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Student organization focuses on tutoring three Athens schools

If true change comes from within, then Whatever It Takes UGA is on the right track. Executive Director Anna Konieczny, a math and English double major from Atlanta, said the group is less than a year old, but its membership has already grown at leaps and bounds from fewer than a dozen to more than [...]

Listen Up! — “Secret Wild”

Guillermo Sexo has nothing on Barry White. Then again, that doesn’t really seem to be what the band was going for on “Secret Wild.” Guillermo Sexo – four musicians rather than a person – sits very comfortably in the indie rock mold, favoring soothing, dreamy and even slightly folksy tunes that occasionally slide into more [...]

Creative Writing Club circles up for poetry readings

Have you ever wanted to write poetry about emoticons? Lauren Berry did, and you can too, if you’re at all interested in the University’s new Creative Writing Club. “I just wanted it to be an example so people can criticize it,” said Berry, an English major from Morrow and one of the group’s founding members. [...]

FUNNY PEOPLE: Sketch troupe cracks wise for students

Flying sharks aren’t funny. And then you meet the members of SHARKwiNG. The comedy troupe is one part legacy and one part exploration of comedic timing – and its upcoming performance at Ciné is 100 percent free. “I think it’s important to have free comedy,” said director Harry Valentine, a theater major from Athens. “Athens [...]

Supergroup sends up image with ‘visceral’ nonsense

Athens really should have more supergroups … but at least Free Mountain is carrying the torch. The band – which combines members of Hayride, The HEAP and the Dictatortots – will take the stage with a traditional rock ‘n’ roll sound that Hayride transplant and drummer Mark Brill described as “visceral.” “It’s just rock, not primal [...]

The Movement rolls into town ready to go ‘balls-to-the-wall’

The Movement is a mess. “That was just the sound that came out,” said vocalist-guitarist Jordan Miller. “My brain tells me what to do. I don’t argue with it.” The band’s web site proudly proclaims they are a rock/reggae/hip-hop group, and Miller cites influences running the gamut from jazz to techno to heavy metal. Miller [...]

BikeAthens educates freshmen on local bicycling safety, etiquette

If you’re a vehicle, you should act like it. Such is the theme of BikeAthens member Paul Quick’s bike safety class, which came to campus on Tuesday. “You should never sacrifice our safety for another person’s needs,” Quick said, explaining that most automobile-bicycle accidents occur when a bicyclist is being a little too conscientious, which [...]

Sleepy Sun hopes to wake-up audience

The 40 Watt Club is getting sleepy tonight. Sleepy Sun is returning to the 40 Watt Club, where they last played over a year ago alongside the Arctic Monkeys. With a a wandering, atmospheric sound that would not be at all out of place as the soundtrack of your dreams, Sleepy Sun offers a sound [...]

Fall Diversity Fair showcases student organizations

The steps in front of Aderhold Hall played host to the Fall Celebration of Diversity this Tuesday afternoon. “We want our faculty, staff and students to start out the year focused on diversity,” said Jenny Penney Oliver, a professor in the College of Education. Oliver oversaw the planning of the fair, which is in its [...]

No more Mr. Nice Guy

Paging all nice guys. Please report to Dr. Hardcore’s clinic for a much-needed shot of testosterone. After that, we’ll pencil you in some follicle transplants to put some hair on your chest. We can even install a spine while you’re under. I’m sure you’ve all heard nice guys finish last, and I can say without [...]

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