Published News Articles
A City Police Balancing Residents and Students
A Balancing Act That Wasn’t Always There
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - It’s a good thing when a city police department and a local business owner can understand each other.
Both the Milledgeville Police Department and one of the bars in the downtown area had a common word to describe the city’s police and how they serve: balance.
Out of date elevator inspection cards raise questions about safety
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - A look at the cards posted in the elevators on main campus showed that every single elevator had an expired card on Feb. 16.
The majority expired in November 2013.
Some have been expired for more than a year, with one having expired in May 2012, almost two years ago and one elevator missing
the card completely.
Peabody Garden dedicated, newly decorated
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Feb. 10 marked the dedication of the renovated Peabody Garden, after months of construction work. The garden was originally a project undertaken by university president Guy Wells during his term in 1934 to improve the Peabody School’s appearance.
Published Op-Eds
Spotlight on Billy Joel
Concert Review of Billy Joel at Phillips Arena
ATLANTA, Ga. - He has sold over 150 million records since releasing “Piano Man” in 1973. He’s had top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, all of which he’s written. He’s won six Grammys and been nominated for almost two dozen. Even though he hasn’t released new music since 1993, the man has nothing left to prove. Yet, somehow, at age 65, Billy Joel seemed like a man on a mission to prove he’s still got it at Phillips Arena in
Atlanta on February 28.
This Week in History
Reflections of the Man on the Moon
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The other night, as I was walking back to my apartment, after listening to Frank Sinatra sing “Fly Me to the Moon” in honor of Neil Armstrong, I noticed the moon was a little more than half full. I couldn’t help but think how appropriate it was.
Neil Armstrong had died earlier in the day and his family said, “when you “see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong
and give him a wink.”
Memories of 9/11
The Affects of the Attacks on One Student
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - On September 11, 2001, almost 3,000 families lost one or more of their loved ones very suddenly.
It’s one thing to lose a family member who has been fighting a disease for a long time or because of old age, but so many people that day lost someone they had seen just hours, or even minutes, before. My Uncle J.R. was one of those lost