The theme of this today’s Women and Girls in Georgia Conference, coordinated by the University Institute for Women’s Studies, is especially relevant: the conference revolves around the relationship between women and politics, with presentations by University faculty, local and national non-profits and researchers from other Georgia institutions. “We’re in an election year coming up in [...]

Candidates in the Georgia governor’s race will have to answer to students Sunday night. For the first time, a Georgia gubernatorial debate will be student-led and student-focused. Student Government Associations from five colleges — the University, Georgia Tech, Morehouse College, Georgia College and State University and Georgia Southern University — organized Sunday’s debate. A student [...]

We’re too smart to vote. At Wednesday’s gubernatorial debate, members from both Young Democrats and College Republicans said they were too smart to vote for the opposing candidate. The debate centered around three main topics — education, the economy and infrastructure. Each group had three student representatives, one for each topic. Audience questions followed the [...]

President Barack Obama pledged to work with college and university presidents to slow down rising tuition prices in a conference call with college journalists Monday. “One of the things that we’re going to be doing is working with university presidents and college presidents to figure out how can we get control of costs generally and [...]

A study from CampusReform.org released last month reports a liberal bias at the University. The study was based on evidence the site cited in three key areas: student life, faculty and university policy. The site, a part of The Leadership Institute, counted seven political groups — three of which are conservative and four liberal — [...]

Some elements of the new federal health care law came into effect Thursday — and the changes have big implications regarding health insurance coverage for University students. One key facet is that insurance plans must start allowing adult dependents to stay on their parents’ plan longer. “Students have the right to stay on their parent’s [...]

In March, students protested on the steps of the Capitol in Atlanta. And now, they’re bringing their protests to campus. Monday and Tuesday, members of the Georgia Students for Public Higher Education could be seen during class breaks throughout the day on the bridge connecting Tate and the Miller Learning Center holding a white cloth [...]

College students nationwide are leaving the Democratic Party and turning to conservatives for answers to the country’s social and economic problems, The New York Times reported last week. “Especially in a state that is quite often called the red state, it would be very applicable for people to turn away from the Democratic Party and [...]

In 2008 college students turned out in droves to bring about change by casting their vote for Barack Obama — but what kind of change is in store for the country this November? The Tea Party and other like-minded organizations have vocalized their dissent over Obama policies, and according to an article in last week’s [...]

He’s kind of a big deal. Nathan Deal, Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, spoke Wednesday night to an audience of College Republicans and other University students. “You’re living in a historic period in our country,” Deal said. “People will look back on this 2010 election as a turning point.” Deal emphasized the importance of setting priorities [...]