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For one SGA party, greater accountability is the Golden Ticket

Editor’s Note: This is the second story in a series of four SGA presidential and vice presidential profiles.   The Golden Ticket party wants to be more than a pretty package. “We just like the idea of the prize being inside,” said Laura Bailey, a Franklin College senatorial candidate. “Because it’s not just Matt and [...]

University sets sights on UNC’s ‘total package’

College admissions representatives say they’re looking for the well-rounded student, but it’s hard to find the well-rounded college. For Seth Dearmin, The University of North Carolina -Chapel Hill was the “total package.” The school offered quality academics, athletics and atmosphere. “It’s a ton of things that really add up to a great experience,” he said. [...]

SGA petitions out, signatures wanted

Students who want to run for Student Government Association have picked up materials and started gathering signatures, but there won’t be any flashy T-shirts for another two weeks. About 50 people – including three interested presidential hopefuls – have picked up packets so far, according to Torsha Tripp, administrative assistant for the Programming Office in [...]

SGA begins latest election process

Students interested in running for an office in the Student Government Association can pick up the necessary materials starting at 9 a.m. today in room 150 of the Tate Student Center. There are two packets for interested candidates – one for people who want to run on a presidential ticket and one for students who [...]

Principle means giving things up

What could a gal love more than 1 cent domestic draft every Wednesday? After waging a campaign against drink specials and happy hour, the Statesboro city government has found a new beer-time enemy – Ladies’ Night. A proposed amendment aims to stop cover charges that discriminate “on the basis of gender, race, age, creed or [...]

‘Rent’ adapts Broadway musical successfully

“La Vie Boheme,” the bohemian life, has never looked and sounded so good. “Rent” is a straight-up adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s hit musical of the same name, which means there’s more singing and dancing than plot. Actually, there is no plot – it’s just a “slice of life” look at bohemians in New York City. [...]

Hogwarts world darkens in new film

In “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” the wizarding world gets a little darker, crazier, sexier and sometimes funnier. Mike Newell, the first British director of the franchise, infuses his take of the fourth book in J.K. Rowling’s popular series with pubescent adolescence. FILM REVIEW “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” Grade: B+ [...]

Gaming social, not geeky

The generation born into a world of “Mario” and “Donkey Kong” has grown up, but it hasn’t grown out of gaming. “Console games are just normal,” said Patrick Williams, a post-doctoral teaching fellow at the University. “I don’t think it’s hardly even out of the ordinary to find that a college student has a gaming [...]

New cafe serves up more than coffee

Isn’t it a little too early to enshrine David Pollack in the halls of merchandising? The people who opened Pollack’s Press say no — it’s what they’re banking on for business. Pollack’s Press is like a café out of Bizarro World. Designed for a coffee-drinking, chess-playing and football-loving crowd that doesn’t exactly exist, it might [...]

Downtown an ugly place for women

I am not a gay man, but Boneshakers’ recent closing had special meaning for me — it marked the departure of the only place in town where a girl could dance. Although the Classic City has a reputation as a music town, there isn’t a local dance club that is reliable, fun and safe. In [...]

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