Articles Written By ‘ Von Kennedy ’

 

SGA election results questioned

Apr 28th, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-04-28, Campus News, News, Student Government, Top Headlines

A special “Ad Hoc Committee” was approved Monday at the final Student Government Association meeting to investigate voting practices during the recent SGA Elections, which were held last week. An ad hoc committee is a committee created on an emergency notice in order to deal with an issue. “I came from a country that was [...]



Admissions Director leaves VSU after 25 years

Apr 21st, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-04-21, Campus News, News, Top Headlines

Valdosta State University Admissions Director Walter Peacock will no longer be with the school after this spring semester.    He has accepted a position to become the University of West Alabama’s director of Admissions and Enrollment Management, after working at the university for 25 years.  Peacock, who also attended VSU in the 1970s, has worked [...]



SGA elections coming soon

Apr 14th, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-04-14, Campus News, News, Top Headlines

The Student Government Association Election Platform Wednesday night in the Powell Hall Auditorium was packed with supporters and candidates ready to let their opinions be known. The debate included all of the candidates running for the executive positions of comptroller, secretary, vice president and president of SGA in the 2011 election. Presidential candidates Jasmine Coer [...]



SGA Candidates set record, African Night approved, “Student Employment of the Year” financed

Apr 7th, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-04-08, News, Spotlight, Student Government, Top Headlines

During the past 20 years of SGA, this year’s election will set a record for the highest number of senator candidates. The executive and senator candidates of the spring elections were released Tuesday, and a total of 68 candidates are running for senator positions. SGA President Demario Jones is pleased with the high number of [...]



BetheMatch

Mar 31st, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-03-31, Features, Top Headlines, Web Exclusive

On Tuesday, Georgia Military College held a donor registry event called “BetheMatch” for VSU student Michele Siegrist and other people needing bone marrow transplants around the country in order to help in their battle with leukemia. The event was held from 9 a.m to 7 p.m and was deemed successful as over 250 people throughout [...]



Siegrist looks for donor to“Be The Match”

Mar 24th, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-03-24, News, Top Headlines

Georgia Military College is looking to save lives March 29 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m, and if all goes well, a VSU nursing student may be one of the lives saved.  GMC is hosting “Be The Match,” a bone marrow registry drive for people needing bone marrow transplants to help with  different forms of [...]



Students stray away from beach during spring break

Mar 10th, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-03-10, Features, Top Headlines

 VSU students are not just flocking to the same old destinations this year for spring break, but to new and exotic places most would not think about.  Normally, students head to one of Florida’s many beaches or party stops for fun in the sun, yet that is not always the case.  “I’m going back home [...]



SGA discusses parking meters on campus

Mar 3rd, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-03-03, Administration, Campus News, News, Spotlight, Student Government, Top Headlines

 Controversy arose late Monday night when the idea that parking meters could be installed around VSU’s campus came up at the Student Government Association’s weekly meeting.  The Parking and Transportation Department discussed the issue at a recent meeting.  The department would temporarily implement parking meters at parking spots around campus to create more revenue.  Some [...]



Mayor to give State of City

Feb 24th, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-02-24, News, Top Headlines

The recession has crippled the economy, but Mayor John Fretti sees this as the “Year the Bleeding Stops,” in this year’s State of the City address.  In this year’s 35 minute address, Fretti will focus on the recovery of the Valdosta economy, how it impacts our state and city citizens  and the triumphs of Valdosta‘s [...]



Graves brings life to ordinary

Feb 10th, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-02-10, Features, Top Headlines

 He looks for the interesting and unique features in life to depict and capture for audiences to dwell on.  “I look to point out the obvious, yet often ignored connections that exist between the natural world and the cultural attitudes and practices we project on it,” Travis Graves said in an artist statement about his [...]



VSU still deals with Bike Theft, Winthrop University fights back with “Bait Bikes”

Feb 10th, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-02-10, Campus Crime, News, Spotlight, Top Headlines

Bike thefts have been a major issue on campus. Recently Winthrop University in South Carolina implemented a decoy “Bait Bike” program to control and limit bicycle thieves from stealing from their students.



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