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Cody Canada finding its audience

The band was in Texas when it happened. Having already been on tour for days, Cody Canada & the Departed made its way to Texas — a place that was, in some ways, a major test of appeal for the newly-formed band. The market is hyper-saturated with bands, and here was just one more among [...]

WITHIN REACH: Lindsey Cheek’s dream of being a Gym Dog are becoming her reality

Jay Clark remembers the day she walked into his gym, shy and intimidated. She was just 5 years old, too young to compete on a team, and enrolled in one of his recreational classes at Classic City Gymnastics Academy. The little girl had never taken classes before, but something caught Clark’s eye that day, something [...]

Jay Clark pinpointed as recruiting guru

Jay Clark is the best recruiter at the University of Georgia and one of the best in the country according to ESPN The Magazine. Clark was named the ninth-best recruiter in all of college sports. It is an interesting title, but not one that comes with much surprise. After all, it is Clark’s recruiting efforts [...]

Fox trying to avoid the ‘stinkers’

Losing stinks. Mark Fox caught a heavy whiff of the stench last week, with Georgia dropping to last place in the SEC East after two close losses to Florida and Kentucky. At the moment, the Bulldogs are on the outside looking in at the NCAA Tournament. And yes, that stinks too. Part of the problem [...]

Weekend roundup, the President being presidential

Here are a couple of stories I liked from this weekend: Jim Galloway’s weekly column, which I believe usually runs in the print edition of the AJC on Sundays, focused on the continuing internecine war between Republican State Senate leaders and Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle. Galloway’s article does a good job of rounding up the [...]

CARTOON, Jan. 31

Hillel, community celebrate gift of Torah

The University’s chapter of Hillel welcomed a new member of the Jewish community Sunday. This new member is not a person, but the Jewish law. Hillel welcomed its new Torah to campus amid dancing, singing and crowds filling the bottom floor of the Hillel house on South Milledge Avenue. Raymond Schinazi, professor of genetics and [...]

A DAY IN THE LIFE: Compost man enjoys work

James “Chunk” Richardson has more than likely touched the “soles” of almost every person walking on the University’s campus. The concrete he laid with his hands at 18 and the compost he mulched at 62 is met daily with the pounding of intellectuals’ feet. In March, Richardson will meet his 44th year working at the [...]

Campus empty despite Saturday class: Buses run all day, but few students ride

Sagar Patel missed a trip home to Atlanta this weekend. He took a quiz instead. Following three missed days of class and two late openings to start of spring semester, the University deemed two Saturdays — Jan. 29 and Feb. 12 — as make-up class days. “I was supposed to be back home,” Patel said [...]

Dogs’ video system top in country

Near the main lobby of the Butts-Mehre Building’s expansion, there is a room no larger than a typical bedroom. The walls are a sterile white, and while standing in any one spot, an Apple computer is never more than a couple feet away. The feeling of tradition, which abounds throughout the new complex, is lost [...]

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