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PODCAST: About last night… April 22

Editor’s note: There’s always so much going on everywhere in Athens: bands and classes and downtown shenanigans. How to keep it all straight? Welcome to “About last night…,” hosted by variety editor Adam Carlson: a weekly podcast which hopes to review and digest the Week That Was and the Week Ahead. For this week: staff spotlights and general structural [...]

Ignite wins SGA executive

The Student Government Association has a new president. Will Burgess, president pro-tempore of the SGA Senate, will be next school year’s SGA president. Marshall Mosher, a senator for the Franklin College of Arts and Science, will serve as vice president, and Anush Vinod, director for legislative affairs for SGA, will serve as treasurer. The Ignite [...]

Annual bicycle tour connects community with local food sources in the greater Athens area

The three-day, 100-mile bicycle tour known as Athens Tour de Farm is right around the corner. Registration opens Saturday for the May 26-28 Memorial Day weekend event. Tour de Farm is a sustainable agriculture bike tour in which citizens ride in and around Athens-Clarke County, about 30-35 miles each day, to experience Athens’ agricultural diversity and meet [...]

PODCAST: About last night… (April 8)

Editor’s note: There’s always so much going on everywhere in Athens: bands and classes and downtown shenanigans. How to keep it all straight? Welcome to “About last night…,” hosted by variety editor Adam Carlson: a weekly podcast which hopes to review and digest the Week That Was and the Week Ahead. For this week: some (breaking) news analysis [...]

Competition fuels graphic creativity

There’s 32 of them — and only 14 get out. Of the 32 students enrolled in the graphics design survey classes at the University, only 14 are chosen to enroll in the major. The arduous process turns students into competitors. “Because it is so competitive, you can’t make friends because you kind of want them [...]

Seismic rumblings reported by students on Twitter actually explosives at rock quarry

Several students reported feeling an earthquake on their Twitter accounts. Tweets like, “Pretty sure we just had an earthquake in #Athens Ga….Or it’s just Trail Creek St. being Trail Creek St.,” appeared on the social media site. The boom and rumblings were actually the sound of explosives at a rock quarry, according to the Athens [...]

Herman Cain visiting Univ. today

Former presidential candidate Herman Cain will be visiting the University today. The UGA College Republicans will be sponsoring Cain’s visit today at 7 p.m. in room 101 in the Miller Learning Center. Cain dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination on Dec. 3 after allegations of sexual harassment. Since then he officially endorsed [...]

AJC’s new publisher a former Red & Black editor

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution announced Amy Glennon as its newest publisher. She will succeed Michael Joseph, who will begin an executive position at Cox Media Group, according to the AJC. Glennon sits on the board of directors of The Red & Black Publishing Company Inc. and was a former editor at the student newspaper during her [...]

About last night… (March 4)

Editor’s note: There’s always so much going on everywhere in Athens: bands and classes and downtown shenanigans. How to keep it all straight? Welcome to “About last night…,” hosted by variety editor Adam Carlson: a weekly podcast which hopes to review and digest the Week That Was and the Week Ahead. On deck for this week: a [...]

College Republicans bringing Herman Cain to University

UGA College Republican Chairman Jamie Jordan confirmed yesterday the organization will be bringing former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain to speak on March 21. Jordan said he will be speaking to the club, but the exact time and place are not yet known. Cain dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination on Dec. [...]

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