The Spectator The independent student newspaper of Valdosta State University
Written By: Brittney Penland Protestors gathered on Oct. 31 at the corner of Park Avenue and Patterson Street to argue against the building of the Sabal Trail gas pipeline. The protesters were associated with VSU’s Students Against Violating the Environment and Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy. The costumes they were dressed in for Halloween attracted honking and “thumbs up’s” from ...
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SGA discusses safety, scheduling
Written By: Taymara Tait This week, SGA discussed topics concerning the campus safety walk, academic planning and academic scheduling among others. The campus safety committee takes an annual walk around campus and analyzes lighting and the safety surrounding the campus environment. Campus police, administrators and professors walked through main campus, north campus and the parking decks checking for any ...
Read More »Demolishing a piece of history
Written By: LaMarcus Wilkerson The city council voted against a request to preserve Valdosta’s first totally electric home, the Nichols house, which has been standing on the corner of Azalea Drive and Baytree Road for over 60 years. This piece of history for the city of Valdosta will most likely be torn since the city council voted 6-1 in ...
Read More »Poet C. G. Hanzlicek visits VSU
Written by Cole Edwards, Multimedia Editor “I use the world around me as my building blocks.” Poetry author C. G. Hanzlicek read from his works to students on Wednesday evening in the Student Union Theater as the first poetry circuit reading of the semester. Born in Minnesota, Hanzlicek received a B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1964 and then an ...
Read More »Internet experts: ‘Widespread harm’ likely from cyber attack in next decade
By Jeff Gelles The Philadelphia Inquirer / (MCT) Be afraid of potentially devastating cyber attacks, and be better prepared to guard against them. But also be wary of the risks _ especially to privacy _ that accompany a growing focus on cyber security that may exaggerate some threats. Those are among the major themes and dissents that emerge from a ...
Read More »Ethics office finds ‘substantial reason to believe’ Georgia Rep. Broun broke law
By Sean Cockerham McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON – The House Ethics Committee is investigating whether Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia broke the law by using official congressional office funds to pay for communications help in his political campaigns. The committee made public the details of the Broun investigation on Wednesday. The committee said it launched the probe at the ...
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