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Crime Notebook, Dec. 8 (w/documents)

Thief escapes University notice for two years A University Internal Auditing Division employee reported $71 went missing from the Performing Arts financial records in the last two and a half years, according to a University Police report. The employee told police “that he believed the irregularity indicated that a theft had occurred,” according to the [...]

Zaxby’s giant fowl found near fraternity

The case of the missing 15-foot inflatable chicken appears to be solved. Athens resident Kristen Morales, wife of Red & Black editorial adviser Ed Morales, spotted the chicken behind the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house during a walking sorority house tour of Milledge Avenue. “I look over and I’m like, ‘Wow, that’s a big chicken [...]

Enter engineers: Adams wants an engineering school, and the editorial board agrees, mostly

Now is a great time for the University to get an engineering school. And, nope, we’re not being sarcastic. As University President Michael Adams has said, fundraising without an engineering or medical school limits the money the University can raise. Yes, we don’t want other programs to suffer because of this school, and it may [...]

University police search for missing student

University Police are searching for University student Nancy Hutanu. Hutanu, 19, was last seen at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday around Milledge and Prince Avenues, according to an e-mail sent by University Police Thursday. “Everything we know is right there in that e-mail,” University Police Lt. Eric Dellinger said. “I don’t have any more information at this point.” [...]

Ex-grad student’s threats lead to rumors of guns (w/police report)

A former University graduate student was thought to be seen brandishing a gun at the Dean Rusk Center after leaving threatening voice messages for one of his teachers. University Police were alerted to the situation around 10:40 a.m. Thursday, and roughly one hour later they determined no gunman was on campus and the suspected student [...]

Police give all clear after North Campus weapons sighting

University Police determined North Campus is secure after investigating reports of an armed gunman at the Dean Rusk Center. At around 10:40 a.m. police received a call that a male graduate student, already under investigation in relation to threatening voice messages left on his teacher’s answering machine, was at the center brandishing a gun. “Information [...]

Crime Notebook Sept. 9

Woman reports rape A 27-year-old woman reported Tuesday that she was the victim of a strong arm rape, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police report. According to the report, the woman told police she was raped early Saturday morning in an apartment complex at about 5 a.m. A suspect was named. This report marks the [...]

Editorial Cartoon; August 18

Editorial Cartoon by Sarah Quinn for August 18

Nude beaches have nothing on barbecue

America is awesome. It’s not awesome because it’s the land of the free and all that, it’s awesome because of barbecue sauce. It’s awesome because of football, and by football I mean huge hits and yellow flags, not slide tackles and yellow cards. I’ve only just recently come to this realization spending my summer working [...]

Crime Notebook: UGA players not involved in taxi dispute (w/documents)

Football players cleared from taxi incident According to a Monday Athens-Clarke County news release, police have concluded that the offenders in a simple battery and terroristic threats investigation were not University football players. The whole football team was in the spotlight after it was alleged four individuals, who the victims believed were football players, harassed [...]

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