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Students Discuss How Finances Impact Housing Decisions
Ashley Ansley also reported on the topic, but with her position as a UGA employee, decided to remove herself from including her own personal experiences. Housing affects everyone, and in a college town like Athens, Ga., the effects of housing impact students especially. Students are forced to make housing choices…
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Athens PBJ: Redefining the Meaning of a Sandwich
What kind of impact can a peanut butter and jelly sandwich make? For someone living in homelessness, it can make quite a difference. Athens PBJ is a local organization that provides sack lunches every Sunday, rain or shine, to those living in homelessness. But it’s a little bit more than…
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Living With Strangers: UGA Students Share Economic, Personal Reasons for Random Roommates
When Sam Clark, a fourth-year sociology major from Cartersville, decided to live off campus her second year as a student at the University of Georgia, roommate options were limited. Her friends made more expensive housing choices than she did. By the time Clark decided to find an apartment, she had…
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Baby Boot Camp Athens Embraces UGA’s Homecoming Week
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…
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Pizza and Politics: UGA Republicans, Democrats Discuss Key Issues
Audience members chowed down on pizza, snacks and sodas during Pizza and Politics, a peaceful political discussion, hosted by Young Democrats of UGA, UGA College Republicans and moderated by Georgia Political Review. Panelists discussed current issues facing Georgia and the nation, such as clean energy, small business growth and K-12…
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: What Groups at UGA are Doing to Help
The Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention organization, RSVP, wants to make sure students at the University of Georgia know the boundaries when it comes to dating and intimacy. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence put out these statistics about Georgia: RSVP had a kickoff…
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Parents vs. Social Media and How Students Choose to Vote
Students adapt to life without their parents during the four years they’re away at college. But leaving home doesn’t mean leaving everything behind, including how students vote. University of Georgia Political Psychology Professor Alexa Bankert explains what the parental transmission hypothesis is and how it could impact students and…
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Esports at UGA Hosts Overwatch Tryouts
Esports at UGA recently hosted tryouts for its competitive Overwatch team. The student organization is forming a new team for the popular online game. The last day of Overwatch tryouts was Sept. 27. William Rohrbach, a freshman biology student who was trying out for the team, played his first game…
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Deaf Student Wants to Bring More Awareness to UGA
Luke Bundrum is a partially deaf student at The University of Georgia. The junior has had a Cochlear implant since he was 3, but still uses American Sign Language to communicate. He said UGA does a good job of accommodating students, but he said the university is not always sure of…
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New Exhibit Highlights Women in World War One
The Special Collections Library at The University of Georgia is celebrating the centennial anniversary of World War One. Grady Newsource got an exclusive tour by exhibition coordinator Jan Hebbard. “The gallery we’re in now is hosting a traveling exhibition called Poppies: Women, War, and Peace.” The exhibit is the work…