Written by: James Brown Editor in Chief VSU President Dr. Richard Carvajal has announced that he will be stepping down from his position and leaving the university at the end of the 2025 fall semester. Dr. Carvajal will be accepting a new role as President of California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. The polytechnic university is located in the North Coast ...

By Megan Callahan  Spectator Staff Writer    VSU purchased three new buses just in time for the fall semester, according to an email from the Parking and Transportation Department.    The three new buses will be part of the Blazer Shuttle Express that operates Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.    The VSU shuttle buses have been ...

By: Armone’ Gates, Copy Editor   The Faculty Senate discussed a controversial change to syllabus policy, along with other issues, at its first meeting of the year on Aug. 21.  Every third Thursday of each month, the senate meets in the University Center’s Magnolia Room to discuss the plans and protocols for the upcoming semester.  The e-board members consist of ...

Written by: Ashley Jones, Arts & Entertainment Editor    The Happening Information Fair was launched in 1991 to offer in-coming and returning students the opportunity to connect and learn all that Valdosta State’s local community offers.     It is held every fall semester on the VSU front lawn, the happening hosts fun activities, free food samples, giveaways, and familiarity with ...

Story and photo by Jenna Arnold, Editor-in-Chief. The recycling committee announced a return for the recycling program during the March Faculty Senate meeting.   As reported in a recent Spectator story, VSU has not been recycling for several years despite the continued distribution of recycling bins across campus.   For more information click here: ‘Blue’ bins or decorated trash cans – ...

Story and photo by Jenna Arnold, Editor-in-Chief. A Valdosta man was arrested after Valdosta Police connected him to a series of room break-ins in Lowndes Hall.   Twenty-year-old Ricardo Neloms of Valdosta was arrested on April 16 after he was accused of multiple unlawful residential break-ins.   According to the Valdosta State University Police Department report, the first account was recorded on ...

Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor.  After nearly four months of searching, VSU has chosen Christopher Hughes as the next chief of police for the university.  He will join the university staff on May 1, 2025 and remain as a permanent chief.  Hughes is joining the staff after the resignation of former Chief Alan Rowe in October of 2024, who ...

Written by Bailey Wilson, Managing Editor.  VSUPD’s reports for the weekend of 3/28-3/30 had three incidents that stood out among the report, which also contained five other incidents, two traffic stops and 155 building and property checks.  FRAUD  STUDENT UNION: A 19-year-old man was arrested in the Student Union for theft at 6:40 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 30.   Officers ...

Written by James Brown, Entertainment Editor. The VSU Spectator took home several awards in writing, reporting and photography excellence, including the coveted “Watchdog” award, at the 2025 Georgia College Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest in February in Athens, Georgia.  GCPA is an organization that prides itself on benefitting newspapers and journalists across various colleges in Georgia. The organization helps colleges ...

Written by Jasmine Hightower, Copyeditor. According to journalist Diane K. Roberts, with today’s widespread mistrust of the media, critical thinking is the utmost necessity.   Roberts will discuss that topic and more when the English Department hosts a literary reading with the author and commentator on Wednesday March. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Odum Library Theater.  Roberts is a professor ...