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“Where do you get your groceries?” wasn’t always a loaded question. Before the mid-2000s, you weren’t expected to wonder where your supermarket apples were grown, or how they got to the supermarket. Since then, however, the local food movement has taken off. Over the last two decades, demand for locally…

Hundreds of Athens drivers were caught going over the speed limit in 2018 on College Station Road. If you were one of the ones caught speeding, chances are, you were going 20 miles per hour over the speed limit, it was in the afternoon, and you were pulled over by…

Beginning in high school, the sounds of coughing, sniffing, heavy breathing and dishes clattering triggered a pain-like reaction for Angelise Sleeman. Sleeman, a fifth-year jewlery and metals major, learned she had misophonia. Misophonia, or selective sound sensitivity syndrome, is a disability related to hearing where certain sounds cause a strong…

When I traveled to Munich, I worried that I would have to justify or explain the U.S.’ involved political scene. As I soon found out, the people I met in Germany were too wrapped up in their own politics to discuss the issues of my nation. Climate Change Politics Despite…

College towns are their own archetype of place, a special genre of city. They breed certain circumstances that can make for a great home for art to flourish. Athens is no exception. Thought most often known for its lively music scene, there is more going on in the Athens art world…

When I planned out my trip to Germany, I knew I wanted to eat some of the traditional German foods and see many of the sights I had read about. While on my trip, I met interesting people, and witnessed parts of history that will shape my life forever. In…

If you hear a bellowing laugh and see welcoming smiles as you walk towards the Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections building on a Tuesday night, you know you’re in the right place. Rashe Malcolm, a sociable and energetic Athens resident and business owner will greet you as a long-time friend…

Dim lighting from tea candles and the mumbling of Czech conversation kept me company at my dinner table, with scents of cooked vegetables and stewed meats at the table next to me. I checked my watch. I’d been at Kofein, a restaurant in Prague, for nearly an hour and half…

Arlene Stern imitates the life of a University of Georgia college freshman. She has hallmates. She loves roaming downtown by the Georgia Theatre. She had a different life before settling in Athens. Yet, Arlene is not a student. She does not live in a dorm. She avoids downtown past dinnertime.…

Every four years, the world turns its attention — and its TV channels — to the Summer Olympics. This worldwide attention typically only lasts from the lighting of the Olympic torch until it is extinguished three weeks later. When the games come to a close and the athletes and their…