Blog Topic: Newsish

In the Loop: UGA Shuts Down Dorm Room Grilled Cheese Mogul After Red & Black Article

By Blake Aued | December 11, 2018 10:38am

Photo Credit: Mack Male/Wikimedia Commons

When student newspaper The Red & Black published "Is the grill hot? Inside a UGA freshman's grilled cheese empire" on Dec. 6, my first thought, like many people, was, "How long will it take the university to shut this down?"

The answer was five hours.

After all, 18-year-old Charlie Williams—who delivered $3 grilled cheese sandwiches and other tasty snacks to fellow residents of Oglethorpe House, aka O-House—was clearly operating an illegal business. I didn't go to UGA, but I'm pretty sure we weren't allowed to have hot plates at Ole Miss, and I'm very sure the health department would say that running what basically amounts to a Papa John's (minus the tomato sauce, garlic butter and racism) out of your home is not kosher.

Sure enough, the follow-up came Saturday: "Too hot to handle: UGA housing shuts down grilled cheese business."

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In the Loop: Dems Troll Brian Kemp With Pro-Vols Banner

By Blake Aued | September 29, 2018 4:10pm

Photo Credit: Democratic Party of Georgia

Is Brian Kemp really a Tennessee fan? Well, the Brian Kemp isn't, but a Brian Kemp is.

As Kemp and other Republican candidates were wrapping up a tailgate at Herty Field—where, we presume, everyone wore red—Georgia Democrats hired a plane to buzz Sanford Stadium with a banner reading "BRIANKEMP SAYS... GO VOLS."

Brian Kemp is running for governor. BrianKemp is a parody Twitter account filled with negative news stories about Kemp and Photoshopped images of the candidate wearing orange. (The actual Kemp's actual Twitter handle is @BrianKempGA.)

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In the Loop: Someone Sprayed Harry Sims' House With Paintballs

By Blake Aued | April 12, 2018 3:58pm

We now take you live to the Athens-Clarke County mayoral forum:

via GIPHY

Former commissioner and current mayoral candidate Harry Sims was the victim of a drive-by paintball attack on Wednesday.

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In the Loop: Photo Gallery: Vulture Day at the Landfill

By Blake Aued and Jessica Silverman | October 2, 2017 4:25pm

Dozens of families gathered at the Athens-Clarke County Landfill on Saturday for the Solid Waste Department's fourth annual Vulture Day.

The day began with a bird tour guided by the Oconee Rivers Audobon Society. Then, at the landfill's outdoor classroom, Bear Hollow experts gave a presentation on birds of prey. Lenetta Root of Watkinsville and other local artists worked on a mural. Children also had the opportunity to make vulture masks, pose for photos with an inflatable vulture and participate in educational activities, such as learning what "nature's recyclers" eat and how they digest their food.

Flagpole photo intern Jessica Silverman documented the fun:

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Homedrone: Stipe vs. Letterman: Who Wore the Retirement Beard Best?

By Gabe Vodicka | March 9, 2017 11:14am

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In the Loop: Gov. Deal Bet 12 Tropicalias on the Falcons Game

By Blake Aued | January 18, 2017 3:59pm

Photo Credit: courtesy of Creature Comforts

It's hard to imagine Baptist Gov. Nathan Deal kicking back with a cold one to watch some football, but if he does, he has good taste. Deal included 12 Athens-made Creature Comforts Tropicalias in a wager with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker over this weekend's Falcons-Packers game.

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Homedrone: Waka Flocka Wiped His Ass With a Frat Boy's Trump Jersey at the Georgia Theatre

By Gabe Vodicka | January 17, 2017 1:45pm

That headline pretty much tells the story, but here's a bit more detail:

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In the Loop: Where and When to Recycle Your Christmas Tree

By Blake Aued | January 4, 2017 2:22pm

Photo Credit: Kelvinsong/Wikimedia Commons

The presents have been opened, you're finally over your hangover from all that eggnog plus New Year's Eve champagne, and life is getting back to normal now that the holidays are over. So, what to do with that slowly dying pine tree in your living room?

Athens-Clarke County has four drop-off locations to recycle Christmas trees for free (and get a free seedling) during its "Bring One for the Chipper" event Saturday, Jan. 7 from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. They are:

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Grub Notes: Send Us Your Thanksgiving Horror Stories

By Blake Aued | November 28, 2016 1:32pm

Thanksgiving is a time for, well, giving thanks, in addition to, as Louis C.K. put it, eating until you hate yourself.

It's also a time when the preparation of various foodstuffs can go horribly awry—not to mention an occasion for getting into epic political arguments with your Fox News Russia Today-watching relatives, plus various other wine-fueled conflicts that occur whenever you pack a bunch of people into a house who don't really like each other but are supposed to pretend they do.

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Grub Notes: The Pancake Selfie Express Is Either the Peak or the Nadir of Western Civilization

By Blake Aued | September 30, 2016 11:56am

We’ve officially reached Peak Millennial.

Holiday Inn Express has managed to combine the two things the youngs love most—selfies and brunch—into the Pancake Selfie Express, a van where you can get your face laser-printed onto a pancake.

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