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Funding promotes minority degrees

This fall, the University and five other state institutions will begin major efforts to encourage minority students to obtain scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical degrees. Funding this goal is a $4.9 million grant given to six Georgia universities in May by the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP), a program of the National Science [...]

Illegal tinting law changed, reissued

With mirror-like windows shaded almost pitch-black, students may be doing more than impressing their peers — they may be drawing the eyes of the law. Window tint regulations previously found unconstitutional for excluding out-of-state drivers were modified and reinstated on May 2 of this year. Jon Waters, a senior from Clarkesville, said that self-removing his [...]

Credit cards sometimes cause more trouble than they’re worth

These days college students seem more likely to faint from the heat than from a shocking credit card bill. A study published in May by student loan provider Nellie Mae revealed that, compared to four years ago, there has been a decline in both the number of undergraduate credit card users and their balances. “I [...]