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Students hurt by HOPE cuts

The votes have been cast and the ink is dry. The cuts to the HOPE Scholarship are official. Students and universities in the state are faced with a new era in Georgia higher education as funding is cut and tuition rates and student fees increase. In the wake of these changes, some students are looking [...]

Few jobs for non-citizens

For those who are graduating, finding a job can be a shot in the dark as students are busy turning in résumés, going to interviews and waiting for the letter to say congratulations. International students also go through this process, but they have something else to worry about — a visa. International students who attend [...]

Parking tickets sustain lot enforcement

Don Walter, manager of parking services, said parking services does not like putting those pesky parking tickets under people’s windshields. “We would very much prefer not having to write another ticket again,” Walter said. “We’d much rather have someone buy a permit.” Walter said parking services gives out 1,300 parking tickets each month, which averages [...]

Reporters receive medal for courage

Two U.S. reporters who were captured in March of 2009 by the North Korean military and were held for 140 days before being released were honored Wednesday for their courage. The journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, were working on a story about North Korean women who had escaped into China and were being placed [...]

Students’ hobbies help to pay bills; Some sell services on campus to make cash

When it comes to making money, finding a job around town or on campus is the norm. But there are those who depart from this mode and set off on their own, transforming their skills and hobbies into a lucrative business. Avery Lawrence, a freshman management information systems and international business major from Alpharetta, started [...]

Earth week events begin today

Starting today, Students for Environmental Action, Go Green Alliance and the University’s Office of Sustainability have teamed up to host the second annual Earth Week. “We wanted to spread awareness of sustainability and simple ways students can make a difference,” said Sheena Zhang, a senior ecology, biology and honors interdisciplinary studies major from Athens, who [...]

Tuition hikes, aid cuts alter collegiate paths; Students struggle to make ends meet

As the HOPE Scholarship and other education funding gets cut while tuition costs get higher, the costs of going to school are daunting. Joe Paul, a senior social studies education major from Grayson, is married and has worked all four years of college in order to pay rent and bills. He still has HOPE, but [...]

Univ. purchase helps homeless

The homeless population in Athens will soon have a new resource facility. As of April 1, the University has given $7.9 million to the Athens Resource Center for the Homeless to be used for a new facility on Fourth Street. The University’s support of this project is a result of the transfer of the Navy [...]

Student gardens spring up: Some grow flowers, herbs in dorm rooms

As the weather gets warmer, students are trying out their green thumbs in places such as dorm room flower pots and neighborhood back yards. Erin Wilson, a senior public relations and psychology major from Marietta, is starting a garden with her roommate in their backyard. One of the rewards Wilson said she reaps from gardening [...]

MAN ON THE STREET: Cell Phones and Cancer

As of June 2010, 292,847,098 people in the United States used cell phones, which is 93 percent of the population, according to the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association. The widespread popularity of cell phones during the past couple of decades has raised major concerns by consumers and researchers as to the health risks they may [...]

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