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Reporter’s Notebook: What COVID-19 Took From the Class of 2020
For most University of Georgia students, the graduation ceremony in Sanford Stadium is the ultimate form of closure. The fireworks at the end of the ceremony are the perfect bookend to the fireworks seen on acceptances four years prior. On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, I, along with thousands of other…
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Reporter’s Notebook: ‘It Really Does Feel Like Life Or Death’
For the past three weeks, I have been living in isolation with my boyfriend and his family in a lovely home in Georgia, where we have food, shelter and each other. The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t seem too bad; I just felt lucky to be safe, sound and secure. Surely, we…
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Fitness During COVID-19: How You Can Work Out, Have Great Nutrition From Home
We can’t really go anywhere or do very much, Tevin Duncan said. “But technically, not everyone needs equipment to burn the calories or make themselves feel good.” Duncan is the coordinator of fitness and wellness at the Ramsey Student Center. He said you can work out from home and exercise…
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Looking for Something to Do? Daily Resources for Quarantine in Small Apartment
College students all over the nation have switched completely to online classes. Most college students have packed up and gone home, but not everyone is able to do that. If you’re like me, and you still have to work in your college town, you’re probably in a small space, like…
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Reporter’s Notebook: How I’ve Managed Life In Isolation
Grady student Drew Shoppy discusses the impact of COVID-19 and how he’s adapting to life—from fitness to reporting—while in quarantine.
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UGA Students Propose Virtual Minecraft Graduation Ceremony
As the coronavirus continues to spread, schools across the world have been trying to come up with safe ways they can give seniors a proper graduation, whether that means postponing the ceremony or coming up with a virtual one. The University of Georgia has canceled the 2020 Spring graduation ceremony…
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University of Georgia Student Shares Experience with COVID-19 in Italy
Paige Faucett experienced Italy’s COVID-19 outbreak while she was in Turin for a University of Georgia study abroad program. According to the World Health Organization, Italy currently has the most confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the European region. Faucett said she had planned to stay in Italy for the rest…
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Link Between Representation and Identity: How Self-Embodiment is Fueling Gender Fluidity
From a young age, some choices as basic as color schemes are used to separate one gender from another—blue for boys, pink for girls. In a cultural, societal and political world that is increasingly gender-fluid, however, the line that divides males and females within the fashion sphere has blurred significantly,…
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Global TikTok Frenzy Captures Unsuspecting UGA Students
When Joshua Pickens left for Costa Rica to study abroad in summer 2019, he had not yet heard of the app that would soon lead to his semi-celebrity status on his university campus. The laughter of other students on the trip from using TikTok, a popular short-form video sharing app,…
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Athenspets Social Media Efforts Address Challenges in Local Animal Shelter
Lisa Milot has spent years helping the Athens area not only lower overpopulation in animal shelters, but decrease the euthanasia rate specifically at Athens-Clarke County Animal Services. As head of community programs at Athenspets and an associate professor of law and practicum at the University of Georgia, Milot has dedicated…