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Twenty-four billboards scattered around Athens declare "100" in regal boldface type against stark white backgrounds. What could this "100" mean? A cult is recruiting? A day of reckoning is looming? Someone forgot to hang an advertisement there this month? "It's unifying," said Bailey Maxwell, a junior telecommunication arts and Spanish major. … 0 Comments
Taking caution and exercising vigilance won't protect you from drug-related sexual assault, a violence prevention administrator said. Date rape drugs are a serious threat to even the most cautious of drinkers, Larry Gourdine, coordinator for Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention, said. … 0 Comments
Benjamin G. Blount, a former University professor of anthropology who resigned in the wake of a sexual harassment investigation against him, harassed a female graduate student while working at his new university, according to a newspaper report. The San Antonio Express-News reported Thursday that Blount, while a full professor at University of Texas San Antonio, harassed a female graduate student in 2006, causing the university to slice his salary in half and take him out of the classroom. … 2 Comments
The following incidents were reported to the Athens-Clarke County Police: Marybeth Isley reported an entering auto on 2/29/2008 at 10 p.m. on Pendleton Drive. According to the police report the vehicle was unlocked at the time and a cannon digital camera worth $350 was taken. … 0 Comments
Eve Marie Carson, an Athens native and student body president at the University of North Carolina, was shot to death early Wednesday in Chapel Hill, N.C., police said. Carson, who graduated from Clarke Central High School in 2004 where she was also student body president, was found at an intersection near campus. … 14 Comments
Members of campus ministries plan to join together today to participate in a revival on Herty Field. "It's not ministry related," said Drew Raynor, a junior from Fitzgerald. "It's just people gathering to see the movement of Christ." Raynor began talking about the event about two weeks ago, he said. … 2 Comments
The University's health and physical education program is one of less than 24 programs in the country to receive full national recognition from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. The association's commendation signifies program graduates are meeting the national standards in teacher education and have the knowledge, skills and dispositions to teach children successfully. … 0 Comments
The state's new voter ID law was implemented successfully in the Feb. 5 presidential primary elections, Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel told the College Republicans Wednesday night. "Anytime you have a new requirement, it is incumbent upon the state to do communication and outreach," Handel, the state's first Republican secretary of state, said at Caldwell Hall. … 0 Comments
