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A University student was arrested Saturday and charged with felony theft by taking, according to Athens-Clarke County police. Jamie Leigh Momeyer, a sophomore from Athens, was charged with taking $500 from her roommate Matthew Waldrop on Aug. 24. "It's really unfortunate that it happened," Momeyer said Monday in a phone interview. … 5 Comments
The football season is only four weeks old, and already Georgia has lost its second gridiron legend of the year. First, Uga VI passed away and now, in his 43rd season as the legendary radio voice of the Georgia Bulldogs, Larry Munson has walked away. Beginning last season, Munson only called home games, a clear indication that the legend's time in the booth was nearing its end, but no one thought that it would be this soon. … 10 Comments
The University Graduate School expects graduate enrollment for fall 2008 to be the highest for the institution. As of mid-September, preliminary figures of graduate student enrollment reached 7,125-considerably higher than the previous record enrollment in fall 2007. … 0 Comments
ESPN's College GameDay, which is coming to Athens Saturday for the first time since 1998, will be shooting from the Myers Community quad, Athletic Association representative Claude Felton said Tuesday. The Myers dorm houses University students in the Honors Program, and is located between Lumpkin Street and Sanford Drive next to the South Campus parking deck. … 9 Comments
A new University study suggests online social networking sites such as Facebook might be useful tools for detecting whether someone is a narcissist. "We found that people who are narcissistic use Facebook in a self-promoting way that can be identified by others," said lead author Laura Buffardi, a doctoral student in psychology who co-authored the study with associate professor W. … 3 Comments
- Xeriscape Gardens Workshop. Sponsored by the State Botanical Garden. Have the heat and drought leached all the color from your garden? Color is not limited to flowers. Members $15, all others $17. 9:30 to 11 a.m. State Botanical Garden Visitor Center, classroom A. … 0 Comments
A Terry College associate professor said Monday she sees a "disparity" between her salary and others in her department even after she reached a settlement granting her a 65 percent pay increase. "What is really key here is not the absolute dollar pay for one faculty member," Barbara Carroll wrote in an e-mail to The Red & Black, "but (my) pay relative to others of the same/lower rank . … 43 Comments
