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College freshman and returning university students in Georgia might already be feeling the pressure of keeping their grades up. With competitive academic programs, internship programs and job markets, students need to show that they are educated and motivated young...
Last week, a student newspaper for the University of Georgia reported that one of the university's students had been arrested at a local bar after police suspected that the student was drinking underage. Had the student only been charged with underage possession of...
Sometimes Athens residents may make poor choices that could lead to serious mistakes with social or legal consequences. However, citizens also have a certain level of privacy that must be protected, even if their actions are not lawful. Ensuring that one's right to...
According to the Georgia Student Health Survey, high school students in Georgia do not think it is difficult to get their hands on alcohol if they want to drink. The results of this survey are troublesome to many since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Athens-Clarke County police tried to approach a University of Georgia student who was walking near West Broad Street and Sycamore Drive on Saturday morning because police suspected that the student was drunk. When an officer asked the student to walk toward him, the...
Last week, a University of Georgia student who went to the chapel will not be taking care of some new legal matters because of a marriage. The student was arrested at the University Chapel after campus police reported that the man was drunk and had fallen asleep...
If you can't make it to the restroom in time, sometimes you just need to go wherever you can find a somewhat secluded spot in public. Well, that's how one Athens man justified urinating in public over St. Patrick's Day weekend. Unfortunately, that decision also got...
If you have been reading our Athens, Georgia, DUI law blog for awhile now, you have probably come to the conclusion that DUI arrests are not as uncommon as they should be and numerous students and professionals have been charged with drinking and driving under a...
University of Georgia students who are not of legal age to drink alcohol understand that there will be some risk involved if they ever choose to go out to the bars with their friends who are 21 or older. Although getting caught drinking one beer at a bar may seem like...