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Police in Georgia Evict Anti-Wal-Mart Occupiers

Al Norman | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Occupy Athens, Leo Kottke, Clarke County, Wal-Mart, People for a Better Athens, Gq Magazine, Southern Living, Madeleine Peyroux, B-52s, R.E.M., Hipsters, University of Georgia, Zombies, Business News

The cops in one southern city were busy this past week cleaning a group of Occupiers from the front steps of City Hall in the middle of the night.

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Pair Caught Peeing On Crowd

Athens Banner-Herald | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Pee, Public Urination, Weird News, Dumb Crime, Weird Georgia, Crime, Crime News, Georgia, University of Georgia, Crime News

A 20-year-old University of Georgia student and a 21-year-old non-student were arrested after they were caught spitting and urinating off the top of a...

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The 10 Best Value Public Colleges

Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: College of William and Mary, University of North Carolina, University of Wisconsin, University of Texas, University of Washington, University of Florida, State University of New York at Binghamton, New College of Florida, University of Virginia, University of Georgia, 2012, Princeton Review, College News

Everybody wants to get the best bang for their buck in higher education -- but what colleges really are the best value? The Princeton Review recent...

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Georgia Vet Saves Homeless Pets From Euthanization

Marietta Patch | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Homeless Pet Foundation, Veternarians, Pet Adoption, Underhound Railroad, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Georgia, Michael Good, Town and Country Veterinary Clinic, University of Georgia, Impact News

Marietta Patch: Dogs bark. Phones ring. There's an antiseptic smell in the air. An injured pit bull, with a huge plastic collar, skids across th...

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WATCH: Georgia Player Gets Stuck In Iconic Hedges After TD

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Sanford Stadium, Video, Aron White Hedges, New Mexico State University, Georgia Football, Aron White Touchdown, Sec, College Football, Georgia Hedges, Sanford Stadium Hedges, University of Georgia, Sports News

New Mexico State had no answer for Georgia on Saturday. During the second quarter, the Bulldogs hung up an astonishing 42 points en route to a 63-16 t...

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Athens, GA: Pantry Feeds Needy Students

athens.patch.com | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Poverty, Athens Georgia, College, Students, Patch, University of Georgia, Home News

“There’s a misperception... that college students are relatively affluent. But many of our students are stressed to be here.” ...

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Students Studying Abroad Forced Out Of 'Bubbles'

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Amazing Race, Cet Academic Programs, Study Abroad, International Programs, American Bubbles, Students and Technology, American Students, Study Abroad Programs, American Students Abroad, Students, Abraham Lincoln Commission, Cet, University of Georgia, Education News

Educators are thrilled to see more American college students venturing abroad – perhaps 300,000 this year alone. Now if they can just get them ...

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Georgia Profs Offer Course To Undocumented Immigrants

AP | KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Junot Diaz, Freedom University, DREAM Act, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Illegal Immigrant Class, University of Georgia, College News

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- As college students return to campus in Georgia, a new state policy has closed the doors of the five most competitive state school...

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The 10 Best Dining Halls

Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Bryn Mawr College, Colby College, Washington University in St. Louis, Bowdoin College, James Madison University, Cornell University, Umass Amherst, Wheaton College, Virginia Tech, 10 Best Dining Halls, University of Georgia, College News

Are you hungry yet? Princeton Review recently named the colleges with the best campus food. Wheaton College in Illinois topped the list, followed b...

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Sierra Club Took My Hair and All I Got Was a Beyond Coal Button

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Epa, Governor Jerry Brown, Cerebral Palsy, Learning Disabilities, Mercury, Ladwp, Beyond Coal Campaign, Neurotoxin, Lisa Jackson, Mercury Poisoning, Sierra Club, The Cove, Clean Air Act, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Methylmercury, University of Georgia, Green News

I just had a lock of my hair chopped off to benefit science and the planet. I was joined by other moms, children and babies in more than 25 cities ac...

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University Of Georgia Student Attacked On Her Way To Class

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Georgia Student Attacked, Athens Attack, University of Georgia Sexual Assault, The South, Mark Mack, University of Georgia, Athens Banner Herald, Uga Student Attacked, Uga Student Assault, Student Attacked at Uga, Video, College News

A University of Georgia student was attacked and sexually assaulted on her way to school early Monday morning, the Athens Banner-Herald reports. Th...

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New Study Shows BP Macondo Oil Still "On the Bottom"

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samantha Joye, Bp, Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, University of Georgia, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Green News

An extensive new study has found that much of the oil from the Macondo well is still on the bottom of the Gulf. It's not surprising that it directly contradicts the claims that everything okey-dokey.

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UGA Student Charged With Animal Cruelty For Killing Mice

onlineathens.com | Joe Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Starling Mice, Mark Huie Starling, Mark Starling, Animal Cruetly, University of Georgia, College News

A University of Georgia student faces an animal cruelty charge alleging that he killed several mice after a teacher told him he couldn't use them for ...

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Family Of UGA Student Slain 10 Years Ago Set To Receive Death Certificate

ajc.com | Alexis Stevens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tara Baker Death Certificate, Tara Louise Baker Dead, Tara Louise Baker, University of Georgia, Tara Baker, College News

Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of the day a UGA law student was found dead in her burning apartment....

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Georgia Chief: Expect Tuition Hikes

BusinessWeek | SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Georgia Tuition, Georgia Tuition Hikes, University of Georgia, Georgia Tuition Increases, College News

The head of Georgia's university system said Tuesday that students should expect a tuition hike next year to make up for deep cuts Gov. Nathan Deal ha...

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Meet UGA's Newest Professor

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Camper Van Beethoven, David Lowery, Cracker, David Lowery University of Georgia, University of Georgia, College News

ATHENS, Ga. — Cracker singer David Lowery will teach a music business class at the University of Georgia this spring. Lowery, who co-founded th...

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University Of Georgia Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Its Desegregation

The Red and Black | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uga, Georgia Desegregation, Desegregation, University of Georgia, College News

2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of the University and the Office of Institutional Diversity is holding a 50 day-long celebration ...

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University Of Georgia Student Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

The Red and Black | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Child Pornography, Kyle Thomas Glasser, Kyle Glasser Child Porn, The Red and Black, The South, Kyle Glasser, University of Georgia, College News

University student Kyle Thomas Glasser, 21, was arrested Wednesday at about 7 p.m. and charged with sexual exploitation of a child. He was sought in c...

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Grad Student Uses HIV DNA To Make Music

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scientific American, Hiv, The South, College News, AOL News, HIV Music, Alexandra Pajak, Sounds of HIV, University of Georgia, Aids, Video, College News

University of Georgia graduate student Alexandra Pajak's new instrumental CD draws inspiration from an unlikely source -- HIV. "Sounds of HIV," rele...

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9 Amazing Study Abroad Locations (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newsweek, The GLOSSARI Project, Inside Higher Ed, Study Abroad, College Rankings, Goucher College, Bard College, Lee University, College News, University of Georgia, Slidepollajax, College News

Forget Paris. Some colleges are taking the concept of educational globalization to heart. According to Newsweek, more and more college students are ch...

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Weekly Mulch: Green Daydreams? A Clean Gulf, Energy Efficiency, and More

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Georgia, Gulf of Mexico, Don Blankenship, Mcdonalds, Bp, EARTH GRAINS BREAD, ENDANGERED SPECIES HAPPY MEAL, Greenwashing, Conservation, Sara Lee, Noaa, Energy Saving, Riki Ott, Oil Spill, Kevin Drum, Green News

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger Yesterday, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) took Obama administration officials to task for encouraging Americans to be...

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Oil Plumes: Pressure on Scientists and Pursuit of the Truth

Kert Davies | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of South Florida, Oil Plumes, Foia, Bp, Noaa, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Oil Spill, Green Energy, Greenpeace, University of Georgia, Underwater Oil Plumes, Green News

News today from credible sources presents evidence suggesting that almost 80% of the oil is likely to be floating under the surface. This contrasts with the government claims that 75% of the oil had disappeared.

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OIL DOESN'T JUST DISAPPEAR: University Study Contradicts Government Estimates, Up To 79% Could Remain

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, BP PLC, Gulf Oil Spill, Georgia Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, Georgia, BP Oil Spill, University of Georgia, Green News

A group of scientists say that most of that BP oil the government claimed was gone from the Gulf of Mexico is actually still there. The scientists be...

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Georgia Fans Hacked CU Football Ticket System With Fake Code

The Denver Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CU Football, 1990 National Championship 20th Anniversary Reunion, University of Colorado, University of Georgia, Denver News

The University of Colorado ticket office has learned that a majority of football ticket purchases for the Oct. 2 home game against Georgia made with a...

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Party In The UGA: Georgia Welcomes Freshmen With Cringe-Worthy Video (WATCH)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Party in the Uga, The South, Party in the Uga Video, Uga Orientation Video, Uga, Uga Party School, University of Georgia Video, University of Georgia Orientation Video, Uga Party Video, University of Georgia, Video, College News

Ah, the sounds that another school year's upon us: pencils being sharpened, backpacks zipping and off-key singing in an ill-advised university orienta...

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