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A majority of Athens-Clarke County voters took their hopes for radical change to the polls when they elected a new mayor who will take charge next January. Kelly Girtz, a progressive democrat who was elected in a three-man mayoral contest in the May 22 elections, will be accompanied by a…

Athens, Georgia is home to music legends such as R.E.M, the B-52s, and Widespread Panic. Many people consider the heyday of Athens music to be the 80s and 90s. However, the Athens music scene has greatly evolved since then. Melanie Fincher is a fourth year majoring in journalism and international…

Directly behind the hedges of Sanford Stadium, a row of students streaked with red and black paint resembling dogs, demons, skeletons and more cheer as football players take the field. The University of Georgia Spike Squad was founded in 2010 by Travis Fetchko as a student-based group designed to pump…

When surveyed by the University of New Hampshire, 64 percent of Americans said they drink at least one cup of coffee per day. For some, coffee is an enjoyable beverage. For others, coffee is a necessary habit. Yet for a particular crowd, coffee is an exploration. Ronald  Pegg  is a  professor at the University of…

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXtrLhtRU74&feature=youtu.be Hannah Echols is a fourth-year Journalism and English student at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. 

According to Athens-Clarke County senior planner Bruce Lonnee, an incongruously sized house can literally and figuratively throw shade on its neighbors. In in-town Athens neighborhoods like Boulevard or Five Points, streets full of smaller, older cottages are often juxtaposed with newer, larger houses. The new homes are examples of infill…

Cardio, core workouts, cute chubby babies and community spirit–that’s what you’ll find at Baby Boot Camp Athens. The fitness group strives to balance the fitness needs of new moms with their desire to spend time with their children. The group put on a full Spirit Week which culminates with a…

University of Georgia baseball player Adam Sasser has been dismissed from UGA’s baseball team, according to a press release from Georgia Sports Communications. This dismissal comes amid allegations Sasser used racial slurs at the UGA football game against Tennessee on Saturday, Sept. 29. Two students say they overheard the slur. …

Victoria O’Conner, the store manager of The Impeccable Pig in downtown Athens, has always wanted to open her own boutique. Her mom was a stay-at-home mom, and she decided from a young age that she wanted to do the opposite. O’Conner sees the Women’s Business Expo as a way to…

The Lead is a podcast hosted and produced by Charlotte Norsworthy in the Cox Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management & Leadership at the University of Georgia. We talk about how to get ahead in the media industry by interviewing the people who did. Remember how in my last post I…