News
President Azziz Delivers Presidential Address
By Jordan Williams, Sports Editor After 100 days of being consolidated, President Azziz of Georgia Regents University revealed what is to be expected in the fall of 2013 and beyond. The presidential address was held on the Health Sciences Campus at Lee Auditorium on April 30. Azziz addressed faculty, staff and students of Georgia Regents [...]
News
Green Team celebrates Earth Day by encouraging year-round sustainability
By Mindy Wadley, Copy Editor The Georgia Regents University Green Team, along with Paine College, began celebrating Earth Day early with a celebration April 19 at the Wellness Center on the Health Sciences campus. The event’s theme was “Think Green, Live Green, Work Green” and shared through the voices of more than 40 vendors who [...]
News, Special Series
Homeward Hound
Ryan McClay, Chief Reporter While many Augusta, Ga., residents often drive by a stray dog or cat, one local woman decided to take the problem into her own hands and her own household. Elizabeth Cullinan, who lives in the downtown area, recently encountered and took in a pregnant stray dog when she and her family [...]
Arts & Life, News
New Surrey Center boutique brings high-style to the upper-level
Leigh Beeson, Staff Augusta, Ga., welcomed its latest clothing store, Fab’rik, to Surrey Center with the fashion boutique’s grand opening Thursday. Fab’rik welcomed customers with decorated cookies from Two Moms cookies and a plethora of hors d’oeuvres and beverages, as people packed into the crowded store, overflowing its dressing rooms and creating a sizeable checkout [...]
News, Sports
5K run raises sexual assault awareness
By Jordan Williams, Sports Editor Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault Services hosted its annual Tack Back the Day 5K Run/Walk early Saturday morning, April 20, as a part of sexual assault awareness month. The event began on campus at Georgia Regents University with registration and a kickoff ceremony. Following the ceremony, all the patrons took [...]
Opinion
How my unexpected life turned out to be pretty cool
Posted on 22 April 2013
By Ron Hickerson, Chief Reporter My life has rarely ever gone according to plan. But I think I’m OK with that. Let me explain. I used to have grandiose plans for my life: I knew what I wanted to do and when I wanted to do it. I wasn’t expecting those plans to fail. In [...] Continue Reading
Special Series
Letter from Azziz To GRU graduates 2013
Posted on 22 April 2013
To the Class of 2013, Your names are destined for the history books. By last count, there are more than 1,000 of you in this, the first graduating class of Georgia Regents University. A new university, one of only four comprehensive public research universities in Georgia, and one of approximately 200 such universities in the [...] Continue Reading
Sports
Gregory back in town
Posted on 22 April 2013
By Jordan Williams, Sports Editor Former Augusta State men’s golf head coach and two-time NCAA champion Josh Gregory returned to Forest Hills Golf Club to participate in the Insperity Augusta State Invitational earlier this month. Now the head coach for his alma mater, SMU, Gregory came back to Augusta, Ga., for the second time in [...] Continue Reading
Sports
Local fencing club continues to grow
Posted on 22 April 2013
By Jacob Scharff, Staff Writer Fencing as a sport does many things, and in Augusta, Ga., the Augusta Fencers Club is finding a new home downtown. An old grocery store at the corner of Fifth and Greene streets has now been converted into the new home for the Augusta Fencers Club. The club’s main instructor, [...] Continue Reading
Sports
Final chapter closes on Augusta State sports as new era dawns
Posted on 22 April 2013
By Ashley Trawick, News Editor Augusta State Athletics’ last piece of history is moving forward because of the merger and name change. In the fall, athletes will play as the Georgia Regents Jaguars, and become fully recognized as a part of the Georgia Regents athletics department. For some, this change is troubling, but others, like [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Life
Local Arts Help Raise Money Toward Fall Festival
Posted on 30 April 2013
Megan Stewart, Arts & Life Editor From the back porch of the Old Academy of Richmond County in Augusta, Ga., the people of the Westobou festival brought in a day full of signature drinks, food, blues music and art. The Blue Porch Revival was a joint effort between Cathead Distillery and the Westobou, in order [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Life
Future Opportunities For Artists In Augusta
Posted on 30 April 2013
Si-Long Chen, Web Master The artists’ community in Augusta envisions development upon the connection between Augusta Regional Collaboration project and Artspace Inc. The ARC project is an urban redevelopment group that is trying to promote social and community development across the county in four main areas: culture, education, innovation and green jobs, said Matthew Kwatinetz, [...] Continue Reading
Sports
Cheerleading try outs are quickly approaching
Posted on 02 May 2013
By Fatima Frasher, staff writer Augusta State cheerleaders are coming into a new season for tryouts. Even through slight adversity, the Lady Jaguars cheerleaders’ primary focus has been on trying to reach what they believe is a new level of perfection. With the new merger having already taken place, the girls are in for a [...] Continue Reading
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