Freshly cut meat layered on a baked bun made Mike’s way is what you will find at the new sub restaurant, Jersey Mike’s, that just opened at 1670 U.S. Highway 27 in Carrollton. Jersey Mike’s is a widely known sub restaurant and hosted its grand opening next to Johnny’s Pizza and Taco Bell from Oct. 30…
The Gift of Christmas Ballet Tour Coming to Carrollton in November
Moscow’s Ballet will be performing a Great Russian Nutcracker in Carrollton on Nov. 26 at 7:00 p.m as part of their holiday tour. The 2019 Gift of Christmas Tour will be spreading holiday spirit to over 150 cities across the U.S. and Canada, and one of their stops will be right here on campus. The performance will include over…
On-Campus STD Testing Begins
In 2017, UWG was ranked as one of the colleges in the state of Georgia with the highest STD rates. When students come to college, they are introduced to a lot more freedom, which hands them the opportunity to engage in more sexual activities. Sexually active students are always at risk for transmitting diseases, especially when…
Pie Slamming at UWG Baptist Collegiate Ministry Fall Festival
This Halloween, the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) kicked off its fall festival filled with quirky costumes and fun games at UWG. The BCM is usually more involved with mission trips and worship, but on Halloween they just invited all UWG students out to have a fantastic time at its Fall Festival. The night began…
Ellie Hightower: Navy Bound
Ellie Hightower is an eighteen-year-old girl who has decided that the Navy is her best option after high school. Being so young, many people question if she truly understands what she is going to be getting herself into. She confidently assures everyone that this is what she wants and that this is what she was made…
A Walk to End Alzheimer’s
West Georgia’s Alzheimer’s Association held their 12th annual “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” on Nov. 3, 2019 at Hobbs Farm Property, attracting more than 260 locals and individuals from other nearby cities such as Douglasville and Villa Rica. The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is held in more than 600 communities across the nation and collects donations, fights for…
Polyamory: Ethical Non-Monogamy
According to Webster’s Dictionary, Polyamory can be defined as, “the state or practice of having more than one open romantic relationship at a time.” However, a better definition that is from the book When Someone you Love is Polyamorous, written by Dr. Elisabeth Sheff, says “The practice of or desire for intimate relationships with more than…
UWG Alumni Soldier: From class to the Iraqi Desert
Sgt. Nathan Ploeg is a UWG Alumni who graduated in the Fall of 2018 with a Mass Communication degree and is currently on a nine month deployment to Iraq using his degree as a Combat Camera soldier. Ploeg was just a regular college freshmen, going to classes, heading home, learning the day to day of college life, until…
The UWG Music Program Makes A Big Debut
Students in the music program at UWG gave a truly impressive performance during their Opera Workshop at the Kathy Cashen Recital Hall on Oct. 24. This collaboration of musicians was only possible through the help of several student directors, Director Dawn Neely, Graduate Assistant Demi Harling, Music Director John Elson Williams and Pianist Bernie Wong….
Harriet Brings American Heroism To The Big Screen
Cynthia Erivo’s powerful performance as the heroic Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery to become a freedom fighter for the Underground Railroad, is the highlight of the first biopic about the American abolitionist. Writer-director Kasi Lemmons takes on the enormous task of telling this legendary story in just over two hours. The result is a thorough and inspiring…