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Reporter bares all for Playboy

When I told people I planned to audition for Playboy Magazine’s Girls of the SEC edition, they always asked the same question: “What do you have to do?”

Inside, I think they knew exactly what was expected of me, but they wanted to hear me say it.

“I have to get naked.

Students make good on promise

Some students who sent Hurricane Katrina victims the message “We got your back” last fall are still making good on that promise. Elizabeth Stoutamire, a sophomore from Tallahassee, Fla., volunteered in New Orleans for a week during Winter Break and returned over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. Stoutamire, along with Sylvan Cox, a sophomore [...]

Everybody get up and get active

As part of “Every Body GET UP!” month, which kicked off Monday, the University Health Center will offer a free yoga class this afternoon. The hatha yoga session will take place from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in conference room A of the health center. The session, which is designed to calm the mind, relax the [...]

Employers take note of degrees from University

Every year, graduates leave the University armed with a resume filled with experiences they hope will impress employers. They also carry something they have spent four or more years to earn – a degree from the University. Many of the top employers of University graduates recognize the increasing value of a University education. According to [...]

Music Midtown canceled, many upset

This summer, something will be missing from Midtown Atlanta – the sound of music. After 12 years, Atlanta’s largest outdoor music festival, Music Midtown, is taking a break. According to the Associated Press, the three-day event became too expensive to hold again at last year’s location. Music Midtown 2005 was held outside the Boisfeuillet Jones [...]

New bookstore gives students more money

There’s a new bookstore in town, and it has other textbook dealers on Baxter Street seeing green. The bright green building of Beat the Bookstore opened Monday as the first of the franchise in Athens. Unlike its neighbors, Beat the Bookstore sells only textbooks. Owner David Conley said Beat the Bookstore is different from other [...]

New Xbox proves elusive

Video game enthusiasts who’ve had the Xbox 360 at the top of their Christmas lists may be disappointed come Christmas morning. While its creators are deeming the much-anticipated 360 the “most powerful” game console on the market, gamers in the Athens area have had trouble getting their hands on the new system since its Nov. [...]

Arts converge for Worlds AIDS Day

Few students probably marked their calendars for World AIDS Day today, but the families of the more than 500,000 Americans who have died of AIDS likely did. The Boybutante AIDS Foundation Inc. and the MAC AIDS Fund are teaming up to make sure Athens doesn’t forget the importance of fighting the disease that affects so [...]

Cop faces downtown scene

Senior Police Officer Mike Young has a theory. He thinks one of his department’s stolen bicycles is serving as a trophy on a wall somewhere in the Classic City. During the past five years, Young has seen several of the Downtown Operations Unit’s bicycles – familiar to students who frequent the bars and restaurants at [...]

Fourth Harry Potter casts spell over Athens

While some students anticipate this season’s last home football game, Thanksgiving break and the end of the semester, others wait anxiously for another landmark event – the release of the newest Harry Potter film. “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” opens tomorrow, but for Athens fans who can’t wait until sunrise, Carmike Cinema on [...]

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