Books Finding Their Way to Athenians
By: Caitlyn Richtman Editor-In-Chief On a chilly November day, a young child skipped down Pulaski Street in Athens, his pudgy hand clutching his mother’s. He broke away from his mom when he spotted ...
Features
Black Minds Matter Too: UGA Student Starts Black Mental Health Organization
by Kalah Mingo Forget all the stereotypes of mental illness. It has no face. It has no particular victim. Mental illness can affect any individual from any background and the black community ...
Wide spectrum of ideas shared at fifth annual TEDxUGA
by Kemani Miles In the past, the University of Georgia has had four previous TEDxUGA events with many more to come. The talks span from different perspectives to talk about issues that need to come ...
Women of Color Take Their Place in the Business World
by Kalah Mingo The world of business and entrepreneurship has experienced a shift in the past few years. According to the 2016 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, women-owned businesses have ...
Immigration Nation Come to Athens
by Samantha Ward Immigration has been at the forefront of political debate for decades now but saw a surge in conversations once President Trump began campaigning. With such widespread debate opens ...
Existence As Resilience: The Third Annual LGBT+ Connect Conference
by Samantha Ward Amid everything going on in the political sphere, there are still safe spaces standing strong for the LGBT+ community, and one of them is the annual Connect Conference here in ...
Building a Better Athens: Stories, Strategies, and Advice for Changing our World
Hosted by Athens for Everyone and Avid Bookshop, this community gathering’s goal is to allow a prominent political activist to impart his wisdom about civilian and political activism, as well as to listen to the advice and opinions of some prominent activists and community leaders in Athens. ...
UGA’s Vietnamese Student Association hosts Night in Saigon
UGA’s Vietnamese Student Association took over The Classic Center in downtown Athens the night of Saturday Jan. 14 for their annual cultural event, Night in Saigon. ...
Luxury Student Apartments Move Into Downtown Athens
By Madeline Jackson The landscape of downtown Athens has changed drastically over the past five years. Apartments such as The Mark, The Standard, Uncommon, 909 Broad and Georgia Heights have moved in ...
New Modeling Agency at UGA Wants to Know: How B.O.L.D. Are You?
By Raven Rice A University of Georgia undergraduate may be giving some of America’s next top models a platform by establishing a modeling agency on the campus of UGA. The new agency is called ...
