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Editor's Note: For this year's homecoming week, The Red & Black is publishing a series, "Lasting Legacies," examining historical aspects of the University. This is the second article of the series. Before Mark Richt became head coach, before Herschel Walker was a freshman and before the hedges were planted, there was professor Charles Holmes Herty - and a field.
Need a wake-up call? Grab a Cola. Miss your morning vitamins? Drink a Vitamin Water. Going for a run? Down a Gatorade. Want to run faster? The Coca-Cola Company is still brewing that one up. UGA researchers tested quercetin - a plant-dervied nutritional supplement - for its ability to improve exercise performance, on behalf of The Coca-Cola Company.
Auditions for UGA Idol, a campus-wide singing competition sponsored by Sigma Delta Tau, are Wednesday. This year, all of the proceeds are going to the philanthropy ugaMiracle. Sara Intner is the co-chair of the event and a member of Sigma Delta Tau. "We are looking for students at UGA who are musically talented, and also have a good personality," she said.
The University beat Florida by 18 points on Friday - not in football, but in sexual health. Trojan released its annual "Sexual Health Report Card" Friday, and the University moved from ninth place in 2008 to sixth place this year, besting all other schools in the SEC except the University of South Carolina, which ranked No.
For the first time since the 1980s, undergraduate students graduating in December must obtain tickets for their families to attend the commencement ceremony. Each undergraduate student eligible for December graduation will be allotted six general admission tickets, which will be dispersed beginning Nov.
The $23,330 allocated to sustain campus writing centers won't be enough keep the tutoring services operating on the same hours, resulting in cuts to primary services to students. The allocation resulted from the Task Force on Writing, spearheaded by English professors Fran Teague and Nelson Hilton, who submitted suggestions to the Task Force on General Education and Student Learning.
Volunteer UGA, the University umbrella association for campus volunteer organizations, has aligned itself with the mission of the new national United We Serve campaign to further its goals of promoting community service among University students. At first a temporary campaign, but now a federal nationwide initiative, United We Serve focuses on helping those affected by the economic crisis in the United States.
Who doesn't need a friend? Best Buddies, a nonprofit organization, provides one-on-one friendship and job opportunities to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The University's chapter of Best Buddies College began four years ago, said Director Alaina Kemp, a senior from Evans.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 MUSIC HOMECOMING CONCERT: AUGUSTANAWhen: 8 p.m. Where: UGA Tate Center Grand Hall Price: Free for students, $10 advance, $15 door Contact: 706-542-6396, www.uga.edu/union UGA CHORUSES AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENT HANDEL, HAYDN AND HOMECOMINGWhen: 8 p.
The Bulldogs' Halloween loss to the University of Florida Gators is just one of several disappointments fans have faced during this football season. This far into the season, Georgia has won just four games, besting South Carolina, Arkansas, Arizona State and Vanderbilt.
It takes approximately 5 million recycled aluminum cans to build a $70,000 house in Athens said Nick Bennett, a senior from Douglasville. Bennett is one of three recycling coordinators of the UGA Habitat for Humanity recycling effort, "Cans for Habitat." The program collects and recycles aluminum cans, and uses the recycling funds to pay for housing in the Athens community.
A scam involving door-to-door book and magazine sales is running in Athens, according to Athens-Clarke County Police. According to police, a white college-age male about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 150 pounds, claiming to work for an Internet company called MyDynastySales.
University employee John Shores - known in the workplace for his scholarship, caring outlook and plentiful candy dish - was found dead in a disheveled InTown Suites hotel room Saturday. "As you might imagine, it's a sad day for us," said Bill Crowe, director of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Be it El Niño or another blizzard in March, low-income families in Georgia will be prepared for any temperature, thanks to a $1.3 million federal stimulus grant awarded to the College of Family and Consumer Sciences to educate families and weatherize homes.
An avalanche awareness clinic might seem like a bizarre event to have at a college in Georgia, or any place in the South for that matter. Avalanches have never been at the top of the list of threats to campus safety. However, because UGA tends to cover all the bases, there is an Avalanche Awareness Clinic this Wednesday at Ramsey.
The following was reported by the University Police: Claudetta Meshay Bell had a warrant issued for seven counts of misdemeanor theft by taking on Oct. 26. Vincent Lee Vance was arrested and charged with failure to obey a traffic control device and driving without a license.
The Oscar-Meyer Wienermobile makes its way through the University of Georgia campus-- with students looking stunned, overjoyed, or just annoyed.
