GSW student Alison McCarter named top writing tutor in Southeast
Tweet Special to the Journal AMERICUS — ‘Every writer needs a reader’ is the unofficial motto of the Georgia Southwestern State University Writing Center. The Writing Center has seven ‘readers’ and writing consultants who assist students from all disciplines in strategies for all aspects of the writing process free of charge. Alison McCarter is one [...]
Read More →Congressman Bishop welcomes new chair to USDA FSA Georgia State Committee
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA-02), member of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Co-Chair of the Congressional Peanut Caucus; and Co-Chair of the Congressional Chicken Caucus welcomed Jerome Tucker as the new chair of the [...]
Read More →Georgia Gun Owners launches grassroots push to repeal gun free zones
Tweet Special to the Journal Atlanta -Today, Georgia Gun Owners (GGO) launched a statewide grassroots campaign to pressure Governor Nathan Deal, Speaker David Ralston and Lt. Governor Casey Cagle to publicly support and call for passage of pro-gun legislation — without “poison pill,” anti-gun amendments.
Read More →Two players produce destructive cascade of diabetic retinopathy
Tweet Special to the Journal Augusta – The retina can be bombarded by reactive oxygen species in diabetes, prompting events that destroy healthy blood vessels, form leaky new ones and ruin vision. Now researchers have learned that those chemically reactive molecules must come from both the bone marrow as well as the retinal cells themselves [...]
Read More →With new blood, commission will take on new personality
Tweet Albanians tend to talk about the Albany City Commission as if it were a single entity, often with a distinct personality. I have been as guilty of this as anyone, and I’m not really going to apologize. Frankly, it is a single entity, just one made up of a number of people who give [...]
Read More →Reed Reluctant To Engage In Gov’s Race
Tweet In the frigid cold of early January, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed offered a wet blanket to Democrats hoping to take back the Governor’s mansion this November. On a day when temperatures dropped to the single digits, the chill from the Mayor towards Senator Jason Carter was still quite noticeable.
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