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A buildings to fix ‘what ails you’

Many students don’t become responsible for their own medical care until they get to college. Luckily, the University has a state of the art medical facility to serve almost any medical need. In 1997, the 80,000-square-foot facility opened on the corner of College Station and East Campus Roads to serve an ever-growing student population. Students [...]

Summer’s the time for construction work

Since most students won’t be here this summer, the Physical Plant and University Architects are taking the break to spiff up campus for fall. ‘We have several jobs on campus concerning classrooms,’ said Don Tadlock, manager of the construction department at the Physical Plant. Projects include: � Renovating one classroom in Dawson and Tucker halls. [...]

Bright challenges death penalty

Xavius Gibson was forced in his post-conviction death penalty trial to defend himself without legal representation even though his IQ was somewhere in the low 80s. The judge continued the trial without appointing Gibson a lawyer, and the prosecutor never questioned the fairness of the trial. But according to Stephen Bright, ‘fast-food justice’ like this [...]

Boybutante Ball 2000

Boys and girls, you’ve been waiting all year — grab your wig, fishnet stockings and false lashes — Boybutante is back! Many people hear ‘Boybutante Ball’ and think of drag queens, the Boy Ball or dancing into the wee hours at Boneshakers, not charity. But the money raised during the week goes to several good [...]

Students question funding for lights

Despite grumbling from several students, $500,000 used to match a donation from Georgia Power for installing lights at the University’s intramural fields didn’t come out of the student activities fee fund, said Tom Cochran, assistant vice president for student affairs. There are two surplus funds, one of which is an administrative fund, and that’s where [...]

Business students win competition

Three graduate students in the Terry College of Business are hoping to ease the suffering of millions of Americans afflicted by arthritis with a topical medication. Joseph Wagner, John Aber-nathy and Pratush Gupta won the 2000 InfoUSA International Business Plan Competition held last month in Lincoln, Neb. This is the fourth win for the University [...]

Number of student smokers increasing

When cigarette prices increase or the media covers the dangers of smoking, students usually scurry to the University Health Center to kick the habit. ‘It’s amazing — there are about 10,000 smokers on campus, not all of them students,’ said Frances Beall, a nurse practitioner at the health center. ‘And we know it’s increasing.’ Data [...]

Flipping the switch

Take a football game, add bright lights and a few stars, and you’ve got the next big craze at the University — late-night intramurals. Starting this fall, the intramural complex, located on East Campus Road, will be lighted until 10 or 10:30 p.m., said Matt Hackett, associate director of Recreational Sports at the Ramsey Center. [...]

Ray, Atkinson resign from Greek Life

The University will look to fill positions now that two advisers from the Greek Life Office are leaving to pursue other career interests. Eric Atkinson will return to his undergraduate alma mater, Troy State in Alabama, in a newly created position that will involve working with fraternities, organizing summer orientation and teaching a freshman seminar [...]

Judicial system studied

Four months and eight meetings later, the 14-member Student Judicial Review Task Force delivered an evaluation of the UniversityOs current judicial program. Among the points the task force agreed upon were that the judicial process be educational rather than punitive, the situation be resolved without a hearing and the judicial system would have similarities to [...]

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