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UGA Today

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

� Brown Bag Lunch Cultural Exchange: In September, a group of women from Georgia traveled to Kenya on a cultural and professional exchange program. This event is a pictorial presentation of the Maasai women and girls they visited, and a discussion of education, economic activities, environment and agriculture, and violence mitigation initiatives.

Women's needs call for change at University

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Events in 2008 showed a crack in University policies when it comes to women's needs. Professors were found sexually harassing female students. The Women's Studies Department was housed in a dilapidated building - complete with mice, roaches and asbestos. The University's upper administration continued to lack senior female officials.

Survey opens dialogue for improvement

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The University will expand learning opportunities - such as faculty-student research - after results from a national survey show a need for improvement.

A steering committee of 14 administrators and professors evaluated the 2008 National Survey of Student Engagement, a survey of about 2,000 students - half freshman and half seniors - about their learning experiences at the University.

NOW IT'S A RIVALRY

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

It's been nine years since Georgia Tech took some souvenir hedges back to Atlanta.

After the Yellow Jackets' 45-42 win over Georgia on Saturday, the Georgia Tech players got to take a few branches from Sanford Stadium's hedges back to their visiting locker room.

Smoltz offers basketball insight

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The Georgia men's basketball team got a visit from an Atlanta sports legend after practice Sunday - a baseball legend.

Pitcher John Smoltz visited Athens Sunday to speak with the team and to display his skills, as the Atlanta Braves legend then went shot-for-shot with head coach Dennis Felton in a game of H-O-R-S-E.

Bulldogs' preseason ranking a distant memory

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

It would have been hard to predict Georgia would lose three games when it was named preseason No. 1 in August.

Georgia entered 2008 riding the momentum of a Sugar Bowl dismantling of Hawaii and tons of preseason hype, but after a 45-42 loss to Georgia Tech Saturday, the Bulldogs are 9-3 and out of the BCS top 15.

Kickoffs possible for Lindley in bowl game

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Freshman kicker Blair Walsh put a pair of kickoffs out of bounds Saturday, and head coach Mark Richt mused about several possible solutions in his post game presser.

"We might have to go to Poland or something to find a guy that can kick it out of the end zone," he said.

Lady Bulldogs continue grueling stretch

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

After a grueling stretch of four games in eight days away from Stegeman Coliseum, the women's basketball team returns home tonight in a game with historical importance.

If the Lady Dogs defeat East Tennessee State, it would be the program's 750th win in 35 years as an NCAA Division I women's basketball team.

LSU tops volleyball team in season finale

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

While most of the student population was watching the football team Saturday afternoon, the volleyball team was wrapping up its season in Baton Rouge, La., against the LSU Tigers.

The Bulldogs were downed in four sets (19-25, 25-12, 25-20 and 25-16) to conclude a season that had its share of ups and downs.

POLLS

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

USA TODAY1. Alabama (58) 12-0 2. Oklahoma (2) 11-1 3. Texas 11-1 4. Florida (1) 11-1 5. USC 10-1 6. Penn State 11-1 7. Utah 12-0 8. Texas Tech 11-1 9. Boise State 12-0 10. Ohio State 10-2 11. TCU 10-2 12. Cincinnati 10-2 13. Ball State 12-0 14. Oregon 9-3 15.

QUARTER CAPS

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

First Quarter: Georgia 7-Tech 6Georgia opened the game with the ball and wasted little time putting together its first scoring drive. The Bulldogs scored the game's first touchdown when quarterback Matthew Stafford found tight end Tripp Chandler for a one-yard touchdown.

SEC STANDINGS

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

EAST1. Florida 11-1 (7-1) 2. Georgia 9-3 (6-2) 3. S. Carolina 7-5 (4-4) 4. Vanderbilt 6-6 (4-4) 5. Tennessee 5-7 (3-5) 6. Kentucky 6-6 (2-6) WEST1. Alabama 12-0 (8-0) 2. Ole Miss 8-4 (5-3) 3. LSU 7-5 (3-5) 4. Auburn 5-7 (2-6) 5. Miss. State 4-8 (2-6) 6. A

Swimming routs overmatched Emory squad

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Before heading into Thanksgiving break, the Georgia swimming and diving teams baked and carved the Emory University Eagles in order to make room on their plates for some real holiday grub.

A 137-89 victory over the Emory women extended the No. 1 Lady Bulldogs' home winning streak to 64 while the No.

Group discusses trafficking causes

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

More than 100 years after slavery ended in the United States, it is still an issue in our modern world. SEMINARWhat: Human Trafficking Seminar When: 7 to 9 tonight Where: Miller Learning Center Room 171 More Information: Contact hannahkamau@gmail.com Because of government corruption, more than half of the 2.

Perfect Circle: Athens bands play REM's "Murmur"

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Athens bands played tribute to REM on Nov. 25. Twenty-five years after REM released "Murmur," the group remains one of the most influential bands from Athens.

Please speak to us, Mr. Colbert

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Sunday morning I read an article from the Sunday Telegraph about an internal memo leaked from the U.S. bank Citigroup. The memo says the financial crisis could "end in one of two extreme ways: with either a resurgence of inflation; or a downward spiral into depression, civil disorder, and possibly wars.

Editorial Cartoon

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Editorial Cartoon for 12/1/2008

Mailbox

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Food Services strives to hire students first A number of factual misrepresentations in a Nov. 10 article in The Red & Black, "Food Services firings raise eyebrows," warrant correction. First of all, none of the temporary employees was fired. That choice of wording is wrong.

Our Take

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Women's worriesThe Red & Black's women's series will assess issues as they stand at the Univ. It's been 90 years since the University first admitted undergraduate women. It's been 31 years since the Institute for Women's Studies was founded at the University.

Smokers can make their own decisions

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The way we smokers are treated and depicted, you'd think we were terrorists being funded by Osama Big Tobacco. But don't let the camel on the pack fool you; there is no al-menthol network of smokers dedicated to killing innocent non-smokers. My super-comprehensive research shows that more than 93 percent of smokers don't want to kill you with their second-hand smoke.