Editor’s Note: The Student Body is a student-written column that addresses concerns regarding health-related issues. Beer — Have you ever heard ‘beer’ and ‘moderation’ in the same sentence? If you have, the words were probably spoken by your mom or slurred by someone recovering from a keg stand and met with fits of laughter. But [...]

The second installment of Broadway music and an old- fashioned ice cream social rolled into one is taking the Morton Theatre by storm this weekend.   "The Music of Stephen Sondheim and Jerry Herman" is the Athens Creative Theatre’s next show in its summer musical series. This particular show features "the most brilliant music and [...]

Patti Smith’s mind is her freewheeling Fender Stratocaster. She wields it as Hendrix would a guitar, fusing her mind and music with passion and creativity. Smith, a poet and legendary rock figure who helped define alternative music, will play the 40 Watt Club early next week. She has carved out a reputation that has ensured [...]

Based on the hit Marvel comic about superheros considered to be the next step in human evolution, the film X-Men attempts a fairly adult take on the premise involving these mutants and is as close to a plausible film as possible for a film with characters named Sabretooth and Storm.   Although not nearly as [...]

Behind the blood-curdling image of a man seeking compensation in human flesh, John Vance sees a different face. Shylock, the main character in Vance’s production of William Shake-speare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice,’ is a Jewish man with complex motivations trapped in a hostile Christian society. April Nixon, a graduate student in the English department, said [...]

With heads bowed and eyes closed, the crowd began to sway together in quiet, reverent unison, mouthing, singing and mumbling the words of the men in suits on the stage.   The men weren’t clergy, they were Sunny Day Real Estate, and the scene wasn’t a church, it was the band’s sold-out show at the [...]

Located in a 10-by-14 foot room, adjacent to the 40 Watt Club, Low Yo Yo Stuff is more than just a music store — it’s one man’s passion.   Todd Ploharski, the owner, is one of those rare people in today’s society that does what he does because he loves it, not for the money. [...]

There won’t be any screaming news conferences, shiny shorts, or Pay Per View coverage, but tonight a duo of sweaty heavyweights will go at it in downtown Athens. And they’ll be swinging sticks.   Two of Athens’ most accomplished drummers will face each other in a drum battle between a performance by The Park Bench [...]

Jonathan Fogarty’s cigarette breaks have gotten lonely. "There’s a whole lot more people to smoke with during fall and spring," he said as he sat alone on a bench outside of Reed Hall.   Fogarty, a freshman from Lincoln County, is one of a handful of students who chose to live on campus during the [...]

For students taking summer courses or just living in Athens, grinding through this summer’s heat wave can be as difficult as avoiding watering restrictions. Jermaine King, a recent graduate from Athens, says relief is just a short drive away. ‘Go to Hodgson’s drugstore and get a 50-cent ice cream cone and sit and relax,’ he [...]