Blog Topic: Drunken Mayhem

In the Loop: ACC Police: We Got the Natty Under Control

By Blake Aued | January 8, 2018 3:09pm

Win or lose, Athens-Clarke County police want you to know there will be no riots in the streets of Athens tonight after Georgia plays in the college football national championship game.

The department called a news conference earlier this afternoon to discuss plans for public safety downtown. The game is in Atlanta, but local police expect a crowd along the lines of a typical UGA home game—potentially tens of thousands of people, according to Sgt. Epifiano Rodriguez.

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In the Loop: Will Georgia's Campus Carry Law Let UGA Tailgaters Pack Heat?

By Blake Aued | May 16, 2017 1:20pm

Photo Credit: Randy Schafer/file

The campus carry bill Gov. Nathan Deal signed last month explicitly bans guns at Sanford Stadium while allowing them on many other parts of the UGA campus. But officials are still grappling with at least one gray area—what the poorly worded law means for tailgaters.

The Macon Telegraph reports:

One scenario has raised an interesting question for Georgia: Given the fact that up to 100,000 fans, if not more, partake in tailgating festivities many hours before kickoff, how will the law be interpreted on its campus for a Saturday football game?

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In the Loop: Turnout Light for Watkinsville Alcohol Referendum

By Lee Becker | March 21, 2017 11:41am

Photo Credit: Lee Becker

Only 63 of Watkinsville’s 2,117 eligible voters participated in the three weeks of early voting leading up to todays ’s election on whether Sunday sales of alcohol should be allowed at the city’s restaurants and convenience stores.

The turnout of less than 3 percent of the city’s voters suggests that only a small number of the city’s voters will decide the issue.

In the Mar. 17, 2015 special election in the city on liquor by the drink, only 265 voters cast a ballot, representing just a little more than 15 percent of the 1,759 registered voters. Positive votes were cast by 216 of those voters.

Voting on Sunday sales will take place from 7 a.m.–7 p.m. today at the city’s two precincts, City Hall and Annex.

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In the Loop: Drunk White People Downtown Love Them Some Donald Trump

By Blake Aued | November 16, 2016 10:28am

Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore

Georgia-based sketch comedy duo Home Brewed humor took to the streets of downtown Athens last weekend to interview drunk Auburn and Georgia fans about Donald Trump's win.

The results were predictable but will nonetheless make you despair for your city, your school and (possibly) your race. Warning: Language is NSFW.

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Culture Briefs: Georgia Fan Gets a Little Too Turnt After Win

By Blake Aued | September 19, 2016 3:08pm

Photo Credit: Jeff Moore via Twitter

Like all of us, Athens resident Michael DiNardo was pretty psyched about Jacob Eason's touchdown pass to Isaiah McKenzie that beat Missouri Saturday night.

Some might say he took it a bit too far.

DiNardo's roommate, Jeff Moore, posted a video to Twitter of DiNardo celebrating the epic play—a celebration that included putting his head through a pane of glass. The video went viral as an example of just how boneheaded Georgia fans can be.

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In the Loop: Ride-Share Service Lyft Comes to Athens

By Blake Aued | August 4, 2016 12:48pm

Drunk Athens residents have another transportation alternative with ride-sharing service Lyft now operating here.

New passengers can use the code “LYFTINTAC” after a long night of binge drinking downtown to receive $5 their first ride anywhere within the Athens area, which spans from Ben Epps Airport south to Watkinsville and west to Atlanta.

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In the Loop: UGA Officials Dodge Questions About Spring Break Sexual Assaults

By Kat Khoury | March 3, 2016 3:27pm

UGA students who head for the beach this weekend may be at risk of being sexually assaulted—but no one keeps numbers on how often such assaults occur, and university officials are reluctant to discuss it.

"For a sexual predator, [spring break] would be the perfect place to find people who have lower inhibitions… A perfect storm,” said Sally Sheppard, director of The Cottage, a sexual assault and childrens advocacy center in Athens.

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Grub Notes: Wing Zone Is Open Downtown

By Hillary Brown | February 25, 2016 2:32pm

Someone was just telling me that Athens needed a dedicated wings place, so, boom. Here you go. Wing Zone is open in the former Yoforia on the ground floor (Clayton Street side) of the West Washington Street parking deck/mixed-use development.

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In the Loop: Drunken Mayhem on the Georgia-Georgia Southern Weekend

By Joshua L. Jones | November 24, 2015 11:38am

Photo Credit: Lee Gatlin

After every UGA home football game, Flagpole checks the police blotter to find the weekend’s strangest drunken antics. All information is taken from Athens-Clarke County police reports.

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In the Loop: Drunken Mayhem on the Georgia-Kentucky Weekend

By Joshua L. Jones | November 9, 2015 4:56pm

Photo Credit: Lee Gatlin

After every UGA home football game, Flagpole checks the police blotter to find the weekend’s strangest drunken antics. All information is taken from Athens-Clarke County police reports.

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