I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! Now stuff your face with candy and read about Google and Microsoft in this issue of Spec Tech! Due to Hurricane Sandy, Google had to cancel its event to announce new devices, but Google revealed these devices online anyway.  The first new device is the LG Nexus 4 smartphone.  It has ...

Valdosta may be cooling down for winter, but the Blazer football team looks to continue their hot streak. After a 37-6 win in Rome, Ga last Thursday versus Shorter, the Blazers (7-2, 4-1 GSC) set their sights on the Javelinas of Texas A&M- Kingsville. Javelinas are also known as peccaries or “skunk-pigs” and are related to hippopotamuses. The Blazers are ...

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 ...

Tie up your laces and grab a bottle of water because Saturday marks the date for the American Heart Association’s annual Lowndes Heart Walk at 8 a.m. at Mckey Park.  This year AHA is hoping to raise $10,000 for critical cardiovascular disease research and education. There are only eight teams registered, but everyone has the option to join a team ...

For the first time since 2008, one young woman will hold the title of Miss VSU.  Thirteen young women will vie for the coveted crown, but only one will become the face of the university. The Miss VSU Pageant will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Whitehead Auditorium. Alisha Stabler, director of the Miss VSU Pageant, has put ...

  It’s win or go home as the Lady Blazers kick of the Gulf South Conference tournament today vs. West Georgia.� � At 13-3-2 the team had a great second season and has looked dominant at times.  With possibly three games in four days and the No.2 team in the nation West Florida most likely making the championship game, they are ...

One of the things that I love about the Wachowskis as filmmakers is how divisive their movies can be among audiences.  It shows that they are not just making movies to bring in money– they do it because they have a love for it. They enjoy taking on impossible projects that most writers and directors would shy away from. “Cloud ...

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 ...

                Rumors of a shooter in the Mass Media building on Wednesday proved to be false. Eyewitnesses place a young man at the scene who was described to be around 5-feet-9-inches tall, stocky and traditional college student-aged. He wandered around the building asking for money, claiming to be armed. It was discovered that the man was not armed and the ...