Blog Topic: Last Night
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In the Loop: Trump Jr., Kemp and Co. Dish Out Red-Meat Rhetoric for Conservatives at Athens Events
Photo Credit: Savannah Cole
Amidst a swarm of police and protesters, Donald Trump Jr. came to town on Tuesday. It was kind of a thing.
The conservative power couple of Trump and former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle campaigned for Republican gubernatorial nominee Brian Kemp at 5 p.m., then headed across the hall at the Classic Center for a “Campus Clash” event with Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and communication director Candace Owens.
The Classic Center was packed out with GOP supporters—and about 100 protestors who later walked out en masse. Meanwhile, a small group of protestors gathered on East Washington Street in a fenced-off area police set aside.
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In the Loop: UGA Student Accused of Using Racial Slur at Football Game
Photo Credit: pruddle/Wikimedia Commons
A white University of Georgia student is under investigation after being accused of shouting a racial slur at Saturday's Georgia–Tennessee game.
Student Klarissa Gulebian posted in the "Overheard at UGA" Facebook forum that someone yelled "put that [n-word] in the game," apparently referring to quarterback Justin Fields, a highly rated freshman who is black and whom some fans prefer over starter Jake Fromm.
The person was later identified as baseball player Adam Sasser. He is under investigation by the UGA Equal Opportunity Office for violating the university's non-discrimination and non-harassment policy, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Homedrone: Photo Gallery: Here Are the 2018 Flagpole Athens Music Awards WInners
Thursday evening, the 2018 Flagpole Athens Music Awards was held at the historic Morton Theatre. Hosted by local hip-hop artist and political activist Linqua Franqa, the evening was a spectacular success. Local musicians and artists received awards in 21 categories, including Jazz/World, Punk, Hip Hop, Live and Studio Engineer and Artist of the Year, to name a few.
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Homedrone: Here Are the 2018 Athens Hip Hop Awards Winners
The sixth annual Athens Hip Hop Awards took place last night, with this year's event placing a special emphasis on activism. Local performers, politicians and community organizers gathered for a full evening of music and much more, in an effort to celebrate local hip hop and the community that supports it.
Read more about the awards here. Below, check out this year's winners:
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In the Loop: Commission Temporarily Bans Demolitions in Two Athens Neighborhoods
Photo Credit: Austin Steele/file
The possibility that the house at 398 Milledge Circle would be demolished galvanized neighbors to seek a historic district.
During a contentious four-hour called meeting Tuesday night, the Athens-Clarke County Commission approved moratoriums on demolitions and some construction on Milledge Circle and Castalia Avenue in Five Points and in the West Hancock neighborhood.
Both moratoriums apply demolitions and changes to facades and rooflines for one year while neighborhood residents, county planners and commissioners study ways to protect those neighborhoods' historic character. But they allow interior renovations and add-ons to the backs of homes, in an effort to appease opponents who are planning improvement projects.
On Milledge Circle, residents are fighting to stop homebuyers from tearing down historic residences to build larger suburban-style houses—which they said has happened three times already and could happen again at 398 Milledge Circle.
"You come to realize Athens has been at the center of a demolition derby, so to speak," Milledge Circle resident and historic preservation professor John Waters said. "You don't know what to expect next door to your property, or what it's going to do to your quality of life."
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In the Loop: GDOT Ditches Plan for 441 Bypass Around Bishop
The Georgia Department of Transportation is proposing that U.S. 441 be widened to three lanes through the center of Bishop rather than build a bypass of the small Oconee County city.
GDOT also is proposing that the highway be widened to four lanes from Bishop north to Watkinsville and from Bishop south to Madison, following the alignment of the existing roadway.
GDOT released the proposed route Tuesday night at the first meeting of the Oconee County Citizen Advisory Committee, where it met with strong opposition from Bishop Mayor Johnny Pritchett and Farmington resident Buddy Murrow, both members of the Citizen Advisory Committee.
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Culture Briefs: Photo Gallery: 2017 Flagpole Athens Favorites Party
Rev. Conner Tribble performed at last night's Athens Favorites reception.
In this week's issue, we reveal the winners of this year's Flagpole Athens Favorites contest, for which our readers picked their favorite local businesses in several dozen categories. See the results here.
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Culture Briefs: Recap and Photo Gallery: Classic City Rollergirls Open 2017 Season
All photos by Joshua L. Jones
Athens has been home to a nationally ranked women’s flat track roller derby team for more than a decade. The Classic City Rollergirls reflect the wildly eclectic and hopelessly transient nature of our town, as women from all walks of life come and (in most cases, eventually) go—making the sustained popularity, competitiveness and professionalism of the squad all the more impressive.
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Homedrone: Live Review: Angel Olsen at Georgia Theatre
“What day is it?” Angel Olsen asked her audience. “What did the groundhog do?” She was pseudo-miffed to learn both answers. Olsen brought together charming levity and acute focus at the Georgia Theatre Thursday night.
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