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Reward recyclers! Editor, I am very dismayed with this city’s recycling center. The place is always full. Yes, it’s great that the citizens of this city are taking recycling into their own hands because the city won’t, but it’s ridiculous! You try to do the right thing by recycling, yet every time I go to…
Lion in agony
JAI CATALANO spent part of last Sunday afternoon shooting photos of two terra cotta feet, all that remains of the 119-year-old winged lion fountain that, until Saturday August 30, guarded the Savannah Cotton Exchange building on Factors’ Walk. Catalano never saw the intact fountain. He and Vivian Bonvivane arrived from New York City on Friday…
Ridin’ dirty
TWO MEN who stole a car on Sept. 1 caused two accidents before crashing into the side of a house at Ohio and East 36th streets. Tamaron Varner, 17, and Shevon Crawford, 20, were charged with several traffic violations and possession of stolen property. Crawford also was charged with drug possession. Police said the two…
Water as fuel: Possible or no?
A mechanic friend claims to have a gizmo that makes his vehicles run at least partially on water. It will work best on vehicles with carburetors—fuel-injected vehicles need tweaking of the computer chips. He’s got one on an old VW Bug and says he gets about 80 mpg. He installed one in a large diesel…
Un. Believable.
Lead Story Italian and U.K. legal authorities have recently discarded rule interpretations based on embarrassingly anachronistic stereotypes of women. In July, Italy’s Court of Cassation reversed a 1999 ruling creating a legal presumption that a woman wearing tight jeans could not be the victim of rape because such jeans would be impossible to remove without…
Silver lining
IT’S HAPPENING at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Savannah Technical College is experiencing it, too. So is Savannah State University. As the economy weakens, enrollment is rising. “We’re looking at a 5 percent enrollment increase this fall,” says Russell Watjen, Dean of Enrollment Services at AASU. “My experience has been in a down economy, enrollment is…
In the Zone
PERHAPS THE first thing people will say when they find out SCAD is partnering with a publisher to put out a series of graphic novels based on The Twilight Zone is: “What took you so long?” “I get that a lot,” laughs Anna Burgard, the college’s director of industry partnerships. “People say that in the…
Full exposure
IF THE photos in Tom Fischer’s new book have a passing familiarity to those of Ansel Adams, there’s a reason: Fischer actually studied with the late, great nature photographer. Now SCAD’s chief academic officer, Fischer — who taught photography at the college for 17 years — has taken his time spent with Adams and added…
Free speech fight
IN A university-owned newspaper, who has the final say regarding what can be published? The university administration or the editorial staff? Where does the First Amendment right to free press and free speech apply? This series of questions, plus concern about of funding, lies at the heart of a July civil suit filed in Chatham…
Fat chance
A ONE-YEAR research, educational, and community outreach program is coming to Savannah State University. In partnership with the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, SSU will administer the Community Obesity Outreach Program, or COOP. “It’s an obesity prevention and wellness program that is designed to promote health in minorities with low to moderate…
‘Succession’
FLOWERS CHANGED the face of the planet. Without them, the world we know – even man himself- would never have existed. Francis Thompson, the English poet, once wrote that one could not pluck a flower without troubling a star. Intuitively he had sensed like a naturalist the enormous interlinked complexity of life. Today we know…
Musical chairs
DESPITE BOASTING a handful of large venues ranging in capacity from the 1,100-seat Historic Lucas Theatre for The Arts to the MLK Jr. Arena inside our Civic Center (which tops out at around 9,500 seats), the heart of Savannah’s constantly evolving live music scene revolves around its nightclubs. Over the past few years, much about…
Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Dubconscious *** Savannah draws far too few reggae and heavily reggae-influenced bands, so anytime a great example of that genre comes down the pike, it’s cause for celebration — not only among diehard fans of this festive, bass-heavy dance and message music, but among anyone who appreciates diversity in our local music scene. Both groups…
September 3rd Winner
Welcome to Connect Savannah’s You Shoot group! We’re looking for your pictures of life in Savannah, Georgia and its environs for use on our homepage, and possibly in our printed paper. You can add photos to our feed by sharing your photo online. If your shot is really good, we might just run it in…
“I’m Surrounded by Idiots”
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Earthweek
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You don’t say
Lead Story The Other “Fight Clubs” Are for Sissies: At the August Dog Brothers “Gathering of the Pack” in Southern California, it was “(A)nything goes,” according to one warrior (looking to fight with “blunted knives”). A Reuters reporter witnessed two men without padding beat each other with heavy sticks and two others fight with electrically…
