Phones, credit cards to blend
Ordering a pizza for a late night study group: $10. Watching the Bulldogs beat Georgia Tech: $8 for students. Making purchases from your cell phone: priceless. At least that is what some major communication and credit card companies like Nokia, Motorola, Sony and MasterCard think. This newest technology, which would allow cell phone users to [...]
Student’s memorial service this afternoon
A memorial service for Jonathan Desso, a senior from Watkinsville who died Wednesday in a car accident, will be held today at 1 p.m. at Prince Avenue Baptist Church. Desso, a Recreational and Leisure Studies major, died at the scene of a car accident after being ejected from his Jeep Wrangler when the vehicle overturned [...]
University student dies in car accident
A 22-year-old University student died Wednesday afternoon in a car wreck on College Station Road. Jonathan Robert Desso, a senior from Watkinsville, was killed when he was thrown from his Jeep Wrangler while traveling westbound on the road, according to Athens-Clarke County Police. Desso’s vehicle turned over when he swerved to avoid hitting ACC resident [...]
Voter turnout high in Athens
Despite the threatening weather and long lines at polling places, students and residents of Athens-Clarke County waited for hours at a time on Tuesday to cast their vote in the 2004 election. Of the 47,545 voters who are registered in ACC, about 55 percent appeared to cast votes, according to the ACC Web site (www.athensclarkecounty.com). [...]
Odd laws stump citizens
If your cow gets loose after 11 p.m., don’t whistle to get its attention — you might get arested. Some of Athens-Clarke County’s lesser known ordinances prohibit these actions, as well as enticing others to join an establishment by giving away animals. Although these laws are rarely talked about among officials, ACC Attorney Bill Berryman [...]
Huge ‘machine’ to go down the track to Florida
The road to Jacksonville, Fla., will be traveled a bit differently this year by a dozen University students — they will make the journey in a school bus they bought at a flea market. The group got the idea for the “amazing tailgating machine” when they saw a bus at a flea market on Highway [...]
Few stolen utensils returned
A silverware amnesty week held by the Food Services department has recovered few utensils, said its head, Michael Floyd. Students were given the chance last week to anonymously return any items they had taken from dining halls, but Friday Floyd said only “30 pieces of silverware, a couple of plates and a couple of bowls” [...]
Sleep deprivation can lead to several health problems, experts say
Students who do not get enough sleep at night could be susceptible to more problems than falling asleep in class. Sixty-three percent of college students in the United States do not get enough sleep, some due to sleeping disorders, according to a survey done by the National Sleep Foundation. “Sleeping problems are a common chief [...]
Food Services offers to forgive silverware sins
Do you need silverware, an extra cup or maybe a plate or two? If you take one from the dining halls, you are partaking in a criminal act and could face disciplinary action, said Food Services director Michael Floyd. But, like one student who Floyd said anonymously returned all the items she took during her [...]
Vice Presidential debate to hold little Nov. impact
Profs say debate will not affect Nov. voters Tonight’s vice presidential debate may have little or no impact on whom voters elect in the Nov. 2 election, a University political science professor said Monday. Robert Grafstein, professor and head of the political science department, said the vice presidential debate, by nature, will have no major [...]
