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Au pairs baby-sit abroad

This summer, University students will be spending their days soaking up the sun in exotic locations, speaking in foreign tongues and receiving stipends while they absorb the culture of some of the most scenic places on earth. No, it’s not study abroad. These students plan to au pair. Au pairs usually live with a host [...]

TREACHEROUS TWILIGHT: Slippery streets bring a new intensity to the annual race

A wave of storms washed over the 31st annual Twilight Criterium on Saturday, but the slick pavement didn’t keep racers away from their events or deter the loyal crowds from gathering along the course.   Friday night remained clear for the jazz festival and CompuTrainer Time Trial final.   Saturday, from the start of the [...]

Twilight starts two-day, two-wheel mania

The Athens Twilight festival celebrates 30 years this weekend — but, it’s not just a pro-bike race speeding down the streets of downtown after the sun goes down Saturday night. “It’s a little bit old and it’s a little bit new,” Gene Dixon, founder of Twilight, said. “It’s a festival with something for everyone. This [...]

Twilight 2010

WAKE ‘N BIKE  For children and teenagers in the Athens area, Micah Morlock is the uncle, father or brother they never had encouraging the discovery and joys of cycling.   Morlock is the first to tell anyone that he lives the example of enjoying a lifetime sport.  “I was born in cycling,” Morlock said. “My dad [...]

SOUNDSLIDE: Robert Burns, Voices for a Cure

Soundslide by Ashley Strickland

SpringSing honors father’s memory

Tonight, the power of a capella voices blending in intricate harmonies could lead to the discovery of a cure for cancer.   SpringSing 2010, the second annual a capella festival to benefit the American Cancer Society, is being held by the Team Burns Charitable Foundation at the Classic Center. It is all because of the effort [...]

Club Volleyball offers laid-back, competitive varsity alternative

Coming down off of four years of playing volleyball in high school, some of the members of Club Volleyball had the option to play on varsity teams at smaller colleges, but one thing led all of them in a different direction: the University. The previous high school championship team players wanted to go to a [...]

Learn medieval dancing with the MARS

So you think you can dance old school and take it all the way back to Camelot? One University group can dance a Rufty Tufty that would win any knight’s heart. “You’re the kids on Myers Quad that hit each other” is something the Medieval and Renaissance Society members hear often. While fighting with broadswords [...]

Rowing team is beached, but continues to row for love of sport

The UGA Crew — the rowing team — is all fired up with nowhere to row. For a sport that enjoys a competitive spring season, the recent draining of the lake at Fort Yargo — a longtime practice facility for the rowers — would be defeating to any other team.   Due to a construction [...]

Terry students help market indie film

The underdogs have traveled a long way to reach Athens – 53 years and 1,015 miles don’t even begin to describe the journey of the “little giants” from Monterrey, Mexico.  However, their incredible story is balanced on more than the backs of an undersized Little League team – producers, entrepreneurs and Terry business students have [...]

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