Being raped is scarring enough. But, having it plastered on the front page of a newspaper would be soul-crushing. That is why we do not publish the names of victims of sexual violence. We want to inform the community of what’s happening, not damage the reputations of victims. Don’t let the thought of being named in [...]

It’s not what you know, but who. Tuesday, interim registrar Jan Hathcote — who had held the position since July 1 — was officially named as the University registrar despite holding the position for a few months and missing the deadline for application. Worse, Hathcote sat in on the presentations of the other four finalists [...]

Though many underage students enjoy throwing back a few downtown on a Thursday night, some members of the greater Athens-Clarke County community have a problem with younger students stumbling around on Pulaski Street in the wee hours of the morning. And many students end their nights in handcuffs for underage intoxication. But here’s the thing: [...]

Being a freshman is hard enough without worrying your abusive ex-boyfriend is going to attack you. In this week’s story, “Nobody listened,” a teenage freshman was allegedly caught up in a physically and sexually abusive relationship with Blake Wright, a brown-eyed freshman who had recently graduated from Sandy Creek High School. The relationship spanned almost [...]

Last year, one student organized a protest at the Arch against cuts in the HOPE Scholarship. She was the only person who showed up. This is a stark contrast to the protests University students have demonstrated they are capable of this semester. In the past two weeks there have been three significant protests put on [...]

Though more students are contributing to mandated student fees, the large influx of students was not calculated in this year’s  budget for student fee allocation. Since the budget for Fall 2011 through Summer 2012 was determined in February, when leaders of student organizations made their budgets for this school year, they had no way of [...]

When The Link was handed the Student Government Association without any competition, we were skeptical of the party’s ability to execute its platform. Since SGA is not quite a game-changing entity, bold claims such as getting a student representative on the Board of Regents hit a dull note. However, there were other assertions made that [...]

We live in a virtual culture. Relationships aren’t official until they are Facebook-official, something isn’t profound until it has been retweeted and a football ticket is not a ticket until it has been loaded onto a card and swiped. Email is the building block of technology and has expedited the process of communication. Without email, [...]

Nothing is worse on a night downtown than getting arrested and being taken to jail — or so we would think. However, University police troll the website of the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, specifically looking for students between the ages of 18 and 23. Then, they turn in the arrest records to the University’s Office [...]

What’s your opinion? This is probably the most common question asked at the University. The reason people ask the question is to know how we process the world around us and how we view ourselves in relation to the universe. Statistically, college is the time most of us will determine our religious, political and ideological paths [...]