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KELLY WEGEL
Our party of four (two writers, another photographer, and yours truly) arrived in Knoxville Saturday at about 1p.m. It was a sea of orange as far as the eye could see.
Once in the stadium, we were relegated to the smallest and most ill-equipped photo room I have ever been in. No wireless connection, barely enough space to fit our laptops, and wires criss-crossing all over the tables and hanging from the ceiling. The feeling of unease grew as Tennessee made touchdown after touchdown. So did the noise. I have to hand it to those Tenn. fans, they may only know one song, but they know it well. I must have heard “Rocky Top” twenty times, no joke. It seemed to burst from them at every opportunity.
Georgia made two touchdowns, Tenn. made five.
As quarterback Matthew Stafford later said in the interview room while I took photos of him, “they just played better than us.”
CAROLINE C. KILGORE
Juan Melendez spoke before Amnesty International, the Golden Key Honor Society, Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, HLSA, ACS, and anyone else from the community who was interested to hear his story in room 150 of the Student Learning Center Thursday night.
Melendez spent eighteen years on death row before he was exonerated. He spent his time telling his story of how he came to be incarcerated and life inside prison.
Photos from the UGA vs. Alabama game Saturday night in Tuscaloosa.
Photos by Josh D. Weiss
Sept. 20, 2007
Every fall Washington Farms in Watkinsville, Ga. builds a corn maze on their property that they open to the public. Every year before the maze opens, the farm hires a helicopter pilot to fly photojournalists over the fields to get a good look at the maze and tour the farm. In the fall the farm also sells pumpkins, has a hay ride, a petting zoo and a playground, as well as a corn canon and pumpkin launcher.
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Red & Black photographer Richard Hamm shoots as farm owner Donna Washington prepares to go up in the helicopter with pilot Richard Hamilton.
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Amy Washington, 20, a business marketing major at UGA, laughs while taking aerial photographs form the helicopter her parents hired for the morning of Sept. 20, 2007. She has worked on her parents’ farm since she was six years old.
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The corn maze at Washington Farms in Watkinsville, Ga.
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Donna Washington of Washington Farms in Watkinsville, Ga. laughs with helicopter pilot Richard Hamilton after a quick flight over the Washington Farms corn maze on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007.
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A pie pumpkin sits on an ATV at Washington Farms in Watkinsville, Ga. on Thursday. The Washingtons sometimes use ATVs for quick transportation around their property.
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Donna Washington holds out of a jar of homemade peach preserves that the farm makes and sells to the public. Peach preserves are very popular with the public, she said, but she prefers her homemade apple butter, also for sale.
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Washington Farms grows a variety of sizes of pumpkins for everything from pies and Halloween decorations to gifts for school children on field trips. One of the largest pumpkins he’s grown, says farmer John Washington, was nearly 120 pounds.
Farm 255 is a local Athens restaurant known for its use of locally grown foods. Below are some of the dishes featured on their menu for Wednesday, September 19, 2007.
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The Veg Plate - grilled squash & okra, jerked seitan with minted brown rice salad, eggplant caponata, falafel & tahini dressing
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Shrimp Bisque - creme fraiche, thyme
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Tagliatelle - grilled squash & eggplant, Grana Padno, cream
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Fried Green Tomatoes - creamy caper dressing
By Kristin Boyd
Summer has begun at Legion Pool. May 24 thru August 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Mondays thru Sundays, Legion Pool is open to any UGA student, faculty, alumni, and guest. Admission prices range from $2 to $4, with a UGA card; season pool and parking passes may be purchased. With multiple lap lanes, water volleyball, and a concession stand, Legion Pool is a great place to spend hot, summer days in Athens.
By Nora A. Cobb
Anne Ethier, with a background in jazz, tap and modern dance, teaches beginning belly dancing Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 7:00 at the YMCA at 915 Hawthorne Avenue in Athens, Ga.
Belly dancing tones both the upper and lower body, but at the same time, “belly dance empowers women and allows them to embrace the roundness and softness of the feminine body,” says Ethier. Classes, which have been offered since September, begin and end with a stretch and feature a combination of both yoga and ballet movements.
Students in Either’s class on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 include: Anjanette Williams (black top), Julie Hinkle (pink), Brenda Rashleigh (purple) and Lydia Clark (teal).Classes are $48 for members for six weeks or $10 for drop in classes; non-members are charged $60 for six weeks and $12 for drop in classes. For more information contact Anne Ethier at 706-614-6060.
By Rene Lautenschlager
Mary Jean Hartel, a young adult audiovisual librarian, teaches the “Henna Hands for Teens” workshop on June 12 through June 14, 2007, at the Athens-Clarke County Library on Baxter Street in Athens, Ga. On day one of the workshop, students learn how to draw henna designs, then practice for day two (painting on the real henna) by drawing the designs they choose on their hands. “The kids will be wrapped up like mummies tomorrow” says Hartel, referring to wrapping the henna to protect it while it sets into the skin. Hartel told her students that in India, a woman puts on henna for her wedding day, and when she moves into her husband’s house after the wedding, if her henna still shows, she does not have to do housework. Henna tattoos can last for up to two weeks if the henna is undisturbed overnight.