Society News from the Chronicles

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Roosevelt Institute Campus Network

Nice article on the excellent work of UGA students beyond the classroom as part of the Roosevelt Institute, learning as they influence broader public policies: The Roosevelt Institute Campus Network, founded in 2004, is a national organization that strives to uphold the values cast into the public…
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McCaskill book talk

In 1848, an ingenious couple escaped from slavery in Macon, Georgia. William and Ellen Craft (1824-1900; 1826-1891) traveled openly by train, steamship and carriage to arrive in free Philadelphia on Christmas Day. Ellen, who could pass for white, disguised herself as a gentleman…
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Games and changes

We don't talk about college sports very often on the blog, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't. The subject of paying student-athletes is very fast moving, and can quickly move out beyond where you thought it was, as this Macon Telegraph article makes clear: The reason that Daley and other recruits…
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Charter Lecture April 23

The Charter Lecture Series was established in 1988 to honor the high ideals expressed in the 1785 charter that created UGA as the first chartered state university in America. Sticking with both themes, tomorrow's lecture features professor Edward Larson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Return…
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DIGI@UGA Day

The 'digital' designation is becoming superfluous, if not redundant, such do we all live in a world of 1s and 0s. Not to say that we don't make distinctions between the digital and the real world, but that the intersections have become not just more numerous but increasingly complementary to each…