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Boarshead Brigade Hosts First Military Ball Since 2018

Boarshead Brigade Hosts First Military Ball Since 2018

Mackenzie Anderson April 27, 2023

Just as balls were the social event of the season during the 17th and 18th century, they still cause quite a stir on college campuses today. The University of North Georgia is no exception.  The...

Photo of the playground design layout. From Caroline Filchak.

A Playground Revival Begins in Hall County 

Mackenzie Anderson April 20, 2023

Non-profit organization, Hope for Hall, gives hope for all children in Gainesville, Georgia.  Caroline Filchak started Hope for Hall in January 2023 and has already received full funding from multiple...

High School Students Experience Corps Life

High School Students Experience Corps Life

Mackenzie Anderson April 4, 2023

Even with a soggy start, the National Leadership Challenge, organized by the Corps of Cadets in partnership with cadet recruiting hosted 166 high school students to see the campus and participate in...

Just Ducking Around

Just Ducking Around

Mackenzie Anderson March 30, 2023

Just northeast of downtown Dahlonega along Morrison Moore Parkway lies the Yahoola Creek Reservoir and Lake Zwerner.  On any given day, locals and tourists hike, fish, boat, and feed the numerous geese...

Students Give up Spring Break to Serve in Ensenada

Students Give up Spring Break to Serve in Ensenada

March 30, 2023

Over spring break, 27 college students gave up their vacation and braved muddy roads and political dangers to go love and serve the people of Ensenada, Mexico on a Christian missionary trip.   This...

Cadets Seek Change In The Corps

Cadets Seek Change In The Corps

Mackenzie Anderson March 23, 2023

“We’re losing Patriot [Hall] because we just don’t have people there,” says Will Hand, a sophomore cadet majoring in strategic and security studies. University of North Georgia is the senior...

Raven Cliff Falls

Raven Cliff Falls

Mackenzie Anderson March 2, 2023

                   

Women Alone In Nature

Women Alone In Nature

Mackenzie Anderson February 27, 2023

"To hike alone as a woman is dangerous," says Tom Crowell, a hiking guide with Outback Guide service in Dahlonega, Georgia. Crowell firmly believes that women cannot hike safely alone, and he points to...

Brad Walker sitting in his shop.

More Than Clay: The Career of Brad Walker

Mackenzie Anderson February 27, 2023

There were three gas stations in downtown Dahlonega, and highway 400 did not exist when Brad Walker opened his pottery shop in 1975. Walker began doing pottery in 1966, but did not start it as a full time...

Accepting the Ink: Tattoos in the Workplace

Accepting the Ink: Tattoos in the Workplace

Mackenzie Anderson February 27, 2023

“Thirty-six percent of Americans between the age of 18 and 29 have at least one tattoo," says historyoftattoos.net.  With the rise in popularity of tattoos among current college students, the...

Don’t Panic, It’s Not A Brothel

Mackenzie Anderson January 31, 2023

Every year around the beginning of spring semester, the University of North Georgia students begin to contemplate housing for the next year. The desire for a place of their own, a kitchen to cook food...

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