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Downtown venues offer fun for all

So bright red “under 21″ signals are still stamped all over your license and days of being the oldest big shots at school are over. No need to worry. Athens has something for all high school graduates, and as long as you don’t wear your orientation badge at these venues, no one has to know you’re the new kid in town.

Students live dreams through ‘magical company’

Two University ladies have at least one thing in common: Walt Disney World.

Junior Stephanie Davis took seven months away from campus to work at Disney World, yet she received a small amount of college credit. Cait Culpepper is putting her romance language degree on hold to live in Orlando and work toward her dream.

Student film wins regional title, advances to nationals

Being the University’s first team to win the regional competition of Campus MovieFest in Atlanta was not as easy as it may look, according to two of the filmmakers.

Jason Miller, Ethan Payne and Jason Lutrell teamed up to enter a film into the festival.

Their film, “‘Til Death” did not win the University prize but went on to steal the regional honors from Atlanta schools Georgia Tech and Georgia State.

Jazz festival features local, national acts

Jazz music is known for its roots of improvisation and spontaneous musicianship, and classical and jazz guitarist Mark Maxwell takes that idea to heart by sometimes playing with people for the first time on stage. “Everyone I play with is professional,” Maxwell said.

Newest cop flick a winner for Reeves and fans

Dear Keanu Reeves, Ever since you answered Dennis Hopper’s pop quiz questions in “Speed,” you have been a favorite action star of mine. “The Matrix” trilogy (well, the first one) sealed the deal after some odd acting choices such as the offbeat romance “Feeling Minnesota” with Cameron Diaz and Vincent D’Onofrio.

Groups support African schools

For some University students, graduation is quickly approaching. For others, the warmth of summer is right around the corner. But for everyone, the hassle and irritation of selling textbooks back for little to no money is inevitable. Better World Books has partnered with Books for Africa to give students across the country another option: donate your used textbooks for underprivileged children in Africa.

2008 Robert Osborne Classic Film Festival

Even Robert Osborne, host of Turner Classic Movies, is ready for Harrison Ford to reprise his Indy role in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” this summer. “I like to be entertained by movies. I do like serious movies but not in the exclusion of everything else,” said Osborne, who lends his name to the Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival coming to Athens for its fourth year.

‘Fat Boy’ saved by big name writers, actors

See Dennis (Simon Pegg) leave his pregnant fiancée, Libby (Thandie Newton), at the altar. Fast forward five years and watch Dennis loathe his existence as a lingerie-protecting security guard with minimal time in his child’s life and being no competition to Libby’s new boyfriend, Whit (Hank Azaria).

Tribute to celebrate ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ show

If you watched “Yo! MTV Raps” in the late ’80s or early ’90s, you might remember host Fab 5 Freddy giving out his e-mail address live on the air. Now, he still wants you to “holla” at him. Freddy said he was one of the first to give out an e-mail address on MTV, back when the World Wide Web had not yet consumed everyone’s lives, and he would receive 50 to 60 e-mails a day, mostly from college kids.

Atlanta-based hip-hop group now includes backing band

Unlike Smashing Pumpkins, Modern Skirts and many other bands’ names, Collective Efforts’ title can and should be taken completely on a literal level. The Atlanta-based hip-hop group began in 2002 after members of the disbanded Live on Arrival still wanted to make music, and the eclectic group is performing at the Georgia Theatre Saturday night.

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