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Education
Art Students Face High Costs for Necessary Supplies
College students, especially those from low-income families, face a wide range of financial obstacles on campus. For those majoring in art, one of the biggest obstacles might the cost of supplies and other materials necessary for class assignments. Depending on a student’s school and major, there is a vast inconsistency…
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2022 Election
Election 2022 in Photos: Campus Organizer Amelia Reynolds In Action
Students in the Advanced Photojournalism course were charged with showing the story of campaign workers during the 2022 midterm election cycle. Working with canvassers, organizers and volunteers, they researched who makes campaigns and elections happen, then spent time in the field with them. Click to experience the visual storytelling.
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2022 Election
Election 2022 in Photos: UGA’s ‘The Great Debate’ Allows For Exchange of Views
Students in the Advanced Photojournalism course were charged with showing the story of campaign workers during the 2022 midterm election cycle. Working with canvassers, organizers and volunteers, they researched who makes campaigns and elections happen, then spent time in the field with them. Click to experience the visual storytelling.
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2022 Election
Election 2022 in Photos: UGA Students Canvas for Candidates, Turnout
Students in the Advanced Photojournalism course were charged with showing the story of campaign workers during the 2022 midterm election cycle. Working with canvassers, organizers and volunteers, they researched who makes campaigns and elections happen, then spent time in the field with them. Click to experience the visual storytelling.
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COVID-19 Coverage
‘More Than A Funk’: How Social Isolation Impacts UGA Students’ Mental Health
Samantha King, a graduate student at the University of Georgia, said the past year has felt like the movie “Groundhog Day.” She gets out of bed, does her schoolwork, eats, goes to bed, and does it all over again the next day. King realized the repetitive lifestyle she experienced as…
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Athens-Clarke County
Undocumented Student Alliance Campaigns for Rights of Immigrants and Students
The Undocumented Student Alliance at the University of Georgia partnered with the Hispanic Student Union to host their first in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic on, Tuesday, April 13. The organizations gathered on the same day that the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents, who have upheld…
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Athens-Clarke County
Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Visits Athens To Recruit UGA Graduates
Between the 27-foot-long hot dog on wheels and free “Wiener Whistles” handed out, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile was the talk of Athens. Hotdoggers Molly “Mayochup Molly” Swindall and Maggie “Mustard Mags” Thomas spent an entire week between Feb. 25 and March 3 recruiting University of Georgia graduating seniors to join…
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COVID-19 Coverage
UGA Professors, Students Try to Adapt in World of Coronavirus
Janet Frick, an associate professor in the University of Georgia Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program, said no one day this semester has been the same. Professors have had to make multiple adjustments this fall from the way they teach their classes to the way they interact with students. “I think…
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In-Depth
Some UGA Students Admit To Using Social Media More Than Average
Natalie Burrow, an intended finance major at UGA, spends a daily average of six hours on social media. According to her Screen Time tracking, most of her time was spent on TikTok and Snapchat, followed by Facebook and Instagram. According to a survey conducted in 2018, Internet users average about…
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Doing Journalism
ANNOTATED: UGA Confirms Reports Of Swastikas Drawn On Jewish Students’ Doors
Listen to the audio reporter annotation below to learn about the process that Grady Newsource Reporter Ashlyn Webb used to write about the incidents regarding swastikas drawn on Jewish students’ doors at the University of Georgia. Asmarah Yaqoob is a junior majoring in journalism at the Grady College of Journalism…