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Univ. student designs purses for charity

Ali Spizman always has been taught to be thankful, and now she’s giving young children a chance to be thankful as well.
Spizman, a sophomore majoring in consumer journalism in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, designs purses, among other things, that are sold in more than 4,000 stores worldwide.

Southern women get hitched early

“A girl who hasn’t a man in sight by the time she is 20 is not altogether wrong in fearing that she may never get married.”

This quote from a psychiatrist in the 1950s might be shocking to some students who don’t share the sentiment of marriage as a prerequisite to adulthood.

Pamoja turns Kansas to campus

Dorothy isn’t in Kansas anymore, and she’s not in the same century either. She has traveled all the way over the rainbow to another world where she’s more likely to drive around with her beat down low and her top laid back than she is to skip down the yellow brick road.

Site rewards clever shirt designs

The T-shirt, while probably the most comfortable article of clothing ever, usually is stigmatized as a sloppy alternative to actually getting dressed in the morning.

But now, thanks to threadless.com, T-shirts are back, more clever than ever.

The Web site, launched in 2000, combines kitschy “designer” T-shirts, social networking and art.

Orchestra brings jams, magic

The Everyone Orchestra isn’t only an orchestra, and it isn’t only a band – it’s something magical. “There’s this thing that happens when people share their creativity and then experience other people’s creativity and make something together,” said the orchestra’s conductor and creator, Matt Butler.

Jittery Joe’s, Aromas provide best buzz in town

Coffee, like the music section on Facebook or the choice between Topsiders and Vans, is a message to the outside world – an indicator of total “cool points.” To prove it, ask people where they go to drink coffee. The junior players won’t realize this is a trick question – they’ll rattle off the name of any old coffee shop and move on.

Famous Groundhogs

“Not everyone has a Valentine, but you can always have a groundhog.” – Ben Hughes, Phil’s Handler Alexandra Alexandra can be found lounging in her home at the Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail at Memorial Park in Athens. She’s a sprightly youngster compared to her associates – she’s only about 7 years old.

Say ‘Yes!’ to this aerial performance

Performers at Canopy Studio express themselves by flying through the air as they twist, fall, flip and turn through complicated holds on the trapeze.

At 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, creative energy will flow more freely than usual.

Performers at the studio will present the public with their expressions of “Yes!” through the advanced student show held this weekend.

Humane Society struts the CatWalk

No stylish student would name Athens as a center of the fashion industry, but this Saturday Athens will be parading its finest on the catwalk. The second annual CatWalk, which began last year as a way to raise money for the Athens Area Humane Society, is a fashion show modeling the finest clothes Athens’ boutiques [...]

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