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Public web page held employees’ social security numbers, personal info for three years

A University library worker stumbled across a page on the Internet containing sensitive personnel information of faculty and staff – which includes student workers – employed at the University in 2002. The worker reported the page and University officials immediately took it down, said Tom Jackson, vice president for public affairs. “It’s an administrative file [...]

UGA investigating online exposure of personnel information

A University library worker stumbled across a page on the Internet containing sensitive personnel information of faculty and staff – which includes student workers – employed at the University in 2002. The worker reported the page and University officials immediately took it down, said Tom Jackson, vice president for public affairs. “It’s an administrative file [...]

Is this all it takes? OSC accepts police reports, anonymously sent photos

What gets you in trouble at the University could rest on the word of a law enforcement official. Or a police report. Or no one at all. University students who are arrested in Athens are reported to the Office of Student Conduct as a result of the University’s partnership with campus and local police. Even [...]

History repeats itself: Fraternities return before punishment periods end (w/audio)

Fraternities with long-standing traditions at the University typically make a comeback, even if they are suspended, shut down and kicked off campus. Nine fraternities, all suspended or expelled from the University, returned to campus in a few years and often in less time than the original punishment required. One fraternity was back the following semester. [...]

TENSION ABOUT SUSPENSIONS: No explanation from OSC about suspensions

Students can breathe a sigh of relief. The number of student suspensions decreased by half during the spring 2011 semester. With a new name, a newly restructured office and new leadership, the Office of Student Conduct received 63 fewer cases in the spring than in fall 2010 and suspended a total of 19 students compared [...]

Making the cut: Budget woes for fall 2011 semester

With less state funding and continuous downsizing, University students, faculty and staff should expect the elimination of programs and even the loss of positions within their colleges. Though the budget cuts for fiscal year 2012 will be somewhat offset by tuition and fees, the University has had to make some sacrifices as a result of [...]

Assigned seats are not for 20-year olds

No talking. Assigned seats. Attendance policy. No, I’m not talking about middle school. I’m talking about my 300-person history class at the University. There I was in my designated seat for the entire semester in between someone suffering from severe bronchitis and a guy who apparently thought Febreze was a substitute for cologne. Even though [...]

listen up! ‘Prophets & Kings’

Formerly known as Antebellum, the musical style of Prophets & Kings can be considered an oxymoron. At first glance, the self-described “Chattanooga hellions” gracing the cover of the album seem as intimidating as its idolatry of Mickey Mouse. Bare-chested and pasty, one wonders if “hellions” is an accurate description to use. The band’s intention to [...]

New Family and Consumer Sciences dean vows to protect employees

Linda Kirk Fox is dealing with a new university, a new job and now, new budget cuts. With only a month as the dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Fox has already learned about the budget reductions for fiscal year 2012 and what they’ll mean for her college. “The transition has been [...]

College of Education facing bigger classes, fewer courses (w/documents)

“Painful” — that’s the word the dean of the College of Education used to describe the budget cuts to his college year after year. And they’re not over yet. The College of Education is cutting about half a million dollars from its budget for fiscal year 2012. As a result, the college is leaving three [...]

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