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Update: Gun Safety Advocates Urge State Legislature to Stop ‘Campus Carry’ Bill
ATLANTA-Emory University professors, a Georgia State student, elected state officials, religious leaders, and members of the GunSense Georgia Coalition and Outcry all joined forces to speak out against Georgia House Bill 859 at a press conference this morning at Central Presbyterian Church. Committees in the Georgia General Assembly are now…
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Consent Rally Held at Georgia Arch
A sexual consent rally took to the streets Saturday night at the UGA Arch in response to another rally that was supposed to meet there. Earlier in the week the “neomasculine” blog,” Return of Kings, gained international attention for proposing meetups around the world to promote men’s rights and their…
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Students released from Clarke County Jail after protest on New College
Six protesters, including at least one UGA student, were arrested Monday after failing to vacate the New College building on UGA’s North Campus. According to a Clark County Jail official, Shara Chico, Cecila Padron, Yineira Lopez, Jonathan Garcia, Carrie Freshour, and Emma Krass were all booked on criminal trespass charges.…
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Undocumented Students Lose Petition to Highest Court in Georgia
Update 2:00 p.m. A spokesman for the Board of Regents declined to comment on the litigation to Grady Newsource, but sent the following statement. “Our policy was adopted several years ago to mirror a new state law. That law required public higher education – including the University System – to…
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Georgia Supreme Court to Announce Major Decision in Undocumented Students Case
By Dillon Richards ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court announced Friday afternoon that it will issue its opinion on the case about the University System of Georgia’s ban on undocumented students at its top schools Monday morning. Aldo Mendoza, who was featured in a Grady Newsource report last October and is…
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Reactions to Trump Skipping Out
By Jane Mo GOP’s frontrunner Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will not be attending the final presidential Republican debate scheduled for tonight. This was the official statement released on his Twitter account: Donald Trump believes the debate will not go well. Audrey Haynes, a political science professor at…
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UPDATE: UGA Student Suspected of Vandalism out on Bail
Brandyn Matthew Clark, who police suspect was involved in vandalizing cars at The Standard apartment, has been released from jail on bail. The conditions of the bail included that Clark cannot communicate with any of the owners of the vehicles that were damaged except by consensual telephone conversation or e-mail. The…
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UGA Founders Week Helps Hungry Students
By Jane Mo The University of Georgia celebrates this week with free t-shirts and parties to remember the signing of the UGA’s charter. The UGA Alumni Association is celebrating today a bit differently from the typical “Tradition Tuesday,” which is taking pictures with the Abraham Baldwin statue on North campus.…
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UGA Students Face Flight Cancellation Variances Out of LaGuardia
Flight cancellations are a nightmare for everyone, but it was especially an unfortunate ordeal for 25 University of Georgia broadcast students. Three booked Delta Airlines, and the remaining 22 booked Southwest Airlines. Both airlines are ranked in the top four in the United States by passengers according to http://www.transtats.bts.gov. However,…
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Board of Regents Work to Pass Due Process Policy
State representative Earl Ehrhart (R) is pushing for a due process policy for college students. The representative from Powder Springs spoke at the capitol today. He wants a policy that would allow university-system students the right to due process when facing a punishment from the school. This gives students fair…