Blog posts by Blake Aued, Editor
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Rockdale Chief Deputy Scott Freeman Is Athens' New Police Chief
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Athens-Clarke County
Athens-Clarke County Manager Alan Reddish has hired Scott Freeman as ACC's new police chief, effective July 6, from among 64 candidates, the local government announced today.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of June 8
Blog: In the Loop
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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UGA President Jere Morehead Is Donating $100,000 to UGA
Blog: In the Loop
University of Georgia President Jere Morehead is donating a big chunk of his $250,000 pay raise to a new scholarship endowment, the university announced today.
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UGA Student's Letter Reveals Tiananmen Square Coverup to the Chinese People
Blog: In the Loop
UGA student Gu Yi distributed this photo to media outlets with his letter.
This is ancient history for most UGA students, but in the first week of June in 1989, the Chinese military confronted student-led protesters calling for reforming the autocratic government in Beijing. It was the Arab Spring of my generation—except it didn’t work. The government redoubled its crackdown on dissidents.
Even today, merely mentioning the Tiananmen Square protests is illegal in China. But Gu Yi, a UGA graduate student in chemistry, wrote an open letter (signed by 10 other Chinese expats) and managed to get it past China’s censors and Internet filters. The letter calls for an end to political persecution and for those who killed protestors to be put on trial.
Here’s the Washington Post’s take:
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Drive-By Shooting Reported on Baxter Street
Blog: In the Loop
An Athens-Clarke County police officer heard several gunshots around Baxter Street and Baxter Drive—a block from the ACC Library, Clarke Middle School and Alps Road Elementary School—while on patrol at about 11:20 a.m. on Monday.
The officer saw a vehicle occupied by three men, one of whom was firing a gun out of a back-seat window, according to an ACCPD report. She followed the vehicle while waiting for backup.
The vehicle pulled over on Collins Avenue, and the rear passenger exited with his hands up. The driver quickly left, but was found soon after, and all three men were detained and questioned, police said.
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PolitiFact on Jody Hice and Paul Broun's Greatest Lies
Blog: In the Loop
What's cooler than cool? Hice cold.
Today, PolitiFact Georgia celebrated its fifth anniversary by looking back at some of its favorite lies. The website, which fact-checks politicians' claims, listed statements by Athens' once and current congressmen, Paul Broun and Jody Hice, among its Top 5 "false" ratings.
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UGA Hockey Season Tickets Are on Sale Now
Blog: Culture Briefs
Photo Credit: ugahockey.com
Season tickets for the UGA Ice Dawgs are now on sale.
The hockey team’s season kicks off Sept. 8 against Auburn. They’ll play 12 home games at The Classic Center Arena.
Tickets range from $110–$270 and are available at The Classic Center box office from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Monday through Friday, at classiccenter.com or by calling 706-357-4444.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of May 25
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Michael Rivera
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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Hugh Acheson Can't Find Nice Things in Athens (Updated)
Blog: Culture Briefs
Gucci, Gucci, Hughie, Hughie, Fendi, Fendi, Prada.
Athens' Hugh Acheson is more than the proprietor of four successful restaurants (including Five & Ten), a Bravo star, cookbook author and owner of the world’s second-most-famous unibrow behind Anthony Davis. He’s a style icon in the restaurant world!
“As he’s spent more time outside the kitchen in the past few years as a judge on ‘Top Chef,’ he has become one of the food world’s most stylish figures,” writes Jacob Gallagher in the Wall Street Journal, “favoring suits from Sid Mashburn and Gucci, and always squeezing in a bit of shopping when traveling.”
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Georgia State Rep Thinks Universities Shouldn't Investigate Sexual Assaults
Blog: In the Loop
State Rep. Earl Erhart (R-Powder Springs) wants to hold hearings on how colleges and universities handle sexual assaults—but not for the reason you might think.
Erhart—chairman of the House subcommittee that handles higher education funding—is not worried about sexual assault survivors seeking justice, but about the rights of the accused.
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R.E.M.'s Mike Mills Talks David Letterman
Blog: Culture Briefs
R.E.M. performs on "Late Night with David Letterman" in 1983.
R.E.M. and David Letterman go way back. The Athens legends made their national television debut on Letterman’s former NBC show in 1983. And when Letterman announced to his studio audience last April, musical guest Mike Mills broke the news on Twitter.
Mills recently gave an interview about Letterman to Salon.com editor David Daley, a former Athens resident. He talked about that tweet, the time Dan Rather (whose mugging inspired "What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?”) sat in with the band, as well as that first appearance, when the up-and-comers followed up single “Radio Free Europe” with an untitled song that would become “So. Central Rain.”
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Clarke Middle School Is Featured in the Washington Post
Blog: In the Loop
Wick Pritchard, a VISTA volunteer at Clarke Middle School, wrote an article on the school's agriculture program for today's Washington Post. Here's a taste:
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AthFest Releases Its Club Crawl Lineup
Blog: Homedrone
Start planning your AthFest club crawl now.
AthFest just released its post-outdoor-stages schedule for Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27. About 100 local bands are playing at 13 downtown venues over the weekend. and it’s always tough to figure out how to pack in as many you can.
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Ted Cruz Wants to Repeal All the Things
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (left) after being introduced by Georgia Sen. David Perdue.
Capping off a day filled with red meat for the Republican base, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz tossed the audience a few raw ribeyes during his Georgia GOP Convention speech at the Classic Center.
“We should adopt a simple flat tax,” Cruz said. “Let every American fill out his or her taxes on a postcard. And when we do that, we should abolish the IRS.
“Take all 90,000 of them and put them on the border… Imagine if you were swimming the Rio Grande, and the first thing you saw was 90,000 IRS agents. You’d turn around and go home.”
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Pro-Medicaid Protesters Booted from GOP Convention
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
ACC Commissioner Kelly Girtz speaks at a rally for Medicaid expansion outside the Classic Center.
About 100–150 protesters were kicked out of the Classic Center during the Georgia Republican convention this afternoon as they waved signs and chanted slogans in favor of expanding Medicaid to an estimated 650,000 Georgians who lack health insurance.
The rally started outside at about 5 p.m. “There are people dying every day single day just because we’re not expanding Medicaid,” said Tim Denson of Athens for Everyone.
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Marco Rubio: The American Dream Is Dying
Blog: In the Loop
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio received what sounded like a stronger response from Republican convention delegates at the Classic Center than New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with a largely autobiographical speech.
Rubio—who, unlike Christie, has announced his presidential candidacy—highlighted his life story as the son of working-class Cuban immigrants. In a speech reminiscent of President Jimmy Carter’s “malaise” lament, he said the American Dream that propelled him to political power is dying. America is weak abroad, and the economy is improving, but not as fast as it should, he said.
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Fire Destroys Abandoned Athens Mill
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Video still via Fox 5.
A 200-year-old abandoned cotton mill off Macon Highway was destroyed in a fire Thursday night.
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Chris Christie: I Can Work With Democrats
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may not officially be running for president—yet—but he laid out a strategy for winning over blue-state voters during a breakfast speech this morning at the Georgia Republican convention at the Classic Center.
Christie was noncommittal when reporters asked him whether he’s running. In his speech, however, he made a case for a more inclusive party that’s more open to compromise.
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Medicaid Advocates Are Protesting at the GOP Convention in Athens
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Michael Rivera
Two progressive groups, Athens for Everyone and Moral Monday Georgia, are organizing a rally for Medicaid expansion at 5 p.m. Friday in front of the Classic Center, where Georgia Republicans will be holding their biannual convention.
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Gov. Deal Vetoes the Flagpole Crosswalk Act
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Porter McLeod
Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have required drivers to stop at crosswalks when beacons are flashing—not because he wants you to get run over, necessarily, but because he's worried about the implications for cyclist safety.
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In the Loop | June 9, 2015 12:52pm
Rockdale Chief Deputy Scott Freeman Is Athens' New Police Chief
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In the Loop | June 8, 2015 11:53am
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of June 8
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In the Loop | June 5, 2015 1:25pm
UGA President Jere Morehead Is Donating $100,000 to UGA
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In the Loop | June 4, 2015 1:59pm
UGA Student's Letter Reveals Tiananmen Square Coverup to the Chinese People
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In the Loop | June 2, 2015 11:24am
Drive-By Shooting Reported on Baxter Street
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In the Loop | June 1, 2015 3:23pm
PolitiFact on Jody Hice and Paul Broun's Greatest Lies
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Culture Briefs | May 27, 2015 11:51am
UGA Hockey Season Tickets Are on Sale Now
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In the Loop | May 26, 2015 4:34pm
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of May 25
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Culture Briefs | May 26, 2015 2:57pm
Hugh Acheson Can't Find Nice Things in Athens (Updated)
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In the Loop | May 22, 2015 11:29am
Georgia State Rep Thinks Universities Shouldn't Investigate Sexual Assaults
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Culture Briefs | May 20, 2015 1:56pm
R.E.M.'s Mike Mills Talks David Letterman
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In the Loop | May 19, 2015 3:53pm
Clarke Middle School Is Featured in the Washington Post
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Homedrone | May 18, 2015 11:03am
AthFest Releases Its Club Crawl Lineup
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In the Loop | May 15, 2015 8:49pm
Ted Cruz Wants to Repeal All the Things
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In the Loop | May 15, 2015 7:09pm
Pro-Medicaid Protesters Booted from GOP Convention
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In the Loop | May 15, 2015 4:16pm
Marco Rubio: The American Dream Is Dying
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In the Loop | May 15, 2015 11:15am
Fire Destroys Abandoned Athens Mill
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In the Loop | May 15, 2015 10:16am
Chris Christie: I Can Work With Democrats
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In the Loop | May 14, 2015 2:26pm
Medicaid Advocates Are Protesting at the GOP Convention in Athens
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In the Loop | May 13, 2015 2:01pm
Gov. Deal Vetoes the Flagpole Crosswalk Act