Ever wonder about those student actors you see on VSU’s stage? Here’s a little bit about some of the theater program’s finest. Raoul Barnick A senior theatre major from Adel, Ga., Raoul Barnick is a small-town boy with big city dreams. His theatre career began in first grade when he was selected to play the narrator in a class production ...
Read More »The Boom Box professor
Dr. Louis Schmier, senior history professor, does not lecture, give tests, or give grades. He has to give a final grade, however, so what Schmier does is start his students off with an A in his class, which they may or may not keep throughout the semester. “They think no grades [means] easy, but I push them,” he says. Dr. ...
Read More »Know Your Professor:Peguesse uses the unconventional
One of the first things you will see upon walking into Dr. Cheré Peguesse’s office in the Student Success Center is a large poster of Billie Holiday on the back wall with a line from her song, “Strange Fruit”: “Southern trees have strange fruit to bear…” This dog-loving English teacher has been known to practice belly dancing for stress relief. ...
Read More »No plans for stadium
Despite campus-wide interest in a new football stadium, evidence from university administration and SGA executives suggests that such a project will not be possible in the near future. The possibility of a new stadium was among topics discussed in the SGA’s Feb. 15 meeting, as reported in the Feb. 18 issue of the Spectator. “It has not been decided to ...
Read More »Student strives to beat Guinness World Record
Spike Cook, sophomore mass media major, is not your average punk with piercings. Cook can be seen on campus dressed in head-to-toe black, black boots, leather jacket, a hoodie, chains, and shades. Both of his ears are pierced as well as his tongue, nose, and lip. “I look unapproachable,” Cook says, “but if somebody talks to me I’ll talk right ...
Read More »Having a really bad day?
Alexander is having a bad day, a terrible day even. His day is so bad; it’s horrible, no good. It’s just a very bad day all together. Starting Fri. Feb. 5, the Valdosta and VSU communities are invited to share in Alexander’s bad day by attending a performance of the play, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad ...
Read More »Student Union leads to new office locations
With the opening of VSU’s new student union, several offices have relocated. These relocations have led to empty buildings around campus this semester. Offices such as Student Life and the Dean of Students have moved from Hopper Hall into the new union as the building brought forth more office spaces However, plans for their old offices are already ...
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