In the Loop
-
UGA Profs: Obama Will Nominate a Moderate Supreme Court Justice to Replace Scalia
Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday, Senate Republicans have vowed to reject any nominee President Obama puts forth, but some University of Georgia professors and administrators in the political science department and law school think a moderate candidate has a chance of being approved.
Scalia dying during an election adds another wrinkle to an already partisan process. Supreme Court nominees are twice as likely to be rejected during election years than normal years, says John Maltese, head of the political science department at UGA.
-
Lanoue Announces Shakeup at Cedar Shoals
Clarke County School District Superintendent Phil Lanoue announced he’s reshuffling administrations at Cedar Shoals High School and Whit Davis Elementary School in the wake of Cedar Shoals Principal Tony Price’s suspension.
Price was placed on administrative leave Friday as district officials investigate the mishandling of an alleged sexual assault at Cedar Shoals in January.
-
Suspects in Cedar Shoals Rape Denied Bail
Photo Credit: Clarke County Sheriff's Office
(L–R) Jaivious Collins, Markell Brannon and Xavier Clarke.
A Clarke County Superior Court judge denied bail Monday to two of three Cedar Shoals High School students accused of raping a 15-year-old classmate in a stairwell at the school on Jan. 7, according to the Athens Banner-Herald.
-
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Feb. 15
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.
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file
-
Bernie Sanders Opened an Athens Campaign Office
Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign opened an office in Athens today as the Vermont senator seeks to build on his victory in New Hampshire last week and upset Hillary Clinton in the Georgia primary Mar. 1.
-
Cedar Shoals Principal Tony Price Has Been Suspended
Cedar Shoals High School Principal Tony Price has been placed on administrative leave as an internal investigation continues into school officials' handling of an alleged sexual assault on school grounds Jan. 7.
-
Parents and Teachers Demand Answers on Alleged Cedar Shoals Sexual Assault
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Patti Huberty (right) speaks to the Clarke County Board of Education as board member Ovita Thornton looks on.
Parents and teachers criticized a “culture of silence,” as one speaker put it, in the Clarke County School District in the wake of an alleged sexual assault at Cedar Shoals High School Jan. 7 that went unreported for four weeks.
Several speakers at the Board of Education’s regularly scheduled meeting tonight called on the district to hold a public forum to answer questions and give a full accounting of why no one informed students, teachers or the public of the allegations until after the Athens Banner-Herald broke the story Feb. 4.
“We need to talk about it, and we need to talk about it now,” said Lisa Bayer, an Eastside parent.
-
Fulton Officials 'Confident' in Lanoue After Alleged Cedar Shoals Rape
When it voted to hire Phil Lanoue as its new superintendent, the Fulton County Board of Education knew of an alleged sexual assault at Cedar Shoals High School that was not reported to students, teachers or the public for a month.
Lanoue, Clarke County’s superintendent and the National Superintendent of the Year, announced last Friday that he will take the Fulton County job. The announcement came just hours after the Athens Banner-Herald reported that three Cedar Shoals students had been arrested on charges that two of them held down a 15-year-old classmate while a third raped her in a stairwell on Jan. 7. A security camera caught the attack on tape, according to Athens-Clarke County police.
Page 108 of 235, showing 8 posts out of 1877 total, starting on # 857, ending on 864