Thursday, May 16, 2013
Some legislators acknowledge the freebies can look bad, but they say the state's new ethics law will make it harder to mingle with constituents.
Georgia legislators who want to sit in the president's suite above the hedges at Sanford Stadium next year will have to pay their own way, thanks to ethics legislation signed by Gov. Nathan Deal last week. The law forbids elected officials from receiving gifts or event tickets exceeding $75. University System of Georgia lobbyists gave state and local lawmakers more than $14,000 in football tickets in 2012, the Athens Banner-Herald reports. The paper quotes state Sen. Bill Cowsert, whose district includes Athens, saying the football games have been a good way for him to mingle with his constitutents. “I think it’s really going to change things," Cowsert is quoted saying of the new ethics law. "I think it’s going to make it tougher for the …
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Hackers had access to Social Securitiy numbers and names of current and past employees.
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
Hope that you don't get an email or a letter from UGA soon. The school is notifying about 8,500 employees, both current and former ones, that their personal records may have been hacked. According to a university press release, officials are investigating "a criminal act of computer trespass” by an intruder, according to UGA Vice President for Information Technology Timothy Chester. The initial hacking may have happened as early as Sept. 28. The investigation began Oct. 1 after officials learned that someone reset the MyID passwords of two UGA employees, both of whom work in sensitive information technology positions. The hackers then used those accounts to gain access to personnel data. -- Has this affected you, family member or a friend…
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Florida is ranked ahead of Georgia, and Vandy makes the list. Share your thoughts.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
College is about higher education, and not all of that is in a classroom, right? Well, along those lines ... Playboy magazine is back with its ranking of Top Party Schools in the United States. And as before, the University of Georgia makes the list, this year coming in at No. 6. However, Georgia's top football rival, Florida, is at No. 3. And Vanderbilt, thought of as a football also-ran and an academic standout, is ranked at No. 7. The University of Virginia was ranked No. 1 According to the Huffington Post, the schools were picked by Playboy's editors, who considered feedback from readers, students, alumni, campus representatives and others. A spokesperson for Playboy said universities were measured on 900 data points in three …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Leave your birthday wishes for Coach Dooley in the comments below.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
How time flies. Vince Dooley, the University of Georgia's winningest football coach and one-time athletic director, turns 80 on Tuesday, Sept. 4. Dooley, now retired and living in Athens, won 201 games from 1964-88. He also was successful as athletic director from 1979-2004, wearing two hats as football coach and AD during some of that time. -- What are your favorite memories of Vince Dooley's coaching career? What are your special birthday wishes? Tell us in the comments below. He is best known for the 1980 season, when a freshman tailback named Herschel Walker led Georgia to the national title, capped by a Sugar Bowl win over Notre Dame. In all, Dooley's teams won six SEC titles. As athletic director, he hired current football coach Mark…
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Board reinstates top editors after the recent walkout.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The top two editors at The Red and Black, the independent student-run newspaper at the University of Georgia, are back on the job, according to a joint statement Monday (Aug. 20). Editor in Chief Polina Marinova and Managing Editor Julia Carpenter have been reinstated and will bring back the other staff members who joined them in last week's walkout. The dispute came over the editors' concerns about control of the paper's editorial operation. "We look forward to the editors and their staff resuming production of one of the nation’s top student news organizations," the statement said. "We want to be clear that students have editorial control over the contents of our publications with no prior review." Gwinnett newsletter publisher Elliott …
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Reviewing some top stories from Suwanee and Gwinnett from the past week.
It was a week when news was the news in Northeast Georgia. Let's take a look back: STUDENT EDITORS MAY RETURN TO RED AND BLACK: The Red and Black, the student-run newspaper at the University of Georgia, was beset by conflict. The student editors walked out in protest of what they felt was excessive editorial control by board members. By week's end, the board had apologized, and the editor was willing to re-apply for the top job. SUWANEE BEGINS 9/11 RFP: The city began accepting proposals to display its 9/11 artifact, called Remembrance. Officials want it displayed in the Town Center area by Sept. 11, 2013. What were your favorite news stories from the past week in Suwanee? Tell us in the comments below. MORE NEW RESTAURANTS IN SUWANEE: The…
Friday, August 17, 2012
'Discussion' comes amid an editorial walkout and a subsequent meeting with board members.
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Friday, August 17, 2012
With the walkout of top editorial staffers still unresolved, The Red and Black newspaper will host an "open house and discussion" on Friday amid a dispute with its board of trustees. The student-run newspaper at the University of Georgia was thrust into turmoil this week when top editors walked out in a dispute over editorial policy and control. A draft memo from board members outlining some coverage matters was the source of the dispute. What do you think will happen to The Red and Black? Do you agree with the student editors' response? Tell us in the comments below. The online newspaper, which is a non-profit corporation that is independent of the university, also had recently hired an editorial adviser to assist in coverage. Board …
Thursday, August 16, 2012
The coach, who was fired after the 2000 season, is involved in a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation.
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Former University of Georgia head football coach Jim Donnan has been accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of running a Ponzi scheme targeting former players and college coaches, according to an Associated Press report on the Huffington Post. Donnan, who was fired from UGA after the 2000 season, and a business partner raised some $80 million from about 100 investors in the scheme, according to William P. Hicks, associate director of the SEC's Atlanta office. The SEC's complaint charges Donnan and partner Gregory Crabtree, of Proctorville, Ohio, with violating federal securities laws, according to the AP report. Among the coaches Donnan reportedly helped attract were Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer, ex-Dallas Cowboys …
A draft memo on coverage guidelines prompted the dispute. Economic factors apparently prompted the guidelines.
Board members of The Red and Black plan to meet Thursday in Athens to try to resolve a dispute that recently led to the resignation of top editors of the University of Georgia's student-run daily newspaper. A source has told Patch that a meeting is planned in connection with the dispute. The resignations were in response to a draft memo from the Red and Black board that included guidelines for news coverage. "There has been a lot of miscommunication all around," a board member, who requested anonymity, said Friday. -- What's your reaction to the editors' resignations? The board's position? Tell us in the comments below. Here’s that draft memo. The Red and Black has been independent of the university since 1980, with its own board of …
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Caleb King, now playing for Minnesota, is accused of beating another man outside a birthday party.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Caleb King, a former football star for Greater Atlanta Christian Schools and Parkview High, has been arrested for suspicion of beating another man, according to an Associated Press report in several media outlets. The article states that King, who is signed as a rookie free agent for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, has been jailed but not charged for the incident. King is accused of punching the victim, 22, repeatedly and throwing him headfirst to the ground outside a birthday party, according to the AP article. The man was hospitalized with skull and facial fractures, Anoka County Sheriff's Cmdr. Paul Sommer told AP. He added that the victim had cuts that required more than 50 stitches and may have a serious head injury. King also played for…
bobby black
11:40 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
I guess they will have to buy their 50 yard line tickets for a dollar apiece now. The ones Joe Fan can't buy at any price. more ›