SGA VP wins hot dog eating contest
February 28, 2010 by AN NGUYEN
Filed under News, Student Groups
Eight students braved the cold Friday night to stuff their faces with hot dogs in the “Man vs. Dawg” hot dog eating contest hosted by UGA HEROs at Terrapin Beer Company. Cameron Secord, vice president of the University’s Student Government Association, beat out the other contestants by being the first to finish seven hot dogs [...]
Chess team takes first in tourney
February 24, 2010 by AN NGUYEN
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The Chess Dawgs can still brag about being the best college chess team in Georgia after coming in first place at the Georgia Open College Chess Tournament Saturday — for the second year in a row. Unlike last year, when the winner was decided in a tiebreaker, the Chess Dawgs went undefeated in each of [...]
Scholarships the reward, not the goal
Fulbright, Rhodes, Goldwater and Marshall Scholarships can bring to mind thoughts of prestige and high esteem. Though highly competitive, several University students received these scholarships in recent years, reflecting positively on both the University and its students. In 2009 alone, 20 University students were granted such scholarships, including the Fulbright and Udall Scholarships. Muktha Natrajan, [...]
Fraternities run Georgia-Georgia Tech game ball
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, UGA and Georgia Tech are gearing for up the annual face-off, hoping to claim bragging rights as the best football team in Georgia.
But the rivalry will be put aside before the game starts on Nov. 27 when the Phi Gamma Delta fraternities at UGA and Tech team up for the annual “Run for the Kids.
