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Students organize Insect Festival to spread awareness of creepy crawlies

Erinn Cohen, a senior digital and broadcast Journalism major from Alpharetta, was not a fan of bugs a few weeks ago, yet found herself volunteering for the 19thannual Insectival — an insect festival — Saturday morning at the University Botanical Gardens. “I’m really not an insect lover, but even after just since the beginning of [...]

Eddie the turtle finally set free: return to sea called ‘bittersweet’

Nicknamed Eddie, he came in weighing less than a slice a bread and measuring less than two inches long. On Sept. 2, the loggerhead sea turtle at the UGA Marine Extension Service facility was released, weighing 36 lbs. with a shell measuring 18 inches. “It’s bittersweet,” said Karin Paquin, assistant curator at the Savannah-based marine [...]

Students work at FourAthens, hub for local start-up technology

Raj Gulati walks across the street from the Arch on Tuesdays and Thursdays to an office where he studies, works on computer coding and chats up “creative, talented people” he’d normally not have the chance to meet. “I go to Four Athens and, I guess, I just hang out right now,” he said. “I’m meeting [...]

MAN ON THE STREET: Porexia

When a spa featuring a bird poop facial — albeit in New York City — attracts high-paying customers, it seems some people will try anything to reduce the size of their pores. HDTV may be to blame, considering lit up on screen any pore reads as enlarged. Dermatologists have begun nicknaming a fixation with the [...]

MAN ON THE STREET: Band on the run

At Saturday’s football game against South Carolina, the Redcoat marching band found itself in section 141 of the west end zone student section instead of their traditional spot in the North side of the stadium. Athletic Director Greg McGarity encouraged the band’s new location to help improve sound quality in the stadium. Students unaware of [...]

Wake Up: University wakeboarding team hits the waves (w/video)

Tyler Lipham, a senior wildlife major from Bowdon, knows what his first paycheck will go toward — and it is not a home or car. “I don’t care if I live in a tent,” Lipham said. “I want to live on a wake. My future plans are to live in a tent with a big [...]

VIDEO: Georgia Wakeboarding Club

Red & Black reporter Lisa Glaser spent some time with the Georgia Wakeboarding Club. Here’s her report:

QUIRKY CURRICULUM: Human Sexuality course discusses the psychology behind bedroom doors

Starting a dialogue about sex with your parents. Critically reviewing “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.” Talking to a religious leader about sex. These are all possible options for assignments in Psychology 3260 — Human Sexuality — a University course offered year-round. Kacy Welsh, a psychology lecturer who has taught the class for [...]

HIS GREATEST CATCH: She’s only 3. But this little girl is a big part in the life of UGA wide receiver Tavarres King

June 19, 2008. Tavarres King got the text message while sitting in his speech communication class at about 10 a.m. He jumped up, slightly panicked, and said he had to leave. “I’m about to have my little girl,” he told the professor. He ran across campus, excited and sweating in the Southern summer heat. Podcast: [...]

VIDEO: Dawg Day of Service

Red & Black reporter Lisa Glaser profiles UGA’s Dawg Day of Service:

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