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Editor looks back on his college life

Although I’ve still got a final or two left, I can’t help but feel that today is the last day of my college career. Maybe it’s because I’ll be walking at the Grady College graduation this morning but, more likely, it’s because this is this semester’s last edition of The Red & Black, the paper [...]

Foundation cuts board

ATLANTA – The University Foundation further distanced itself from the school’s leadership Monday when it voted to prohibit University administrators from being members of the group. University Provost Arnett Mace and Art Dunning, vice president for Public Service and Outreach, will no longer serve on the Foundation — which raises millions of dollars for the [...]

Where news and personal life intersect

For better or for worse, the Jewish community here in Athens is fairly tight-knit — particularly the Jewish Greek chapters of which I’m a part. In fact, it was the glaring light of the “Jewish circle” that even influenced my girlfriend and I to keep a measure of secrecy when we started dating more than [...]

University feels sting of budget

From colder classrooms to looming tuition hikes, the University tentatively is closing a semester marked by its worst budget crisis in more than a decade. The cuts are unavoidable — as state revenue falls, it translates into budget cuts for state departments. The University, which gets about 37 percent of its funding from the state [...]

Univ. seeks to stay on political priority lists

While Georgia politicians still are trying to shake themselves out after last month’s elections, University officials said they are hoping their priorities are kept at the top of lawmakers’ agendas. At the three-day training conference the University hosts every two years for incoming and veteran legislators, University officials made sure to tell the dozens of [...]

Athletes exonerated by Univ. Judiciary

Three University students who were acquitted in August on felony sex charges also were cleared by the University Judiciary this week. Brandon Williams, Tony Cole and Steve Thomas, all former or current University student-athletes, were found not in violation of University regulations. In January, a 19-year-old woman said after she and Cole had consensual sex, [...]

Security program provides ‘hands-on’ experience

Everyday, Darren Tobin keeps up with the latest developments on homeland security. “If you just watch TV, all you can do is take the information that they give you at face value,” said Tobin, a sophomore from Sandy Springs. Security Leadership Program What: An academic transcript and a letter of interest Where: Room 120 in [...]

Students pull out all stops for tix

Braving the cold weather, hundreds of students and dozens of tents snaked around Stegeman Coliseum for a ticket to Saturday’s SEC Championship game. The people in line — some playing football, sleeping, studying, playing board games and others holding places for friends — bonded as they anxiously awaited the chance to buy one of the [...]

Budget cut may result in job loss

This month’s 2 percent budget cut means the University is short almost $8.4 million, and budget officials hinted it may be possible that jobs will be cut. Provost Arnett Mace said it’s too early to tell whether the latest round of cuts, ordered Nov. 13, will cost the University jobs, but he and other officials [...]

Second-half resurgence breaks down Bruins

While the Bulldogs pulled away an easy 87-71 victory, the scoreboard told a different story at halftime after a sluggish first half. It was then that Belmont, which has yet to beat a top 25 team and is 0-10 against SEC opponents, was nipping at the No. 18 Bulldogs’ heals with a 40-35 score. Georgia [...]

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