The Spectator Print Edition, 11-8-12

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November 8, 2012

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Inside This Issue - OPINIONS: “Civility takes a back seat” - FEATURES: “Civil rights activist visits VSU” - SPORTS: “The Black Swarm ready to be champs”

Today at VSU THANKSGIVING DINNER Palms Dining, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Thanksgiving Dinner will be served for $5 today.

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On the Web

VSU student strives for comedic greatness

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Couldn’t make the Miss VSU pageant? Check out the WebSpectator to find out who won!

See page 4 to find out how and why

Moving Four-ward

REAL TALK AT THE BAILEY Bailey Science Center 1011, 8:15 p.m. A unique Bible Study and discussion that tackles the real issues of young adult living sponsored by XChange Ministries.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Odum Library room 1480, 6:30 p.m. Come out to hear what upcoming community service events H4H has in store.

SCIENCE SEMINAR Powell Hall, 4-5 p.m. Dr. June M. Kwak, from the University of Maryland’s Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, will present “From genomics to cellular dynamics: ROS and Ca2+ signaling in drought response in Arabidopsis.”

TRUE LIFE STD FORUM Bailey Science Center 3009, 7 p.m. Special Presentation: “True Life: I never thought I would get it” STDs Forum with CMVSU, CWVSU, NAACP, & BSL Sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity as part of National Service Week.

VISITING POET University Center Magnolia Room, 7:30 p.m. Poet Dave Smith, Elliot Coleman Professor of Poetry at Johns Hopkins University, will read tonight.

Weather Today Sunny 70 H 39 L

Friday Sunny 74 H 42 L

Saturday Sunny 76 H 49 L

Question of the week Are you happy with the turnout of the election? A. Yes B. No C. I didn’t vote Vote online at www.vsuspectator.com!

Last Week Poll Results Who do you think will win the election? Romney

74%

Obama 23%

Johnson

2%

Other

1%

MCT President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden on stage Tuesday, November 6, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois, after the president was re-elected.

Von Kennedy A S S T . F E AT U R E S EDITOR vtkennedy@valdosta.edu

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Chad Stone DEVELOPMENT EDITOR cstone@valdosta.edu

Barack Obama has reclaimed his seat as president of the United States of America after an election night full of drama. The race was close for a while at the start, but as the night went on Obama claimed swing state after swing state before CNN projected him to win at 11:18 p.m. Reactions have varied as citizens across the country slowly recover from the election madness. Twitter was blowing up with tweets containing the hashtags #election2012, #obama and #romney. “No matter my #president, I’m

still proud to be #American,” user @samdogmilli tweeted. “Y’all take for granted how blessed we are to have a say!” While some were happy with the results, others took a more extreme approach in how they voiced their opinion. “You people causing states to turn blue are a bunch of damn fools! #Election2012,” user @Daniel15Price tweeted. The highlight of the night on Twitter though happened right after Obama was projected as the winner. The president’s campaign tweeted a picture of the president embracing his wife Michelle. This photo was retweeted more than 675,000 to make it the world’s most tweeted image since the inception of Twitter. Campus was abuzz as the polls started to close and votes started coming in. The VSU NAACP, College Democrats and Republicans

hosted an election watch party, the evening were mostly overbut two words of that title may shadowed by games, raffles and have fallen by the wayside. unnecessary fashion shows to “I was excited to see that peokeep the attention of the masses. ple my age “I actually didn’t even I think that no matter cared about know what the elecgoing on what we have to support was tion,” Paige half the time our president, and hope- as they anDumas, a sophomore the fully he will actually ac- nounced biology maevents jor, said. complish something and through the “Unfortuevening,” stop spending money we Michael Jennately, the extra events nings, a don’t have. took away - SARAH RICE sophomore from what engineering was going on.” major, said. “I liked the turnout The ballrooms were packed at the event, but there were a lot with hundreds of students eager of people there just to hang out to see who would become the and not for the election. next president of the United “The issues were not imporStates. tant as long as Obama won, to Incumbent Barack Obama was most. No one listened to the guy re-elected, but in the ballroom who was on the microphone and state projections and conversapeople only cheered when they tion about the political climate of saw states that went Obama’s

way and didn’t pay attention to anything else on television.” Others were just excited to be a part of history being made, and enjoyed following each electoral vote. “I love the atmosphere that surrounded the election,” Donald Justice, a freshman math major, said. “The night was something to remember.” Others had deeper thoughts surrounding the election. “I found last night to be the real voice of America,” Dumas said. “Obama has such a diverse group of voters and that speaks volumes. It was a tight race at first and in the momentum that led up to the voting, it looked like Obama would lose. Fortunately, I was witness to a different outcome. It was a great election and the best man won.” Ryan Baerwalde, SGA President and VSU College Republican Chairman, was honored to See ELECTION, Page 2


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