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University President Michael Adams announces retirement, students react (w/video)

University President Michael Adams — who has served in that position for 16 years — announced his impending retirement Thursday morning at the Chapel. Students reacted to the news.

Students tend Family Housing gardens

Living on campus doesn’t have to mean relying on dining halls for healthy meals. For the past 10 years, students who live in family and graduate housing have had access to their own garden. This year, residents had their choice of 82 plots that are each 10 feet by 10 feet, and Kim Ellis, assistant [...]

Caterpillar outbreak could be due to warmer weather

When Jacqueline Mohan discovered an infestation of caterpillars on a tree in her backyard, she couldn’t believe what she saw. “We came out there at about 8 o’clock, and by 8:15, it looked almost Biblical. It was hundreds if not thousands of caterpillars over the next hour or so on this one tree,” she said. “They looked [...]

Environmental literacy requirement needs new definition

A cane toad named Dairy Queen. That’s about all I remember from the AP Environmental Science class I took my senior year of high school, the same class that satisfied my environmental literacy requirement at the University. We watched a documentary on the invasive cane toad epidemic in Australia, and we saw how some residents [...]

EITS email policy not part of Univ. rules

The Enterprise Information Technology Service’s strict email policy helped earn the University a “red light” from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education earlier this year. But Tom Jackson, vice president for public affairs at the University, said there is no evidence that the draft of the email policy on the EITS website was ever adopted by [...]

Univ. students present landscape management project at conference

Four University members travelled across the country this semester to participate in the GeoDesign Summit in Redlands, Calif. The summit — in its third year — is a two-day annual think tank conference for landscape architects, environmental planners, civil engineers and professionals and academics in related fields. This was the second year that Wes Ryals, [...]

Learning about councils helps integration

When Yvonnette Lewis decided she wanted to join a sorority, she didn’t choose the Panhellenic or National Pan-Hellenic councils. Lewis, a junior linguistics and foreign language education major from Covington, chose to join Delta Phi Lambda — an Asian interest sorority under the Multicultural GreekCouncil. Lewis isn’t Asian — she’s black, but she said she felt [...]

New bus from Athens to Atlanta could cost $1 per ticket

Athens residents now have a cheaper, more environmentally-friendly way to travel to Atlanta. Megabus, a discount bus company, will begin making trips from Athens to Atlanta three times per day starting today. The buses will leave from the Multimodal Transit Center at 7 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and will arrive at the Civic [...]

Venezuelan basketball team uses Univ. super-G symbol

Turns out Georgia’s not the only team to show its pride through a black and white ‘G.’ Guaros de Lara, a Venezuelan basketball team, uses the same black and white super-G symbol as one of its logos. Guaros de Lara’s colors are black, white and red, and the logo is displayed prominently on the team’s [...]

Univ. memes page bonds students

There are some things every University student just knows – that “One does not simply walk up Ag Hill,” for starters. And now, there’s a forum to share these facts, little victories and annoyances of University life – as long as they can be expressed in a few words of block text and can fit [...]

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