odum library now offers more than just books. Most recently, odum li- brary participated in interna- tional tabletop day on March 30. this was a day for people to come together and play tabletop board games as part of the library’s attempt to bring the community togeth- er, according to Jeff Gallant, reference librarian. on March 18, the Knot- work designs exhibit opened for students and faculty to en- joy. the exhibit allowed 62- year-old elantu Baiat Veovode to display her Knot- work designs which are on display in the hub Gallery on the second floor of odum li- brary. Many of the librarians are excited to turn odum from a place of research and study- ing to a must see attraction. dr. alan Bernstein ex- plained that although the li- brary suggests an academic atmosphere, there is still a need for a more modern aca- demic library. “We’ve always tried to en- courage the library to be more than just that place you go to study, but [to be] a meeting place, a hangout and a place of comfort,” dr. Bernstein said. “We accept the idea of active learning as a part of the more modern academic library.” in december 2012, odum library hosted the Club odum Pajama Party for fi- nals week at VSU. the event included s’mores, board games and many other fun activities that allowed stu- dents to unwind after a long week of exams. the library aims to work with other departments and staff such as ra’s and resi- dence halls to implement a more enjoyable learning space. in mid-april, reference li- brarian Michael holt will host “read fest,” an annual event that marks national li- brary Week which is spon- sored by the american li- brary association and cele- brates the contributions of the nation’s libraries and librari- ans. odum also attempts to reach out to the youth to make education enjoyable. each year, the library invites pre-K students from area schools to come enjoy read- ing in a fun and educational way. dr. Bernstein believes that although new ideas and activ- ities are being implemented, it will not be at the expense of the library. “odum is still, very much, always a learning place,” he said. Celebration will continue on campus as the University gears up for the investiture of VSU’s ninth president, dr. William McKinney. events have been planned to fill the week leading up to dr. McKinney’s investiture on friday, as well as the fol- lowing Saturday. events, including sym- posia, have focused on en- gaged innovation in higher education. the biggest events of the week will take place on fri- day. dr. McKinney’s investi- ture ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. and an inaugural ball to benefit student schol- arships will be held at 6 p.m. today’s events will include a symposium in the Student Union theatre at noon, dur- ing which dr. George Mehaffy will focus on “the role of innovation in higher education,” according to the event description on the offi- cial schedule. light refreshments will be provided during this event, which is free and open to stu- dents, faculty and staff. at 6 p.m., dr. McKinney and his wife, dr. dacia Charlesworth, will host “Mixing it Up with the Presi- dent and first lady,” during which the two will teach at- tendees how to mix special cocktails developed for the inauguration. Pre-registration is required for this event. later this evening, the VSU Performing arts Show- case will take place in White- head auditorium. this event, beginning at 8 p.m., is open to the public. the performance will feature student and faculty artists from various genres. a recep- tion will follow shortly after. Saturday’s events will be “Zumba® with the first lady” on the front lawn at 9:30 a.m. and “employee BBQ” at noon. attendance is restricted to employees only for the barbeque, but Zumba® is open to the pub- lic. earlier events this week in- cluded a symposium, “high- lighting innovation in our Community,” Battle of the Bands, day of Service, a blood drive and the “Student and alumni Barbeque” on Wednesday. the Undergraduate re- search Symposium took place on Monday and tues- day. other events on tuesday included an symposium, “highlighting innovation in our Classrooms,” and a pre- show discussion of Pippin before the performance, pre- sented by the VSU theatre department. on Monday, dr. david Williams presented research about the Civil War during the symposium, “highlight- ing innovation in our Schol- arship,” and student artists explained their works in the Student art Competition. April 4, 2013 WWW.VSUSPECTATOR.COM VOLUME 84 ISSUE 24 Inside This Issue - OPINIONS: “everyone deserves right to marriage” - FEATURES: “MtV star found dead in vehicle” - SPORTS: “VSU looks to sweep UWf friday” On the Web www.vsuspectator.com Performing Arts showcAse - whitehead Auditorium, 8 p.m. a collaborative event featuring groups of talented students and faculty from various performing arts across VSU. this event is free and open to the public. hosted by Dr. John gaston, Dean of the college of the Arts. cleArly your crystAls student union organization lounge, 2:30 - 8:30 p.m. attendees will get a 3d image of their faces etched into a crystal cube with laser imaging equipment. this event is free of charge. hosted by cAB. wiccAn reBirth event odum library room 3609, 6:30-8 p.m. attendees will learn about the Wiccan wheel of the year and the passionate journey of the lord and lady. a brief documentary will be shown and a ceremony about moving forward from the past with perfect love and trust will take place. this event is open to all. hosted by the wiccan and Pagan society. BoArD gAme night - odum library room 1480, 8 p.m. this event is free. Snacks will be provided. hosted by natural high. summer/f All eArly registrAtion continues- freshmen are eligible to register starting at 7 a.m. to- day. summer registration ends at midnight on April 19. fall registration ends at midnight on April 26. Today at VSU Check out Neil Frawley’s article on the making of Blazefest! Soccer’s Soccer’s leading scorer leading scorer transfers transfers See pg. 5 for the details. Weather 71 H 55 L Rain/ Thunder Today 67 H 46 L Friday 50 L 78 H Saturday PM Showers Partly Cloudy Today in History April 4, 1968: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated dr. King was shot in Memphis, tenn. at the lorraine Motel. Source: history.com VSU celebrates inauguration Faculty Senate: No more fall break fall Break is no more, thanksgiving Break is now one week long and Winter Break is now one week longer. those were the recommen- dations given out by the fac- ulty Senate on thursday af- ternoon, after arguments were heard from both sides of the issue of the date changes. these recommenda- tions will be sent to President William McKinney, who will either approve or deny the changes. “last semester, we had fall Break on Monday and tuesday, right?” asked José Vélez-Marulanda, assistant professor of mathematics. “So many of my class didn't come on Wednesday.” Vélez-Marulanda went on to explain that while the idea of a fall break was good in theory, it was not good in practice, as students would wind up missing valuable class time. another professor had problems with how late the schedule was being adjusted. “What is the process of making this decision?” Catherine Schaeffer, associ- ate professor of dance, said. “[... t]he people in theatre and dance and art and sym- phony have a deadline for se- curing rights for plays and making an extensive sched- ule for who gets to do what and when. “that's already been done based on thinking that this decision had been made. Who's making the final cal- endar? We need to know, and we need to purchase rights for plays, and once you've set your schedule, you can't change it, because there are thousands of people in- volved.” Jimmy Bickerstaff, assis- tant professor of theatre, echoed those sentiments. “With so many activities scheduled and so many dif- ferent facilities involving thousands of people, to have us still talking about the schedule at this point is way late for us,” Bickerstaff said. “it needs to be done at least a year in advance.” Maren Clegg-hyer, associ- ate professor of english, ex- plained that the scheduling normally was done in ad- vance, and another organiza- tion – one that was not named – had planned things out a long time in advance, and these sort of changes should not continue. “once we set the dates, we need to think about more of these things so we don't have this problem again in the fu- ture,” she said. the vote for replacing fall Break with a week-long thanksgiving Break was 35 in favor, seven against, and two abstaining. the vote for pushing spring semester back a week was unanimous. Brian hickey / The SpecTATor Students and alumni partake in the “Student & Alumni Barbeque” Wednesday. The Barbeque was moved to the P.E. Complex due to inclement weather. Joe Adgie S oCial M edia e ditor [email protected]Amber Smith e ditor - in -C hief [email protected]Will Lewis / The SpecTATor The Southeastern Community Blood Center co-hosted a blood drive with other VSU organizations as part of Wednesday’s inauguration events. Check out the Web Spectator for coverage of inauguration events! Odum much more than just library Quasha Ross S taff W riter [email protected]Amber Smith / The SpecTATor (From left) Nodella Valenti, 7; Avery Mooney, 4; Trinity Mooney, 6; and Morganna Donathan, 5 play “Trouble” as Meghan Donathan, Library Assistant for Interlibrary Loan, supervises during Interna- tional Tabletop Day at Odum Library on March 30.
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odum library now offers
more than just books.
Most recently, odum li-
brary participated in interna-
tional tabletop day on
March 30.
this was a day for people
to come together and play
tabletop board games as part
of the library’s attempt to
bring the community togeth-
er, according to Jeff Gallant,
reference librarian.
on March 18, the Knot-
work designs exhibit opened
for students and faculty to en-
joy.
the exhibit allowed 62-
year-old elantu Baiat
Veovode to display her Knot-
work designs which are on
display in the hub Gallery on
the second floor of odum li-
brary.
Many of the librarians are
excited to turn odum from a
place of research and study-
ing to a must see attraction.
dr. alan Bernstein ex-
plained that although the li-
brary suggests an academic
atmosphere, there is still a
need for a more modern aca-
demic library.
“We’ve always tried to en-
courage the library to be
more than just that place you
go to study, but [to be] a
meeting place, a hangout and
a place of comfort,” dr.
Bernstein said. “We accept
the idea of active learning as
a part of the more modern
academic library.”
in december 2012, odum
library hosted the Club
odum Pajama Party for fi-
nals week at VSU. the event
included s’mores, board
games and many other fun
activities that allowed stu-
dents to unwind after a long
week of exams.
the library aims to work
with other departments and
staff such as ra’s and resi-
dence halls to implement a
more enjoyable learning
space.
in mid-april, reference li-
brarian Michael holt will
host “read fest,” an annual
event that marks national li-
brary Week which is spon-
sored by the american li-
brary association and cele-
brates the contributions of the
nation’s libraries and librari-
ans.
odum also attempts to
reach out to the youth to
make education enjoyable.
each year, the library invites
pre-K students from area
schools to come enjoy read-
ing in a fun and educational
way.
dr. Bernstein believes that
although new ideas and activ-
ities are being implemented,
it will not be at the expense
of the library.
“odum is still, very much,
always a learning place,” he
said.
Celebration will continue
on campus as the University
gears up for the investiture of
VSU’s ninth president, dr.
William McKinney.
events have been planned
to fill the week leading up to
dr. McKinney’s investiture
on friday, as well as the fol-
lowing Saturday.
events, including sym-
posia, have focused on en-
gaged innovation in higher
education.
the biggest events of the
week will take place on fri-
day. dr. McKinney’s investi-
ture ceremony will take place
at 10 a.m. and an inaugural
ball to benefit student schol-
arships will be held at 6 p.m.
today’s events will include
a symposium in the Student
Union theatre at noon, dur-
ing which dr. George
Mehaffy will focus on “the
role of innovation in higher
education,” according to the
event description on the offi-
cial schedule.
light refreshments will be
provided during this event,
which is free and open to stu-
dents, faculty and staff.
at 6 p.m., dr. McKinney
and his wife, dr. dacia
Charlesworth, will host
“Mixing it Up with the Presi-
dent and first lady,” during
which the two will teach at-
tendees how to mix special
cocktails developed for the
inauguration. Pre-registration
is required for this event.
later this evening, the
VSU Performing arts Show-
case will take place in White-
head auditorium.
this event, beginning at 8
p.m., is open to the public.
the performance will feature
student and faculty artists
from various genres. a recep-
tion will follow shortly after.
Saturday’s events will be
“Zumba® with the first
lady” on the front lawn at
9:30 a.m. and “employee
BBQ” at noon. attendance is
restricted to employees only
for the barbeque, but
Zumba® is open to the pub-
lic.
earlier events this week in-
cluded a symposium, “high-
lighting innovation in our
Community,” Battle of the
Bands, day of Service, a
blood drive and the “Student
and alumni Barbeque” on
Wednesday.
the Undergraduate re-
search Symposium took
place on Monday and tues-
day.
other events on tuesday
included an symposium,
“highlighting innovation in
our Classrooms,” and a pre-
show discussion of Pippin
before the performance, pre-
sented by the VSU theatre
department.
on Monday, dr. david
Williams presented research
about the Civil War during
the symposium, “highlight-
ing innovation in our Schol-
arship,” and student artists
explained their works in the
Student art Competition.
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On March 25, 2013, the
United States Supreme Court
agreed to a future hearing
concerning the Michigan
Civil Rights Initiative, also
known as Proposal 2.
The proposal, which bans
any preferential treatment on
the basis of race, color, gen-
der or religion, became law
in Michigan in 2006.
Many argue that this pro-
posal is a repeal of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, and an
indirect means of end-
ing what is known as
affirmative action.
I think that affirma-
tive action should re-
main just like it is.
Though the majority
of society may refuse to
admit it, the world is
full of racism and dis-
crimination. A person
does not have to look
anywhere beyond Val-
dosta to see this.
Race and gender
have always influenced
decisions at colleges
and businesses in our
country. If they didn’t,
we wouldn’t have a
need for affirmative ac-
tion in the first place.
This poses a question: How
does one institute “alterna-
tives” to affirmative action?
If other methods are imple-
mented for the same purpose,
then why not just keep the
method that is already enact-
ed?
I agree that it is wrong to
accept someone who is not as
qualified for a position just to
show sympathy because of
their skin color, gender, or re-
ligion.
Let’s keep in mind, howev-
er, that this is not the basis of
affirmative action.
Affirmative action is not an
excuse to select someone of
lesser ability simply because
of their race. What it does is
ensures that, no matter where
you come from, you have a
chance. If you do the same
work, you should reap the
same reward.
A person’s race, gender or
religious beliefs have ab-
solutely nothing to do with
their ability to learn or per-
form. They are, however,
barriers that have been used
to prevent certain people
from being able to show
these talents to the world.
Affirmative action gets
your foot in the door. What
you do once you arrive is up
to you.
People Poll
This editorial was written by Joe Adgie ([email protected]) and it expresses the general opinion of the editorial staff.