don’t know because I’ve never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church protests against funerals</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/09/02/church-protests-against-funerals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/09/02/church-protests-against-funerals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spotlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Turner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vsuspectator.com/?p=8110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are moments that I cannot believe the members of the Westboro Baptist Church exist.
	There is nothing wrong with living by the Bible and worshipping the God painted from it; I’m all for it. ]]></description>
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		<title>Technology disrupts manners</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/09/02/technology-disrupts-manners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/09/02/technology-disrupts-manners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Green]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vsuspectator.com/?p=8108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	We are firmly cocooned in our digital bubbles.  Technological advances can be a wonderful thing, but they should not replace basic human contact and interaction or even awareness of our surroundings.
	I enjoy my Blackberry, iTunes and wireless connections just as much as the next person, but wrapping yourself up wirelessly and ignoring the people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People Poll: Do you think freshmen should have cars?</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/08/26/people-poll-do-you-think-freshmen-should-have-cars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/08/26/people-poll-do-you-think-freshmen-should-have-cars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vsuspectator.com/?p=8020</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jazlyn Wheeler
senior
Media major
“NO! As a senior, I should not have to park on the fifth floor or the parking deck, that really sucks man.”
Marie Browne
junior
middle grades education
 major
“Freshman shouldn’t be allowed to have cars unless VSU gets more parking. ”
Anthony Holloway
junior
computer information systems major
“No freshman shouldn’t have cars because I was in the parking deck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group projects are immature</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/08/26/group-projects-are-immature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vsuspectator.com/?p=8018</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	We have all been there, the first week of school, sitting in class with excitement when catastrophe strikes; the professor mentions group work will be assigned sometime during course. Group work in upper level classes with people you’re familiar with doesn’t seem so bad. The other students in your group are probably around the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prop 8 should stay gone</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/08/26/prop-8-should-stay-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/08/26/prop-8-should-stay-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sam Raffield]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vsuspectator.com/?p=8016</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Spectator readers, for a split second, just stand back and take a look at the world around you. Despite what pundits say, we are living in revolutionary times. Acceptance is spreading throughout the country. Coalitions for minorities spread like wildfire, and with the ability to research immediately on the Internet, eyes have opened and minds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mosque brings controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/08/26/mosque-brings-controversy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/08/26/mosque-brings-controversy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Turner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vsuspectator.com/?p=8014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Welcome back to VSU, Blazers! I hope everyone had a good summer and will have a great year.
	By now, I’m sure everyone has at least heard of the controversy in New York regarding the building of a mosque near Ground Zero.
	For those of you who are uninformed with this topic, the issue comes down to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students need to form opinions</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/08/26/students-need-to-form-opinions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/08/26/students-need-to-form-opinions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010-08-26]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Molly Duett]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vsuspectator.com/?p=8012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Most college students have been in a situation when a friend focused on politics or current issues talks about those issues. They seem so knowledgeable that the student thinks “they must be right.” Then the listener has a personal choice. Accept their friend’s opinion, or research the topic and form their own opinion.
	Many students may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People Poll: What was your best summer vacation?</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/04/29/people-poll-what-was-your-best-summer-vacation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2010/04/29/people-poll-what-was-your-best-summer-vacation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Lowers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009-2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010-04-29]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vsuspectator.com/?p=7490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kelly Johnson
junior
business marketing
“Last summer I went to Australia.  I went scuba diving and got to walk across the Sydney Harbor Bridge.”
Brandon Kennedy
freshman
nursing
“I went to Hawaii for 2 weeks and went to all the islands.  I went to a hula show and actually got up on stage with the dancers.  It was cool.”
 [...]]]></description>
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