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From monetary uncertainties to consumer expectations, the risks that come with launching a small business pose a challenge. And when a business owner also happens to be a full-time student, juggling the roles of entrepreneur, accountant, marketer, designer and scholar, to name a few, is a continual undertaking. In the…

Bag the Bag is a student-run organization at the University of Georgia that works with the Athens community to promote sustainable practices. One way that Bag the Bag connects with the Athens area is through community clean-ups and helping businesses with handling their old plastic bags. On the University of…

Laura Jimenez Garcia, a third-year law student at the University of Georgia, lived in her birth country of Colombia until she was 5 years old. When she and her mother immigrated to the United States, they settled in Gwinnett County, Georgia.  Navigating this new world at a young age forced…

Looking at concessions alone, sporting events produce a considerable amount of waste. Denise Plemmons, the waste reduction coordinator for the Athens-Clarke County Recycling Division, said the landfill typically receives an additional 35-40 tons of landfill waste after a University of Georgia home football game. According to the University of Georgia…

Children raced from tent to tent across the park, as their parents closely followed. Underneath one awning, visitors learned about coastal Georgian plant diets by means of dissecting pitcher plants, while volunteers at another nearby booth tossed a handful of balls atop a playground parachute to visualize how states of…

Barrow County opened its 10th elementary school this year. Austin Road Elementary had its first day of classes on Aug. 1, and the Rockets are hoping to be another elementary school in Barrow that exceeds Georgia statewide standards.  “We had mobile [classrooms] beginning to pile up at Yargo Elementary School,…

In her 40 years as a reporter, Moni Basu has learned how to tell a good story. She’s covered presidential elections, natural disasters and the human stories of the war in Iraq. Today, she tells me how she discovered the power of a good narrative and how she earned the…