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MLC to undergo green updates

With the end of the semester looming large, the University is ready to make the Miller Learning Center go even more green. Kevin Kirsche, director of sustainability in the newly formed Office of Sustainablilty, plans to test a pilot program over the summer for saving money at the MLC. Kirsche is working with the MLC [...]

Legislators save honors program

Budget news on Thursday wasn’t all doom and gloom for the participants in one state-sponsored education program — a program holding a place in the hearts of several University students. Former participants in the Governors Honors Program — a six-week summer camp for gifted high school students — were frightened when they learned the program [...]

Budget protest almost silenced: Deal allows bells to ring

Members of the Georgia Students for Public Higher Education gathered on North Campus Thursday morning to oppose the budget cuts facing the University — but their cause was nearly silenced by administrators. The protesters had planned to let the Chapel bell speak for them, but when they arrived at the Chapel around 8 a.m., they [...]

PHOTO GALLERY: For whom the bell tolls

Staff photographer Jon-Michael Sullivanwas on hand as members of the Georgia Students for Public Higher Education gathered on North Campus to oppose the budget cuts facing the University by ringing the Chapel bell on North Campus. The bell — which historically sounds to signal football game wins, the end of the semester and dire emergencies [...]

Playing around, musician performs with multiple bands

Stephen Pfannkuche’s ears were first introduced to oldies in his mom’s maroon Chrysler Town & Country van when he was only five years old. The junior from Flower Mound, Texas, tagged along with his mom to run errands just so he could hear the likes of Fox 97 and the Beach Boys. Though he doesn’t [...]

Summer playlists: Cruisin’ tunes and study woes

Despite the layers of golden, grainy pollen turning every car in Athens to a shade of mustard, and the inevitable realization that with the semester nearing its final days students will have to at least consider attending classes, summer brings with it a certain universal promise – a fresh start. Now that bookstores are posting [...]

Human rights celebrated downtown

Though activists can live in poverty amongst starving villages, and others save lives with the signature of a check, there are no qualifications for being a humanitarian. What began as a memorial for the ninth anniversary of the Kent State shooting has turned into an annual Athens tradition.  In 1979, the University’s Free Speech Task [...]

SPORTS NOTEBOOK: Tennis players earn honors, track team ranked

Men’s tennis junior Javier Garrapiz was named first team All-SEC and seniors Nate Schnugg and Jamie Hunt were named to the second team, according to the league’s official awards announcement sent out Thursday. The honor is the third for Garrapiz, who was named to the second team in 2008 and 2009. It is the fourth [...]

South Park creators open up important dialogue

Matt Parker and Trey Stone have once again incited controversy with a South Park episode. In a recent episode, Parker and Stone, the creators of the Comedy Central cartoon, toyed with the notion of showing an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and its potential consequences. In doing so, however, Parker and Stone raised important [...]

Key checkpoint reached in Health Sciences Campus process

The University this week notified the Navy Supply Corps School Local Redevelopment Authority that it has obtained all the necessary funding and approval to meet the Medical School Program requirement.  The certification indicates UGA is ready to begin offering medical education instruction in its partnership with the Medical College of Georgia, and marks a key [...]

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