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As the pandemic continues, Georgia State is open for COVID-19 testing on every campus. But its capacity to test — an estimated 5,000 tests per week — overshadows the number of patients that get tested […]
On Sept. 1, the North Central Health District of the Georgia Department of Public Health tweets, students who contract COVID-19 need to quarantine in separate dorms and housing. Students with COVID-19 while living on campus […]
After serving the Georgia State community for more than a decade, Georgia State University President Mark Becker announced on Sept. 15 that he will be resigning in June 2021. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Becker […]
The month of August consisted of several protests against institutions that planned to reopen amid the pandemic. Die-ins from the University of North Carolina, the University of Georgia and other University System of Georgia institutions […]
Throughout the summer, courses continued to shift from in-person to online right up until the fall semester. With this, students experienced much uncertainty while registering for their classes. Some even claimed that the courses that […]
On Aug. 27, Hurt Park was publicized for being fenced off for renovations. The homeless who once slept in Hurt Park now sleep on its sidewalks, where police occasionally patrol early in the morning and […]
NEWS BRIEFS LOCAL Mayor Bottoms announces phase II of reopening On Sept. 11, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that the City of Atlanta will return back to phase two of reopening the city. In July, […]
The Federal Work-Study program is still offering jobs to undergraduate students. This program provides work experience pertaining to a student’s course of study. FWS shifted to online for the remainder of last semester, and institutions […]
NEWS BRIEFS LOCAL Three men are arrested for racing on I-85 On Aug. 29, several troopers arrested three men who blocked the northbound lanes of I-85 in DeKalb County. The three Marietta men, ranging from […]
As Georgia State and other universities across the country prepare for the fall semester during the COVID-19 pandemic, the IDEAL Program plans to operate in ways that contradict the name. According to its website, the […]
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