On Oct. 27, Dr. Richard Carvajal will be formally inducted as President of Valdosta State University. In celebration, special alumni and dignitaries, along with the Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, will attend a breakfast and swearing in ceremony. This event, the culmination of a two-day celebration that includes a student carnival Thursday night, will throw VSU into a ...

Valdosta State soccer scored six against Auburn Montgomery in tonight’s 6-0 rout over the Warhawks. The Blazers are now 7-2-1 in conference play and will face the University of North Alabama Friday evening at the Valdosta State soccer complex for another conference matchup. Photos by Seth Willard

Pops in the Park was hosted by the Music Scholarship Alliance on Thursday, Oct. 5th at the Fine Arts Building Amphitheatre. This event featured performances by VSU’s very own: The Spotlighters, the Steel Drum Band and faculty and student jazz ensembles. Special guest Danté Flowers also entertained playing the piano. Flowers is the owner and chief executive officer of Enhanced ...

Hurricane season is still in effect until the end of November and is currently doling out two storms: Nate and Ophelia. According to CNN, the 2017 hurricane season is currently ranked as the most active since 2005 . The 2017 season has already spawned 14 named storms, nine of which became hurricanes with five of those being hurricanes higher than ...

For the past nine years, VSU held an event during homecoming week at Wild Adventures theme park called “VSU Night.” The park admitted free entrance to students on VSU night. This year, there is no special night. However, the park is offering a $15 ticket price on Friday nights in October for students with a valid VSU ID. While this ...

Coming off their first win of the season against the University of West Florida, Blazer football is hitting the road again hoping to defend the peach basket. VSU won 30-19 to give West Florida their first loss of the season. The Black Swarm did what they’ve been doing all season by putting the Blazers in the position to win games. ...

The Fantastic Four is one of the first superhero families in comic’s history, if not the first. They were at first an answer to DC’s Justice League, but soon after their inception they developed their own personality. As the team tackled villains, scientific discovery, and their own personal demons, they showed people what family was about. As time went on ...

After 10 months on campus, Dr. Richard Carvajal will be offically installed as the 10th president of VSU on Oct. 27. The university will host a three-day festival surrounding the installation, which will include appearances by dignitaries and well-known alumni, live music performances, a presidential tailgate and several other events. Carvajal will be sworn in by the Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, Steve Wrigley. Carvajal took over as president on Jan. 1 of this year. Before this, he served ...

SGA is going straight to the students. On Oct. 16 and 19, SGA plans to host an energizer booth on the pedestrian mall that will focus on students’ concerns. SGA is looking for new and innovative ways to interact with the student body in an effort to create a close relationship. A majority of the senate voted in favor of the booth. Later in the meeting, Vice President Aisha Johnson spoke to ...

Seth Willard is the photo-editor of The Spectator at VSU. Willard started his own photography business named Urban Lights Photography this past spring. Willard’s work is known for his use of outdoor scenes and the incorporation of naturally lit settings. Urban Lights Photography was created to exhibit Seth Willard’s artistic style of portrait photography. Urban Lights launched their website in ...