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Private parts go public against domestic violence

  Look who’s talking now. They are pink, liberated from the panty prison and very angry. For the tenth year in a row, Project Safe is putting on “The Vagina Monologues,” an episodic play by Eve Ensler about the joys and strife of being a woman — as told by their most intimate parts. Men, [...]

Dancers conjure up ‘Ballroom Magic’

Many people wish for the moment in their lives where they think, “There is nothing I would rather be doing than this.” For students involved in the UGA Ballroom Performance Group, this happens fairly often. The Ballroom Performance Group is a pre-professional dance company on campus. Started by Mark Wheeler in 1991, its members include [...]

Buying locally grown food can lower gas prices

A tangible way to significantly lower gas prices has been found.

“If every person in America bought locally grown food instead of from the grocery store, gas could be 25 percent cheaper,” Michael McMullen said. “That’s because 25 percent of our gas [is used] to ship food from California, Florida and Arizona all over the country.”

Searching for your identity? LGBT opens discussion

Feeling chatty? Once a week the LGBT Resource Center hosts discussions on campus called “Let’s Talk About It!”

The LGBT Resource Center is a place for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students to find a way to culturally enrich themselves and the campus.

Delta Sigma Pi hosts ’90s fundraiser for Relay for Life at Barcode

This generation of college students largely grew up in the ’90s. The 18-22 demographic set the soundtrack of their early lives – middle school, making friends, braces, figuring out the opposite sex, bad haircuts, awkward glasses – to Blink 182, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Weezer.

New PostSecret book echoes appeal of popular Web site

Frank Warren’s novel idea is a secret – not his secret, but the secrets of thousands of other people.

The seeds of Warren’s popular Web site, PostSecret.com, were sewn during a community art project in Washington D.C. His idea was to have people write personal secrets on a post card in a creative way and mail them to him anonymously.

Nuci’s Space celebrates 9th anniversary with party, 5K run

It is Nuci’s Space’s 9th anniversary today and they are celebrating. Located just a five minutes’ walk from North Campus, Nuci’s Space is a haven for musicians, especially students. It began after Nuci Phillips, senior at the University, committed suicide in 1996.

Ukulele performer calls Athens ‘the coolest place in the South’

The ukulele’s origins lie in a stringed instrument called the machete, which was imported to Hawaii from Portugal in the 19th century. Hawaiians took the idea and ran with it. Dent May has since taken the ukulele and ran around the world. “I think [Athens] is the coolest place in the South,” May said.

pleasure reading: Integrity in a Box of Chocolates

INTEGRITY IN A BOX OF CHOCOLATES Joan Koonce Joan Koonce, former associate professor and now financial planning specialist at the University, wrote a book, to be officially released in November, called “Integrity in a Box of Chocolates: Consuming Life’s Hardships One Bite at a Time.

Sultry singer Rachael Cantu unusual opener for King

Performing as the opening act for such an iconic musician as B.B. King, no matter how old he gets, is daunting.

Rachael Cantu, a 28-year-old self-taught musician from Southern California, humbly says she hardly deserves to play on the same stage as the blues legend, but her sultry voice and musical talent say otherwise.

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