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No one expected to bury another Uga so soon. Less than 18 months since his coronation as mascot of the Georgia football team, Loran's Best - also known as Uga VII - died suddenly Thursday morning, leaving the Bulldog Nation in a collective state of shock.
The University Police Department issued a felony arrest warrant for former University student Gene Whitner Milner III in relation to a false imprisonment/battery incident reported last weekend on campus. Milner was identified as a suspect during the course of the investigation, and UGA police stated there was sufficient probable cause to obtain one felony false imprisonment arrest warrant and one misdemeanor battery arrest warrant for Milner. The warrants were issued on Friday.
Students may see an additional fee next fall - a $3 green fee. The mandatory fees committee voted Friday to approve the green fee but not to consider the proposals for a $4 health fee, $1 Recreational Sports fee, $2 Campus Life fee or $2 transportation fee after the Board of Regents approved a $200 special institutional fee on Tuesday.
Smoking, drinking and fighting may be a normal night downtown for some of Athens' rowdier residents, but in Sanford Stadium it's a sure-fire way to get ejected. University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said about 300 spectators are ejected from each home football game, but few are arrested because of the volume of complaints police deal with.
