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Correction addended Spring break approaches Spring break! Our week of rest, relaxation and road trips is fast approaching with only a week left of school before it. So push through those last few tests, papers and projects. Please resist the urge to land yourself in our police reports. The beaches aren’t too far away. Firegirl [...]

OUR TAKE: Selling students

The Athletic Association asked a fan to pass out gift cards at an athletic event Student fans are just the best. They paint themselves head to toe for their teams. They spell out inappropriate phrases on their chests (Circumcise ’em at the 2009 football game against South Carolina). They scream at the top of their [...]

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Sheila Allen It’s been a rough week for Sheila Allen, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. But the editorial board commends her handling of the sexual harassment case reported this week. Allen has been open to Red & Black reporters and honest in her responses. At the time of the harassment case, she responded [...]

Tattletale policy; The University has the right to contact your parents … so much for adulthood

We already have brothers and sisters — and we don’t need another tattletale in our lives. But don’t worry, the University is writing home to Mommy and Daddy to tell on you. And you can’t give the University a wedgie as payback. The University has the right to contact parents for student misconduct under an [...]

Opinion Meter: A wrap-up of the week’s ups and downs, Jan. 21

Saturday classes The administration was quick to lift the Snowpocalypse burden off their shoulders and onto those of professors. Could we get some donuts and coffee as a consolation prize for coming in? Or could we wear sweatpants to class just this once? Saturday class will look like a scene out of “The Walking Dead.” [...]

Therapy alleviates depression battles

The bouts of depression come and go. Some days I make it out of bed for my classes. Other days I sleep until I have to go to work. I sleep to pass the time I would otherwise spend conscious and feeling worthless, trapped inside my head. Some days I don’t eat until dinner time. [...]

Spotlight’s glare

The public eye on athletes places high expectations on life outside football   Freshman quarterback Zach Mettenberger had a shot to earn the coveted starting quarterback job for the Georgia football team when the Bulldogs began spring practice.  However, on March 7, the 18-year-old was arrested in Remerton — outside of Valdosta — for a [...]

Facebook useful for keeping in touch

I could type the keystroke blind-folded. I could type it in my sleep. My e-mail address and password logged me into the Facebook world that is filled with status updates, friend requests and news feeds. I checked it before I began studying, in the middle of studying and when I finished studying. Between classes and at [...]

STRING ME ALONG: Gilbeau strings rackets for pros, lands gig with Dogs

They make up the most minuscule component in tennis, going unnoticed by most average spectators. Except when they break.

But Mike Guilbeau can replace them in 15 minutes while watching Diners, Drive-ins and Dives on The Food Network.

Guilbeau has a tennis racket-stringing machine screwed into the floor inside his home and strings rackets for the likes of Georgia’s Nate Schnugg and Jamie Hunt, as well as the rest of the Georgia men’s and women’s tennis teams.

Soccer team heads into season with depth, experience

A new season brings new challenges and for the Georgia soccer team, it also brings relief. Unlike 2008 when it went 11-11-1 and faced perennial powerhouses like UNC, Duke, Stanford, Virginia and defending champion Southern California, Georgia’s 2009 schedule is much more user-friendly.

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