Category: What Now?

Joanna always had a very close relationship with her mother throughout her childhood. Her mother never missed a PTA meeting, Field trip or dance recital. She always gave Joanna advice and was always there to help, even if Joanna didn’t want her to. Joanna liked and appreciated her mother being so involved, but sometimes she [...]

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Who I am and what I do: I’m Ashley George and I’m the Opinions Editor for the Spectator. I’m a junior journalism major nad I do a column called “What Now.” I started writing this column because I wanted to write something people [...]

Jessica, a junior in college, was about a month into her fall semester when she got news that her father was gravely ill. Her mother quietly suggested that she come home as soon as possible because the doctors were not sure how long her father had to live. Jessica calmly accepted the news and came [...]

Ashley George
Opinions Editor
ajgeorge@valdosta.edu
Cindy always had a pretty level head, but lately things weren’t going so well. It was mid-semester and this time of year was normally more stressful, but this year it seemed even worse. Classes were harder, her boss was making her work more hours because another guy had quit and her friends were [...]

Ashley George
Opnions Editor
ajgeorge@valdosta.edu
Kelly, a sophomore at VSU, has been dating Carl for about six months. During that time, her life changed a lot. As Carl became a bigger part of her life, she had less time for her other friends and family, but Kelly saw this as just being natural. She and Carl often talked [...]

Ashley George
Staff Writer
ajgeorge@valdosta.edu
Molly was just starting her sophomore year. She made pretty good grades last year, B’s and a few C’s, so she is confident in her ability to do the same this year. As long as she kept a 3.0 to keep HOPE, she was happy. As she started her new classes, she was [...]

Ashley George
Opinions Editor
ajgeorge@valdosta.edu
Mike is a commuter. He lives about 30 minutes away from campus, so he tries to get classes in the middle of the day so he wouldn’t be getting up to early or getting home to late. He arrives at the campus at about 10:30 so he can find a parking spot. After [...]

Ashley George
Opinions Editor
ajgeorge@valdosta.edu
Megan, a college freshman, just recently started getting numerous offers from credit-card companies. She decides that getting a credit card would be a good idea for convenience, emergencies and for building credit in general. So, she applies for a few of them and is accepted.
At first, Megan does a good job [...]