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UGA student organizations gather at Tate for the Fall Activities Fair

Today, the Tate Student Center Plaza will be overrun with booths and attractions, each trying to catch the attention of students passing by. Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., more than 200 student organizations will descend on the heart of campus for the Fall Activities Fair. “This year’s event is really exciting [...]

University seniors in F.O.O.T.S.T.E.P.S help build elementary school in Mali

For two University seniors, their last fall semester will be focused on a school –– just not their own. French and economics major Nikil Kashyap and applied biotechnology major Joseph Najjar, are helping build an elementary school in northeastern Mali, Africa, with the help of their student group F.O.O.T.S.T.E.P.S. at UGA. F.O.O.T.S.T.E.P.S stands for “Friends [...]

Gym Dogs’ offseason lockout reaps rewards

At the conclusion of last year’s gymnastics season, head coach Jay Clark locked the Gym Dogs out of the gym. Was he sending a message to his team, the first Georgia squad in 27 years to fail to make nationals? Yes, but the beauty of the message was in its subtlety. Every season, the Gym [...]

VIDEO: UGAtheists being stoned at Tate

Murray attempts to keep excitement in check

Aaron Murray is getting juiced up for Saturday — sans the needles. The redshirt freshman quarterback will take the field in Sanford Stadium for the first time as a starter in Georgia’s season opener against Louisiana-Lafayette. And with his first start as a Georgia Bulldog comes the question of Murray’s nerves. “I wouldn’t say [I [...]

Bulldogs recruit commits due to location

“Location, location, location” is usually a phrase reserved for real estate. Don’t tell that to Georgia’s newest football recruit, defensive tackle Chris Mayes, who said Athens’ proximity to his home in Griffin was the key factor in his Aug. 22 decision to commit to the Bulldogs. When the time came to choose which school would [...]

The Classic City welcomes back B-52s singer

The Athens music scene has a set of forefathers who built a tradition for alternative music that still resonates in local clubs. Ola Moon is a band that follows in that tradition, except that the woman holding the microphone was one of the founders. Back in 1977, a new Athens band performed its first show [...]

Richt’s past success deserves your respect

VH1 may have loved the ’90s, but Georgia football sure didn’t. I am sick and tired of people criticizing head Coach Mark Richt and saying this year is a make-it-or-break-it season. It is downright ignorant to dismiss the fact that Richt has single-handedly vaulted our football program to its current elite status. I realize not [...]

Crime notebook Sept. 1 (w/ documents)

Staff member reports assault A University Parking Services employee reported being threatened after ticketing a car parked in the Athletic Learning Center parking lot, according to University Police. The complainant, a parking services monitor, told officials the driver approached her after she placed a ticket on the windshield of the car. The driver began cursing, [...]

Phi Kappa debate teaches life skills

Seven p.m. Phi Kappa hall. As a three-year veteran of a large corporation, I felt that my speaking skills were well developed in comparison to my fellow workers. Convincing CIOs and directors of IT to go with our networking products seems to come naturally to me. On my walk over to the hall, I think [...]

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