Textbooks are thrown in the corner of the room. Book-bags  are swapped out for beach totes. The car is filled with gas, and off you go: spring break is finally here! The week-long vacation is desperately needed after months of intense school and job workloads. Students forget about their academic woes as soon as their last class is dismissed and …

On Friday, May 2, 2008, Myanmar experienced the worst natural disaster of its history. Cyclone Nargis hit Burma causing at least 138,000 deaths and damage worth $10 billion. Cyclone Nargis is the eighth deadliest cyclone of all time. After the incident, many countries and organizations reached out towards Myanmar but the Burmese government resisted most of the assistance. They even …

On March 7, North Korea threatened to cancel the 1953 armistice with South Korea and to launch nuclear strikes against the United States and South Korea. The reasons for the announcement were due to South Korea’s military drills with the U.S. as well as the United Nations sanctions on North Korea for their nuclear tests. However, the U.N. said the …

I have attended the University of North Georgia for four years and have paid more than $8,100 in student fees. Now, in my last semester, the university is asking me for even more money. At the beginning of the semester the school wanted $40 for graduation fees even before I got accustomed to my classes. If I do not graduate, I will have …

The University of North Georgia community has been patiently waiting for the unveiling of our new mascot and the logos incorporating the Nighthawk. However, the wait may not last much longer. Next week, University Relations plans to release information about the status of the new mascot. Included in this information will be some images that will reveal what the final …

On Aug. 15, 2007, protests broke out in Burma. Citizens marched the streets in protest to the unannounced decision of the ruling junta. The government decided to remove fuel subsidies which caused the diesel and petrol prices to increase 66 percent. Led by local students, the people showed their opposition against the political activists. They walked in long lines around …

Maybe it’s the unassuming outside of this little breakfast/lunch cafe – it’s attached to a gas station – but Foothill Grill really blew me away. I am a commuter student who has a break between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. I have used this break to sample the many lunch places around Dahlonega, and Foothill Grill …

Rain, rain, go away! Come again another day. Actually, don’t come again another day. We do not particularly like to walk to and from class in the rain. Georgia weather is notorious for being bipolar. The weather can never seem to make up its mind on what it wants to do. But when it decides to rain, it pours. It …

While I am a young woman of 22 years, I have spent years of my life in different places which shaped me to be the person I am today. I spent 13 years living in Myanmar, where I went to school for 12 years. During my life there I was involved in incidents that not many people can experience. Myanmar …

It is March 24, 2011. I look over to the white Pontiac car parked beside me as I fiddle with objects in my car to waste time. The pavement is bumpy and potholes are everywhere. Cars rush past the building on the road but it doesn’t drown out the yelling from the package store or the worn-out gas station nearby. Someone …