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Students object to Thomas as speaker

The controversy surrounding the School of Law’s commencement speaker has been reignited in recent weeks as the graduation date draws near. Last week, a petition was circulated around the law school questioning the methods used to choose Clarence Thomas, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Georgia native, as the commencement speaker, said Donald Wilkes, a [...]

Women’s reproductive rights in jeopardy

More than 600,000 women die during pregnancy each year. About 99 percent of those women are from low-income countries. Katherine Hall-Martinez, the director of the Center for Reproductive Rights in New York, is trying to change these figures, which she said have remained about the same since 1980. Women can attain full status in society [...]

Women’s Studies enjoys 25th year

Making it to 25 years wasn’t easy for the University’s Women’s Studies Department. Facing threats, as well as dwindling funds and support, the department struggled to stay alive. Fran Teague, an English professor and affiliate of women’s studies, said the women in the department were frightened because “we never received any positive attention; it was [...]

U.N. offers protection, shelter to refugees

One event stands out in the 40-year career of a former United Nations deputy high commissioner for refugees. In early August 1995, Gerald Waltzer was surrounded by a sea of 200,000 Croatians who were forced from their Serbian homes overnight. “For 200 kilometers, I drove into a stream of people,” Waltzer told an audience of [...]

Sept. 11, 2002: America looks ahead

The 16-acre site on which the World Trade Center stood sits empty one year after the Sept. 11 tragedy. The rebuilding process, headed by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), is in the beginnings of its second stage, with architects from around the world submitting their designs for the site. Integral to any design approved [...]

Dining hall alternative

“Just because you’re a college student doesn’t mean you have to eat like one” — this is the motto of the new off-campus meal program which may challenge University Food Services for its valuable student business. The Massachusetts company Off Campus Meal Plan (OCMP) has brought together 15 local restaurants — concentrated mostly in the [...]

UGA deaths remembered

The University will honor and remember those students, faculty and staff who died during the past year at a memorial ceremony today, said one University official. “Sadly, we’ve lost 11 students, six staff members and one faculty member,” said Rick Rose, assistant vice president for Student Affairs and the memorial ceremony’s organizer. A candle will [...]

African university leaders pay a visit

Representatives from six East African universities are participating in the Africa Initiative Roundtable, a program designed to strengthen relations between African universities and the University. The program was created July 2001 by the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, the Office of International Public Service and Outreach and the African Studies [...]

Students take cross country road trip on bikes

A University student, along with 59 other college students from across the country, will be biking almost 4,000 miles to raise money for Habitat for Humanity. Jordan Heitz, a senior from Lexington, Ky., will begin her cross-country bike ride June 1 as part of the Habitat Bicycle Challenge (HBC). Heitz said she is part of [...]

Register for parking lot Wednesday

Parking Services officials unveiled a parking lot registration Web site Wednesday at the last Parking Services Task Force meeting of the school year. Parking lot registration for the next school year will begin May 1 and will be done completely online through the Parking Services Web site (www.parking.uga.edu). “(How early) you get online to make [...]

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