By Amber Smith & Jennifer Gleason   Amber: I took a right at the light by the Valdosta Mall entrance one day and noticed that the Moe’s that had previously sat at the end of the strip mall had been replaced by Shane’s Rib Shack. I laughed– my boyfriend commented that our friend Shane now had a namesake in town, ...

Top Weekend Picks   Hey, VSU! Are you going to be bored this weekend and need something to do? Check out my recent top weekend picks   Did this week’s movie review in the Spectator make you want to see ‘A Haunted House?’ According to fandango.com, it will be playing at 12:30 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and ...

Whoever said that film writer and actor Marlon Wayans does not belong in comedy obviously has not seen any of his work. His latest work, “A Haunted House,” hit theaters Friday making an estimated $18.8 million according to boxofficemojo.com. Wayans, who also produced “Haunted,” is known for participating in spoofs, and this movie is no different. I imagine that it ...

Cigarette smoking is becoming increasingly popular among college age students around the nation– even here at VSU.   Even though we pay it no mind (unless you happen to sit next to the guy that smells like a pack of cigarettes) campus is full of students smoking.   According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) one third ...

People weaved in and out of the Fine Arts Gallery viewing new artwork that is priced as high as $12, 000 and will be available until Feb. 3.   They were the first to visually sample the 25th Valdosta National, which is a juried art competition containing 52 pieces of art by 42 artists.   Each piece in the gallery ...

Hello World—Anthony here with Pop Addict again to bring you all the latest news and gossip since December.   Since we left over a month ago, a Kardashian is pregnant again, the world didn’t end (thanks a lot Mayans), Beyoncé is back with a vengeance, Justin Timberlake made an anti-climactic return to music and Award Show season is in full ...

Hello and welcome back Spec Techies to a new year.  Glad to know that we all did NOT vanish on Dec. 21. Let’s catch up on new tech from the CES event last week. First, the show was mostly about 4K television sets.  Don’t know what 4K is?  Well, it is an Ultra High Definition (UHD) pixel resolution.  Its pixel ...

Today in Powell Hall Dr. Brian Harfe will be presenting his latest finding on the development of the intervertebral discs at 4 p.m. Not only does he teach at the University of Florida College of Medicine, but Dr. Harfe is the director of the Developmental Genetics program at the University of Florida. Also, according to the University of Florida, Dr. ...

VSUs baseball coach, Todd Guilliams, has recently turned his team’s offensive successes into a published book titled “High Scoring Baseball: The complete Guide to Run Production.” Writing a book was never one of Guilliams’ goals, but when the opportunity presented itself he took full advantage of it. “Greg and I spoke at a convention a couple of years ago about ...

Pop Addict #14   Hello World—Anthony here bringing you the final Pop Addict for 2012. That is if the Mayans are right and the world ends in three weeks. Otherwise, I’ll be back reporting on the ratchetness of the celebrity world in 2013.   If the Mayans are correct, at least we won’t have to deal with Chris Brown’s anger ...