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New HPV prevention for students

There is always more to worry about than your skills in the sack when having sex. In my mind, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases are worries flashing in big, bold letters. However, researchers have found a new way to help prevent one STD from spreading, giving some of us a little less to worry about. [...]

One club not to fear is the newspaper

When I first came to the University, I wanted to join every club that even mildly interested me and get involved in any way possible. Little did I know that college was nothing like I expected. Coming from a small town where I have known most of my peers since kindergarten to a school of [...]

Vet professor treats stressed-out whale

Spending time with a whale seems like a scene from a Sea World park, but it’s just another day in the life of Branson Ritchie, a research professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Working with the beluga whale named Gasper at the Georgia Aquarium is just one of his latest projects. Dave Santucci, the [...]

Frat celebrates return to Univ.

At least for this week, “The Return of the King” won’t be just a movie in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. “Return of the Kings” is the theme of the series of celebratory activities this week sponsored by the University’s chapter of the national service fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha. The historically black fraternity is [...]

Without The Key, institutional office unlocks goals

Though the Office of Institutional Effectiveness recently gave the responsibility of maintaining The Key to the Student Government Association, the office still has its hands full. Bob Boehmer, the associate provost for institutional effectiveness, said his office deals much more with strategy and planning than maintaining The Key. “Institutional effectiveness is the whole area of [...]

Blood drive held in Tate Center

University students have the opportunity to give one of the 38,000 needed blood donations today. The Students for the American Red Cross (SARC) will hold its annual All-Campus Blood Drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Georgia Hall in the Tate Student Center. Alyssa Anderson, a freshman from Peachtree City and vice president of [...]

Key revisions get mixed reviews

Since professors’ names were erased from The Key, several University students have expressed disapproval of the decision. The Key, the site that contained grade distributions broken down by course and professor, was changed Thursday to only include the average grades for each course section. According to Bob Boehmer, the Associate Provost of the Office of [...]

No more names in The Key

University students will no longer be able to rely on The Key to help them choose classes based on the professor. Bob Boehmer, the associate provost for the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, said The Key – which lists the grade distributions in each course by professor – will be changed when it is updated before [...]

Speaker leads motivational life

In 2003, Time magazine ran a series of stories called “80 Days That Changed the World,” but only 10 out of the 80 involved women. Sarah Weddington, the defense attorney who won Roe v. Wade at just 27, was one of the 10 women. Last Thursday, she spoke at the 24th annual Edith House Lecture [...]

New MFA class breeds creativity

The creative writing department has established a new master of fine arts program that will hold its first class in the fall of 2006. Hugh Ruppersburg, the senior associate dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, said that the new MFA program is similar to other MFA programs offered at other colleges. Jordana [...]

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