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March 22, 2012 W W W . V S u S P E C T A T O r . C O M VOLuME 83 ISSuE 25

Inside This Issue- OPINIONS: “Don’t invade our privacy”

- FEATurES: “VSU graduate releases first e.P.”

- SPOrTS: “Lady Blazers extend winning streak”

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the iPad 4G reached theshelves of the tech Shop lastfriday boasting improved fea-tures, the option for more giga-bytes and a $499 sticker price.

according to Casey Stokes, asales associate at VSU’s techShop, the iPad 4G differs fromthe iPad 2 in three major waysincluding the new retina displaywith its higher quality screenresolution, a dual processor anda 5 megapixel camera.

“the only physical differenceis that the new iPad is a bitthicker than the iPad 2,” Stokessaid.

the iPad 4G comes in threestorage capacity options: the 16,32 and 64 gigabyte flash memo-ry models and are available inboth black and white.

Since the release of the fourthgeneration iPad, the price of theiPad 2 has been reduced to $399and is available in the tech shopwith 16 gigabyte flash memory.

“a lot of students have beenasking about the ipad 4G, but ithas not been flying off theshelves,” Stokes said.

according to Jed Brogdon,tech shop manager, this could bedue in part to the tech shop’stendency to receive these newshipments during school breakswhen students are not on cam-

pus. Students’ responses were var-

ied in their interest concerningthe iPad 4. Some students, likejunior paralegal studies majorJason McDaniel, are concernedwith the efficiency of the device.

“Being in Valdosta isn’t greatfor 4G, so the new model isn’tvery useful for us,” McDanielsaid.

Other students like ShelbyGrieshober, a freshmen undecid-ed major, are interested in ob-taining the iPad 4G, but can’tswing the cost on a student bud-get.

“i’m interested in the newiPad, i just can’t afford it rightnow,” Grieshober said.

Some students were less en-thusiastic.

“the new model sounds nicebut i wouldn’t be interested inthe 4G because it’s not a neces-sity to me...i already have theolder one,” Oprah Mitchell, asophomore undecided major,said. “Besides, there is alwayspaper and computers.”

Other students decided towait.

“i’m going to wait for theipad 2 to become a little moreobsolete,” William Perkins, asophomore para legal studiesmajor, said. “it seems that theonly real upgrade is the HDscreen.”

LaBrit Bulluck and JJ

Wortham also contributed to

this article.

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iPad 4G now

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Previous questionDue to technical issues resulting in the loss

of our poll archives, the Spectator cannot

bring you the answer to last week’s poll (How

early do you leave for spring break?).

Lady Blazers sweep UWGMarty Littlefield takes a swing in Wednesday’s double-header against West Georgia. in the first game, the Lady Blazers crushed the Wolves13-0 and held on to a one-run lead to win game two to secure the sweep and keep them undefeated in conference play. See pg. 7 for the story.

VSU’s College Democrats andrepublicans took part in Phi al-pha Delta’s “Great Debate” ontuesday night, where they gavetheir take on many hot-buttontopics in front of a packed Stu-dent Union Ballroom.

Dr. Jim Peterson, head ofVSU’s political science depart-ment partook in asking questionsinvolving HOPe Scholarship,immigration reform, health carereform and foreign policy.

the republicans and Democ-rats each had their own view-points concerning the HOPeScholarship and the future of it.

“there have been some sug-gestions, such as video lotteryterminals, and that has been hot-ly debated in the last few monthsin the General assembly,” alexthomas, former College Democ-rat president, said. “Our gover-nor, Nathan Deal, has come outagainst video gambling, but i forone am in support of it as longas that money goes towards edu-cation of college students inGeorgia.”

thomas went on to state fur-ther suggestions to help ensurethe future of education.

“another suggestion [wouldbe a] cigarette tax increase,”thomas said. “You know, smok-ing and alcohol have alwaysbeen one of the first areas thatpeople look for, in terms of rais-ing taxes, and a lot of people re-fer to it as ‘sin taxes’, and also,with Sunday alcohol sales, wecan increase the taxes on alcoholspecifically on that one day to gotowards the education of collegestudents in Georgia.”

His colleague, Kelli Cody,College Democrat president, alsoadded a few ideas towards keep-ing the HOPe viable.

“i know some of you don’tlike some of the new regulationson the HOPe Scholarship,”Cody said. “i’ve been here awhile, so when i received theHOPe Scholarship, there were alittle different requirements, but ithink that making the require-ments tougher is going to helpreduce the number of money thatneeds to be taken out.

“i know that sounds terrible,but in my opinion, it is some-thing that needs to be done, ifanything, it will encourage kidsto work harder and to get thosegrades up so they can get theHOPe Scholarship.”

the republicans also had afew things to say regarding it.

“the HOPe Scholarship is thelargest merit-based state-fi-nanced scholarship program inthe United States,” PrestonPorter, secretary of the VSU Col-lege republicans, said. “and thisis what gives many of us our ed-ucation, and there are many dif-ferent ways that they are talkingabout to get to finance thisthing.”

“One of the most importantthings to look at is where thismoney comes from, and it comesfrom lottery revenues. Now, thecurrent percentage on lotteryrevenues to beneficiaries and ed-ucation is 35% to 65%, whichmeans that only 35% of lotteryrevenue goes towards the HOPeScholarship,” Porter said.

“also, the HOPe Scholarshipincludes Pre-K level children, sowhat Governor Deal has donewith revamping the HOPeScholarship is insure that Pre-Kchildren will be able to go toPre-K, but at the same time, en-suring that certain college stu-dents that succeed and do well inschool can afford their educa-tion,” he added.

With that background infor-mation, Porter explained how hefelt the HOPe could be funded.

“One of the things we can doto be able to afford this and to beable to offer it to more studentsis we can actually increase theamount of revenue from the lot-tery that goes towards educationand not towards beneficiaries,”Porter said. “also, GovernorDeal has also created the ZellMiller scholarship in lieu of rais-ing the GPa for the HOPeScholarship.”

“Many people that i go to

school with actually get the ZellMiller scholarship, and it paysfor full tuition rather than justthe 90% that HOPe pays for.”

the Zell Miller Scholarship,which Porter explained had“more strenuous requirements”than HOPe, requires a 3.7 GPaalong with a 1200 on the Mathand reading sections, and a 26composite score on the aCt.

Gas prices were also dis-cussed, and the Democrats ex-pressed what they viewed as a“common misconception”; thepresident was responsible forhigh gas prices.

“that is completely not true atall,” Cody said. “it’s all actuallyspeculators that rise gas prices,also holidays – i was just downin Savannah, and i saw the gasgo up 20 cents and go backdown 20 cents because there wasan increase of people in thetown, and also conflicts in Syriaand other Middle eastern coun-tries causes speculators to in-crease the price of gasoline, es-sentially, so really, the presidentdoesn’t directly affect the priceof gasoline.”

Cody went on to say that thedemand of gasoline is too high,and changes to people’s trans-

VSU enters ‘Great Debate’

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The College

Democrats and

Republicans

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button issues.

Valdosta Stadium

Cinemas prepares

for ‘Hunger Games’

the highly anticipated“Hunger Games” hits theatreseverywhere tomorrow at 12:01a.m.

the movie, which was first anovel series, is taking americaby storm as a major motion pic-ture.

Valdosta Stadium Cinema ispreparing for a franchise thathas the potential to match HarryPotter and the twilight movies.

“i’m extremely excited for‘the Hunger Games,’” anthonyPope, a junior journalism major,said. “i think it will be interest-ing to see how the magic of thebook that swept the nation trans-lates to film.”

Suzanne Collins who wrotethe book also co-wrote thescreen play which could poten-tially make the changeover frombook to motion picture seamless.

the story is set in Panem,which was once North america,and follows Katniss, played byJennifer Lawrence, and heryounger sister Prim, WillowShields.

Due to a previous rebellion inwhich a 13 district was de-stroyed, all children ages 12 to

18 must partake in a raffle torepresent their district. Katniss,who takes Prim’s place as a trib-ute, fights for her life in the dan-gerous Hunger Games.

the book got a higher ratingby fan angel Moore than themovie, which goes to show theimportance of accuracy from thebook to the movie by “HungerGames” fans

“i won’t watch the movie un-less i read the book first,” Mooresaid.

foreseeing a big turnout, thetheatre reserved all 16 rooms forthe eager fans to watch the mid-night premiere.

Currently three of the 16 are

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Thurs., March 8Macbook Pro and Beats by

Dre headphones were reportedstolen from Odum library.

Unlawful entry was reportedin Converse residence hall.

Student reportedly stoppedvandalism in Odum library.

Tues., March 13theft was reported in Palms

Dining Center.

Thurs., March 15Student’s laptop was reported

stolen from Odum Library.

Tues., March 20Medicine was reported stolen

from Physical education com-plex.

Police Briefs

Thurs., March 22

Create Your Own Bumper

Sticker!

Student Union Ballroom,

6-10 p.m.

Create your own free, cus-tomized bumper sticker. Spon-sored by the CaB Specialevents Committee.

We’ll Show You How to Get

that Job!

Interviewing Workshop, 12 p.m.

Call DeLois Hargett in CareerServices at (229) 333-5942 toregister for the workshop. allcalls must be made 24 hours inadvance.

Career Fair Tips

Career Services Office, Powell

Hall West, second floor, 5 p.m.

for more details, please callDeLois Hargett at (229) 333-5942.

Pizza with a Professor

Reade Hall, 6 p.m.

the guest is Dr. Dixie Hag-gard from the history depart-ment. Dr. Haggard is also theconsultant for the Honors Haunt-ed House.

Tuskegee Airman to Visit

Campus

Jennett Lecture Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Lt Col (ret.) Leo Gray, a doc-umented original tuskegee air-man comes to VSU for a Q&awith an audience and a showingof the film, “in their OwnWords: the tuskegee airmen.”

this event is free and open toVSU and the public.

STD Screenings

Student Health Center upstairs

balcony, 3-4 p.m.

the SHC will be administer-ing free StD urine screenings.

the StD screening originallyscheduled from 6-7 p.m. hasbeen cancelled.

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Visitation Day

PE Complex, 10 a.m. until 12

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Brown Bag Presentation

Student Union Meeting Room 1A

& 1B (third floor), 12 p.m.

Dr. Kimberly tanner and Dr.Kathleen Lowney will be pre-senting “Campus culture anddisability at VSU: Where are weand where are we going?”

Dr. Miryam espinosa-Dulantowill be presenting “Life/DeathDisruptions: the right of a Le-gal Space.”

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Career Fairs Spring Career

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til 2 p.m.

a list of participating organi-zations is available from the of-fice or onlinewww.valdosta.edu/career.

first 100 attendees receive aprize. attendees may register towin $100.00 cash.

arrive early, dress profession-ally, and bring several resumes!

The Diversity Days Faculty/Staff

Open Mic Night has been can-

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Upcoming Events

the SGa discussed the possi-bility of giving seniors giftsupon graduation among othermiscellaneous business duringMonday night’s meeting in theU.C Magnolia room.

the SGa had planned to pre-sent this year’s graduating classwith a gift in order to utilizetheir continuously rolling overfunds.

the graduates’ gift was to be atassel for their graduation caps.

according to Senator Has-sanat Oshodi the idea of present-ing gifts to seniors for the gradu-ating class of 2012 was discon-tinued after it was determinedthat said gifts would be a “per-

sonal gift.”Students are not allowed to re-

ceive money or gifts directlycoming from the school funds,and because the gifts would bepurchased using the funds SGareceived from the school yearlythey were considered personal.

SGa had no old or new busi-ness to discuss this week whichmade for an in and out meeting.

after giving kudos for a suc-cessful cookout on March 7, themeeting was dominated by mis-cellaneous news.

a HOPe forum for SGaweek was proposed to the floor,in which there would be a speak-er whose name could not be re-leased.

the speaker is to present onthe issue of the HOPe Scholar-ship running out by 2014.

according to SGa Senator

ryan Baerwalde the VSU stu-dent government is “more effi-cient than national senate.”

Senator Baerwalde attendedthe Model Senate at StedsonUniversity in Deland, fla., dur-ing spring break where he ob-served what it would be like toserve on a national senate floor.

“We’re more efficient when itcomes to getting bills passed andthings like that,” Baerwalde said.

Senator Baerwalde represent-ed Valdosta State well by receiv-ing the Best Senator award dur-ing the Model Senate.

Members of the SGa will alsohold tours for prospective stu-dents of VSU during visitationday this Saturday.

Contact Deandre Jones [email protected] for anyquestions about the speaker orevent.

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-portation habits could bechanged. in addition, she alsodiscussed the Keystone XLpipeline, explaining the environ-mental disadvantages to thepipeline, while stating that mostoutput from the pipeline wouldnot be usable by the US.

the republicans disagreed.“the republican stance is thatthe president should support thepipeline,” Political Director Jor-dan Lee, said. “there are regula-tors that control the gas prices,but the president can still affectthis process through legislation.”

College republican Chairmanryan Baerwalde offered a differ-ent republican approach.

“to put it simply, at somepoint, we have to start makingsacrifices in either the economyor the ecology,” he said. “atsome point, the american peoplereally would like to see lowergas prices, they have spoken out,and President Obama’s approvalrating has dropped to about 41%,probably due to a lot of theamerican people wanting lowergas prices, and as we have said,he has affected gas prices insome way, and he has to be held

responsible for that.”further, the two groups were

asked how their respective par-ties could find victory in the No-vember elections, with the De-mocrats feeling to be in a greatposition – the best in years, ac-cording to them, while republi-cans felt confident that the partywould unite behind whoever waschosen.

“One thing that’s helpingBarack (Obama) right now isthat he’s kind of sitting prettyand making money and gettingready while the republicansfight their little battles in the pri-maries,” Cody said.

“You have a candidate thatshould back out and two that arekind of going at it and may actu-ally end up going to conventionwhich is only going to help theDemocrats more.”

Baerwalde was there to re-mind the Democrats that therewas one more candidate, andthat the situation for the republi-cans wasn’t as bad as previouslymentioned.

“first of all, i’d like to pointout that there are currently fourcandidates, and i believe themost often forgot is ron Paul,”Baerwalde said.

this statement brought ap-plause from the crowd.

“as far as sitting pretty, iwould like to point out that therepublicans recently took overthe House of representatives, soi don’t think they’re sitting pret-ty as they may think, and as faras the issue of fighting thatseems to be going on with therepublicans in the primary, ithink a lot of that has to do withthe media and how they’re fram-ing it.

“truly, i do believe thatwhether a nomination comeswithin the next couple of weeksor goes all the way to the GOPconvention, all republicans willunite behind whomever that maybe,” Baerwalde said. “the GOPwill be united against currentPresident Obama, due to the factthat a lot of the stuff he hasdone, he has not fulfilled a lot ofhis promises, and not only that,but he has actually doubled thedeficit that President George W.Bush did in his entire eight yearsin office, and all of these thingsare definitely going to draw in-dependents more towards a GOPcandidate.”

in addition, the Democratsand republicans also debated ahost of other topics such as un-employment, immigration re-form, healthcare reform and na-tional defense.

GamesContinued from Page 1

sold out and the fourth room isalmost there. the theatre willcontinue to sell tickets until allof the rooms are sold-out.

“Because it is such a big pre-miere, most of the employees inthe theatre are put to work at theconcession stands,” a VSt em-ployee said. “We make surewe’re stocked on candy andpopcorn and make sure we havemore than enough so we won’trun out of anything.”

for the midnight premiere, at-tendees begin to line up as earlyas 10 pm. Compared to “twi-light,” whose predominant agerange is 13 to 22- years-old,“the Hunger Games” predomi-nate age ranges from 18 to 25-years- old.

even though it is not as big asthe “twilight” movies just yet, itwill become just as big. “it’ll bepositive energy just like ‘twi-light,’” alexes Seward said.

after the midnight showing,regular views of the movie canbe seen at 12:30 p.m. at the ear-liest and 10 p.m. at the latest forall the fanatics who miss themidnight show.

Maya Kellam and Morgan

McFarland also contributed


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Last night, the brothers of al-pha Phi alpha fraternity, inc.-Mu Omicron Chapter, hosted the2012 Miss Black and Gold Geor-gia Pageant in the UC theater at7 p.m.

“fashion Week in Paris” wasthe theme as five ladies walkedonto the stage to win this year’sMiss Black and Gold.

the winner of the pageant, ju-nior theatre major DarshannaLoveland, received $600 to puttowards three programs for her

“Stop the Silence” platform.Janequa Williams, freshmanspeech communication-public re-lations major, was Miss Gold asshe received $300 towards twoprograms under her “take aStand against Multiple Sclerosis”platform.

Miss Black went to alexis

Bell, sophomore mass mediamajor. She received $150 to-wards one program for her“Sweet Victory” platform.

Loveland not only took homeMiss Black and Gold, she sweptthe competition as she alsograbbed the Physical fitnessaward, the Community Serviceaward, the People’s Choiceaward and the talent award.Williams also won the Scholar-ship award and the Goodwin-Kea award.

Bell took with her the Sphinxaward and Miss Congeniality. Carolyn ayinla, junior psycholo-gy major, won the Spirit award.

the pageant opened with eachcontestant carrying bags thatcharacterized the country thatthey chose to represent. On thebags, were words that theythought best described thewomen of that particular coun-try. the chosen characteristicswere class, strong, poise andhopeful.

they did an introductorydance as the Miss Black andGold hopefuls gave speeches il-lustrating their platforms.

Sophomore Brittany Hewittcreated the platform “inequality

is an injustice,” which focusedon bullying in the LGBt com-munity. Loveland’s platformwent against the infamous “NoSnitching” policy. ayinla hopedto bring to light the issue of teenpregnancy with her “Prevent andPrevail” platform. Williams plat-form included raising awarenessabout multiple sclerosis whileBell wants to raise awarenessabout diabetes.

the pageant, then, moved onto the swimsuit portion beforeheading into the talent competi-tion.

Hewitt performed a poem ti-tled, “Color Blind.” Lovelandperformed a self-written poem ti-tled “Has Hushing Gone toofar?” Both Williams and ayinladid interpretive dance perfor-mances to their chosen songs.Bell sung “at Last,” by ettaJames. .

after a brief intermission, theevening gown portion came upas the contestants showed offtheir flowing gowns. also a partof this section, each young ladywas asked a question in whichthey gave their responses to be-fore judging.

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Pageant charms crowd

One of only 43 surviving,black World War ii pilots visitedthe VSU campus on Wednesdayand will be on campus today tocontinue his tour of the schooland the Valdosta community.

retired Lt. Col. Leo r. Gray,who served as one of the famousred tail pilots and tuskegee air-men, met with the african-american program, Moody airforce Base pilots and the Boysand Girls Club of Valdosta onWednesday.

today, Gray will spend theday with cadets from afrOtCDet. 172 at VSU, afJrOtCcadets from Lowndes HighSchool and students from Valdos-ta High School.

also being held this afternoonwill be a special viewing of thetuskegee airmen documentary,

“in their Own Words: the

tuskegee airmen,” at 3:30 p.m.in Jennett Lecture Hall, followedby a question and answer sessionwith Gray.

the event is open to the entirecampus and Gray has also madehimself available for pictures andautographs after the program.

“the tuskegee airmen experi-ence is the first time that theUnited States government em-barked on any major program,with any major minority group,in which they set forth a hypoth-esis, measure a performance andevaluate the results – this endedup being a positive experience,”Gray, said.

the tuskegee airmen are fa-mous for being the first, blackmilitary pilots to serve the U.S.and playing a significant role inWWii.

red tail pilots are a group ofthe tuskegee airmen that areconsidered to be elite among allof the airmen for their special ef-forts in the war.

“all red tails are tuskegee

airmen, but all tuskegee airmenare not red tails,” Gray, said.Gray began serving in the U.S.army air Corps in 1943 and leftactive duty in 1946, continuingto serve in the U.S. air force re-serve until 1984. During thistime, he flew 15 combat missions(750 hours of total flying time)and was awarded a Coveted airMedal with One Oak Leaf Clus-ter as well as a Presidential UnitCitation.

“anyone who’s been in themilitary would acknowledge thatthey have been impacted posi-tively,” Gray, said. “One thingthat you have to learn is that ifyou want to accomplish any-thing, you have to persevere – ifyou’re a quitter, then you’ll nevermake it.”

Gray is a member of the eastCoast Chapter of tuskegee air-men, the forum on Blacks inagriculture, Good Hope eastCivic association and richmond,California Model NeighborhoodCitizens Board.

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The participants of the Miss Black and Gold Georgia Pageant pose after the awards were handed out.

From the left: Brittany Hewitt, Carolyn Ayinla, Darshanna Loveland, Janequa Williams and Alexis Bell.

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owadays every collegestudent is at least partial-ly aware of the dangers

social media can pose to futurecareer prospects. a compromis-ing photo hosted publicly onfacebook can easily destroy anyjob interview, for example.

Many people are now quick toset most of their settings to pri-vate. it’s a simple way for peopleto regulate their public and pri-vate lives. But it seems like eventhese precautions do little tomaintain privacy.

a new trend is emerging in thejob market. according to a reportby the associated Press, somecompanies and public agenciesare now asking for potential em-ployees to release their social

media log in information. thisallows the employer to look at allinformation a person may haveconsidered private and franklyshould be considered a huge in-vasion of personal privacy.

People are more open aboutthemselves online. We’re morewilling to reveal personal detailsabout ourselves to people webarely know online that would beimpossible to share with some-one down the street. this hasbeen noticed by interviewers.

“their virtual friends willknow more about them than aperson living 30 yards awayfrom them,” Capt. Mike Harveysaid in the associated Press arti-cle.

When applying for a job the

employers want to know every-thing about that person before-hand and think it is ethical toask someone for their private so-cial media information based onthis pretext.

they claim that they have theright to turn down the offer, butin this job market who could turnthem down? it’s flat out exploita-tion of a person’s privacy.

We understand that companieswant to hire credible people. Butaccessing information that some-one posted under the pretense ofprivacy is unethical.

Not only can someone poten-tially incriminate themselves, butit also opens up the Pandora’sbox of discrimination based onpersonal information.

What if an employer findsout that the person is of a reli-gion they frown upon or is of asexuality they disagree with?Neither of these factor intohow well someone can do a jobbut can cost someone an em-ployment opportunity based onthe bias of the interviewer.

it’s a slippery slope that canlead to the destruction to thethin level of internet privacythat we can still enjoy.

there comes a point wherewe have to say that enough isenough. an act such as thisshould be considered equal to aphysical invasion of privacy. itshould be punishable by law toforce someone into this kind ofsituation, plain and simple.

This editorial was written by Jacob McWhorter([email protected]) and it expresses the general opinion of the editorial staff.

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Social networking becomesless private for all citizens

Ethical issues create challengefor cautious authority figures

authority is defined by Web-ster’s Dictionary as the right orpower to enforce rules or to giveorders; ethics is defined as thestudy of moral conduct and howit affects behavior. Society is of-ten faced with an authority figurethat does not possess ethical at-tributes like former Presidentrichard Nixon or Benedictarnold. However, authority andethics are attributes that shouldbe married to one another insteadof living separately.

i recently came across a con-troversial issue involving acade-

mic achievement and religiousfreedom. the instructor, who willremain unnamed due to pendingadministrative action, told a stu-dent that he/she did not have theright to express a religious affili-ation. Violation of this rulewould result in the student re-ceiving a zero on all academicwork in that class. this issuebothered me for three reasons;1.it denied the student the free-dom of speech and choice;2.it was discriminating; and,3.it denied the student the rightto be judged based on academicmerit.

Did the instructor have the au-thority to make such a “rule”?Should the student fail every-thing in the instructor’s class be-cause of such a “rule”? My an-

swer is NO to all of the abovequestions. No authority figurehas the right to make discrimina-tory rules in violation of the con-stitutional rights and laws of theUnited States of america.

i call for a reassessment in theway that authority figures arechosen. ethics should be at thetop of the list because ethicsguide authority figures into justleadership. Moreover, Ken Han-son, the executive director ofMarkkula Center for appliedethics at Santa Clara University,in a live interview with DavidMiller, director of faith andWork initiative at Princeton Uni-versity, discussed an issue similarto the situation involving the stu-dent and instructor mentionedabove.

“People want to feel comfort-able at the work place and bethemselves,” Miller said.

“Being themselves meansbringing their sex, religion, andpolitics into the work place. So,a female should not feel like sheshould have to act in a male way.You can bring your whole self towork; you do not have to hideit.”

Miller also said, “the companyshould deal with an employees'religion cautiously.”

in conclusion, work places,schools, and other public placesmust start embracing and de-manding ethical leadership frompeople in authority and stop tol-erating unethical leadership.

Sharleece BellagosiS ta f f W r i t e r

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Before social media camealong, our employers didn’tcome into our houses to read ourletters. they didn’t read ourmail. they didn’t come in andview all our photos from our va-cation. Yet a startling trendamong employers and collegesshows that they are doing exactlythis, only instead of at our homesthey are doing it on facebook.

Schools and potential employ-ers are demanding access to pri-vate social media of students andapplicants. this is a huge viola-tion of the first amendment, ac-cording to D.C. based lawyerBradley Shear. He started rais-ing awareness on this activityand has garnered the attention oflawmakers on the hill.

according to an MSNBC arti-cle, Shear’s actions have prompt-ed two bills that will keep col-leges and employers out of thesocial media monitoring busi-ness. the goal is aimed at stop-ping schools and potential em-ployers from this practice. theaCLU wholeheartily backsShear’s efforts.

“Maybe it's OK if you live in atotalitarian regime, but we stillhave a Constitution to protect us.it's not a far leap from readingpeople's facebook posts to read-ing their email. ... as a society,where are we going to draw the

line?” Shear said.When i came to orientation at

VSU, the orientation staff men-tioned that VSU takes social me-dia complaints seriously andwould act accordingly if a stu-dent was found to have postedsomething that could be consid-ered a threat to another student.the Office of Student affairsconfirmed that it does takethreats seriously, but unlike otherschools, it doestn’t have the staffto monitor social media.

One of my co-workers men-

tioned that her former place ofemployment dedicated a personto monitoring employees’ socialmedia. When my neighbor con-firmed that at his former job, as acorrections officer, they did thesame thing, i realized that theseare not isolated incidents.

it all boils down to freedom ofspeech and privacy. Studentsand professionals alike shouldhave the expectation of personalprivacy that americans have al-ways enjoyed. What bothers meis that numerous students are

preparing to graduate soon andonce they do their eyes will beon job searches. it’s bad enoughthat the economy isn’t the great-est, but students shouldn’t haveto worry that something on theirfacebook page could kick youout of the running.

i don’t know about you, but iam cleaning up my facebookpage. My apologies to those ofyou that may be cut in theprocess, but i am looking for ajob soon.

J. Daniel YoungP H O t O e D i t O r

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Facebook has become an international source of socializing online. The interference of employers

and teachers into the lives of their students could pose a threat to the privacy rights of American

citizens as they move beyond the privacy of their homes.


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Hello guys and dolls,do you have yourcups ready because ihave some hot tea for

you guys. Let’s flip throughthese channels!

Mike “the Situation” Sor-rentino has certainly gotten him-self in a situation by checkinghimself into rehab. Let’s hope itworks.

for all you Jersey Shore fans;don’t worry Snooki will returnfor Season 6. Who is going towatch the baby? We don’t know.Snooki and J-Woww are current-ly filming their new reality show.

Click.tim tebow will be taking his

prayer and jock strap to the NewYork Jets. the Denver Broncossigned NfL Great Peyton Man-ning for $96 million over 5years. tebow Mania might havejust come to an end

Click.Singer, dancer and rapper

teyana taylor from My SuperSweet Sixteen was in Miami atthe famous Club LiV “knuckin’and buckin” with a strippernamed “Skrawberry.”

if that isn’t bad enough thetwo young ladies shattered a

window at the club. to be so tal-ented she sure is involved in alot of foolery. Let’s keep her inour prayers.

Click.Nicki Minaj signed a multi-

million dollar deal with Pepsi.Onika is really building herbrand; let’s just hope she’s donewith exorcisms.

Click.Beyoncé “Queen Bey”

Knowles will be returning towork in atlantic City on Memor-ial Weekend where she will bedoing three shows at the revelCasino. She gave the other girlsa chance to shine, but now she’sbaaaaaack.

Click.in other news, Katy Perry cov-

ered Jay-Z and Kanye West’ssong “N*ggas in Paris” in Lon-

don. in my opinion it wasn’t thatbad for $3.39. Now let’s notethat Katy did not say the “n”word, but instead “ninjas.”

Click.Someone will have an inter-

esting story to tell at the Hog-warts School of Witchcraft andWizardry.

Harry Potter actor JamieWaylett, better known to Potterfans as “Vincent Crabbe,” hasbeen sentenced to two years inprison for being a part of a smallgang that partook in the Londonriots. Go figure.

Click.

it seems Sweetie will be tak-ing care of another baby. realHousewives of atlanta star KimZoliack and her husband KroyBiermann are expecting anotherchild. Let’s just hope Sweetiecan juggle two babies.

Speaking of the real House-wives of atlanta; several tweetsfrom the Housewives indicatethat the reunion is not one to bemissed. it will be full of wigsnatching, tea spilling and fool-ery, which we all love.

Well i’ll be pouring hot teaagain next week so come onback!

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C.A.B. entertains VSU

with Family Feud

VSU’s Campus activitiesBoard hosted the fabulous feudin the Student Union yesterdayfrom 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

Victoria robinson, a sopho-more criminal justice major is incharge of this CaB event, andchose this game show through anentertainment company calledKramer.

CaB sponsored the JackmanBrothers, Paul and David; twinsfrom Syracuse New York thathave been entertaining since theywere12.

the performing duo also cameto VSU four years ago.

“We love to entertain,” Davidsaid. “Me and brother use to domagic shows.”

the brothers make balloon an-imals, host live game shows andgive away cash prizes to win-

ners.Keeping the crowd entertained

with music and witty jokes, thefabulous feud was soon under-way.

the room was divided intofour teams: Pink, Screamingtigers, Knights and GeorgiaHall, and battled each other forthree back to back rounds.

the Knights came out on topand won the grand prize of $200.

“this is maybe the secondCaB event i’ve attended,” emi-ly Bradford, a sophomore earlychildhood and education major,said.

“i love to watch family feudon tV, so me and my friend de-cided to come out and give it atry; it was a lot of fun and i en-joyed it, especially the bal-loons!”

Other students are more en-thusiastic about CaB events.

“i attend CaB events once amonth thanks to Valdosta’s

weekly event e-mails,” Jacque-line Jones, a freshmen nursingmajor, said.

“i love family feud. i watch itregularly; it’s interesting to seethe answers everyone comes upand voted on.”

the Jackman brothers plan tocome back to VSU next monthwith another game show extrava-ganza, One Minute Or Less.

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Recent VSU graduate

releases first E.P.

VSU alumni, Benjamin “BeenJammin” Williams, has gonefrom independent film star tomusic star, and released his firste.P. “iBeeN JaMMiN” feb. 24.

the free download includesseven tracks, with a short introand outro.

the single for the hip-hop al-bum, “iBeeN JaMMiN,” isBeen Jammin’s hit “Out of Con-trol” featuring fellow artist Star69.

the entire album is reminis-cent of the popular sounds andrhythms found in some of thetop pop and hip-hop songs of2011 and 2012.

“Out of Control” brings tomind the song “Blow” by popsinger Kesha. the same intrigu-ing studio techniques in Kesha’s

chorus are likewise used in thechorus of “Out of Control.”

However similar the twosongs may be, the song “Out ofControl,” coupled with BeenJammin’s lyrics and style, is in-disputably his own.

the clarity throughout the al-bum is professional and clear.even still, during the songs“feel Good” and “On the Mar-ket” featuring artist Jamius, thebass is harder than a cheap pairof headphones can equalize ontheir own. But Been Jammin’salbum is not meant just for acheap pair of ear buds.

Been Jammin and Defenserecords Studios created the e.P.“iBeeN JaMMiN” so it wouldbe blasted from larger speakers.

the entire hip-hop album isfull of songs perfect for a club orparty. even “On the Market”tricks the listener into believingit is a typical r&B ballad for thefirst few seconds of the song,and then the rhythm shifts up-

beat.it is clear Been Jammin and

those involved in making“iBeeN JaMMiN” a realitystudied what has worked in mu-sic trends when producing the al-bum.

the lack of slow r&B songsgives the e.P. a refreshing soundand feel. audiences get a goodtaste for Been Jammin’s style in“iBeeN JaMMiN.”

the rest of the e.P. includesthe song “She Choosin’” featur-ing Stebo, and “15 Minutes” fea-turing Claire Bochenko.

the album is available for freedownload atbeenjamminmusic.com.

there is a space for people toput in their email address and re-ceive their free copy of “iBeeNJaMMiN.”

Been Jammin has physicalcopies of the e.P. available for

those who want them.

Jennifer GleasonAssistant Features Editor

[email protected]

Photo contributed by Boss designs

VSu alumni Benjamin Williams also known as “Been Jammin’” has recently released his first

E.P., “iBEEN JAMMIN’” in both digital and physical copies. The E.P. includes seven tracks, an

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Lady Blazers extend winning streak

the Lady Blazers softballteam extended their amazingwinning streak to 15 gamesWednesday night by sweepingthe West Georgia Wolves in adouble header at home.

VSU softball advances to (8-0) in conference play atop of theGulf South Conference and 21-2on the season.

West Georgia had no answerfor the Lady Blazers in the firstgame of the doubleheader thanksto their success swinging the batswinning 13-0.

UGa transfer alanna Hadleylike she has done all season in-deed pitched another superbgame.

Hadley, who picked up hersecond Gulf South Conferencepitcher of the week award,moves to a team leading 10-1record.

the senior ace only allowedtwo hits, struck-out six and shedid not allow a run during herouting.

the first game could not havestarted any better for VSU asthey loaded the bases early witha double by junior Morgan John-son in between two walks.

the Blazers then began theirstroll by hitting three two-runsingles off the bats of Marti Lit-tlefield, ashley Steinhilber, andapril Hutchens.Senior Samantha Posey ended updoubling her home run total onthe season to four by hitting asolo shot to lead off the secondand a two-run homer in the third.

the Lady Blazers final runs ofthe first game came off a passedball in the third inning that

scored Steinhilber and franJohnson.

the fourth inning was the onlyinning that VSU went scorelessin the first game.the game was then ended earlyafter the top of the fifth due tothe mercy rule.

the Lady Blazers poundedeverything at the plate through-

out the game, arguably their bestdisplay of offense this seasonknocking in 13 runs off of 13hits.

the second game was muchmore competitive from WestGeorgia and due to a great pitch-ing performance by junior Court-ney Gunby, the Wolves didn’tscore enough to split the series.

the impressive defense the LadyBlazers displayed was enough topull out the win 2-1.

fran Johnson drove in the firstrun for the Blazers in the bottomof the second after a single fromcaptain Marti Littlefield.

then Posey hit a sac fly in thethird to score Courtney albritton,who doubled earlier in the in-

ning. the Wolves mustered up a lit-

tle bit of a comeback in the topof the sixth, but it proved to betoo little too late.

the Lady Blazers defense eas-ily closed out the top of the sev-enth with three straight outs andsent West Georgia home withtwo defeats.

Mac IngramS ta f f W r i t e r

[email protected]

VSu third basemen Sam Posey watching one of her two homers on the day soar over the outfield wall. Posey was a huge contributor

Wednesday night’s sweep over West Georgia.

Mac Ingram / THE SPECTATOR

The Lady Blazersremaining season

schedule

3/24- North Alabama(A)

3/25- Alabama-Huntsville (A)

3/28- Saint Leo (H)

3/31- Christian Broth-ers (A)

4/1- Delta State (A)

4/3- Albany State (H)

4/6- North Alabama(H)

4/7- Alabama-Huntsville (H)

4/14 -West Alabama(A)

4/15-West Florida (A)

4/21-Christian Brothers(H)

4/22-Delta State (H)

4/27 -GSC Tournament(N)

All regular seasongames are Double-

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H - denotes home gameA - denotes away game


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all the hype and unnecessarysuper-stalking by the media end-ed Monday when Peyton Man-ning announced that he would besuiting up in the blue and orangeof the Denver Broncos startingnext season. it only cost them$96 million for a five-year con-tract with $55 million guaranteedif he can stay healthy through hisfirst year.

So what does this mean fortim tebow, the man who rockedthe blue and orange motifthroughout his college and shortprofessional career so far?

this move by Broncos execu-tive vice president and formerNfL superstar John elwaybrought to light a fact that cansometimes be forgotten in pro-fessional sports. the NfL is abusiness, and when you are inthe business of winning, it canget a little ugly.

elway did the right thing ingetting Manning. i mean comeon, who wouldn’t want an eliteQB like Manning even with aneck injury that saw him in re-hab for all of last season, still itwas a shady move on elway’spart when not even two monthsbefore the deal was announcedhe was saying that tebow wouldbe “the guy” at the beginning oftraining camp.

"tim's earned the right to beour quarterback going into train-ing camp next year," elway saidduring a press conference onJan. 19.

elway also mentioned that theteam would be looking into ac-quiring other quarterbacksthrough either the draft or freeagency, and with the possibilityof Manning being released fromthe Colts still a factor at the timeof the conference, i can onlyimagine that he had little Man-nings dancing in the back of hismind around the Lombardi tro-phy.

Same situation happened inSan francisco. Quarterback alex

Smith led the 49ers all the wayto NfC championship last sea-son and was told by his coach,Jim Harbaugh, that he would besafe in San fran and his dealwould be renewed, until, ofcourse, the news dropped that aman with a cannon arm and afootball iQ equivalent to ein-stein became available. then noone was safe as Harbaugh andthe 49ers became one of thefront runners in the race for No.18.

i guess that is just what hap-pens when a player as prolific asManning becomes available andyour team may have a shot atnabbing him. Someone’s feelingsare going to get hurt.

there is still hope for tebow,though, as he was just signed tothe New York Jets as ofWednesday afternoon. He wastraded for a 4th and 6th rounddraft pick. even if he is second string underMark Sanchez, he should beable to bring a lot of the compet-itive fire and good spirits to thelocker room and sidelines whichwill help a team that is constant-ly being scrutinized by criticalfans and media outlets.

i guess all we can do is waitand see how everything playsout with all these big trades go-ing on in the offseason. Peytonhas said that he still is workingon getting to 100 percent and hebetter be, because everyoneknows he will have a huge targeton the back of his neck duringthat first game in September.

“i have a lot of work to do,”Manning told the Denver Post onWednesday. “i’m not where ineed to be.”

Manning loves horses

STONEWALLEDby Chad Stone

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Tennis is back in ac-

tion on Sunday at

home after a three

week break.

the energizer bunny isn’t themascot, but VSU tennis CoachJohn Hanson agrees that goingweeks in between matches “re-freshes batteries”, and expectsboth his teams to end the seasonon a good note.

the Blazer tennis teams hoststhe North alabama Lions onSunday at the tennis complexand it will be their first match inthe last three weeks.

it has been a rather slow startfor VSU tennis thus far.

the defending NCaa nationalchampion men’s team sufferedback to back losses early includ-ing a demoralizing 0-9 loss tonon-conference foe Barry.

However, since the losses themen’s tennis team is now on atwo match winning streak andsits in the third seed of the con-ference.

the men’s team is led byChristian Hansen, the only se-nior on the roster this season.

Hansen, a key contributor towinning nationals, admits thatthis young team isn’t as strongas the championship team fromlast year losing Daniel Durenand Phillip Pakebusch.

“that’s our two best playerswe lost so it’s quite difficult.We’re trying to make the bestout of it and we have great newguys, who all play very well butobviously it’s a different situa-tion,” he said.

although talent has decreased,Hansen is molding more into hisleadership role acknowledginghis primary goal this season asassisting the newcomers to blos-som.

“Now i feel like i’ve growninto the role, i’m starting to likeit,” Hansen said. ““i want to bethe leader on this team. i want toshow the young guys how to acton the court, get them preparedand be a good role model forthem. it’s really about growingas a team, building relationshipsand were in good shape thinkingpositive to our next match.”

the men are perfect againstteams in the Gulf South Confer-ence this year and put that on theline in their upcoming matchagainst the (1-9) UNa team.

Both women’s and men’steams aren’t only (2-0) in con-ference play but are also perfect

at home too. the women’s team is dead-

locked at a .500 record right now(3-3) and Coach Hansen expectsthem to turn up the energy forthe rest of the season.

“Well find out Sunday andMonday,” Hanson said. “Ourgirls know they can be verygood and this stretch coming upis very important to where willend up at the end of the season.”

the women’s team has showntheir inexperience while on theroad having only one win awayfrom Valdosta this season.

two of the three losses thatthe women’s team has sufferedcame against top five teams.

the winner of the women’sgame on Sunday most likely willtake the third place in the GSC.

the match begins at 10 a.m. atthe tennis complex against theLions and the Blazers facerollins in Winter Park, fla. onMonday afternoon.

Coach Hanson didn’t hesitateto label this a “rebuilding” sea-son and does not worry about hisplayers losing motivation despitea few rough patches.

“Well i’m lucky in that i don’thave to do much their pretty in-dividually motivated. We allhave the same goals and that’s tofinish the season on a highnote,” he said.

Eric JacksonS P O r t S e D i t O r

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and recharged

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