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A Georgia board voted unanimously Wednesday to maintain current cost-of-living increases for pensions under the Teacher Retirement System. The TRS Board of Trustees voted against an amendment proposed two months ago that would change the 40-year-old policy guaranteeing retirees 1. … 4 Comments
Editor's note: Elizabeth Studer, a sophomore from Lawrenceville, competed on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" with her mother and grandmother. The show aired Monday and Tuesday. Q: Why did you apply to "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"? A: My mom is a really big fan of the show. … 0 Comments
Twenty-three body outlines cover Tate Plaza today, but it's no crime scene. Each outline represents a person killed this year as a result of a hate crime. Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors transgender people who died because of their lifestyle. … 6 Comments
Deborah Norville, University alumna and host of CBS' Inside Edition, will tape her show at the Arch today from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The daily newsmagazine show will be fed from Athens to New York City and aired tonight. Norville, a 1979 graduate of Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, is in Athens to help co-host Grady's Centennial Gala tonight. … 0 Comments
Black women rockers are breaking down the doors and finding their place on the rock scene, said Universtiy professor Lesley Feracho. Feracho, who is jointly appointed to the department of Romance Languages and the Institute of African American Studies, was the speakear at the finall fall semester Apero Brown Bag Lecture Series. … 0 Comments
About 20 campus organizations gathered at Tate Plaza Wednesday for World Fest, an annual fall event designed to bring more awareness about the international community to the University. The idea for World Fest, originally dubbed "Around the World in Tatey Days," originated back in 2000, after a president-directive by former president Bill Clinton called for a nationwide international education week, said Leigh Poole, associate director for Intercultural Affairs and director of International Student Life. … 0 Comments
ATLANTA - Former President Bill Clinton endorsed fellow Democrat Jim Martin on the campus of Clark Atlanta University Wednesday. Martin is in a tight runoff for Senate against Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss. "Every single one of us is here tonight because we believe that America is back," Martin said. … 5 Comments
- Peace Activist John Dear S.J. at the Catholic Center Chapel at UGA. 1344 S. Lumpkin St, on Thursday November 20 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. He will be speaking about his work for peace and, signing his new autobiography, "A Persistent Peace." Copies will be available for $22. … 0 Comments
Sen. Saxby Chambliss and challenger Jim Martin have moved on from the sidewalks of Broad Street. But before their careers revolved around political parties, their weekends revolved around fraternity parties. In the early 1960s, both men contending for the Senate seat were enrolled at the University and were members of Sigma Chi fraternity. … 5 Comments
