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The Signal
SPLC attorney Adam Goldstein questions ownership of the WRAS 88.5 FM FCC license
Questions raised about true ownership of the WRAS 88.5 FM FCC license
By: Anna Yang
Georgia State may not have true ownership to the Federal Commissions Council (FCC) license of WRAS 88.5 FM according to Adam Goldstein, attorney advocate for the Student Press Law Center, despite Board of Regents’ assertions. Documentation from the FCC show the Regents also had ownership to the license before Georgia State in 2001. “[Georgia State] may have written a contract to give away part of something that they don’t really own,” Goldstein said. Georgia State announced a contract with Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) in which GPB programming would take over the student-run radio station, WRAS 88.5 FM, from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. The expected date for programming to start was pushed from June 2 to June 29.
Athens Banner-Herald
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-06-04/uga-course-teaches-school-chefs-about-improved-nutrition-goals
UGA course teaches school chefs about improved nutrition goals
By Lee Shearer
Twenty school nutrition managers from throughout the state are participating in a special kind of cooking school on the University of Georgia campus this week. Called “School Nutrition Culinary Institute I,” the course is open to just 40 of the state’s thousands of school nutrition managers per year, 20 this week and 20 next week. If they’re lucky, in a few years they’ll get to take another week-long course, scheduled later this month for two different groups of students on the campus of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro.
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www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/states-colleges-get-1m-grant-to-keep-students-on-t/ngDwG/
State’s colleges get $1M grant to keep students on track for graduation
By Janel Davis
Georgia is getting outside assistance to help the state’s college students complete their degrees on time and spend less money in the process.
The state is the recipient of a three-year, $1 million grant from the Lumina Foundation and Complete College America to establish the Guided Pathways to Success initiative to boost college completion. Gov. Nathan Deal announced the grant Wednesday following an education summit on Georgia Tech’s campus.
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=275688
Deal: Initiative will make college more affordable, save taxpayers millions
Governor Nathan Deal announced today that Georgia was one of three states chosen to receive a $1 million grant to lead an education initiative, Guided Pathways to Success, focused on making college more affordable, boosting college completion and saving taxpayers millions. The grant is funded by the Lumina Foundation in partnership with Complete College America.
www.daltondailycitizen.com
http://www.daltondailycitizen.com/local/x1934105068/Disaster-drill-prepares-Whitfield-County-for-the-worst
Disaster drill prepares Whitfield County for the worst
By Mitch Talley
Two bodies lie next to a vehicle that was flipped over a few minutes earlier by the winds of a tornado. A campus police officer checking on the scene at Dalton State College soon falls victim to the same chemical, which had leaked out of containers being carried in the vehicle. Fortunately, firefighters from the Dalton Fire Department — dressed in special suits and breathing gear to protect themselves — arrive on the scene a few minutes later and are able to help the injured officer walk to a “decon area” so the dangerous chemicals can be washed off him.
RESEARCH:
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/06/05/3138174/uga-researchers-get-grant-to-study.html?sp=/99/392
UGA researchers get grant to study parasite
By The Associated Press
University of Georgia researchers have received a five-year grant of more than $1 million to study a certain type of parasite. The National Institutes of Health recently gave UGA researchers $1.8 million to study cryptosporidium (CRYPT’-oh-spor-idiom), which causes the diarrheal disease cryptosporidiosis.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
The Washington Post
http://m.washingtonpost.com/opinions/beyond-the-university-why-liberal-education-matters-by-michael-s-roth/2014/05/23/a911b3fe-cef2-11e3-937f-d3026234b51c_story.html
‘Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters’ by Michael S. Roth
By Christopher B. Nelson
Michael Roth’s new book may finally answer a question I have often asked myself: Why do the leaders of our nation’s liberal arts colleges find it so difficult to define liberal education clearly and so challenging to communicate its benefits? After reading Roth’s economical and nearly jargon-free historical account of liberal education in America, I think the answer may be this: There are many distinct threads of liberal education in America that have been woven and rewoven over time in many different ways. As a result, nearly every college now existing can legitimately lay claim to a distinctive sort of liberal education. Generic descriptions simply cannot convey the variegated vitality of liberal education as it is lived on our many college campuses.
Education News
Athens Banner-Herald
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-06-04/georgia-chooses-company-write-standardized-test
Georgia chooses company to write standardized test
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Georgia will pay more than $107 million for the development of a new statewide standardized test, replacing the CRCT and EOCT exams taken by elementary and high school students. The state Department of Education says students will first take the Georgia Milestones tests in 2014 and 2015. The tests will be more difficult to meet Common Core standards and move entirely online within the next five years.