Karah-Leigh Hancock
Editor-in-Chief
kphancoc@valdosta.edu
VSU students voiced their opinions Thursday, April 23 to elect the new SGA president for the 2009-2010 school year.
Kelli Cody won the election with 322 votes over Ernesto Prencke’s 272 votes.
Cody, a sophomore environmental geoscience major from Woodstock, Ga., found out she won just like any other student – by walking to the Dean [...]

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 [...]

Guest Column
Karah-Leigh Hancock
Editor-in-Chief
kphancoc@valdosta.edu
Whether you watch NASCAR or not, you have probably heard about the event that happened this past Sunday at the Talladega Sprint Cup race. If you haven’t, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcCWhltnS2E
The news has been on shows that don’t even talk about NASCAR like “Larry King” and “Ellen.”
Here’s what happened: Carl Edwards, No. 99 was [...]

It brings me great pleasure that I can report, in my last “Pop Addict” column, that Backstreet’s back!
The Backstreet Boys were the victims of leaked music over the weekend when five of their unreleased demos appeared online.
As a Backstreet Boys fan, I was greatly pleased. They have been working with producers such as T-Pain and [...]

Next Saturday I will be walking across the stage and graduating from VSU after five years and three major changes.

Today, VSU students will go to the polls to vote for the new Student Government Association president.

According to RAINN, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, every two minutes someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.
VSU students have the chance to show their support for rape and sexual assault victims tonight at the annual “Take Back the Night” event.
The march and candlelight vigil is held to protest rape and other forms [...]

Karah-Leigh Hancock
Editor-in-Chief
kphancoc@valdosta.edu
When it comes to males and females in college, females out- number males by a huge amount according to an Ohio State Research article.
According to the article, in 2004, females received 58 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in the United States. In 1960, females received only 35 percent.
Why?
There are many reasons this could be [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]