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Student Merchandising Association’s Fashion Show Brings Couture, Thrift Together
This year the Student Merchandising Association’s annual fashion show donated its proceeds to Project Safe, an Athens-based nonprofit organization working to end domestic violence. SMA hosted their Spring 2021 fashion show on Thursday evening on the back patio of the Taylor-Grady House. Twenty-four models walked down a 19th century staircase…
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Wesley Leader on Missions During COVID-19: How the Ministry Is Pivoting
Sarah Shelnutt, freshman associate director over missions, youth and advancement, discusses planning during the COVID-19 pandemic, as told to Savannah Ware. Savannah Ware is a fourth-year majoring in journalism and minoring in political science in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of…
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Virtual Comedy Brings Laughter To UGA Community During Stressful Semester
Elyssa Schroeder, a graduate student at the University of Georgia School of Social Work, spends her time in school researching serious topics, including trauma interventions, domestic violence and human trafficking. However, outside of the classroom, she focuses on the lighter side of life by making people laugh with stand-up comedy. …
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Flying Biscuit Cafe Opens in Athens During Pandemic
The Flying Biscuit Cafe is now open in Athens at 1180B Prince Ave. The company, headquartered in Atlanta, operates locations in the South, including Texas. The Flying Biscuit opened its original location in East Atlanta in 1993. The corporate website said the menu is Southern-inspired. The Flying Biscuit offers…
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UGA Farmers Market Helps Northeast Georgia Community Improve Food Insecurity
On a Wednesday afternoon from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., you will find many tents and activities on the Zell B. Miller Learning Center South Lawn creating the UGA Farmers Market. Some of the featured produce at the market include tomato plants, carrots, sweet potatoes, kale, turnips, and more. Slowly,…
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The Challenges Doug Goodin Faces With His Online Show
Doug Goodin, aka The Jumbotron Guy, tells Chad Dyer about the sound issues and other nervous moments in making “Tea w/ Doug G.” Chad Dyer is a senior majoring in journalism in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
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Baking Joy: UGA Student Turns Hobby into Business
Hopping on a Zoom call with Noah Ashley the first thing you notice is the long shelf of pots and pans on the wall behind his head, it looks like they are coming out of his ears. Next, you see a tall shelf over his left shoulder full of…
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Cookies During COVID-19: How One Athens Baker Adapted During the Pandemic
Baylee Marsh Thornton started her baking business, Baylee Bakes, by accident. A few candid and lighthearted posts on her “finsta” soon led Thornton to a new lifestyle — waking up at 4 a.m. to finish frosting cookies and teaching decorating classes to hundreds of people. Thornton, who received the University…
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Students At UGA Faced With Tough Decisions After Receiving New Funds
University of Georgia students are making careful decisions about their recently dispersed funds through the Higher Education Emergency Relief II (HEER II) Fund. Some students’ potential plans include saving all or a portion of the money, paying bills, or sending the money home to assist their family. Tiffany Mukundi, a…
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Georgia Daze Strives to Increase Black Student Applicants
Since Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault desegregated the University of Georgia and took their first steps on campus, diversity has been celebrated — but it has not increased by much statistically. According to the UGA Fact Book, the Black student population was 1,854 students in 2004. In 2020, 2,116 students…