Congratulations, Mr. President, on maintaining your seat. Now that the election is over, we can get back to normal. What is normal?  I ask this because normalcy as it pertains to the highest office in the land has taken a definite turn in the last decade.  Sure, when Nixon staged a burglary, the office took a bruise.  When Clinton “didn’t ...

Imagine if everyone contributed a few cents or dollars with every non-food and prescription purchase, and then said contribution went to help all citizens of Lowndes and the surrounding counties. Think of all of the incredible new public works and institutions that would be available to everyone. For the last several years, the Special-purpose local-option sales tax (SPLOST) has done ...

The idea that affirmative action is preventing white students from getting a great education because colleges are admitting unqualified minorities is nothing more than an offensive joke. Despite the narrative that some may try to paint, minority students are in college because they are able to stand on their own merits and no amount of twisting facts and distorted history ...

As we move closer to November and the political theater intensifies; we are constantly being faced with radical new claims and accusations created by the candidates. “The war on women,” an exaggerated and worn-out phrase by the Obama administration is used to describe the Republican Party’s attitude towards women’s rights and their involvement in politics. This overly simplistic stance has ...

I recently turned to Headline News and watched my first episode of Piers Morgan. He is not someone I look to for newsworthy information, but the topic being discussed sparked my interest.  His guest was actress Stacy Dash, most known for her role as “Dionne” in the 1995 film “Clueless.” She addressed the backlash she received on Twitter for being ...

October is the month for awareness—breast cancer, domestic violence, autism. The list goes on and on. It’s easy to get bogged down in all the calls for donations, wearing colored ribbons and attending a different event every week. But we at the Spectator feel the need to ask the students and faculty for just a little bit more of their ...

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” –          Daniel Patrick Moynihan.   What is it about science that makes religious people cringe?   When Georgia Representative Paul Broun told his fellow churchgoers that evolution and the Big Bang theory are “lies straight from the pit of hell,” I was so in awe of his arrogance and ...

The US Supreme Court ruled in June of 2011 against California’s ban on the sale of violent video games to minors. The law would have put $1,000 fines on stores that sold violent video games to those under 18. The ruling highlights what is a much larger national and international debate about the effect of violent video games on youth, ...

When two presidential candidates battle roughly to a tie in a debate, is there a winner? Did President Obama win on Tuesday simply because he was able to hold his own this time on the debate stage with Mitt Romney? Did Romney win because the momentum he had built during the last two weeks wasn’t completely reversed? The pressure on ...

What ever happened to school spirit? Back in September, the VSU Blazers played West Alabama, and the result was a disappointment. What was even more disappointing was the attitude of those who were supposed to be loyal to VSU. By the middle of the fourth quarter, the stadium was nearly empty, and the once-loud Bazemore Hyder Stadium had turned into ...