Thursday, May 16, 2013
Some legislators acknowledge the freebies can look bad, but they say the state's new ethics law will make it harder to mingle with constituents.
Georgia legislators who want to sit in the president's suite above the hedges at Sanford Stadium next year will have to pay their own way, thanks to ethics legislation signed by Gov. Nathan Deal last week. The law forbids elected officials from receiving gifts or event tickets exceeding $75. University System of Georgia lobbyists gave state and local lawmakers more than $14,000 in football tickets in 2012, the Athens Banner-Herald reports. The paper quotes state Sen. Bill Cowsert, whose district includes Athens, saying the football games have been a good way for him to mingle with his constitutents. “I think it’s really going to change things," Cowsert is quoted saying of the new ethics law. "I think it’s going to make it tougher for the …
Monday, November 19, 2012
In an Atlanta Journal-Constitution opinion piece, Michael Adams and G.P. "Bud" Peterson say the federal government should be careful where it trims spending.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
As Congress and President Obama work to settle on a budget deal and avoid the self-imposed "fiscal cliff" of mandatory spending reductions, they must take care not to undermine university research, UGA and Georgia Tech's president's argue in a recent opinion column. "Much of America’s competitive advantage in innovation can be linked back to university research," the University of Georgia's Michael Adams and Georgia Tech's G.P. “Bud” Peterson write in a guest column published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "In our increasingly global environment, if we reduce our investment in education and research while other countries increase theirs, we could compromise the very advantages that have made America strong." The presidents call for …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Georgia makes the list of top 25 party schools.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The Princeton Review named the University of Georgia the 2012 number two party school, behind Ohio University. For Newsweek, UGA is number 21, far behind number one West Virginia. The rankings were based on the number of on-campus incidents of disciplinary actions and arrests for drug and alcohol violations. According to the Newsweek website, UGA had 24 disciplinary actions for drugs and 69 arrests. There were 256 disciplinary actions for alcohol and 218 on-campu arests. The University of Florida, by the way, was ranked number nine. You may also be interested in: Nationally, Athens Named a Good Place for Successful Aging UGA Ranks Sixth in Value Among Public Universities and Colleges UGA Graduate Programs Ranked Among Top in the …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
The University of Georgia president says he's stepping down next year.
For a few seconds, it looked as though Michael Adams wasn't going to make it through a speech about his leaving the President's Office at the University of Georgia. He had said that when he accepted the job in June 1997, with him were his parents, both of whom have since died, and his wife Mary. His face collapsed a little, but he recovered. Many of those in the audience may not recover. The university community remains in shock over Adams' sudden announcement that he will step down from his job at the end of June 2013. Only a few of the inner staff and upper level administrators learned late Wednesday that he would be leaving. After his brief, formal speech, in which he thanked those who have helped launch the University into the ranks of…
bobby black
11:40 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
I guess they will have to buy their 50 yard line tickets for a dollar apiece now. The ones Joe Fan can't buy at any price. more ›