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Freshmen such as Melanie Parham came to Nachos with Nancy to discuss local issues with Mayor Nancy Denson, including the downtown Walmart and the new Caterpillar plant.

Denson discusses Walmart, Caterpillar over nachos

By on February 21, 2012

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 was ranked No. 8 on Princeton Review's best buy colleges for 2012. FILE/The Red & Black

Princeton Review ranks Univ. top 10 best value school

By on February 20, 2012

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 [...]

Seth Cohen (left), helps Tao Liang, an international student from China, complete his taxes.

Students spend 16 hours learning taxes, help international students fill their forms

By on February 19, 2012

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 — [...]

Second semester law students Ryan Mullis (left) and Wesley Mathieu study at the law library. Some law schools felt pressure to report inflated job data — going as far as to hire their own graduates. CODY SCHMELTER/Staff

Some law schools report inflated employment data

By on February 19, 2012

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, [...]

The new Waffle House downtown opened in late January. EVAN STICHLER/STaff

Downtown Waffle House calm, not out of hand

By on February 18, 2012

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 [...]

Nathan Deal

University to match REACH scholarship awards

By on February 14, 2012

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 [...]

As 17 states are raising their minimum wage laws in 2012, Georgia's remain the same.

Georgia not among states to raise minimum wage

By on February 10, 2012

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 [...]

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has planned the new REACH Scholarship to help students get through college. Organizations such as AT&T have raised money for the new scholarship. FILE/The Red & Black

REACH Scholarship ready to aid ‘at-risk’ students

By on February 9, 2012

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 [...]

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HOPE, lottery brainchild, nearly gone at age 20

By on February 9, 2012

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 [...]

Nathan Deal

Gov. Deal announces need-based scholarship

By on February 6, 2012

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 [...]