GoPro Releases Three New Cameras

Patrick Wiggins

Reporter            

GoPro has once again raised the bar when it comes to wearable action cameras.

The all new Hero4 was released Sunday and is available in two versions, the Black and the Silver. While the Black is the slightly better camera, both come with a multitude of improvements and enhancements from the Hero3.

The main selling point of the Hero4 Black is its ability to capture video in 4K at 30 frames per second (fps). For those who do not know what 4K is, 4K video has four times the resolution of your standard HD television.

Savvy Shoppers Share Money-Saving Secrets

Reagan Graham
Campus Editor

How to save and spend money is a crucial life lesson learned in college. Most students pickup a part-time job to head to after class. But after rent, utilities, gas and groceries, the money tends to run out pretty quickly.

Being a college student can mean subsisting on Ramen noodles for a few days before you can head home on the weekend for a home-cooked meal. When shopping for groceries, there are several ways to find sales that a certain store is offering.

Parent and Family Day brings families together for fun

Tevin Arrington

Reporter

Mississippi University for Women held Parent and Family Day on Saturday, Sept. 27. It was the first time that the W has ever held such an event on campus, and the plan is to make it an annual occasion.

Parent and Family Day brought students and loved ones together for a day of activities, food and excitement. Happiness seemed to be in abundance as family members began to arrive on the campus at 10 a.m. to check-in for the day’s event.

Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium has been a staple of MUW for years

Daysha Humphrey

Senior Writer

The Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium was begun in 1989 by a group of humanities professors to honor and inaugurate Dr. Clyda Rent, the school’s first female president, and to honor Eudora Welty.

The symposium is named after one of MUW’s most famous students, Eudora Welty. Dr. Kendall Dunkelberg, a professor of English and the director of Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium, explains why the symposium was named after her.

Students find comfort behind the microphone

Charlie Benton

Entertainment Editor

It may be small at only 1,000 watts, but WMUW 88.5 The Edge, MUW’s campus radio station, broadcasts a wide variety of music to the surrounding area, and it gives students a chance to have their own weekly shows.

“Primarily, it’s a learning lab for the Department of Communication, to let students learn what it’s like to be on the air,” said Eric Harlan, the faculty advisor and station manager for WMUW, as well as an instructor in the department.

‘The Weekly Update’ brought to you by The Spectator

Patrick Wiggins

Reporter

The Spectator now offers a new way for you to keep up with what’s going on around campus and around Columbus.

“The Weekly Update” is a broadcast-style show being produced by the some of the newspaper’s staff and other communication students. The broadcasts will be available at www.muwspectator.com, on YouTube and through The Spectator’s Twitter account, @MUWspectator.

Movie Review: “The Equalizer”

Evan Fox

Managing Editor

Action films revolving around the tired veteran getting pulled back into the life they left behind are common and rarely rise above simple entertainment. “The Equalizer” is not a common action film, injecting fresh moments into a tired script.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”) and starring Denzel Washington and Martin Csokas, the film keeps the audience captive throughout the proceedings.

MUW ranked one of the best regional universities

The polls are in, and MUW jumps to No. 18 in the rankings for best public Southern regional universities according to U.S. News & World Report. There are several factors that were considered in these rankings. Some of these factors included the Alumni Association, the all-around success of the university and a survey that students and faculty completed

“The increase is due to the growing perception of what our students, staff and faculty accomplish here,” said Dr. Jim Borsig, MUW president. “A heavy component of rankings is based off of what our peers think of the institution, graduation rates and the success in our students.”

Being ranked so highly while also having one of the most affordable tuitions in the Southern region says a lot about MUW and what the institution has to offer.