I bow to no one in my love for and loyalty to the University of Georgia. I bleed red and black. I have served as president of the National Alumni Association, have been named the university’s outstanding graduate and today endow a professorship as well as fellowships at my beloved Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications. I can never repay my university for what it … [Read more...] about October 28, 2019: The University Of Georgia is Winning Where It Counts
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April 30, 2018: This Academic Supporter is Stoked Over UGA’s Football Fortunes
I feel like a hypocrite. Well, sort of. I am an enthusiastic supporter of the academic mission at my alma mater, the University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered university in the nation, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South. I evince that support with an annual gift to UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The funds help … [Read more...] about April 30, 2018: This Academic Supporter is Stoked Over UGA’s Football Fortunes
Aug. 27, 2007: My First And Last Words On Lowlife Michael Vick
MY FIRST AND LAST WORDS ON LOWLIFE MICHAEL VICK A number of readers have asked why I haven’t written about the Michael Vick saga. I have tried to ignore the subject since everyone else feels compelled to blather about it ad nauseum. What is there left to say? Frankly, Vick isn’t worth the precious space I am allotted on these pages. He is a lowlife and a liar who assumed … [Read more...] about Aug. 27, 2007: My First And Last Words On Lowlife Michael Vick
December 7, 2000: CEOs Make the Tough Decisions
Today, let us discuss the role of the chief executive officer, commonly referred to as the CEO. Our class assignment will be to look at the firing of Georgia football coach Jim Donnan and the role played by the University’s CEO, Mike Adams. The first thing to know about CEO’s is they get paid the big bucks and find their pictures at the top of the organization chart because … [Read more...] about December 7, 2000: CEOs Make the Tough Decisions
November 30, 2000: Color My Red and Black Blue
Memo to the World: Color My Red and Black Blue I am in a big time crabby mood today. Losing to Georgia Tech does that to me. Let me say at the outset that when it comes to my alma mater, the University of Georgia, I am an academic hawk. I strongly support the tremendous progress UGA has made in becoming one of the nation’s outstanding public universities. And I put my … [Read more...] about November 30, 2000: Color My Red and Black Blue