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New iPhone Application Brings Ease to Campus
Athens, Ga–Bus arrival times, meal planners, and virtual tours are all services a new UGA application has to help students around campus. Hannah Patrick says students will be happy SGA promised results from their election last year and from what I found out today, this application will bring a lot…
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Student Entrepreneurs Panel Gives Advice to Peers
Athens, GA- Five student entrepreneurs shared their own words of wisdom on Monday during a student panel discussion at UGA’s Tate Theatre. The panel was put on as a part of UGA’s Thinc. initiative, which aims to engage, inspire and build the confidence that will help take business ideas from…
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SGA President and Vice President Address Low Voter Turnout
Athens, GA Reporter: Danielle Barker
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UGA Summer Classes Are Beneficial to Students in Multiple Ways
Athens, GA– Spring semester is almost over but summer classes are available during May through August. Chelsea Anderson found out why students can benefit from summer school.  With more and more students coming to UGA, classrooms can become crammed and it can be difficult to find the classes you…
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UGA Partial Smoking Ban Enforcement Issues
This ban has been in place for a while and SGA expanded it two years ago. Many students don’t seem to take it seriously, so this issue has the possibility of reappearing this year in the SGA elections. The smoking ban prohibits lighting up for at least 35 feet of…
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UGA Student Creates New Social Network
Athens, GA–There is a new and innovative app and social network on the Apple store created by one of UGA’s own. Senior Andrew Harrah created My Crowd in order to allow people to find their friends downtown without even having to ask them. In order for the app to work,…
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UGA Alum Fatal Crash
Allen Simms was a 2011 graduate of UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resource. We caught up with one of his former professors who said he was one of the forestry department’s top students, a hard worker and he was on the job until the end. Dr. Richard…
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Army Budget Cuts May affect ROTC Students
The tuition assistance program that provides up to $4,500 a year has been cut from the Army’s budget. The partial scholarship was available for people in the Army and attend school in their off-time. “The only cadets the suspension of the tuition assistance benefits affects are those that are going…
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UGA Ecology Student’s Film accepted into Savannah Film Festival
A UGA ecology student’s short fim has been accepted into the “Beneath the Waves Film Festival” in Savannah. The festival focuses on documentaries related to marine science issues. Virginia Schutte’s film “Improving Mangrove Management to protect the Oceans Tropical Nurseries” focuses on protecting and restoring underwater root systems of mangrove…
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Spring Break at UGA
Athens, GA – There’s a single question that keeps popping up all over UGA’s campus. “What are you doing for Spring Break?” Meredith Dean has details on what UGA students will be doing over the vacation.  Alcohol, partying, dancing, and beer-trashed beaches are some of the images that come…