Thursday, May 16, 2013
Some legislators acknowledge the freebies can look bad, but they say the state's new ethics law will make it harder to mingle with constituents.
Georgia legislators who want to sit in the president's suite above the hedges at Sanford Stadium next year will have to pay their own way, thanks to ethics legislation signed by Gov. Nathan Deal last week. The law forbids elected officials from receiving gifts or event tickets exceeding $75. University System of Georgia lobbyists gave state and local lawmakers more than $14,000 in football tickets in 2012, the Athens Banner-Herald reports. The paper quotes state Sen. Bill Cowsert, whose district includes Athens, saying the football games have been a good way for him to mingle with his constitutents. “I think it’s really going to change things," Cowsert is quoted saying of the new ethics law. "I think it’s going to make it tougher for the …
Sunday, November 25, 2012
UGA graduate and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey's return to her alma mater got people thinking about what makes a good poem.
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Natasha Trethewey, a University of Georgia graduate and the U.S. Poet Laureate for 2012-13, was recently back on campus to deliver the UGA charter lecture. Her visit got some people thinking about poetry and its value. "I was not fond of poetry before coming into contact with Trethewey’s work," UGA senior Crystal Reese wrote for The Red and Black. But the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, who was born biracial before that was legal and often writes on themes of racial identity, "has convinced many young, aspiring writers — myself included — that the world wants to hear of topics that may seem unimportant to our immediate communities," Reese writes. At UGA, Trethewey read from her work “Thrall" and talked about being the child of a black mother …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
In an Atlanta Journal-Constitution opinion piece, Michael Adams and G.P. "Bud" Peterson say the federal government should be careful where it trims spending.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
As Congress and President Obama work to settle on a budget deal and avoid the self-imposed "fiscal cliff" of mandatory spending reductions, they must take care not to undermine university research, UGA and Georgia Tech's president's argue in a recent opinion column. "Much of America’s competitive advantage in innovation can be linked back to university research," the University of Georgia's Michael Adams and Georgia Tech's G.P. "Bud" Peterson write in a guest column published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "In our increasingly global environment, if we reduce our investment in education and research while other countries increase theirs, we could compromise the very advantages that have made America strong." The presidents call for …
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hackers had access to Social Securitiy numbers and names of current and past employees.
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
The University of Georgia is notifying about 8,500 employees, both current and former ones, that their personal records may have been hacked. According to a university press release, officials are investigating "a criminal act of computer trespass” by an intruder, according to UGA Vice President for Information Technology Timothy Chester. The initial hacking may have happened as early as Sept. 28. The investigation began Oct. 1 after officials learned that someone reset the MyID passwords of two UGA employees, both of whom work in sensitive information technology positions. The hackers then used those accounts to gain access to personnel data. “This appears to us to be a planned intrusion by someone who knew enough about our operations to …
Friday, September 7, 2012
Here's what they're saying about the Bulldogs and Tigers in Missouri's SEC debut.
How do we know Georgia Bulldogs football is special? Because Delta Air Lines is changing its flight schedule just to make sure UGA fans get to Columbia, Missouri, in time for the Tigers' inaugural SEC game. It will be a learning process. Seth Emerson of the Macon Telegraph reports the two teams are virtual strangers. Neither squad even has a scholarship player from the other's state. Georgia head coach Mark Richt did interview for the Missouri job more than a decade ago, but the teams' only previous matchup was in 1960. At least one Missouri player isn't that impressed with what he's seen of Georgia so far. Defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson told a reporter he watched some of the Georgia-Buffalo game last week, then turned it off. "It's …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The body of missing UGA student Quinton Ayers was discovered in his vehicle.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Gwinnett County Police have identified the victim in a single car fatality accident on Highway 316 near Harbins Road in Dacula as Quinton Ayers, 22, who was reported missing last week. Ayers, a UGA student, was last seen in Athens around 1 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 31. His last cell phone activity was traced to a location near the Gwinnett County Airport. His vehicle was discovered Sept. 3 approximately 40 feet off Highway 316. "It was resting on its side and appeared to have hit a tree at significant speed," said Gwinnett County Police public information officer Cpl. Jake Smith in a released statement. Smith added that the vehicle was spotted by a passing tractor trailer driver who was able to make out the truck's undercarriage due to his …
Friday, August 17, 2012
"We felt like we were being walked on so we walked out," said Editor-in-Chief Polina Marinova.
An advertising executive has resigned from The Red & Black board of directors. Students will have more input into editorial decisions. And there won't be a non-student review of stories prior to their being published. With all three of their demands met, the former staff of The Red & Black student newspaper may return to their jobs, said editor-in-chief Polina Marinova. Marinova and her staff walked out Wednesday night, fed up with what they believed was too much interference and emphasis on happy, upbeat stories instead of real news about the UGA community. "We'll talk among ourselves and then reapply for our positions," said Marinova. "We're happy they met our demands and that we finally had a voice." The Board of Directors will hire a …
The coach, who was fired after the 2000 season, is involved in a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation.
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Former University of Georgia head football coach Jim Donnan has been accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of running a Ponzi scheme targeting former players and college coaches, according to an Associated Press report on the Huffington Post. Donnan, who was fired from UGA after the 2000 season, and a business partner raised some $80 million from about 100 investors in the scheme, according to William P. Hicks, associate director of the SEC's Atlanta office. The SEC's complaint charges Donnan and partner Gregory Crabtree, of Proctorville, Ohio, with violating federal securities laws, according to the AP report. Among the coaches Donnan reportedly helped attract were Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer, ex-Dallas Cowboys …
Thursday, August 16, 2012
The editor-in-chief and her staff Wednesday walked out of the newspaper building in Athens, Ga.
The staff of The Red & Black, the independent student newspaper located at the University of Georgia, has resigned over issues of editorial control. The members have launched a website called Red and Dead to get their message out. Here's a letter from the editor-in-chief that's posted on the website: I, Polina Marinova, have resigned as the editor-in-chief from The Red & Black, the student newspaper covering the University of Georgia. The Red & Black’s top editors, design staff, photo staff and reporters walked out of the newspaper building this afternoon. The Red & Black has covered the University of Georgia community since 1893 and has been independent of the University since 1980. The newspaper has always been a student-run operation, …
Sunday, August 5, 2012
The UGA Vet School in Athens invites high school students to come visit.
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
Want to be a veterinarian? Register online for a visit to the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine and get some firsthand insights about careers in veterinary medicine. The school will start accepting names Aug. 8 for its Sept. 26 “Vet School for a Day” program. This marks the first year that South Carolina students can join students from Georgia for the event. It's open to high school juniors and seniors. This runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and includes a tour of the teaching hospital, a panel discussion by faculty veterinarians and the chance to meet veterinary student leaders. Participants will learn about the high admission standards and what they need to study to be ready for vet school. Registration will be open through Sept. 7. All …
bobby black
11:40 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
I guess they will have to buy their 50 yard line tickets for a dollar apiece now. The ones Joe Fan can't buy at any price. more ›