September 19, 2013 WWW.VSUSpEcTATOR.cOM VOLUME 85 ISSUE 5 Inside This Issue - OpINIONS: “Students, quit blaming the system” - FEATURES: “Vegas to get piece of Britney” - SpORTS: “No. 1 VSU football to host Shorter Sat.” On the Web www.vsuspectator.com Free T-shirT Design - caB hosts a free t-shirt design from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom a. Students that show up with their 1card can get their t-shirt designed however they want. sTuDenT reciTAl - curtis thornton plays the tuba from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Whitehead auditorium. grADuATe school Workshop - career Services hosts a workshop on attending graduate school from 4 to 5 p.m. in Powell Hall-West, second floor. Today at VSU Weather 89 H 65 L Today 91 H 66 L Friday 69 L 89 H Mostly Sunny Saturday Check out Olivia Gear’s story on D&T Personal Training! Blazer football to play Shorter, page 6. Blazer football to play Shorter, page 6. Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny Find Us Online Follow The Spectator online for more! TwiTTer: @vsuspectator FacebooK: The Spectator checK ouT our webSiTe: vsuspectator.com This Day in History Nevada experiences first ever underground nuclear explosion. September 19, 1957 a 1.7 kiloton nuclear weapon detonated in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site--a 1,375 square mile research center located 65 miles north of Las Vegas. Source: History.com VSU lost a member of its student body early tuesday morning. Marcus Holmes, 19, sopho- more, was killed when he was struck by a UPS semi- truck on i-75. Police say the accident oc- curred around 1 a.m. when Holmes stepped into traffic just north of the mile 19 marker on the normally bustling interstate. "the driver of the UPS truck, whenever he noticed the pedestrian in the roadway, he was unable to avoid im- pact with the pedestrian,” Sgt. carl taylor, Georgia State Patrol, said in an inter- view with WaLB News. at the moment officers with GSP say that drugs or alcohol don’t appear to be in- volved with the crash, but a blood test will provide defini- tive results. the tests are ex- pected to be completed in a month. President Dr. William McKinney sent an email to faculty and students announc- ing the death. “On behalf of the entire VSU family, we extend our deepest sympathy to the Holmes family,” Dr. McKin- ney said. On tuesday, shortly after the crash, condolences from Holmes’s friends and family flooded his facebook page, and word of his death contin- ued to spread following McKinney’s announcement. ‘Marcus was a bright, out- going, and hopeful young man who shared those quali- ties with those around him, and without him, those clos- est to him find the world a slightly darker place,” ed- ward Braun, english instruc- tor, said. “Marcus was full with joy and kindness,” Hannah Davis, former Shorter Uni- versity schoolmate to Holmes, said. “He had a huge heart and gave great advice.” McKinney said consolers would be available to speak with students affected by Holmes’s passing. Students seeking assistance should call 229-333-5940. VSU student struck by semi, dies on I-75 Will Lewis M aNaGiNG e DitOr [email protected]VSU celebrated 50 years of integration with the Heritage community cookout and “a Look 50 Years Back and 50 Years forward Kickoff re- ception” on Wednesday. robert Pierce and Drewnell thomas, the first african- american male and female to attend VSU, were honored during the cookout, spon- sored by the Langdale col- lege of Business administra- tion, in Palms Quad. Students gathered in Palms Quad as free hamburgers, hot dogs and other refreshments were served from noon until 2 p.m. SGa president Will Jimer- son, VSU first Lady Dr. Da- cia charlesworth and Valdosta Mayor Pro tem alvin Payton ad- dressed the student body during the cookout. “i think the turn-out was great,” Jimerson said. “We had a diverse group of people that came out to celebrate. that is what the mission of this event was—to bring people of different her- itages, cultures, and back- grounds together as we cele- brate 50 years of integration.” “this moment is so histori- cal because it allows us to re- flect on everything that peo- ple have done to make the university more inclusive and it’s important to remember that 50 years later,” charlesworth said. “Students that i spoke to in line knew what they were celebrating and they were excit- ed—it was great.” in addition to free food, students could also participate in a raffle to take home commemo- rative “50 Years” t-shirts. “i feel very thankful,” ayannie thomas, junior speech communication major, said. “for the two that paved the way for african ameri- cans to attend a university Campus celebrates 50 years of integration rebecka Mcaleer / The SPecTaTor Students enjoy a cookout Wednesday, kicking off the celebration of integration at VSU. Shane Thomas S taff W riter [email protected]& Von Kennedy S taff W riter [email protected]the SGa traded off help for a $450 fee on Monday night. this $450 fee was directed to the film and Video society for the screening of “Land of Higher Peace”, a Q&a with filmmaker Mark ezra Stokes, and the rights for VSU stu- dents to screen the film whenever they want. for the $450 aid, the orga- nization promised the SGa help for any promotional videos in the future. “if you are willing, i would like to offer my orga- nization’s help to produce any sort of video,” rizal Buckingham, film and Video Society member, said. “We’re always more than happy to bring our own equipment.” Senators were originally not enthusiastic about giving the $450 to the organization, with Senator edgar James expressing doubt that the money would go to an event that would benefit VSU as a whole. “it doesn’t seem to benefit the (student) body as a whole, as far as catering to the needs of our students,” James said. James also mentioned the small capacity (30 seats) of the room that this event will take part in, and noted that maybe the event would cater to just 30 students. Senator tamelonie thomas also noted that the Q&a would primarily concern the making of the film, rather than the subject matter of the film itself, which is about, according to imdb.com, “the daily challenges ethiopians face through the eyes of a group of well-meaning americans in the small northern town of Gondar.” “i know we have a very good student body here, who are mass media students, but i honestly don’t feel like that this film will be educational or really vital for the SGa to have our money budgeted to it.” thomas also noted that she was excited to see the film, after having done mission Joe Adgie S OciaL M eDia e DitOr [email protected]SGA makes a deal See SGA , Page 2 Von Kennedy / The SPecTaTor Dr. Shirley Hardin, director of African American Studies, discusses the history of VSU. The photograph is of the first African American VSU homecoming queen, Skip McDonald. First African American students honored Wednesday See 50 YEARS , Page 2 For the two that paved the way for African Americans to attend a universi- ty like this I just feel very honored. I wanted to volunteer and do what I can to help. - AyAnnie ThomAs “ ” another void is filled for VSU as it hires a new admin- istrator. Nicole turley was named the new associate Dean of Students less than two weeks ago and will serve alongside russell Mast, Vice President of Student affairs and Dean of Students. the position involves working with the vice presi- dent for student affairs and the dean of students to imple- ment plans for the Division of Student affairs. the search began in June and ended on august 1. the search committee con- sisted of thomas Hardy, Sherolyn Hopkins, robin Vickery, Stanley Jones, Lisa Long, Kevin taylor and Has- sanat Oshodi. thomas Hardy led the committee but couldn’t be reached for answers at press time. there were 55 applicants, the final four were invited to campus. turley, former SGa presi- dent and graduate of VSU, now serves as an advisor for SGa in her returning role at her alma mater. She made a visit to the SGa meeting on Monday and New Associate Dean of Students named Isaiah Smart S taff W riter [email protected]See ADS , Page 2
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September 19, 2013 W W W . V S U S p E c T A T O R . c O M VOLUME 85 ISSUE 5
Inside This Issue- OpINIONS: “Students, quit blaming the system”
- FEATURES: “Vegas to get piece of Britney”
- SpORTS: “No. 1 VSU football to host Shorter Sat.”
On the Webwww.vsuspectator.com
Free T-shirT Design -
caB hosts a free t-shirt design
from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Student
Union Ballroom a. Students
that show up with their 1card
can get their t-shirt designed
however they want.
sTuDenT reciTAl - curtis
thornton plays the tuba from
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Whitehead
auditorium.
grADuATe school
Workshop - career Services
hosts a workshop on attending
graduate school from 4 to 5
p.m. in Powell Hall-West,
second floor.
Today at VSU
Weather
89 H 65 L
Today
91 H 66 L
Friday
69 L89 H
Mostly
Sunny
Saturday
Check out Olivia Gear’sstory on D&T Personal
Training!Blazer football to play Shorter, page 6.Blazer football to play Shorter, page 6.
Mostly
Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Find Us
Online
Follow
The Spectatoronline for more!
TwiTTer:@vsuspectator
FacebooK: The Spectator
checK ouT our
webSiTe:vsuspectator.com
This Day in
History
Nevada
experiences first ever
underground
nuclear
explosion.September 19, 1957
a 1.7 kiloton nuclear
weapon detonated in
an underground
tunnel at the Nevada
Test Site--a 1,375
square mile research
center located 65 miles
north of Las Vegas.
Source: History.com
VSU lost a member of its
student body early tuesday
morning.
Marcus Holmes, 19, sopho-
more, was killed when he
was struck by a UPS semi-
truck on i-75.
Police say the accident oc-
curred around 1 a.m. when
Holmes stepped into traffic
just north of the mile 19
marker on the normally
bustling interstate.
"the driver of the UPS
truck, whenever he noticed
the pedestrian in the roadway,
he was unable to avoid im-
pact with the pedestrian,”
Sgt. carl taylor, Georgia
State Patrol, said in an inter-
view with WaLB News.
at the moment officers
with GSP say that drugs or
alcohol don’t appear to be in-
volved with the crash, but a
blood test will provide defini-
tive results. the tests are ex-
pected to be completed in a
month.
President Dr. William
McKinney sent an email to
faculty and students announc-
ing the death.
“On behalf of the entire
VSU family, we extend our
deepest sympathy to the
Holmes family,” Dr. McKin-
ney said.
On tuesday, shortly after
the crash, condolences from
Holmes’s friends and family
flooded his facebook page,
and word of his death contin-
ued to spread following
McKinney’s announcement.
‘Marcus was a bright, out-
going, and hopeful young
man who shared those quali-
ties with those around him,
and without him, those clos-
est to him find the world a
slightly darker place,” ed-
ward Braun, english instruc-
tor, said.
“Marcus was full with joy
and kindness,” Hannah
Davis, former Shorter Uni-
versity schoolmate to
Holmes, said. “He had a huge
heart and gave great advice.”
McKinney said consolers
would be available to speak
with students affected by
Holmes’s passing. Students
seeking assistance should call
229-333-5940.
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Sep. 11
A student reported a female
leaving a room in Centennial
Hall following an altercation
in the room. Dispatch spoke
with one roommate who ac-
knowledged that and alterca-
tion had taken place regard-
ing a boyfriend staying the
night. VSU student, Heather
Shew, was arrested.
Sep. 13
VSU student, Trenton
Williams was arrested for dri-
ving under the influence, and
transported to Lowndes
County Jail.
A student reported a Co-
lumbia jacket and a TI83 cal-
culator stolen from her back-
pack in Georgia Hall.
Sep. 14
A student witnessed a vehi-
cle being broken into the
night before in the Georgia
Hall gravel lot.
Sep. 16
A red Genesis bike was
stolen from the Student
Union.
A student reported his bag
stolen from the Front Lawn.
Some items were later found
in the bushes beside Patter-
son Hall and turned into the
VSUPD.
Sep. 17
VSUPD responded to a re-
port of an odor of marijuana
coming from a room in Cen-
tennial Hall. Police arrested
VSU student, Justin Culler
and transported him to Lown-
des County Jail.
Sep. 18
A student flagged down a
VSUPD officer at the corner
of the Sustella lot and report-
ed a gray and orange check-
ered backpack stolen. The of-
ficer responded by placing a
BOLO for the item, but po-
lice were unable to make
contact with the thief.
Police Briefs
Sep. 20
The VSU Dance Club will hold a bake sale from 10 a.m. to
noon at the Pedestrian Mall Gazebo near the Student Union.
The Society of International Students will host a Cultural
Hour featuring the country of Belize. The event will take place
at 2 p.m. at the ELI House at 111 Moore Str. Just behind the
Student Union.
Sep. 23
The Peace Corps. will have an informational table set up in
the Student Union from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. An information ses-
sion will be held from 6-8 p.m. in Powell Hall West, second
floor.
College Republicans are proud to host Congressman Austin
Scott for a meet and greet. The event is open to all Students.
Monday, September 23rd at 6 p.m. in the Union Ballroom A
Sep. 24
A blood drive will be held from 12:30-5:30 p.m. in the Stu-
dent Union.
"The Constitution, the Continued Democratic Voting Chal-
lenge, and the Rise of a New Jim Crow Order." Student pre-
sentations on various cases and background history on the
struggle for democratic voting and the roles played by the U.S.
Supreme Court, Congress, and the various state legislature.
Presentations will take place from 7-9:30 p.m. in the Student
Union Theatre.
From 7-8 p.m. in the Powell Hall Auditorium, Dr. Fred
Knowles, Director of the Native American Studies Program,
will present an overview of the Supreme Court decision re-
garding their ruling concerning Bab Veronica. Dr. Knowles
will also discuss the significance of these rulings and how they
relate to the current Legislature and the Indian Child Welfare
Act of 1978.
The Student Health Center has received the flu vaccine
(H1N1 covered in this vaccine) and the vaccine is available to
students for $10 (flex, cash or check). If you would like to get
a flu vaccine, but not make an appointment, please come to
the Student Health Center on Sep. 24 , Oct. 1 or Oct. 8 from
8:30-10:30a.m. or 1-3 p.m.
Upcoming Events
work in Kenya.
Senator Heather Washing-
ton, meanwhile, did find one
thing that would have bene-
fitted the VSU community.
“The only thing that actual-
ly looks like it would actually
benefit VSU
would be
the copy of
the film,”
Washington
said. “If I’m
not a mass
media ma-
jor, I’m not
sure if I
would even
show up (to the film screen-
ing and Q&A).”
Washington advocated
“maybe getting the word
out,” but was opposed to
funding anything outside of
the rights to the film.
Senator Breanna Lawrence
noted the SGA could take a
look at how organizations
have tried to raise money be-
fore going to them.
“We definitely have to take
that into consideration with
other organizations,”
Lawrence said. “What have
you done to help yourself
first before you get help from
other people?”
Lawrence advocated giving
$150—which would be the
rights fees for VSU students
to screen the movie whenever
they wanted.
Senator Matt Lovelace,
however, favored the full
amount for the benefit that
the Mass Media department
would bring to the SGA, in
regards to promotional videos
that would be shot in the fu-
ture.
“Mass Media has access to
a lot of filmmaking and pro-
motional styled things,”
Lovelace said. “It may be
worth our money to invest in
them so we have some added
resources in advertising and
marketing for SGA.”
Senator Valencia Warren
agreed.
“This
would be a
huge help to
the PR com-
mittee as far as
the video edit-
ing is con-
cerned,” War-
ren said. “It
would be great
for our YouTube channel and
getting out to students.”
Amendments were pro-
posed to bring the dollar
amount down to $300, and
then to $250, but Lovelace
advocated again for the full
$450 due to the promised
benefit to the SGA from the
mass media department.
“The quality of work that
the mass media department
does is worth a lot of mon-
ey,” Lovelace said. “We are
now limiting the funds we
are giving and asking for
help. I think it is a bit unfair
to limit the amount of money
that we are giving and asking
them to help us. So instead of
limiting us to one event or a
couple of events or one
YouTube channel, why not
give the entire $450 and then
asking for continuous help in
marketing for the SGA.”
The SGA soon afterwards
voted for the full $450 to be
given.
SGA BUDGET: $19,148.23
SGA
continued from page 1
This would be a
huge help to the PR
committee as far as
the video editing is
concerned.
-Valencia Warren
“
”
like this I just feel very hon-
ored. I wanted to volunteer
and do what I can to help.”
Payton reflects on his own
experience in 1963 as a third-
grader when Pierce and
Thomas arrived on campus
and what it means to the city
of Valdosta.
“Being born and raised in
Valdosta and being here in
1963; knowing some of the
changes the city was going
through at that time, as a
third-grader, you don’t see
those things,” Payton said.
“Obviously, Ms. Thomas and
Mr. Pierce, to be the only two
African-American students
on this campus in 1963, those
were some heavy, heavy bur-
dens to bear.”
“From a city perspective, I
think this (event) shows how
far the city and the county
have progressed in their for-
ward thinking,” Payton said.
Various VSU organizations
also hosted “A Look Back
and 50 Years Forward Kick-
off Reception” in the Bailey
Science Center.
The event celebrated Pierce
and Thomas, as well as Dr.
Shirley Hardin, professor of
English and Director of the
African American Studies
program and other notable
people and moments.
Hardin has been at VSU
for 37 years witnessed much
social change on campus.
“Sometimes people take
their education here for
granted,” Hardin said.
“(Here) you get to interact
with different fraternities,
sororities, races and once you
learn their history and cul-
ture, you are empowered. All
of us can soar, and that is my
greatest joy; when students
can come together.”
50 Years
continued from page 1
spoke to the senate and
guests briefly to introduce
herself.
“I hope that the new Asso-
ciate Dean of
Students is
able to fully
foster all the
expectations
for an advi-
sor,” Hassanat
Oshodi, SGA
Vice Presi-
dent, said.
“SGA is in the
reconstruction
stage so at this
point it is important that we
have an advisor who is effi-
ciently responsive and able to
adhere to the needs of SGA
and the other departments the
ADS is over.”
With the increase in social
media use Turley has the task
of had coordinating social
media for the division.
“The general plan is to
deepen the awareness of and
connection to the services,
development and support
provided by the Division of
Student Affairs through vari-
ous social media venues,”
Turley
said.
Turley will
act as an
advisor for
depart-
ments such
as: Access
Office,
Testing and
Orienta-
tion/Lead-
ership Programs.
She will also have a hand
in coordinating student
recognition initiatives, Parent
Programs and Campus Min-
istries.
Turley’s office is located in
the Student Affairs Office on
the third floor of the Student
Union.
ADS
continued from page 1
”
“
-Hasanat Oshodi
I hope that the new
Associate Dean of
Students is able to
fully foster all the
expectations for an
advisor.
Lawnart goesnatural
Ritsuki Miyazaki / The SpecTaToR
Art took on a natural form withthis sculpture of the sun andmoon outside of WhiteheadAuditorium.
septemBer 19, 2013 vsuspectator.com | page 3
This editorial was written by Jennifer Gleason ([email protected]) and it expresses the general opinion of the editorial staff.
Our point of view...
Students, quit blaming the systemWhen I was in the second
grade, the quadratic formula,
variables and polynomials
were the last things on my
mind.
that’s what elementary
school students are now
learning: algebra—a subject
that already befuddles many
middle and high school stu-
dents. I can’t imagine being
seven years old and having
to learn algebra (that might
also be because math is not a
strong suit of mine).
Like any business model,
education changes constantly
due to competition and an
influx of a variety of knowl-
edge. this is the same
knowledge academia tries to
expose students to over a rel-
atively short amount of time.
to keep up, educators are
expected to update their cur-
ricula regularly and usher
upcoming students into this
new world of knowledge and
technologies that even they
have a hard time understand-
ing sometimes.
teaching can be just as
much of a learning process
for educators as it is for stu-
dents.
We may have not learned
algebra in elementary school,
but we were still exposed to
it later in our educational ca-
reers. So, the system hasn’t
failed us, it is just changing
to meet the requirements of a
new generation of thinkers.
It is true that students
learning higher levels of sub-
jects so early on will proba-
bly be exposed to even high-
er levels by the time they
reach our ages, but those stu-
dents will be carrying us
when we get older, just as
we’re sure to carry our par-
ents’ generation—and in
some ways we already are.
Whether or not we can
say we understand a subject
thoroughly, our teachers did
what they could for the
amount of time they had
with us.
Plenty of VSU freshmen
complain about not under-
standing certain subjects
well and the fact that the
core curriculum requires us
to take classes such as col-
lege algebra, foreign lan-
guages, biology, geology,
etc., regardless of our ma-
jors.
“I’m an english major,
why do I have to have sci-
ence credits? I’m not going
to use this later!”
the truth is it does not
matter what students experi-
enced in their prior educa-
tion, and it does not matter
what students think is use-
less or not.
each subject has the po-
tential to expand our minds,
and when we’re exposed to
those subjects, there’s a
chance that one of them may
turn into our major or minor.
Not everyone comes out of
college with the same goals
with which they started.
education is a malleable
model that changes case by
case.
We, as students, cannot ex-
pect teachers to do all of our
work or magically implant
knowledge into our brains
effortlessly. We have to be
willing to learn more and
have a drive to learn more—
especially in the fields we’re
trying to pursue as careers.
at the same time, teachers
cannot expect students to al-
ways know everything they
need to know before regis-
tering for a class.
Quite often the foundation
that primary education was
supposed to lay for students
isn’t there—either due to
learning disabilities or cur-
riculum deficiencies.
It’s our responsibility to
take the extra step to learn
about things not presented to
us and prove to teachers and
advisers that they are not
wasting their time.
(taking those extra steps
and building those relation-
ships helps us later when we
need recommendation letters,
too—just putting that out
there!)
We are here now, we are
adults and it is our chance to
take responsibility for our
own education.
OpiniOns
We have to be will-
ing to learn more
and have a drive to
learn more—espe-
cially in the fields
we’re trying to
pursue as careers.
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Just when you thought cig-
arettes were soon to be a
thing of the past, companies
are now introducing the ciga-
rette of the future.
the electronic cigarette is a
newly popular type of ciga-
rette that may not only help
change the way smokers quit
but could also replace their
nicotine patches. Here is the
catch: e-cigs are relatively
new to the market, and there
is still a lot of research that
needs to be done before any-
one can say that they are a
viable in helping to control or
even quit smoking.
according to
theLancet.com, e-cigs are
used by many smokers to as-
sist in quitting the habit be-
cause they can deliver nico-
tine and mitigate tobacco
withdrawal symptoms.
a trial done by a group at
the Lancet produced under-
whelming evidence. e-cig
users did quit smoking, but
the results were not nearly as
high as one might expect.
the article states, “e-ciga-
rettes, with or without nico-
tine, were modestly effective
at helping smokers to
quit…Uncertainty exists
about the place of e-ciga-
rettes in tobacco control, and
more research is urgently
needed to clearly establish
their overall benefits and
harms at both individual and
population levels.”
So are e-cigs a better al-
ternative to cigarettes? I
think they are. there is not a
lot of evidence supporting
the theory that they can help
people quit, but I have been
around people who smoke
them. e-cigs seem to be a
great alternative for those
who enjoy smoking inside or
around non-smoking friends
since secondhand smoke
risks associated with e-cigs
are lower than those associat-
ed with regular cigarettes.
the idea in theory is great.
an odorless cigarette that can
be smoked without harm to
others sounds fantastic. We
may not be at this point just
yet, but we are getting there.
Personally I hope research
proves that e-cigs can help
people quit or at least control
the urges that many people
have to smoke. I have seen
many friends try to quit but
not be able to because the
patch did not work. If this is
truly an effective way for
smokers and non-smokers to
live in harmony, I’m all for it
and hope that more research
proves that this will benefit
people.
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E-cigs, innovative or recreating the past? David Lacy