on the rest of us. This is not the university’s problem; it’s ours. For several years now, Dr. Adams and others have wrestled with the issue of whether UGA should take only the brightest and best from our state, which tends to make the university mostly white and predominately female, or should it more closely represent the demographics of the state, which is almost one-third … [Read more...] about Nov. 19, 2001: Bingo! Dr. Michael Adams, president of the University of Georgia, has put the responsibility of increasing student body diversity at UGA right where it belongs —
2001 Columns
Nov. 12, 2001: My daddy used to say, “You don’t have to be smart; you just have to recognize who is smarter than you.”
My friends at Georgia Tech – and believe it or not, I do have a few – will be pleased to learn that I now publicly bow in deference to one of their own. (My Tech friends will no doubt hasten to add that all their graduates and 99 percent of the flora and fauna on the planet are smarter than me, but that story is for another day.) Everybody has been trying to cope with what … [Read more...] about Nov. 12, 2001: My daddy used to say, “You don’t have to be smart; you just have to recognize who is smarter than you.”
Nov. 5, 2001: Some random thoughts on some random subjects…
While I reserve the right to occasionally add my two cents worth on the terrorists and those who tacitly support them, I believe it is clearly in the national interest that I move on to a discussion of other weighty issues that confront our society today -- like why repair people never come when they say they are going to and never apologize when they finally do appear. On a … [Read more...] about Nov. 5, 2001: Some random thoughts on some random subjects…
Oct. 29, 2001: Conrad Fink is a professor at the Grady College of Journalism
Conrad Fink is a professor at the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia and a distinguished journalist. Fink has had an illustrious career as a reporter, foreign correspondent and vice president of Associated Press. As one who puts my time and tithes into the Grady College, I’m glad he is there, but I have a serious difference of opinion with him on the … [Read more...] about Oct. 29, 2001: Conrad Fink is a professor at the Grady College of Journalism
Oct. 22, 2001: Is there no rest for the weary?
Having just concluded an extraordinarily successful term as chairman of the Governor’s Special Committee to Design a State Flag That Looks Like a Pair of Cheap Golf Slacks, I figured I had earned the right to a little peace and quiet. Alas, it was not to be. I have received an urgent request from Mars, which is where Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney’s head is most of the time, … [Read more...] about Oct. 22, 2001: Is there no rest for the weary?