Cancel Ben Carson at Valdosta State University Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/cancel-ben-carson-at-valdosta-state-university.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:50 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms. Anonymous [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18781612?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:39:29 UTC 18781612 jj hutchison [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18278754?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Dec 2014 09:27:47 UTC 18278754 Dr William Webster [Signature #134] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17833081?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:49:25 UTC 17833081 Jessica Elliott [Signature #133] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17798871?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Aug 2014 03:52:18 UTC 17798871 Kyle Rudrow [Signature #132] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17798724?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Aug 2014 02:38:50 UTC 17798724 Mr Laurent Brouazin [Signature #131] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17797487?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:07:07 UTC 17797487 Justin Womble [Signature #130] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17794473?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:35:47 UTC 17794473 Mr john Aldrich [Signature #129] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17794288?utm_medium=rss The Tea Party has ruined this country. We need to go back to a time when we worked across the aisle to keep this country strong. The Tea Party has taken the "my way or the highway" approach which does not work. Our country was founded on ADULTS settling their differences of opinion in an ADULT manner, not like a spoiled child!

]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:35:13 UTC 17794288 Elliot Lepe [Signature #128] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17794276?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:29:14 UTC 17794276 brittney carroll [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17794265?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:20:32 UTC 17794265 Ms Anonymous [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17793921?utm_medium=rss His speech is hate speech. Anyone compared to Rush Limbaugh should not be given a platform for more speech.

]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2014 06:00:34 UTC 17793921 TELISA HARNAGE [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17793381?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:50:59 UTC 17793381 Jacquelyn McCloud [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17793141?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2014 08:18:08 UTC 17793141 Kayla Morris [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17793087?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2014 07:51:00 UTC 17793087 Miss Angela Collie [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17793063?utm_medium=rss As a VSU alumna, this makes me sick to my stomach, especially given that I use my VSU degrees to help fight prejudices and advance society, not drag it back into the last century. What a blemish on the integrity of a once rising research and educational institution.

]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2014 07:32:44 UTC 17793063 Jeff Kazanow [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17792343?utm_medium=rss Universities should not take sides on issues, but rather provide information on all sides of issues for reasoned discourse. This speaking engagement falls far below that standard.

]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2014 01:18:38 UTC 17792343 Lawrence Hedglin [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17792294?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:45:48 UTC 17792294 Michelle Lane [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17792079?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:42:31 UTC 17792079 Hailee Donahue [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17792068?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:36:45 UTC 17792068 Ms. Georgette Izen [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17792063?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:33:54 UTC 17792063 Mr. Steve Wise [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17791982?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2014 09:40:52 UTC 17791982 Anonymous [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17791981?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2014 09:40:46 UTC 17791981 Ms Susan White [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17791663?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2014 07:03:12 UTC 17791663 Robert Alexander [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17791569?utm_medium=rss I wouldn't object if this event hadn't become a mini Republican rally: VSU could balance it by getting a real economist (Robert Reich has been mentioned. Dr. Carson is divisive, and an open bigot. His equation of accepting Evolution with immorality is an insult to millions of Christians who don't by his version of theology. I can understand the attraction of a right wing African American to some folks, and his professional credentials are certainly fine: but his ideology is rabid. This is a political event, and probably not permissible under IRS rules.

]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:59:42 UTC 17791569 Linda Tankersley [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17791201?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:31:02 UTC 17791201 Mr. Matthew Newsom [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17791200?utm_medium=rss As a VSU alum currently pursuing a doctorate and career in academia, I shudder to think my beloved albeit former institution will pay such a large sum of money to someone whose publicly stated values do not agree with the basic rights guaranteed by the university to each and every student. A myriad of perspectives are available for $43,000; surely an alternative speaker can be found--one who shares Dr. Carson's business expertise yet does not share his appalling views regarding race, gender, and sexuality. Future alumni donations are out of the question if this is the type of perspective to which VSU aims to give voice.

]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:30:49 UTC 17791200 Mr Bryan Goethe [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17791113?utm_medium=rss The views, targets, and representation does not follow the views of myself, the citizens of Valdosta, Valdosta state university, the current student body and Alumni of Valdosta State university.

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:19:25 UTC 17791113 Shanna Fincher [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17791075?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:47:35 UTC 17791075 Mrs. Melissa Blanchard [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17791070?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:45:23 UTC 17791070 Anonymous [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17791042?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:20:53 UTC 17791042 Joshua Willis [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790911?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:05:00 UTC 17790911 Teresa Lawrnece [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790881?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 08:46:24 UTC 17790881 Joshua Gomez [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790801?utm_medium=rss Violation of student rights

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 07:45:59 UTC 17790801 Ms Karen Noll [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790715?utm_medium=rss Ben Carson clearly not speaking in his area of expertise, which makes him a political invite. In the past VSU followed the equal access rules of a public institution. This time they need to invite Robert Reich to speak making their facilities open to both political persuasions.

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 06:36:07 UTC 17790715 Timothy Rowland [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790669?utm_medium=rss His comparison of homosexuality and other words of hate are enough to keep him out of any school who values the attending students and staff. Yes...I'm straight, but I stand up for what's right.

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 06:09:18 UTC 17790669 Ms Donna Hayward [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790617?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 05:48:55 UTC 17790617 Ariel Watt [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790590?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 05:37:02 UTC 17790590 Khadijah Green [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790462?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 04:24:36 UTC 17790462 Mr William Whitaker [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790351?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 03:20:46 UTC 17790351 Mr Mark Hall [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790311?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 03:02:04 UTC 17790311 Dr. David Williams [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790288?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 02:51:24 UTC 17790288 Shavaun Jones [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790277?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 02:46:54 UTC 17790277 Anonymous [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790256?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 02:30:37 UTC 17790256 Sandy Weldon [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790233?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 02:18:45 UTC 17790233 Jacob Jones [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790220?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 02:14:39 UTC 17790220 Jennifer Vieth [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790128?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 01:39:31 UTC 17790128 Mrs. Jana Caffey [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790101?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 01:25:47 UTC 17790101 Alice Mendez [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17790062?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 01:04:10 UTC 17790062 Jessica Coalson [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789955?utm_medium=rss I am an alumnae of VSU and up until this point an enthusiast supporter. However, the fact that VSU is paying $43,000 of university funds to support a political candidate's self-promotion, while billing this as a nonpartisan event is sickening. It is appalling to me that VSU would book a known extremist and promoter of intolerant and hateful discourse on a day like 9/11, which is supposed to be a day to bring together our community in remembrance and to recognize that not all americans are allowed to exercise the same rights and freedoms. And if behavior like this continues, I will withdraw my support as a VSU alumnae, as well as encourage others to do the same.

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:19:26 UTC 17789955 Mrs Janene Bessent [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789880?utm_medium=rss This is just sickening and makes me embarrassed to be going to college here. this speaker undermines the value of the degrees we confer at VSU . . . he's an embarrassment to our school and its hard-working faculty . . . why do our administrators condone such reactionary ideology? how could they possibly believe this is good for recruitment?

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:48:22 UTC 17789880 Ms. Kristen West [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789736?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:01:35 UTC 17789736 Emily Faison [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789673?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:31:46 UTC 17789673 Diamond Madison [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789616?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:07:05 UTC 17789616 Mr. Thomas Duncan [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789584?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:50:40 UTC 17789584 Matt Lemere [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789559?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:35:56 UTC 17789559 Crystal Richardson [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789479?utm_medium=rss I know that this campus is very wary of keeping itself out of legal struggles. Please do not mess the good work up by ignoring a possible violation like this.

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 08:58:05 UTC 17789479 MR. Darren Mitton [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789374?utm_medium=rss Ben Carson is a right-wing conservative pundit for Fox News - and this is nothing more than a propaganda event.

Also, there's this:

http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/The-Restriction-of-Political-Campaign-Intervention-by-Section-501%28c%29%283%29-Tax-Exempt-Organizations

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 08:06:35 UTC 17789374 Daisy Daniel [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789307?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 07:41:47 UTC 17789307 Emmet Bondurant [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789171?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 06:45:23 UTC 17789171 K Bondurant [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789118?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 06:23:02 UTC 17789118 Dr. Chere Peguesse [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789032?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 05:27:52 UTC 17789032 Mr Joseph Ellow [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17789028?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 05:24:00 UTC 17789028 Jeffrey Holliman [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788666?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 01:12:45 UTC 17788666 Ms. Rita Marsh-Birch [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788637?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:45:12 UTC 17788637 Anonymous [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788560?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:56:24 UTC 17788560 Ms Mariah Nuckles [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788540?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:40:22 UTC 17788540 Ms Laura Norris [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788495?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:02:00 UTC 17788495 Lorraine Ainsworth [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788384?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:56:38 UTC 17788384 Mr Chandler Hill [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788348?utm_medium=rss All sides of the issue should be present. He does not represent black culture or any segment that the VSU school of business should be portraying.

]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:33:13 UTC 17788348 Dr. Cristobal Serran-Pagan [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788318?utm_medium=rss Why spending so much money on a political candidate whose credentials are questionable and his positions are very controversial? Why waste so much money when we need it to support so many other good cultural events on campus. Does it make sense?

]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:17:25 UTC 17788318 Mr. William Carver [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788298?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:08:02 UTC 17788298 Anonymous [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788290?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:03:44 UTC 17788290 Anonymous [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788285?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:01:50 UTC 17788285 Anonymous [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788281?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:00:37 UTC 17788281 Kwanesia Solomon Ellis [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788274?utm_medium=rss I completely agree. Why should someone with PUBLIC views such as these be allowed to speak to OUR University.

]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:55:12 UTC 17788274 Ms. Christal Oliver [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788254?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:46:06 UTC 17788254 Ms. Jean Fisher [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788243?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:36:36 UTC 17788243 Sterling Bowman - Randall [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788241?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:35:15 UTC 17788241 Dr. Melissa Rinehart [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788229?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:28:17 UTC 17788229 Debbie Fincher [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788212?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:12:59 UTC 17788212 Anonymous [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788174?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 07:52:49 UTC 17788174 Mr Daniel Rickman [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788128?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 07:24:40 UTC 17788128 Olivia Nix [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788122?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 07:23:15 UTC 17788122 Ben Vieth [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788119?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 07:21:25 UTC 17788119 Mr Phillip Williams [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788077?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:58:00 UTC 17788077 Jennifer Babjak [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788072?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:55:07 UTC 17788072 Ms Anonymous [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788069?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:52:29 UTC 17788069 John Rogers [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788068?utm_medium=rss VSC alumni 1978.

]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:51:54 UTC 17788068 Dr. Chris Meyers [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788048?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:42:14 UTC 17788048 Miss Alison Tolar [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788046?utm_medium=rss As an alumni of VSU and a resident of Valdosta, I urge you to consider this petition.

]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:40:42 UTC 17788046 Mr. Edward Flaspoehler [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788043?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:38:53 UTC 17788043 Thomas Aiello [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788037?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:34:43 UTC 17788037 Joanna Spencer [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788014?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:24:27 UTC 17788014 Rev. Gretchen Robinson [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17788002?utm_medium=rss Dr. Ben Carlson should not be given a podium for his irrational, poisonous diatribes.

]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:19:16 UTC 17788002 Ms Ashley Smith [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17787994?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:14:39 UTC 17787994 Mrs Kim Jape [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17787986?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:09:44 UTC 17787986 Josh May [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17787976?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 06:05:46 UTC 17787976 Kaitlyn Burke [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17787957?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 05:56:19 UTC 17787957 Mr Rex Soule [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17787940?utm_medium=rss This could cost your institution it's tax exempt status.

]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2014 05:45:15 UTC 17787940 Mr Seth Gunning [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17787909?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2014 05:28:12 UTC 17787909