A Lecture with Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Director General of Foreign Service By: Uzma Chowdhury The university experience has always been heavily associated with activism, from the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s to Tiananmen Square. Students have always shared a passion for revolutionary…
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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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By: Park MacDougald Margaret Thatcher famously stated, “There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families.” Though British, Thatcher’s quote has in a sense been the unifying theme of the last half-century in America.…
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By: Stephanie Talmadge It is nearly impossible to log onto Tumblr and avoid spotting a .gif featuring a dancing Barack Obama, or an article about Michelle wearing yet another gown by Jason Wu, or photos catching Malia and Sasha taking a selfie.…
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By: Marco Roca While dogs are endearingly regarded as man’s best friend and a bulldog acts as our university’s mascot, few know that humans created modern day dogs, and even fewer realize that dogs helped shape modern human civilization. Although it is…
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By: Alexander Sileo Since the end of the Cold War, third-party interventions and multilateral initiatives have undergone a renaissance on the international stage. The United Nations (UN) was largely blocked from pursuing any international security objectives by a Security Council divided between…
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By: Russell Dye We all know by now that Congressman Paul Broun is running for Sen. Saxby Chambliss’s open seat in 2014. However, the real question is this: does he actually have a chance of winning the nomination or beating a Democratic…
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By: Korey Boehm Like many issues that make their way to Capitol Hill, the matter of gun control has found itself recently stagnated by the efforts of its opponents. Irritated by the lack of progress on the part of Congress, President Obama…
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By: Chris Neill Rep. Paul Broun’s status as the only candidate to have formally entered the 2014 Senate race came to an end with Rep. Phil Gingrey’s official announcement. But while others have spent time contemplating whether or not to put their…
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By: Nick Eberhart We all know the statistics about obesity: One-third of American adults are obese and medical costs for obese patients hover around $190 billion annually. Awareness of obesity has increased in recent years but it remains a persistent problem, with…
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By: Greyson Clark Parts of the student body at UGA would be surprised to hear that SGA elections culminate this week. Some among us were not reached by Twitterstorms; many do not come close to walking near any campaign turf. Somewhat fittingly,…
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By: Holly Boggs There’s a foreign country with a government consisting of two competing ideological groups who represent the needs of different sectors of society. They bicker incessantly and slow-down decision-making processes to a sluggish, sometimes impossible rate. Sound familiar? One huge…
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By: Ian Davis There is little denial that China will one day overtake the United States’s preeminent role as the global economic hegemon. A new report issued by the American computer security firm Mandiant however, suggests that this eventual ascension might be…
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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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