Students gathered this afternoon to discuss — over nachos — local concerns with Athens Mayor Nancy Denson and University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson. Students at the event “Nachos with Nancy,” asked Denson about the proposed mixed-use development including a possible Walmart, the Caterpillar acquisition and the image of students in relation to the Athens-Clarke County [...]

The University sits at No. 8 on this year’s Princeton Review list for best value public colleges. The lists consists of 75 best value public schools and 75 best value private schools, according to the Princeton Review’s website. The top 10 schools, both the public and private, are listed according to rank and the remaining [...]

The International Student Life office, with the assistance of 34 student volunteers, is helping international students complete needed tax forms for residency from now until April. The annual International Tax Assistance Program began on Friday, offering free tax help at the usual weekly ISL coffee hour. Students trained last weekend in sessions on Saturday and Sunday — [...]

Employment data isn’t as simple as it would seem in law school. Recent lawsuits have drawn attention to the expectations of high rankings — and the lengths to which schools will go to advance their standings. Fifteen lawsuits have been filed this year against law schools, including Brooklyn Law School in New York and the University of San Francisco School of Law, [...]

Editor’s Note: Aside from the hashbrowns scattered, smothered, covered — what makes the Waffle House downtown special? News editors Sarah Giarratana and Mariana Heredia sit in the newest Athens staple to see what customers, employees and even cops think about the eatery.   The downtown Waffle House sets itself apart. “Welcome to Waffle House!” yell [...]

The University will match the amount students receive from the ’Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen’ or REACH Scholarship, Gov. Nathan Deal’s office said Friday. REACH, the privately funded scholarship announced Feb 9, will require students to sign a contract in middle school. To be eligible for the program, they are expected to remain crime-free, meet with a [...]

Seventeen states will be raising their minimum wages in 2012, but Georgia will not be among them. The state’s minimum wage remains $5.15 an hour — significantly below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. But according to the U.S. and Georgia Department of Labor websites, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 applies to all [...]

Private funds are in place for the new REACH Scholarship announced by Gov. Nathan Deal. AT&T has already donated $250,000, though fundraising for the scholarship is still in progress. “There will be more fundraising activities,” said Tracey Ireland, director of the postsecondary student and school services division of the Georgia Student Finance Commission. “We are [...]

Editor’s note: Though the scholarship is still paying for almost 90 percent of tuition, money problems and depletion are on legislator’s and educators’ minds. The Red & Black tracked the history of the scholarship in what could one day be its obituary.  At just a year shy of 21, the HOPE Scholarship may be pronounced [...]

Gov. Nathan Deal announced today a new need-based scholarship called REACH — Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen — part of Deal’s Complete College Georgia initiative. “The REACH Scholarship continues our state’s ongoing commitment to providing access to higher education for all Georgians, regardless of their income,” Deal said in a press release from the Georgia [...]