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HSBA building on rise

By Will Lewis   Major construction projects on VSU’s main campus have ceased for the year. This year, the majority of the construction projects will occur at the Rea and Lillian Steele North Campus with smaller renovation projects set for Langdale Hall and the Fine Arts Building.   The Health Sciences and Business Administration building is being erected in the ...

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Poet coming to campus

By Von Kennedy   Author and poet Paul Hostovsky will be visiting VSU Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. in the UC Magnolia Room to share his love of poetry. Hostovsky has written four full-length poetry books since 2008 and compiled nine works total in his collection. Hostovsky has been featured in online anthologies such as Poetry Daily and the ...

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VSU not hit by flu epidemic

By Jessica Ingram   The flu has reached epidemic status in the nation, however much of VSU’s campus community said they have not had the flu.   According to area experts—Lynette Lewis, assistant director and administrator at the Student Health Center, and Dr. Edwin Hiatt, M.D. Director at the Student Health Center—the flu season started abnormally early and is now ...

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Panel attempts to clarify issues

Healthcare reform was on the minds of people at the Bailey Science Center on Wednesday night, as a panel discussion attempted to clarify this highly complicated issue. The event, which was attended by approximately 60 members of the community, discussed how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as ObamaCare, would affect patients, caregivers and businesses. ...

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City, county to host Parade of Champions

By Ace Espenshied   Beginning with the 2011 men’s tennis team and followed by the 2012 softball and football squads, VSU has seen three national championships in the past 19 months. The city of Valdosta and Lowndes County have announced that they will honor all three championship teams by hosting a Parade of Champions on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 4 ...

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Web Exclusive: Water bottles destroy earth

There certainly was a time where the brand names of Perrier and Dasani brought about images of purity and health. Lately though it seems that this imagery has been replaced with criticism and scrutiny. People seem to be leaning towards a greener way of life, or at least recommending such lifestyles

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Sports Web Exclusive: My Three Cents

Nobody knows what this new blend of ballers is capable of just yet. Thus far we’ve gotten glimpses of the Blazers’ prosperous potential though a lousy (2-5) conference record could make you think otherwise. “We have to continue to get better and play well in February,” Head Coach Mike Helfner told me. And he’s completely right or the early hype ...

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Web Exclusive: Top Weekend Picks

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 ...

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Obama issues executive orders on gun control

President Barack Obama announced and signed a series of executive orders Wednesday with the intention of curbing gun violence.   This comes on the heels of a series of shootings that have occurred in the last 12 months, such as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., that killed 27, and the massacre at a movie theater in ...

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SGA contemplates importing tax help

SGA wasted no time getting their first meeting of the semester out of the way on Monday night. The meeting, which lasted a mere 23 minutes, currently stands as the shortest meeting of the 2012-2013 school year to date and centered around bringing in a tax lawyer to talk to students. The lawyer, Lawrence Feld, is a professor at New ...

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