Blog Topic: Newsish

Culture Briefs: UGA Grad Josh Murray Wins 'The Bachelorette'

By Stephanie Talmadge | July 29, 2014 12:47pm

Josh Murray, bachelor no more.

It’s a big day here in Athens as a former Bulldog, Josh Murray, made headlines last night for stealing the heart of one Andi Dorfman on ABC’s "The Bachelorette."

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Culture Briefs: We're Live-Tweeting the USA-Belgium World Cup Game

By Blake Aued | July 1, 2014 1:40pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones

USA! USA!

In a rare moment of national pride and in celebration of our socialist roots, a mostly bewildered Flagpole staff has decided to live-tweet this game other countries mistakenly call "football."

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In the Loop: Here's What Athens Means to Athens for Everyone

By Blake Aued | June 17, 2014 5:16pm

At its inaugural meeting Saturday, Athens for Everyone asked, well, everyone to list one word that describes Athens. The above word cloud is the result.

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Homedrone: What Time Is the Grammys 2014?

By Blake Aued | January 26, 2014 6:41pm

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Culture Briefs: Georgia's New Defensive Coordinator, Jeremy Pruitt, Has Never Heard of Asparagus

By Blake Aued | January 15, 2014 2:37pm

Jeremy Pruitt is probably a very man smart man who knows many things. Hopefully, Georgia's new defensive coordinator is an expert on special teams and batting down Hail Mary passes.

One thing he's not overly familiar with, though, is vegetables.

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Culture Briefs: Gov. Deal Was at Town & Gown Last Night

By Pete McCommons | October 27, 2013 12:41pm

Gov. and Mrs. Nathan Deal attended the Town & Gown performance of Savoring the Brew, A Taste of Shakespeare's Women Saturday evening. Their daughter, Mary Emily O'Bradovich, is one of the playwrights who created the play, taken entirely from Shakespeare's lines for the female characters in his plays. In this picture are (left to right) Mary Emily O'Bradovich, Gov. Deal, the actresses Brittanny Krause, Kris Schultz and Danielle Bailey Miller and the director, Dillon Nelson.

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Homedrone: Here's a Panda Twerking to Big Freedia

By Gabe Vodicka | September 9, 2013 12:02pm

Big Freedia

Former Flagpole music editor Michelle Davis, who's currently in Washington, D.C. on some fancy law-school internship, shot this video of a panda bear twerking to Big Freedia's "Ass Azz Everywhere" at the Smithsonian's National Zoo:

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Culture Briefs: Check Out Our Dragon Con Coverage This Weekend

By Blake Aued | August 29, 2013 11:14am

Photo credit: Kyle Nishioka

Flagpole news intern extraordinaire David Schick will be blogging from the massive sci-fi/horror/fantasy convention in Atlanta. Yes, there will be cosplay photos.

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Homedrone: R.E.M. Might Release Box Set of Fan Club Singles

By Gabe Vodicka | August 13, 2013 2:39pm

A bit of (semi-) tantalizing R.E.M. news (kinda) courtesy of the BBC: Guitarist Peter Buck (who's playing the 40 Watt Club on Thursday, Nov. 14) told the British news service that the group plans to release a box set compiling all its fan-club-only 7-inch singles, which it released each year from 1988 to 2011.

Well, maybe. The article quotes the noncommittal musician as saying:

"There were like 24 of them, which makes about 50 songs," said Buck. "We'll put them in a big box set for charity one day."

So. "One day." That could mean, like, any day from here to eternity. WHY DO YOU OBFUSCATE SO, BUCK?

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