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Students continue to cross railroad tracks to get to campus, and University Police have a clear message: Get caught doing it, and you will be arrested. "I understand the frustration and inconvenience it causes, but it's private property, and if people continue to cross, they will be prosecuted," University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said Thursday in a phone interview. … 12 Comments
Georgia's Gym Dogs had little problem claiming their fourth straight national championship Friday night at Stegeman Coliseum, leading by 0.375 after their first event and never looking back. The Gym Dogs never led by less than three-tenths of a point, and spent the final rotation in a bye knowing Utah would have had to come up with a 49. … 2 Comments
After Friday's Super Six title, the Gym Dogs took home two more NCAA National Championships Saturday, as Grace Taylor won the balance beam and Courtney McCool won floor exercise in the individual event championships. Multiple Gym Dogs won National Championships for the first time since 1998, when Kim Arnold, Jenni Beathard and Karin Lichey captured individual titles. … 0 Comments
The University paid the first $250,000 installment Tuesday to the Athens Homeless Property Corporation, the next step in completing transfer of the U.S. Navy Supply Corps School property to the University for use as a health sciences campus. The payment was triggered by the U. … 0 Comments
More than 2,300 participants will culminate months' worth of fundraising efforts in the name of cancer research today in the University's eighth annual Relay for Life. The University was first in the nation to host the event in 2000 but will face stiff competition to reclaim its spot as the top nation-wide fundraiser this year. … 0 Comments
- UGA Relay For Life. Benefiting the American Cancer Society. Rock out to block out cancer! After a year of fundraising, Relay For Life will remember those lost to cancer, celebrate cancer survivors and fight back against the disease. Join more than 2,300 University students for a night of fundraising, food and great entertainment. … 0 Comments
Click. A wealthy Baghdad neighborhood lost in architectural rubble. Click. An 8-year-old girl, covered in blood, lies on a bathroom floor as her mother weeps over her limp body. These were just some of the grim images that freelance photojournalist Kael Alford captured during her 2003-2004 coverage of the United States' invasion of Iraq. … 3 Comments
A candlelit vigil following a march against sexual violence Thursday proved "breaking the silence" was easier said than done. The afternoon before the march, called Take Back the Night, was intended to celebrate the prospect of "breaking the silence," with two live bands in Tate Plaza and several speakers. … 11 Comments
Athens-Clarke County police are investigating a report that a female student from Georgia College & State University was possibly raped while attending a University fraternity party last weekend. The GCSU woman attended a party at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house at Cloverhurst Court the night of April 19. … 10 Comments
A charge of second-degree vehicular homicide has been levied against a University student following a car accident April 19 in which another student was killed, according to the Georgia State Patrol. Matthew Bickley, 19, a freshman from Athens, fell asleep at the wheel of his 2003 Ford Explorer SUV at about 2:30 a. … 0 Comments
