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Sex in the Classic City for Her

Last semester, I discovered the ultimate dating tool – Facebook. It’s ultimate power is almost necessary on a huge campus like ours. It’s not always a blow-off maneuver to tell someone to “Facebook” you. It can be a dating facilitator. While other students were learning precious tidbits of higher education knowledge last year, I made [...]

Fergie’s solo CD frivolous but fun

Fergie’s new CD, “The Dutchess,” is a little bit like musical junk food – it’s hard to stop once you start, and there are some parts you do not want. Her voice is uncharacteristically unpolished, not overproduced, and her lyrics are occasionally laughable, but the tracks are mostly fun. One-quarter of the hip-hop group Black [...]

Guest DJs to spin for radio fundraiser

The typical disc jockey on 90.5 fm WUOG, the University’s student-run radio station, has gone through at least one semester of training, weekly meetings and FCC regulation exams. This weekend, however, pretty much anyone can take over an hour of airtime – anyone with at least $25, that is. WUOG’s Seize The Airwaves event, a [...]

Getting down and dirty

Dumpstaphunk’s music is as funky as, well, a Dumpster. “These are some of the funkiest, best musicians, and this is some of the funkiest music that I have ever played,” singer Ivan Neville said. “What’s funkier than a dumpster? Maybe a toilet, but … Dumpsters normally stink. They generally are very funky.” Thus, the funk [...]

Creative arts therapy students utilize music to ease minds

The creative arts therapy majors on campus are an easy group to find. The 20 or so music therapy students nearly always are ensconced in the music school. “It’s a very involved program,” said music therapy graduate student Adrin Akins of Dalton. “Most of us joke about keeping a bed here in the practice rooms.” [...]

Act out problems, it’s healthy

Acting out frustrations may actually be an effective way to handle them, despite what parents everywhere tell their tantrum-throwing children. In drama therapy, therapists encourage patients to act out in constructive ways to deal with problems or stress they may be experiencing. Here at the University, if an art therapy major is rare, a drama [...]

Coeds pose as Dogs, Bunnies

The University’s latest recognition on a Top Ten list comes not from the Princeton Review, but from Playboy Magazine. The magazine’s May 2006 issue, which hit newsstands today, ranked the University eighth on its most recent list of the Top Ten Party Schools in North America. Three University students are featured in the “Girls of [...]

Yes, someone heard you

Students who enjoy shouting into their cell phones on the bus or discussing awkward topics while strolling along Broad Street may want to watch what they say – they could be overheard in Athens. On the Web site (www.overheardinathens.com), a quickly expanding message board features quotes taken out of context and snippets of conversations submitted [...]

Pat McGee Band ready to rock hard at concert

Acoustic rocker Pat McGee can no longer simply strum a guitar and croon lyrics to be a successful musician. After recently filming his first music video for the song “Must Have Been Love,” McGee said he realized that now musicians “have to sort of play the role of an actor.” But that adds difficulty to [...]

Music still fun without incense

Athens’ smoking ordinances forced the Tom Petty Tribute band to change its onstage practices. “We used to burn incense, but we got yelled at in Athens because you can’t have smoke inside,” said singer/guitarist Bob Yeti. Even without the incense, Yeti said audiences have enjoyed the band’s Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover songs. The [...]

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