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Cox returns to class as gubernatorial candidate

When she was a journalism student at the University, Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox took Charles Bullock’s class on legislative politics. Twenty-six years later, Cox returned to the classroom of the political science professor she now calls “the master” – but in a much different capacity. She’s running for the state’s highest elective office. [...]

Teaching opportunity touches lives

I always pictured myself being in one of two places after I graduated from college – a newsroom or a classroom. From an early age, I’ve understood how essential a free press and an educated public are to a thriving democracy, and I knew I could put that belief into action as a journalist or [...]

Fame is nice, but I’ve had enough

Everyone always talks about their 15 minutes of fame and how it was such “a great ride” and that they wish it had lasted forever. Well, those people are lying. Mine’s going on 10 days – about nine days, 23 hours and 45 minutes more than any human should ever have to endure. It all [...]

Loss overshadows career performances

The last thing Mohamed Massaquoi wanted to talk about after Georgia’s one-point loss to Auburn was his performance – even if it was the best of his young career. The freshman wide receiver set personal highs with six catches for 108 yards, including a 9-yard touchdown reception early in the second half, but he couldn’t [...]

R&B only par

My name is Jason, and I’m a newsaholic. I’m open about it. Anyone who knows me knows I’ve been addicted to the news for quite a long time now. I’ve read the Atlanta Journal-Constitution every day since the sixth grade. I watch network news, ESPN News, Fox News, and Headline News. I’m constantly listening to [...]

Academic rigor not up to students

The party’s over at the University. Or so it seems to a University task force studying the undergraduate experience at the University and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s editorial board. In its Thursday’s editorial, the AJC lauded the 48-page report released last week by Task Force on General Education and Student Learning criticizing the University’s poor academic [...]

Jury still deliberating in Univ. library fire trial

A Clarke County jury has yet to deliver a verdict in the case of Jason Allen Nelms after more than four hours of deliberation Wednesday afternoon. Nelms is on trial facing charges of first degree arson in connection with the July 23, 2003, fire on the second floor of the University’s Main Library. District Attorney [...]

Student taken to hospital after truck collision at ECV

A small truck hit a University student at a crosswalk near the East Campus Village bus stop Thursday afternoon. Witnesses said the student was running across the road to catch a bus. He was struck by a Ford Ranger driven by another University student. “The left lane was open, and (the student) came running across,” [...]

TATE VOTE RESULTS

University students have appoved a $25 increase in student activity fees to pay for renovating and expanding the Tate Student Center and a parking deck. University officials, who unveiled the proposed $40 million project last month, announced the results Wednesday evening in the Tate Center. The measure passed by a vote of 1,873-1,538, about 55 [...]

University releases enrollment totals

Enrollment at the University this spring decreased by about 1 percent compared to spring 2004, according to numbers released by the University on Friday. UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT BY THE NUMBERS  32,013 students attending the University this semester  316 fewer students than in spring 2004  1 percent decrease in spring 2005 enrollment compared to [...]

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