- Sculpture and Sustainability
- Sculpture and SustainabilityPosted 196 days ago
by Lyric Lewin
Blending marketing and compassion, Rachel Barnes looks for ways to help Masai women.
- It Just Kind Of Happened
- It Just Kind Of HappenedPosted 196 days ago
by Lindsay Boyle
Steve Wilson didn't want to be a sheriff, it wasn't his dream. But it happened in 1996 when he was elected sheriff of Walker County, Georgia.
- One Weekend in Hart County
- One Weekend in Hart CountyPosted 400 days ago
Seventeen students, six editors, one mission: visually document one county.
Known more for the man-made Lake Hartwell that straddles the Georgia-South Carolina border, students from the University of Georgia’s Grady College…
- Pollen Count Sets Record
- Pollen Count Sets RecordPosted 456 days ago
Pollen counts across north Georgia climbed again on Tuesday, eclipsing the old record for the first day of spring at 9,369 particles in each cubic meter of air.
- Posted 477 days ago
Elbert Memorial Hospital (EMH) plans to seek affiliation with a larger partner in response to a tight financial situation, the hospital announced in the late January.
- Dating for the Ages
- Dating for the AgesPosted 554 days ago
Since its inception in the early 90’s, online dating has steadily grown in popularity and a recent drive of new users seems to be coming from a younger set—18 to…
News
It Just Kind Of Happened
by Lindsay Boyle Steve Wilson didn’t want to be a sheriff, it wasn’t his dream. But it happened in 1996 when he was elected sheriff of Walker County, Georgia.
One Weekend in Hart County
Seventeen students, six editors, one mission: visually document one county. Known more for the man-made Lake Hartwell that straddles the Georgia-South Carolina border, students from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Documentary Photography course set out to see what life inside Hart County looked and sounded like. Gathering in the [...]
The Family Business
By Sarah Osbourne
More Than a Gas Station
By Wes Blankenship
Underage drinking is a family affair
It’s no secret that boredom and hormones are a dangerous mix in teenagers, who are all too likely to experiment with alcohol, drugs and sex. This is certainly true in rural Madison County, GA. In the most recent Madison County Behavior and Risk for Teens (BART) survey from 2003, 17 and 18 year-old high school [...]
Sports
Sports Round-up
In this week’s sports round-up, see what President Adams’ prediction is for the SEC game against LSU, what the Gym Dogs were ranked in their preseason and which team the Lady Bulldog’s won a 37-point victory against.
Sports Round-up
Check out which three highschool students have been signed to Georgia’s mens basketball team, which university was recently accepted into the SEC and which Georgia football player was recently placed on probation.
Sports Round-Up
Here’s more info on a Georgia soccer player who has always had a love for the sport, a football player with an interesting past, and the Dawgs’ anticipation on making it to the SEC.
Sports Round-Up
In this week’s sports round-up, former Bulldogs play in the UFL, the Bulldogs fall to Alabama in volleyball and the football Dawgs defeat the Gators with a 24-20 win.
Sports Round-Up
In this week’s sports round-up, the SEC investigates the Georgia-Vandy postgame confrontation, former Bulldog quarterback David Greene advocates for kids affected by HIV/AIDS and Mark Richt wishes a big-time football prospect happy birthday.
Health & Science
Working Wakefield Farm
By Kristy Densmore
Getting Well, Locally
By Cody Schmelter
New Genome Sequencing of 2011 E. Coli Outbreaks in Europe Provides New Clues Into Origins the of Disease
The European E.coli outbreak made headlines last summer as the death toll mounted to 50, as 4,000 suffered bloody diarrhea, and as an unprecedented number of victims suffered kidney failure. This was the largest outbreak of foodborne E.coli illness on record, but it could have been worse. Investigators used a high-speed DNA sequencing technology to [...]
Your Mother May Outlive You
If American women believe that they are destined to outlive their male counterparts, they may need to think again. Right now, life expectancy in the United States is 81.3 for women and 76.2 for men. But new data released on April 19, shows that men are now outpacing women in lifespan gains. Even more surprising [...]
“Fat and happy” illusion as hard to shed as pounds
Billboards and public service announcements urging parents to help their kids eat less and exercise more are nearly inescapable these days, and for the most part they are about as exciting as “buckle up” ads for seatbelts. A notable exception is Strong4Life, a children’s weight-loss campaign that Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta launched in 2011. These [...]
Arts & Leisure
Sculpture and Sustainability
by Lyric Lewin Blending marketing and compassion, Rachel Barnes looks for ways to help Masai women.
Hang It Up Together
By Maura Friedman
Bluegrass Express
By Lane Johnson
Mary Dilworth
By Kimberly Parks
Mikenificent Cutz
By Gabriella Baetti
Commentary
Social Media’s Effect on Communication
By Nicole Peterson Don’t get caught using a flip phone, CD player, or updating your MySpace around campus. In today’s society you are a part of the in-crowd as long as you have a smart phone and an account with a popular social networking site. The avenues to communication have expanded and the majority of [...]
Wallstreet occupiers shut out privilege
Without major attempts to rectify instances of racism, classism, and sexism, Occupy Wall Street will survive only as a raucous group of angry, white, professional, middle-class, men.
iPad vs. Playbook: Tablet Throwdown
By: Samantha German Whether you want to slide through pictures, surf the web, or type a last minute email, the Apple iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook can do both. But, which one has more bang for its buck? Although the mastermind behind Apple, Steve Jobs, passed in October 2011, his legacy will continue through his many [...]
The Town – Film Review
Bank robbery has never appeared as abrasively gritty as it does in Ben Affleck’s second stab at director, ‘”The Town.” Affleck and Jeremy Renner star as blue-collar outlaws in Charlestown, Mass. – a town with an infamous title for most bank robbers in one square mile. The gang assembled for each heist is highly skilled, [...]
Flu vaccine success should spill over
More kids and adults received the regular flu vaccine this flu season than last year, the CDC reported this week. Forty percent of the population rolled up their sleeves for a shot in the arm late in 2009 and early this year. During the previous flu season, only 33 percent of country was vaccinated. Twitter [...]
