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Recent events call for explanation

The Red & Black makes every attempt it can, almost to the point of self-mutilation, to let you know when the staff screws up. Because of this obsession with fixing our mistakes and notifying readers of problems, today marks the second time in less than a week letters seriously damaging to The Red & Black’s [...]

Readers essential to our success

Welcome back, loyal readers. It is nice to see you picked up the first issue of The Red & Black in 2006. With the new year, this newspaper has several new year’s resolutions that will help it better deliver information to you. The Red & Black is going to lose weight and quit smoking. Those [...]

University’s culture to soon change

OK, everyone. The end of the semester finally is here. What have we learned as students? No, I'm not referring to economic principles or cellular functions. I’m asking what we have learned as a group about our college and its people. The story of the semester, exiting or not exciting, seems to be the question of [...]

Univ. aims to change campus culture

In actions and public statements made in the past, University President Michael Adams and Provost Arnett Mace have made clear their intentions to change the culture of the University. The goal is obvious: create a more academically inclined student population. The past year has seen several – sometimes controversial – calls for action from the [...]

Membership in minority has its perks

Students from rural Georgia apparently have been getting the shaft. That’s what I’ve heard, anyway. The Red & Black has published several letters and a column this semester filled with complaints about the plight of rural Georgians attending the University. I also have found out the University is worried about the lack of students who [...]

Rape case coverage was our duty

In just a few years studying journalism and preparing to spend the years ahead working in the field, I already have witnessed firsthand the public’s distrust of the media and a widespread uneasiness toward newspapers. The fact that liars and crooks have scandalized several major, well-respected news sources including the New York Times, justifies assuming [...]

New, fun-filled section on its way

Tomorrow morning when you roll out of bed, don’t despair about the cold weather or the crushing doom of an approaching accounting test — The Red & Black is giving you something to look forward to. The time has come for The Red & Black to turn on the torches of the town’s entertainment scene. [...]

Deans outline goals for next five years

Academic units’ five-year strategic plans due Dec. 15 to the provost are extremely important given the University’s dismal financial climate, said Bob Boehmer, associate provost for Academic Affairs. The five-year plans due Wednesday are “initial drafts” that will outline the future goals of each college and school over the next few years, he said. Boehmer [...]

Task Force debates race

The idea of dropping race as a factor considered for admission was discussed and dismissed by the Freshman Task Force at its meeting Monday afternoon. The idea of dropping ethnicity as a defining characteristic of diversity was proposed by Mary Atwater, a member of the task force and an interim department head in the School [...]

Race-based admissions considered

University President Michael Adams expects to review a new policy that uses race as a factor for admission before the end of January, University Provost Arnett Mace said Sunday. “We’ve got to continue to be more aggressive in minority recruitment,” Adams said in a media briefing last week. Mace said Sunday Adams had no further [...]

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