Local grocery blends ideals with home-grown food
August 28, 2009 by GRACE MORRIS
Filed under Variety
Walter Swanson, manager of the Daily Groceries Co-op, has a salt-and-pepper beard. Wrinkles gather around the corners of his mouth and eyes.
Bianca Biduic, a junior from Dalton, has short brown hair, freshly tanned summer skin and big brown eyes. At age 20, her eyes glisten with idealism and an eagerness to try new things.
Little Pearls helps children with cancer
August 28, 2009 by RUTHIE ELMORE
Filed under Variety
Pearl JamWhen: 7 p.m. – midnight tonight Where: Ciné Price: $8 (without pearls), $5 (with pearls) Pearls usually symbolize special occasions, class and money, but with the help of the Little Pearl Foundation, Inc. they also symbolize hope and help for girls who suffer from cancer.
Local artists and farmers unite market
August 28, 2009 by PRIYA PATEL
Filed under Variety
On a hot summer day, a stroll through the Athens Farmers Market is inviting. The market represents a wide variety of local farmers and artists – the Dancing Sprout Farm, Daily Groceries Co-op, Lindsey’s Culinary Market and Donderos Kitchen, to name just a few.
Georgia volleyball falls to Tech in season opener
August 28, 2009 by The Red and Black Archives
Filed under Sports
Georgia rallied from a 2-0 deficit to force a decisive and closely contested fifth set in the season-opening match against Georgia Tech Friday evening, but the Yellow Jackets held on to win, 3-2, in front of a sold-out, capacity crowd of 2,000 at O’Keefe Gymnasium in the Georgia Tech Regency Suites Invitational.
Georgia soccer blanks No. 17 Minnesota, 2-0
Despite less than perfect field conditions, the 16th ranked Bulldogs soccer team made a big statement Friday night, defeating the visiting 17th ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers 2-0 at the Turner Soccer Complex.
The first half of the contest played to a 0-0 stalemate, as both teams struggled to produce many scoring opportunities in the wet conditions after storms left the area just hours before game time.
Volleyball to face rival Yellow Jackets in season opener
August 28, 2009 by BEN BUSSARD
Filed under Sports
Entering last season, volleyball head coach Joel McCartney needed just one win to reach a giant milestone: 300 wins. After the Bulldogs faced Georgia Tech in the season opener, he had to wait one more match to get it.
It’s something that McCartney has thought about for 365 days now.
Freshmen play right away
The 2009 Georgia soccer team may be rich in battle-tested upperclassmen, but if the Bulldogs plan on lifting a Southeastern Conference Championship trophy in Orange Beach, Ala. this November, it may be the freshmen who make the real difference.
This freshman group isn’t your typical band of newcomers, having already earned enough championship hardware at the youth level to fill the length of a Home Depot aisle.
Mailbox
August 28, 2009 by The Red and Black Archives
Filed under Opinions
Kennedy not a saint in life Bobby Andres and Hayley Peterson were out of order in their editorials from [Thursday's paper]. It’s interesting what Mr. Andres has to say about protestors he doesn’t agree with, when the same can be said for protestors he would agree with.
OUR TAKE
August 28, 2009 by MICHAEL FITZPATRICK
Filed under Opinions
Football follies With the disbursement of home games comes the cheering – and the crying It is a day that brings joy – and dismay – across campus. Yesterday, students were notified of their home tickets with a vast majority receiving full season packages. But still there is grief to be heard.
Be mindful of the risks of promiscuity
August 28, 2009 by SAMANTHA SHELTON
Filed under Opinions
Warnings surround our lives. labels on beer, cigarettes and prescriptions list harmful side effects of the product and leave the decision to use up to us. But there is one item some of us are consuming that doesn’t have a warning label, but should. our genitals.
