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NEWS ABOUT: University of Georgia

University of Georgia stories: 9 news summaries
GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE

 Georgia Mourns 
 Football Mascot 

Bulldog, 4, served less than 2 full seasons in shortest reign ever

Nov 20, 09 12:24 PM CST
(Newser) - The University of Georgia football team’s mascot, bulldog Uga VII, has died. He was 4 and had not yet served out two full seasons, the shortest reign in 54 years of Ugas at UGa. Uga was not only a mascot but a beloved pet to the Savannah family that... More »

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pets • obituary • mausoleum • University of Georgia • mascot • Georgia Bulldogs • bulldog • college football • Uga VII • Georgia mascot dead

Another Memphis Player Accused of SAT Cheating

Dozier's initial results were invalidated

Jun 6, 09 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another former University of Memphis player has a dodgy-looking SAT score in his past, ESPN reports. Robert Dozier was originally set to go to Georgia, until the school noticed that he’d scored a 1260 on his SAT, a score drastically better than his practice exams. The NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse... More »

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NCAA • SAT • test score • University of Georgia • Memphis Tigers • University of Memphis • Georgia Bulldogs • Derrick Rose • standardized testing • Robert Dozier

(Newser) - A colleague of the University of Georgia professor suspected in a triple murder April 25 went into hiding after police found directions to her house in George Zinkhan’s abandoned car, she tells the Red & Black. At investigators’ urging, Barbara Carroll stayed out of sight from May 1-6. “... More »

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murder • Georgia • fugitive • University of Georgia • manhunt • George Zinkhan • Barbara Carroll

Police Uncover
Body of Fugitive
Professor

Alleged wife-killer hid
in woods before killing himself: cops

May 9, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two weeks after George Zinkhan allegedly murdered his wife and two men at a Georgia playhouse, police say they located the body of the fugitive marketing professor, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Dogs found Zinkhan today about a mile from where his Jeep had been recovered in a wooded area near... More »

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crime • murder • Georgia • fugitive • University of Georgia • manhunt • George Zinkhan

Georgia Prof Suspected in Triple Murder Still in US: Cops

Zinkhan's passport recovered from his car

May 4, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities believe George Zinkhan, the University of Georgia professor accused of murdering his wife and two friends, has not left the country as they have his passport, police told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution today; the document was found in his abandoned car. Zinkhan was scheduled on a weekend flight to Amsterdam,... More »

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crime • murder • school shooting • University of Georgia • passport • manhunt • George Zinkhan • fleeing

Wanted Prof's Jeep Found in Ga. Ravine

Zinkhan, suspected
of killing wife and 2 others, still at large

May 1, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The University of Georgia professor suspected of shooting and killing his wife and two others last weekend remains at large, but authorities have finally found his car, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Jeep was discovered “well off the beaten path” in a wooded ravine near George Zinkhan’s house.... More »

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murder • Georgia • University of Georgia • suspect • manhunt • Jeep • George Zinkhan

Prof Wanted in
Triple Murder
Branded 'Weird'

Suspected killer likely getting desperate
hiding out: cops

Apr 27, 09 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The University of Georgia professor wanted for the triple murder of his wife and two other adults is still hiding out and likely in a state of "desperation," police tell the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A nationwide manhunt is on for marketing prof George Zinkhan, who eyewitnesses say shot his... More »

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murder • University of Georgia • professor • Wanted • manhunt • George Zinkhan

 BET Debuts 
 First Sitcom 
 for Somebodies 

First original BET scripted series

Sep 9, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - BET premieres a new cutting-edge sitcom today—the first original scripted series in its 28-year history. Called Somebodies, it's already being compared with Seinfeld, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It's set in Athens, Ga., and stars newcomer Hadjii as Scottie, a character who has been a university student far too... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • University of Georgia • Sundance Film Festival • Somebodies • Black Entertainment Television • BET • Hadjii • Scottie • Rusty Cundieff • Brett King

West Virginia U.
Ranks 1st—in Fun

Princeton Review dons a toga and lists the top party schools

Aug 21, 07 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students are knocking back celebratory shots and administrators are tearing their hair over the Princeton Review's annual list of the top 20 party schools. The full list appears in the 2008 edition of The Best 366 Colleges, on sale today.
  1. West Virginia University
  2. University of Mississippi
  3. University
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college rankings • binge drinking • list • University of Florida • college • university • drinking • West Virginia Mountaineers • Princeton Review • West Virginia University • University of Mississippi • University of Texas Austin • University of Georgia • Indiana University

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