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First MCG class set to make history

As they trade in the relaxation of summer for the rigor of medical school, all 230 incoming Medical College of Georgia students will join a long-standing tradition, but 40 of them will pioneer something new. This fall, those students will tread uncharted territory as the first class to study at MCG’s Athens campus in association [...]

Student on the run from ACC police: Offender charged on multiple crimes (w/documents)

He might be a stranger to most University students, but the name Austin Michael Norris is all too familiar to University and Athens-Clarke County police officers. Norris, a 23-year-old student from Manchester, had a warrant put out for his arrest on May 8 after a string of on-campus incidents connected to him. According to ACC [...]

Incoming student arrested; beer, fake ID put freshman in bind

By the second day of summer orientation, all students have donned necklace name tags, attended hours of seminars and posed for their new student ID pictures. On June 18, one freshman posed for a different camera than the rest of his classmates. Samuel Weintraub, 18, of Roswell didn’t make it to the second day because [...]

Nuçi’s Space faces legal battles

The Supreme Court of Georgia heard oral arguments June 8 in regards to the nonprofit status of Nuçi’s Space, an Athens mental health resource center and musicians’ practice facility. Although the local charity set out to combat depression and benefit struggling musicians in the Classic City, its 5-year battle for property tax exemption will set [...]

Local band Marshmallow Coast sticks together

When first starting out, musicians often approach life with rose-colored glasses and a world view based on pursuing their passions. As this somewhat idealistic group gets older however, they tend to become less satisfied with fast food meals in the back of an 18-passenger van and more preoccupied with desires for a family and material things.

Fundraiser helps Dominican Republic program where creativity meets education

When kids step outside on a warm summer night and see fireflies they instinctually run to catch them. When Laura Vaughn sees fireflies, her instincts tell her to catch something a little less tangible. In 2004, Vaughn traveled to the Dominican Republic to study and teach health education to local teenagers.

‘Organic’ poetry read aloud at Ciné

Among the more pretentious activities conceivable, poetry readings at an independent film theatre would probably make the cut on most people’s lists. Visions of idealistic students literally proclaiming an art that some see as frivolous, or at the least economically foolish, come rushing into one’s imagination.

Professor helped free American reporters from North Korea

This summer while students laid out on beaches or bussed tables, International Affairs Professor Han Park traveled to the tightly-sealed communist block of North Korea. There he played a crucial role in the release of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee from a 12-year sentence in a hard labor prison.

Fall fashion ties comfort with trends

As fall descends upon Athens the weekend outfit becomes a uniform. Anyone wearing red, black or white can’t go wrong. The only problem with this seasonal outbreak of school spirit is that it goes against one of the defining characteristics of Athens style – a deep desire for individualism.

Cross Canadian Ragweed celebrates 10th album release and 15 years together

Most bands hit their prime early. They ride into fame for a glorious few months on the waves of a one hit wonder. Everyone hums it as they go to work and radio stations play it far too often, but soon the song becomes nothing but an obscure question in a trivia board game.

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