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Education
The Person, the Student, the Athlete: Who Comes First in Georgia High Schools?
Corrie Collier, the Atlanta public school assistant athletic director, has his priorities set when it comes to his students, “We care about you as a person first, then we care about you as a student, and then we care about you as an athlete,” he said. The National Football League…
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Diversity
The Atlanta Music Project Offers Youth Greater Access to Music Education
Madisyn Willis had only just started her new job with the Atlanta Music Project, when one student in particular caused her to take a closer look — or more accurately — listen. From the first moment that Madisyn met him, she could tell that this student fit the classic class-clown…
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Gender
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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Athens-Clarke County
Best Places to Tailgate, Park and Eat at SEC Championship Game
The long-awaited rematch between Georgia and Alabama is happening this Saturday at the SEC Championship in Atlanta. Getting to the game and finding places to tailgate will likely be tough due to heavy traffic. Here is our comprehensive guide of how to “game day” in Atlanta. Transportation and Tailgating If…
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Athens-Clarke County
Affordable Housing Event Explores Stigmas, Complexity of Issue
For Robert Hughes, founding partner and principal of the Atlanta-based design company HGOR, the problem of affordable housing is a “multi-headed beast” to solve. Each year, HGOR funds a lecture or panel event for the University of Georgia’s College of Environment and Design, and this year’s discussion focused on affordable…
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Athens-Clarke County
Fans Prepare for SEC Championship Game, Watching Events
ATHENS, GA — Tickets to the SEC Football Championship game have become a coveted item over the last few weeks. The football game will be played between the University of Georgia and Auburn University. UGA fans want revenge against Auburn after losing badly on November 11th, 2017. Auburn obviously has other…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Students Go For Broke to Get to Super Bowl
ATHENS, Ga.—Connor Jones, a senior at the University of Georgia, plans to spend the rest of the semester eating Ramen Noodles. The die-hard Atlanta Falcons fan spent $900 for a Super Bowl LI ticket. Jones says he remembers being 4-years-old watching the NFC championship when the Falcons defeated his mother’s…
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2016 Election
Georgia Shows Interest in Libertarian Presidential Candidate
Recent presidential polls are indicating that Georgia could become a little less red and a little more blue after next week’s election results come in. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson was in Atlanta yesterday for a rally, hoping to capitalize on the purple nature of Georgia this election cycle. “My pitch…
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Health
VIDEO: 7 Ways to Reduce Test Anxiety
By: Fernanda Perez
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2016 Election
In Atlanta, Cruz Claims to be Most Reliable Conservative
ATLANTA- Ted Cruz spoke in Atlanta on Saturday, and cast himself as the only Republican presidential candidate that could be trusted to take a firm stand on conservative principles. In his speech, given at Liberty Plaza in front of the Georgia State Capitol, Cruz asked who voters could trust beyond “a…