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UGA Organizations Fight Against Human Trafficking
A third suspect has been charged with human trafficking that police say occured at the Days Inn Motel in Athens last month. This incident and many more like it are what prompted UGA Amnesty International to start a campaign against human trafficking. Today they were at Tate to provide information about the issue.…
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UPDATE: UGA’s Results for the Blood Brawl
The results are in for Georgia’s side of the Red Cross Blood Battle between UGA and Auburn. Dawg Nation collected 311 pints of blood over three days. That’s enough to save 940 people. Auburn’s portion of the Blood Drive ends this evening.
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UGA Red Cross Battles With Blood
Donors lined the halls of Memorial Hall in hopes of changing lives this week at UGA’s Blood Battle. The Red Cross took donations for three days this week with a 345 unit goal. In order to propel the drive, UGA’s Red Cross organization challenged Auburn to a battle. Who…
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UGA Alarm Yields No Trace of Fire
There is not always fire. University of Georgia police responded to a smoke detector alarm on Sanford Drive Wednesday afternoon, but found no fire. Melissa Jackson of the University of Georgia’s communications department told Grady Newsource that the exhaust from a generator triggered the alarm, but did not elicit any flames. The alert…
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UGA Study Discovers Exercise Enhances Diabetic Medicine
ATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia graduate student Melissa Lynn Erickson discovered that exercise can help people with Type 2 diabetes and not for a reason you would think. The solution was exercise — specifically the treadmill located in the Kinesiology lab on UGA’s campus. “The role that exercise can…
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What You Need to Know About UGA Fetty Wap Concert
Rapper Fetty Wap will be performing at Stegeman Coliseum at the University of Georgia April 26 as part of University Union’s spring concert series. Here are a few things to know about his performance. \t How to buy tickets UGA students can begin buying tickets Wednesday at 10 a.m. using…
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Taking Action on Sexual Assault Awareness
The University Health Center’s Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention group is taking action today to help prevent sexual assault. The Association of American Universities reports that 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted at a university or college. “We’re doing a lot of education and you know, showing ways you can impliment…
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Recent Terror Attacks Spark Questions from Study Abroad Students
The University of Georgia is taking steps to ease any concerns about study abroad programs in the wake of recent terror attacks in Europe. The Office of International Education set up a press conference to ensure students’ health and safety abroad. Study abroad advisors hosted the conference to answer students’…
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Teal Is The New Black: Sexual Assault Awareness Marked on UGA Campus
Students at The University of Georgia will take the pledge to become an active bystander by pinning a ribbon to their chest this Tuesday in support of sexual assault awareness month. College students are one of the most vulnerable age groups when it comes to sexual assault.  According to…
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How Athens Fared in Southern College Towns Bracket
A winner will be crowned later today involving bracketology, college towns in the South, and democracy at its purest form. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Garden & Gun Magazine is running a March Madness style bracket featuring 32 southern college towns ranging from the Midwest to cities along the eastern coast. Wins are determined…