t may sound scary now, but years down the road the leadership of our state and country will be entrusted, in part, to some of your fellow students here at the University of Georgia. Perhaps you will share a table at Bolton with…
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The Fried Chicken Frenzy: The Chicken Sandwich Wars and the Fast Food Industry
By: Anu Fawehinmi In 2019, with the intent of usurping Chick-fil-A from their fried chicken throne, Popeyes released their Crispy Chicken Sandwich. This bold declaration of war began the battle for market share turned marketing scheme affectionately known as the Chicken Sandwich Wars of the late 2010s. The battle even made its way to social media, with Chick-fil-A reacting to Popeyes’ recent menu addition and Popeyes responding in jest shortly afterward. Popeyes’ introduction of the Crispy Chicken Sandwich and their marketing campaign that followed revitalized the restaurant chain far beyond the expectations of the company, reestablishing it as a true…
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of midnight on April 2 the 1st session of the 153rd Georgia General Assembly was complete. The final day of the session is referred to as “Sine Die,” which simply means that the General Assembly will be in adjournment until the next…
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very year thousands of Americans experience wanderlust, an overwhelming desire to travel, and take a journey “across the pond” to experience all that Europe has to offer. A transatlantic expedition, however, often comes with a hefty price tag. Last month RyanAir made…
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y administration shall respond in the severest way possible to the attack and any other attack to us.” Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta responded fiercely to the terrorist attacks on Garissa University College early on the morning of April 2. The Islamist,…
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he tiny city-state of Singapore is in mourning. The father of the nation and Prime Minister of 31 years Lee Kuan Yew passed away on March 23, 2015 at the age of 91. Perhaps the world’s most beloved autocrat, Lee Kuan…
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War on Drugs is failing, and the United States’ criminal justice system is suffering as a consequence. Laws are in place to deter criminals, but our criminal justice system has seen too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too…
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the past year U.S.-Russia relations have tanked so hard and so quickly that you’d almost think Putin must be doing it on purpose. Beginning by granting asylum to Edward Snowden, Putin has gone out of his way to spurn the United States.…
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e are united in our grief and we remain undefeated.” These are the words inscribed upon a black screen when you pull up mukto-mona.com, Avijit Roy’s website that was created as a forum for the free expression of Bengali writers on the…
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shops have always been a place of political discussions, intellectual debates, and social inquiry. The pensive act of sipping coffee surrounded by comfy seating and individuals deep in thought or conversation make the coffee shop the perfect institution for sparking social change.…
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By William Robinson Boris Nemtsov walked with a woman down a busy sidewalk on Bolshoi Moskvaretsky Bridge at 11:30p.m. on February 27. A single security camera watched their stroll. At 11:31p.m., a snowplow drove towards the pair and stopped alongside them, obstructing…
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By Connor Quirk In late January, the people of Greece elected a new Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras. Tsipras, a member of the extreme leftist Syriza party, quickly ascended to power with a few simple promises: end austerity, backtrack on budgetary reforms, and…
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By Emily Maloney Last fall, in the midst of the high tension between Russia and Ukraine, several major Russian media outlets began propagating maps of Ukraine that label what is currently Eastern Ukraine as “Novorossiya.” Literally meaning “New Russia,” Novorossiya is a historical…
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There once was a story about a man who could turn invisible. I thought it was only a story… until it happened to me. Ok, so here’s how it works: there’s this stuff called Quicksilver that can bend light. Some scientist made…
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