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From welfare to work
Five receive Brooks Awards for Excellence in Public Service
Phase 2 expansion of Poultry Research Center is dedicated
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International Appeal
North Korean envoy meets with Clinton
The highest level North Korean official to meet a U.S. president visited Washington this month seeking better relations before a change in administration. Vice Marshall Jo Myong Rok, North Korea’s second-in-command, was set to hold talks with President Clinton, attend a dinner hosted by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and meet with Defense Secretary William Cohen. His purpose, according to reports, was to get North Korea removed from a U.S. list of seven terrorist nations barred from U.S. backing for international loans and aid for anything but humanitarian purposes. “There must be some agreement in principle on the terrorist list,” Han Park, director of UGA’s Center for the Study of Global Issues, told USA Today prior to the visit. “He [Jo] will not go back empty-handed.”Rains help pecan growers
Frequent showers last month came at a crucial time for Georgia’s $100 million pecan crop. After
months of drought, south Georgia orchards got 3 to 5 inchesof rain during the first two weeks of the month, partly remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon, followed by Tropical Storm Helene. Tom Crocker, a UGA pecan specialist, told the Associated Press the rain could increase the crop by 5 million to 10 million pounds. “Those first two weeks in September are unbelievably important,” added Darrell Sparks, another UGA expert. “Most of the kernel, the part we eat, develops in about four weeks. It’s usually the month of September.” Crocker said prices should be about the same as last year, when Georgia growers produced about 100 million pounds, more than double the previous year.
Barr faces election battle
Bob Barr, the Republican Congressman from Georgia’s 7th District known for marching into or creating ideological battles, is facing a significant challenge for his seat from wealthy Democratic businessman Roger Kahn, according to a report in the New York Times. The 7th District, which widens from the western suburbs of Atlanta to the Alabama border, is not quite the same solidly conservative turf that first elected Barr in 1994. His winning percentage has slipped in the last two elections; in 1998, his little-known opponent got 45 percent of the vote and almost carried suburban Cobb County. “I think Barr probably viewed his district as safer than it was,” UGA political scientist Charles Bullock told the Times. “I wouldn’t bet against him, but he’s such a polarizer that he always attracts opposition, and when they’re credible, the contests can be reasonably close.”
Olympic swimming’s great moment
UGA swim coach Jack Bauerle, who served as an assistant coach of the U.S. women’s Olympic swim team in Sydney, filed reports with CNN Sports Illustrated throughout the Olympics. His commentary included reflections on the last night of the swimming competition: “To swim in a country where swimming is this important is a privilege, and to do so in the Olympics is even more spectacular. There were 15 world records, and we set 15 or 16 American records. It was without question one of the best Olympic moments we’ve had in the history of swimming. When all the dust settles, this one will be talked about for a long time.”UGA Home ] Admissions ] Directories ] Sports ] Alumni ] Weather ]
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