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Deep Throat achieves greater good with truth

Historic closure quenched the whodunit thirst of millions May 31 when the man once known as “Deep Throat” officially revealed his identity. Mark Felt, a 91-year-old former deputy FBI director, said he was the anonymous source who provided The Washington Post with classified information regarding the Nixon administration’s cover-up of the 1972 Watergate scandal. And [...]

W: He’s still The President

Well, it is finally over. With a record voter turnout Tuesday, America elected George W. Bush to serve another four years as president. There really weren’t any big surprises this time around. Kerry won the West coast and the Northeast and Bush won all the other states, though not all by a large margin. Third [...]

Debate offers information, big laughs

Liberal wieners and right-wing nut jobs across the nation will be glued to their televisions tonight to cheer on their candidate in the first presidential debate of 2004. Being college students and future leaders of America, who are concerned with all the issues that are going to be discussed, we are statistically very likely to [...]

Ramsey holds key to physical ideal

As a writer, I am naturally most concerned with one thing in life: physical health. Trouble is, I don’t have a lot of time for my biggest concern because there are other things I am much more concerned about. My time is carefully divided between the following activities (in no particular order): sleeping, eating, writing, [...]

Words you won’t learn in Webster

Weekend reminder: When you are hurling obscenities and insults at those homely folk who proudly call themselves “Gamecocks,” remember the most biting piece of verbal abuse in your arsenal — their state’s average SAT score is one whole point below ours. BOO-YA! According to the College Board, the state of Georgia has an average SAT [...]

BCS (is) for Dummies, 21st edition

These are turbulent times in which we, as American college students, are faced with several poignant, controversial issues such as: the upcoming election, the firing of our cheerleading coach and the possibility of tuition hikes. In deliberating these troubling matters, our minds are inevitably focused on one central question: can Georgia win the national football [...]

Athens: home of Olympic Games – No?

ATHENS — Column-based architecture and a rich history of great academics and legendary athletes are the cornerstones of this ancient city, which, historians believe, dates as far back as 1785. With only four days left in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, I am honored to be here in the city of Athens, where many tourists [...]

Time to get a ‘roll’ on the new year

Fellow students: Welcome back to another unpredictable year at the school that almost lost its name. For those who haven’t kept up with University news during the break, there was a brief period of controversy concerning our school’s legal ownership of its official name. Evidently, the Board of Regents had planned to sell it to [...]

Get ready to get real, graduates

Many of you are about to graduate from this University and enter a dark chapter that will last the rest of your life – The Real World. Once there, you will live in a tricked-out, big-city house with seven strangers from around the country. At least one will be black and at least one will [...]

Love of wisdom brings retired Univ. professor back to classroom

Clutching a fresh cup of coffee in his hand and toting a dark book bag over his shoulder, a white-bearded elderly man ambles into a philosophy classroom. Thinking the professor has finally arrived, students cease chatting and respectfully look toward the man as he passes by the podium, only to watch him settle into a [...]

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