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Amendment may help protect HOPE

  The HOPE scholarship soon may have the strongest protection Georgia officials can give it if a state constitutional amendment passes in November. If approved, the amendment will ensure that all lottery proceeds are used only for educational programs, such as the HOPE scholarship and pre-kindergarten programs. Much of the lottery’s success has depended on [...]

SGA’s proposal gets an ‘all negative response’

  After receiving an "all negative response" at an Athens-Clarke County Commission meeting, the Student Government Association has resolved to seek a referendum to abolish the single-family housing ordinance, SGA’s external affairs chairman said Wednesday. Chris Hoofnagle, who presented a request to the commission for a committee to review the ordinance Tuesday night, said SGA [...]

University alumnus, philanthropist dies

  C. Herman Terry died Monday while traveling in the Mediterranean, but his mutli-million-dollar contributions and his name will live on at the University. Terry, the namesake of and one of the largest contributors to the Terry College of Business, left a string of contributions to the college that will continue to fund scholarships and [...]

Grant provides some with recycling option

  Environmentally conscious students living in some apartment complexes within city limits no longer will have to travel to local recycling centers, thanks to a $25,000 state grant. The grant will be used by the Athens-Clarke County Solid Waste Department to buy recycling bins on a first-come, first-served basis for apartment complexes with 50 or [...]

Concert cost less than estimated

  Athens Music Day cost the city about $13,000 less than the city manager estimated before the concert, even though crowd estimates reached as high as 100,000 people – four times the number city officials predicted. Before the April 18 Widespread Panic concert, Athens-Clarke County City Manager Al Crace estimated $61,520 in city costs – [...]

Athens mayoral candidates discuss their platforms, backgrounds

  One is a long-time Athens resident who has served in the county’s unified government for four years. The other is a native of Arlington, Va., and owner of a local hardware store. And as they begin the race to see who will become the new mayor of Athens-Clarke County, Doc Eldridge and Victoria Pate [...]

SEA protests new Coca-Cola Center

  About 20 students shouted protests and carried signs opposing the new Coca-Cola Refreshment Center Tuesday, while the same number of students from the business school looked on disapprovingly, occasionally shouting protests of their own. Students for Environmental Awareness protested outside Sanford Hall for two hours, denouncing the "appropriation of the University in the form [...]

DREAMS may provide help for HOPEless

  Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Langford (D-LaGrange) is looking to expand HOPE into DREAMS and raise behavioral standards of Georgia’s youth in the process. According to a statement released by Langford’s office, DREAMS – an acronym for Dependable Responsible Enlightened Ambitious Motivated Students – is a scholarship program proposed by the state senator meant to [...]

Congested intersections to get new traffic lights

  The site of 15 accidents this year – where a resident described hearing screeching brakes and the crushing of metal – soon will have a new traffic light. Three new traffic lights are expected within months in congested areas in Athens, including the intersection at Macon Highway and Lumpkin Street, a troublesome spot for [...]

2 minority officials will resign

and ERIN McCLAM Staff Writers   Two of the top black members of the University administration announced their sudden resignations Tuesday night, apparently surprising other senior officials. Leslie K. Bates, the director of the Office of Minority Services and Programs, and Joi L. Bostic, coordinator of the African American Cultural Center, both will resign, Bostic [...]

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