Kevni Woodside has a personality big enough for two. In high school, his alter ego “Believah Dah Diva,” gave him the confidence to be himself. As a college freshman, Woodside’s alter ego is gaining YouTube popularity for the low-fi, high-wattage closet-confessional-style narratives that surround his character. But before propping up his video camera to film [...]
The seemingly separate worlds of body art and beloved pets will collide today at noon. Pain & Wonder Tattoo Studio and the Athens Area Humane Society are partnering on a fundraiser to raise awareness for the Humane Society’s adoptable pets program and its Spay & Neuter Center. For 10 hours, a portion of all Pain [...]
Don’t just live, Bailey Dunn says — live boldly. “Live Boldly is a brand that encourages people to have their own personal movements, or personal revolutions,” said Dunn, University graduate and Live Boldly founder. The idea hatched from a group skydiving trip she went on in the summer of 2008. “A 90-something-year-old man was there [...]
It’s not about religion or drinking. It’s about the season. Dawgs After Dark’s Winter Wonderland theme is for everyone, said student Katie AliFarhani, the event’s division coordinator. “Last December in our committee meeting, we came together and thought of all the ideas,” she said. “We knew we wanted something that had to do with the [...]
They wanted a hit. Evan Padgett, Vikas Shah and Sarah Walpert were working with Campus MovieFest — the latter as an intern — and, in their spare time, they were making videos. Friends since elementary school and creative partners since college, Padgett and Shah wrote and directed videos under the banner of 1072 Productions — [...]
Friends of Advantage is prepared to make it work. The first annual adDRESS a Need Designer’s Challenge and Top Model has local designers and models competing for a cause: to raise money to aid those affected by homelessness. Tammy Dalton, communications and outreach coordinator for Athens Friends of Advantage — which is the non-profit which [...]
Editor’s note: everyone seems to be doing it — yoga that is. But what goes into the process of yoga-ing? Who are the students who yoga, and how, and where? Staff writer Alexis Leima decided to find out. Yoga is the next big thing — or the old big thing, or some big thing — [...]
Editor’s note: What role does religion play in a college student’s life? Between beer and bus rides and other b-things, where is God? Senior reporter Tiffany Stevens investigates, in part one of an ongoing series. For Anna Beth Havenar, life after graduation is in someone else’s hands. Outside of classes, the sophomore linguistics major from [...]
It was the first weekend of a new semester downtown, yet nothing was different: On the west side a lost freshman desperately clutched her iPhone as she pulled up a map and on the east side a girl was crying over her torn tights. The former was spotted outside Trappeze, worriedly thumbing through streets on [...]
Editor’s note: There are only 11 months until the apocalypse — so we might as well take advantage of the time we have left. In that spirit, variety editor Adam Carlson drew up a list of solutions to those resolutions you may have made for yourself, to make 2012 the very best it can be. [...]
