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Be upfront with roommate concerns

Finding a place to live in Athens is hard, but finding someone you get along with well enough to sign a contract with just might be harder. Whether they’re friends, acquaintances or just a randomly selected roommate, there are some things you might want to consider when looking for a roommate.

Non-traditional UGA student works as janitor by night

In the rush of classes, clubs and extracurricular activities, University students can often get caught up in the blues. But one student never lets life get him down.

Many students have probably seen Daniel Klingler around the Tate Student Center, going about his job with a smile.

3 Minute Interview: Marcus Dobbs

Marcus Dobbs is a 39 year-old local Athens resident who has worked part-time as a DJ for 13 years. In his time at the University from 1988 to 1992, he worked with the WUOG broadcast program, the Athens Pilot Club and the State Botanical Garden.

UGA researcher says cigarette ban too lax

Though sweet-tasting cigarettes with flavors such as vanilla, strawberry or clove are now banned, a University researcher is saying the ban does not go far enough.

President Barack Obama signed into law the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in June, which banned all flavors of cigarettes – except menthol.

IT’S THE CLIMB: Scaling walls all in a day’s work for this group

For University students who find the rails and inclines around campus to be more than just ornamentation – for those who see the world around them as obstacles to overcome – Parkour at UGA could be the answer.

But what is parkour?

“[It] is basically the practice of going from one point to another point as quickly and efficiently as possible” said Jimmy Hansen, Parkour at UGA sponsor, in a telephone interview Thursday.

Find a calling changing lives in Teach for America

For some students, graduation isn’t about getting a traditional job – it’s about a chance to help the community.

Students who choose to work for Teach for America, a national nonprofit organization focusing on eliminating educational inequity, commit themselves to teaching at low income schools throughout the country for two years.

Speaker urges businesses to be ethical in recession

In today’s shaky economy, it’s the ethical businesses that will maintain strength, says Kevin Marsh, president and chief operating officer of South Carolina Electric & Gas.

Marsh will speak at the Miller Learning Center rotunda today, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.

Researchers take it from dead trees to diesel

A team of University researchers – funded by the state through the Traditional Industries program – developed a method for turning biomass waste, such as dead trees and paper pulp, into a liquid fuel to power diesel engines.

The team, led by Tom Adams with co-inventors Dan Geller, Joshua Pendergrass and Manuel Garcia-Perez, has licensed the method to California-based energy company, Tolero Energy, LLC.

UGA researcher discovers change in butterfly ratios

One University researcher stumbled into some findings that may have a profound effect on the butterfly population in the Southeast.

Andy Davis – a doctoral candidate in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources – discovered that female to male ratios for Monarch butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains have been gradually changing in favor of the males.

Mislabeled dining hall foods cause vegans to drop meal plan

Two University students still have a bitter taste in their mouths after finding out the dining halls were mislabeling some foods as vegan.

Ashley Braid, a junior from Richmond Hill, and Jason Lukich, a senior from Richmond Hill, discovered ingredients such as milk, eggs and cheese in products that were labeled by the dietary staff as vegan.

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