Blog Topic: Newsish

In the Loop: Someone Sprayed Harry Sims' House With Paintballs

By Blake Aued | April 12, 2018 3:58pm

We now take you live to the Athens-Clarke County mayoral forum:

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Former commissioner and current mayoral candidate Harry Sims was the victim of a drive-by paintball attack on Wednesday.

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In the Loop: Photo Gallery: Vulture Day at the Landfill

By Blake Aued and Jessica Silverman | October 2, 2017 4:25pm

Dozens of families gathered at the Athens-Clarke County Landfill on Saturday for the Solid Waste Department's fourth annual Vulture Day.

The day began with a bird tour guided by the Oconee Rivers Audobon Society. Then, at the landfill's outdoor classroom, Bear Hollow experts gave a presentation on birds of prey. Lenetta Root of Watkinsville and other local artists worked on a mural. Children also had the opportunity to make vulture masks, pose for photos with an inflatable vulture and participate in educational activities, such as learning what "nature's recyclers" eat and how they digest their food.

Flagpole photo intern Jessica Silverman documented the fun:

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Homedrone: Stipe vs. Letterman: Who Wore the Retirement Beard Best?

By Gabe Vodicka | March 9, 2017 11:14am

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In the Loop: Gov. Deal Bet 12 Tropicalias on the Falcons Game

By Blake Aued | January 18, 2017 3:59pm

Photo Credit: courtesy of Creature Comforts

It's hard to imagine Baptist Gov. Nathan Deal kicking back with a cold one to watch some football, but if he does, he has good taste. Deal included 12 Athens-made Creature Comforts Tropicalias in a wager with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker over this weekend's Falcons-Packers game.

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Homedrone: Waka Flocka Wiped His Ass With a Frat Boy's Trump Jersey at the Georgia Theatre

By Gabe Vodicka | January 17, 2017 1:45pm

That headline pretty much tells the story, but here's a bit more detail:

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In the Loop: Where and When to Recycle Your Christmas Tree

By Blake Aued | January 4, 2017 2:22pm

Photo Credit: Kelvinsong/Wikimedia Commons

The presents have been opened, you're finally over your hangover from all that eggnog plus New Year's Eve champagne, and life is getting back to normal now that the holidays are over. So, what to do with that slowly dying pine tree in your living room?

Athens-Clarke County has four drop-off locations to recycle Christmas trees for free (and get a free seedling) during its "Bring One for the Chipper" event Saturday, Jan. 7 from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. They are:

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Grub Notes: Send Us Your Thanksgiving Horror Stories

By Blake Aued | November 28, 2016 1:32pm

Thanksgiving is a time for, well, giving thanks, in addition to, as Louis C.K. put it, eating until you hate yourself.

It's also a time when the preparation of various foodstuffs can go horribly awry—not to mention an occasion for getting into epic political arguments with your Fox News Russia Today-watching relatives, plus various other wine-fueled conflicts that occur whenever you pack a bunch of people into a house who don't really like each other but are supposed to pretend they do.

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Grub Notes: The Pancake Selfie Express Is Either the Peak or the Nadir of Western Civilization

By Blake Aued | September 30, 2016 11:56am

We’ve officially reached Peak Millennial.

Holiday Inn Express has managed to combine the two things the youngs love most—selfies and brunch—into the Pancake Selfie Express, a van where you can get your face laser-printed onto a pancake.

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Culture Briefs: We Went to the Vape Olympics So You Didn't Have To

By Maria Lewczyk | September 8, 2016 11:23am

Photo Credit: Maria Lewczyk

On Friday, Sept. 2, the Georgia Theatre opened its doors for what can only be described as a truly visceral experience: the second annual Vape Olympics, hosted by downtown Athens’Vape Dynamiks. With lots of mystery and lore surrounding the event (What is it? What goes on there? Why?), I decided to take another peek into the world of the vape.

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In the Loop: The Townie Argument Against the Student Argument for Big Business in Athens

By Blake Aued | August 26, 2016 3:56pm

A relic of the past, according to student journalist Cassie Daigle.

A UGA student recently wrote a Red & Black column in praise of corporate chains, and people are pissed. I haven’t seen Townie Facebook this lit since the Prince Avenue Wendy’s burned down.

Ordinarily, I’d let such less-than-well-thought-out commentary in the local student paper pass. And let it be known that I come here not to bury Cassie Daigle, but to praise her. She’s discovered the power of the hate click at a young age, and has a bright career ahead of her writing on the internet. But Flagpole wouldn’t be the “colorbearer of Athens” if we didn’t offer some sort of retort to this argument.

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