Spring Break
Students may have noticed some "spring cleaning" being done on some buildings around campus lately. During the past few weeks, Rains Hall and one of the rear warehouse buildings on campus have been renovated to remove hazardous building materials. Rains Hall has recently undergone the process of lead abatement, which involves the removal and disposal of lead-containing paint.
George A. Christenberry was brought in to fix the problems at Augusta State University, then known as Augusta College. "There had been a scandal here," said James Garvey, chair of the communications department. "There had been a lot of people teaching at Augusta College who had not been completely honest about their degrees.
Getting that first Barbie wrapped in a pink box is a right of passage. I can remember my first Barbie all too well. She had hair all the way down to her toes, and I dressed her in black bicycling shorts with a green and pink shirt. So much to say for my fashion sense at nine-years-old but Barbie had so many clothes that it was hard to put one outfit with another.
With Georgia's influx of state revenues dwindling and the rest of the nation's economy sinking, many lawmakers are looking for every possible way to gain much-needed income from the people they represent. Due to the fact that the majority of U.S. citizens are non-smokers, any politician with half of a brain (the smarter half) knows that upsetting the minority isn't a major cause for concern in a democratic society.
Head Coach Dip Metress led the Augusta State men's basketball program on a season to be remembered this past year, winning the Peach Belt Championship, the PBC Tournament Championship and the Southeast Regional Championship, just to add icing to that delicious blue and white cake.
The idea of being able to live solely on minimum wage is an extreme fixation of the imagination, according to Shari Philpot, a graduate of Augusta State University. "I have seen the best of both worlds… knowing what it's like to have a lot and knowing what it's like to have absolutely nothing," Philpot said.