Blog Topic: On Campus

In the Loop: Discrimination Still Exists, CNN Anchor Tells UGA

By Evelyn Andrews | February 18, 2015 2:12pm

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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In the Loop: Morehead: UGA Meningitis Coverup 'Preposterous'

By Blake Aued | February 18, 2015 1:08pm

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Tanzila Alam.

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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In the Loop: UGA Opening Late, Clarke Schools Closed Tuesday

By Blake Aued | February 17, 2015 9:07am

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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In the Loop: CNN's Soledad O'Brien Is Bringing 'Black in America' to UGA

By Blake Aued | February 16, 2015 2:16pm

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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In the Loop: UPDATE: Shot Fired at UGA's Greek Park

By Blake Aued | February 16, 2015 3:55pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones

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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In the Loop: 'Religious Liberty' Bill Will Legalize Discrimination

By Evelyn Andrews | February 12, 2015 11:51am

A "religious liberty" bill in the Georgia House of Representatives could be used to legally justify discrimination, Robbie Medwed, the assistant director for Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender and Sexual Diversity, told members of the Young Democrats at the University of Georgia on Wednesday.

Last Thursday, House Bill 218, known as the “Preventing Government Overreach on Religious Expression Act” was introduced in Georgia by state Rep. Sam Teasley (R-Marietta). The bill is part of a growing trend of religious liberty bills throughout the nation.

Medwed presented concerns that these bills will be abused in order to justify discrimination, child abuse and domestic violence.

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In the Loop: A Bill to Lower Tuition for Undocumented Students Is Unlikely to Pass

By Tom Crawford | February 10, 2015 5:01pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones

Eduardo Samaniego [center] at an Apr. 28 rally outside the UGA Administration building

More than a dozen undocumented immigrants made an emotional plea at a Senate committee meeting Tuesday for a bill that would result in lower tuition rates for them to attend one of Georgia’s public colleges.

While they got a polite and sympathetic hearing from the senators, the students most likely won’t get a break on tuition because the bill is not expected to get a vote in the Senate’s Higher Education Committee.

“If I took a vote today, this bill would not pass,” said Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), the committee chairman. “I feel pretty comfortable in telling you that. I can promise you, it will not pass in its present form.”

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In the Loop: Resentment Between Augusta and Athens Led to Medical School Dean Barbara Schuster's Ouster

By Tom Crawford | February 6, 2015 12:59pm

Barbara Schuster

What in the world is going on at Georgia’s public medical schools?

In the span of less than a month, the president of Georgia Regents University (GRU) in Augusta and the dean of the affiliated health sciences program at the University of Georgia have both been sent packing,

University System officials won’t comment on what’s behind the high-level turmoil, but it appears to be at least partly the product of long-simmering resentments between the Augusta faction and the Athens faction over who should be educating Georgia’s next generation of physicians.

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In the Loop: UGA President Jere Morehead Wants to Raise Pay for Faculty and Staff

By Blake Aued | January 21, 2015 5:05pm

Photo Credit: The University of Georgia

University of Georgia President Jere Morehead will push for raises for faculty again this year, he said during his State of the University speech today at the Chapel.

UGA employees received raises—albeit an average of just 1 percent—last year for the first time since 2008.

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In the Loop: Nine Arrested in Undocumented Student Protest

By Lauren Steffes | January 12, 2015 11:26am

Undocumented students wearing hand-painted butterfly wings were arrested Friday evening while protesting University System of Georgia policies that prevent them from attending Georgia’s top-tier colleges.

Police received a call around 6:30 p.m. after approximately 50 student protestors refused to leave the building after it closed at 5 p.m. After several warnings, protestors begrudgingly dispersed upon the police’s arrival, except for nine students who refused to comply and were arrested, said protester Jacqueline Delgadillo. The group consisted of four undocumented student leaders and five documented allies from the University of Georgia, Kennesaw State and Freedom University. Each student was charged with one count of criminal trespassing.

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