Blog Topic: Say What

In the Loop: General Beauregard's Owners Apologize for 'N*****ita'

By Blake Aued | October 31, 2015 1:08pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file

General Beauregard’s owners have confirmed that the bartender’s cheat sheet containing a recipe for a shot called a “N*****ita” is real and say the bar will reopen with no changes to its Confederate theme on Monday.

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In the Loop: General Beauregard's Is Closed

By Blake Aued | October 29, 2015 11:01am

We don’t know whether it’s permanent or just until the PR crisis blows over, but the Old South-themed downtown Athens bar General Beauregard’s is closed.

An anonymous tipster told the website Death and Taxes that the bar—which came under fireafter an image purported to be a recipe card circulated online showing a shot called a “N*****ita”—was closed on Tuesday night.

Flagpole reporter and photographer Joshua L. Jones went by late Wednesday night and confirmed that it is indeed closed.

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In the Loop: Offensive Drink Name Sparks Anger at General Beauregard's

By Blake Aued | October 27, 2015 11:48am

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file

It appears that the Confederate-themed downtown Athens bar General Beauregard’s offers a drink with a name that includes a censored racial slur, outraging local social-media users after an image of a recipe sheet was posted to Facebook on Monday.

The sheet includes a shot called a “N*****ita” (the asterisks are part of the name), which includes two parts tequila, one part watermelon liqueur and a splash of sour mix.

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In the Loop: Urban Outfitters Asks Employees to Work for Free

By Blake Aued | October 13, 2015 12:52pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file

Here’s some more fuel to throw on the Urban Outfitters fire.

The clothing retailer’s Philadelphia-based parent company, URBN, recently asked salaried employees at its corporate headquarters to “volunteer” at a Pennsylvania warehouse to pack packages for shipping, labeling the free labor a “team building activity.”

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In the Loop: Ort Is in Jail

By Blake Aued | September 22, 2015 12:52am

Photo Credit: Jason Thrasher

Ort cleaning up his back yard.

Well known Athens personality Ort is spending the night in the Clarke County Jail after receiving a series of tickets in recent month over his messy yard.

Ort (born William Orten Carlton) was booked into jail at 10:22 p.m. on a probation violation charge. He's being held without bond.

A warrant was signed out for Ort's arrest after he allegedly received additional quality-of-life citations regarding his property, according to his attorney, Bill Overend. The charge "ultimately amounts to not keeping his yard clean," Overend said in a Facebook post.

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Homedrone: What's Up With that Neon School Bus Downtown?

By Evelyn Andrews | September 13, 2015 1:39pm

Photo Credit: Photo via Facebook

Sightings of a psychedelic school bus in downtown Athens this weekend prompted questions from locals about what it is.

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In the Loop: Jody Hice: Kim Davis Is Being 'Persecuted' for Her Beliefs

By Blake Aued | September 8, 2015 1:02pm

Kim Davis' booking photo.

U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (R-Loganville) is a fundamentalist Christian who is staunchly opposed to same-sex marriage. So it’s really no surprise that he’s standing by Kim Davis, the Kentucky court clerk who was held in contempt of court and jailed last week for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in violation of a recent Supreme Court ruling striking down same-sex marriage bans nationwide.

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Homedrone: Little Kings is 25-and-Up On Weekends Now

By Gabe Vodicka | August 28, 2015 3:15pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file

Deep State performs on the Little Kings patio during AthFest 2014.

Like all downtown Athens watering holes, the popular bar and music venue Little Kings Shuffle Club has seen its share of unruly patrons over the years: The infamous patio pooper comes to mind, as does a recent incident in which a man attempted to steal money from a tip jar, was thrown out and responded by breaking one of the club's windows.

After a series of similarly unfortunate events last weekend—the first following the start of UGA's fall semester—the bar at the corner of Hancock Avenue and Hull Street will only admit customers who are aged 25 or older on Fridays and Saturdays. The change is effective immediately.

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In the Loop: Body-Cam Video Shows Officer Beating UGA Student

By Blake Aued | August 11, 2015 4:52pm

Photo Credit: Clarke County Sheriff's Office

Former Officer Jonathan Fraser.

A former Athens-Clarke County police officer hit a University of Georgia college student in the head with a baton, then struck him again while he was already on the ground, according to body-camera footage obtained by 11 Alive news.

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In the Loop: The ABH Advertised Confederate Flags for Sale

By Blake Aued | August 3, 2015 1:12pm

An Athens-Banner Herald Twitter account—at least briefly—was offering Confederate flags for sale.

@ABHMarketplace, which appears to be an advertising account, tweeted out an offer on Sunday for 3-feet-by-5-feet Confederate flags with free shipping.

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