In the Loop
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Help Clocked! Manager Josh Gravitt Take Care of His Injured Kids
Amy Gravitt's car after a drunk-driving accident that seriously injured her two children.
Josh Gravitt, a manager at Clocked!, is trying to raise $10,000 to care for his two children who were seriously injured in a drunk-driving accident.
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CCSD: Keep Your Kids Warm on Thursday
The Clarke County School District will operate more or less as usual Thursday, but administrators are asking parents to take precautions to make sure their children stay warm as temperatures drop into the teens.
Says district spokeswoman Anisa Sullivan Jimenez:
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Discrimination Still Exists, CNN Anchor Tells UGA
Soledad O’Brien, a CNN news anchor who hosts the documentary series “Black in America”, brought the Black in America Tour to the University of Georgia Tuesday evening to discuss racial inequality, focusing on policing issues.
“Unless you were living under a rock you probably witnessed, or maybe even took part in some of the protests surrounding the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner,” O’Brien said.
The severity of racial inequality in terms of policing violence changes depending on the demographic group you ask, O’Brien said.
“This year, five decades after Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, 70 percent of African Americans say they are treated less fairly by the police than whites,” she said. “When whites are asked if blacks are treated less fairly, 37 percent say ‘yes’.”
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Morehead: UGA Meningitis Coverup 'Preposterous'
Accusations of a coverup regarding a University of Georgia student's death are "simply preposterous," UGA President Jere Morehead said today, reiterating that there have been no cases of bacterial meningitis on campus.
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This Week's Flagpole Deliveries Delayed Due to Storm
Heads up to those of you who still read Flagpole in its increasingly quaint, hipster-approved, perfectly foldable newsprint format:
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UGA Opening Late, Clarke Schools Closed Tuesday
The University of Georgia closed at 7:40 p.m. and will reopen at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, when classes will resume on their regular schedules, the university announced tonight. Previously designated staff should report under the emergency weather plan.
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UPDATE: Shot Fired at UGA's Greek Park
A member of a University of Georgia fraternity pointed a gun at members of another nearby fraternity during an altercation early this morning, according to UGA police.
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CNN's Soledad O'Brien Is Bringing 'Black in America' to UGA
CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien will host a panel discussion on race and law enforcement at the Tate Center Grand Hall Tuesday at 7 p.m.
O'Brien hosts the cable news network's "Black in America" documentary series. According to the University of Georgia:
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