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Yes, your boss is going to check your Facebook. Learn how to avoid social media blunders ............. 6

Intriguing alumni discuss alternative routes after graduation ......................................................... 8

Athens professionals share words of wisdom ....... 28

Mapping University alumni’s hot spots and popular cities for relocation ................................. 12

Educate your ears ............................................... 18

How to not starve in the real world ..................... 16

Five ways to nail your interview .......................... 5

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GraduatinGtastes

LandtheJOb

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staffandcOntributOrs ............................. 4

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OnthecOverWho: Wilmot Greene, owner of the Georgia Theatre

Page 28: His advice about life, obstacles and not taking your twenties too seriously.

Location: Inside, on top of and around the theatre.

Take notice: There is phoenix painted on the front of the lower balcony. The new balconies were designed by Wilmot.

The year in between: Peace Corps, Teach for America and ministries ....................................... 10

Seniors’ most memorable shows from the music town ...................................................19

Taking the next step by the numbers .................. 15

Can’t miss these shows before skipping town ....... 18

Classic trends to impress throughout the day ofa maturing grad ..................................................22

International students have crossed the globe for a degree, now where will they go? .......................20

Building your kitchen from scratch ..................... 17

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I would equate graduation to when I was a little kid and my mom would tell me that play time was over and we had to go home. Whether it was

coming in from outside or diving one more time off the diving board, I always wanted five more minutes.

When I am asked about post-graduation plans, I have started to feel like that little kid again who just wanted five more minutes. After speaking with several business owners downtown, their words of wisdom have done worlds to ease the stress of graduating college for me (p. 28).

Graduation is not the time to force yourself into a mold-- if you do want to stay for “just five more minutes” the decision is yours. It’s up to you where you go and what you do with your time.

If you decide a move is what you need, on page 12 our writers delve into the most popular cities for UGA alumni and neighborhoods that feel just like the Classic City.

In these cities, social media groups help you to connect with fellow alumni so that football game days and Sunday fun-days don’t end on May 11, or August 4, or December 14. Neither do BYOB restaurants and walking down streets filled with live music and a great group of friends.

For all those who will be here over the summer and in the fall, look out for our summer issue and the first Fall issue on stands September 3.

And of course, good luck and congratulations to the graduates of 2012!

Cheers,

Q:What did you want to be when you were little?

This month we are learning to graduate our tastes, but we would never forget our roots :

Megan SwanSonExEcuTivE EdiTor

Answer: “A veterinarian, archaeologist or marine biologist. And then I took biology and those changed pretty quick. ”

Megan is a senior magazines major

reMy thurStonSEnior EdiTor

Answer: “I wanted to be a British secret agent or an oil painter...or both. ”

Rémy is a senior magazines major

Logan PorterASSiSTAnT dESign EdiTor

Answer: “I wanted to be everything...or a writer.”

Logan is a sophomore pre-journalism major

Maura FriedManMAnAging EdiTor

Answer: “The second female supreme court justice, but then my dad pointed out that Ruth Bader Ginsburg already was.”

Maura is a junior magazines and political science major

aManda JoneSdESign EdiTor

Answer: “I wanted to be a wedding planner.”

Amanda is a senior art education major

aLLiSon LovephoTo EdiTor

Answer: “I wanted to be an author, a second grade teacher and a doctor.”

Allison is a senior magazines major

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POLITICIAN

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Senior year carries several connotations for University students: the end of careless nights in downtown Athens and of sleepless ones at the Miller Learning Center, and the start of the dreaded job search. After graduation, amid resumes, cover letters and cold calls, the interview remains the most crucial obstacle to landing a job. To assuage fears, here are some tips from industry professionals that will help you ace that interview.

MEMORIZATION

BE A PAIN

APPLICATION, NOT

IT’S OK

Politicians are taught to flawlessly answer tough questions. According to Betsy Riley, executive editor of Atlanta Magazine, politicians actually answer different questions than they are asked. “When an interviewer asks a tough question such as ‘Why do you want this job?,’ slyly segway to another question that you feel more comfortable asking because it’s likely that the interviewer just wants to hear you speak.” Riley said.

Preparing for a job interview isn’t like preparing for a history exam. Skip memorization – the interviewer will not smile approvingly because you can recite the company’s About Us page. Companies care about application, not recitation. Cathy Anderson, author of “Poor Little It Girl,” suggests applicants come to the table with proposals. “If you are interviewing for a publication, come with two or three story pitches,” Anderson said. If you are interviewing for a law firm, review the company’s last major case. State what you would improve and what you thought went well. Be bold. The interviewer wants to see that you can embody the company’s motto.

Mom meant well when she dug through her closet for that 1980s three-piece power suit or Dad’s lucky neon green tie, but interview day is not the day to play dress-up. Wear clothes that fit, but avoid wearing a completely monochromatic outfit. The company wants to hire an individual, not a drone. “Show personality through the outfit,” Anderson said. Just make sure your clothing isn’t brand new. Unworn attire brings the possibility of unexpected looseness and holes. Put the outfit together a few days before the interview and walk around. Do not let a sudden wardrobe malfunction distract you or the interviewer.

MAKE ITFAKE ITuntil you

business, work with a small business in your community. If you want to be a teacher, start your own tutoring business. Create experience until you can assimilate into the industry.

Don’t wait until the interview to qualify your professional status. “Act like a professional before the interview,” Lauren Orsini, Daily Dot reporter, said. If you want to run a

Don’t assume wherever you’re applying will automatically keep track of your application. Any interviewer can see up to hundreds of candidates each week. “Following up with a thank you card not only extends courtesy but also reminds the company that you want the job,” Holly Getchell, University of Georgia Director of Employer Relations, said. Email the interviewer, reminding them of your interest. Comment on recent events regarding the company. Your persistence and timeliness will show the interviewer your commitment.

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Navigating today’s social media matrix as a young professional can be quite the online labyrinth, which is why there’s no shame in seeking professional help. Experts such as Grady doctoral candidate and journalism instructor Geoffrey Graybeal, director

of the new media certificate program Scott Shamp and Career Center consultant Laura Ledgerwood are gold mines of knowledge when it comes to incorporating social media into your job search. In questioning these professionals about the “dos and don’ts” of creating a suitable public identity, they graciously offered the following tactics for reflecting a truly career-ready social media presence.

•Do consciously manage the makeup of each online account. Proper social media maintenance entails having current contact information easily accessible on your profiles, indicating your graduation date and major, keeping up with ever-changing privacy settings and Googling yourself regularly to see exactly what’s associated with your name.

•Words of Expertise: “The biggest thing about social media is it’s hard to have control over it, because other people can put things out there without your approval. So you need to be actively searching yourself,” Graybeal said.

•Do utilize interactive avenues such as Twitter and blogging forums to hone in on areas that you’re passionate about. In addition to following professionals who specialize in your interests, generate your own content relevant to these concentrations through tweets, a personal blog and even Pinterest pinboards.

•Words of Expertise: “Start replying to posts organizations send out and re-tweet their content. Also, create original content that’s related to a particular career or area of the industry,” Ledgerwood said.

•Do engage in social media immediately.•Words of Expertise: “Start interacting on these social sites, so you’re

not feeling like you’re doing it for the purposes of a job. The more you join the conversation, the more you develop yourself as an expert in your field,” Graybeal said.

•Don’t be timid when it comes to following experts’ work through social networks. These connections can often prove quite useful in acquiring valuable contacts and finding career opportunities.

•Words of Expertise: “Connect with company Facebook pages by ‘liking’ them and posting questions on their wall. Don’t post questions you can easily find the answer to, but ask for advice, how to set up an informational interview or comment on a product the company offers,” Ledgerwood said.

•Don’t allow public access to all facets of your online existence. Graybeal advises maintaining “layers” within outlets like Facebook. Decide which aspects you’re comfortable with showing and to whom. But in order to network effectively on Twitter, you can’t keep tweets private. Adjust your privacy settings to reflect the image you want on display.

•Words of Expertise: “Don’t mix too much personal and professional. You may need two separate profiles in order to effectively separate the two,” Ledgerwood said.

•Don’t be obnoxious. There’s a delicate balance between being conversational and being a rambling spectacle—find it.

•Words of Expertise: “Part of Twitter (and the like) is that it’s a personal medium which allows you to convey your voice. Now, if you do too much of that, people won’t follow you,” Graybeal said.

•Don’t use social media to advertise your lack of career. •Words of Expertise: “Never advertise you’re looking for a job. It makes

you look desperate, and that isn’t appealing to potential employers,” Shamp said.

After a rundown with the experts, we’ve compiled a few tips for creating a solid link to the most expansive professional networking site on the web.

•Create a complete profile including a professional photograph, chronologically arranged work experiences, education history, at least five skills and a sample of your

personality in the “Additional Information” section.

•Make connections with people you already know—peers, professors, family, etc.

•Once you have a base network, seek common ground through joining the alumni association and LinkedIn groups that are pertinent to your interests. •Utilize professional groups to the fullest by posting messages to both individual users and the group as a whole.•Avoid linking to people you haven’t met, or with people you have interviews with, unless they invite you. You can seek introductions to others through common links.

LinkedIn

Take advantage of the various informational training sources available on LinkedIn, and pay special attention to the guide geared specifically towards college students and recent graduates available at learn.linkedin.com/students/step-1/.

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Although the job search looms like a consistent, dark cloud over final exams, papers and celebrations of nearly every University senior this year, it’s a common storm. Each graduating class has faced the same uncertainty. University alumni utilize their skill sets and degrees in different ways, from excelling in what they studied to taking unconventional career routes. This is a sampling of the post-graduate paths of some of those people, as well as their advice to those preparing to join them beyond the University arches.

MAJOR: Journalism

WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?: “I don’t get bored. Writing for a big newspaper is the equivalent of going to university for a lifetime, except that you get paid to do it instead of the other way around.”

WORDS OF WISDOM FOR GRADUATING SENIORS: “The key to life is figuring out how not to get bored.”

MAJOR: Public relations

WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?: “The people I work with, from clients to staff, and the ability to help and grow...I consider myself almost a counselor in a lot of ways, whether it’s on a marketing strategy or internally.”

WORDS OF WISDOM FOR GRADUATING SENIORS: “There’s always an answer, find it...you really don’t know everything- understand that. Success is built on relationships- make them.”

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MAJOR: English and newspapers

WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?: “I really enjoy work-ing with the students, but I also enjoy the opportunity to travel.” Crist had just returned from the Fellows trip to South Korea where the group stayed with Buddhist nuns and monks.

WORDS OF WISDOM FOR GRADUATING SENIORS: “Take the time to truly think about what you enjoy doing and what you want to do for the rest of your life. That’s a really important process and I feel like not enough students think about that right now.”

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WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?: “I’m in one of the most beautiful places on Earth and surrounded by and in a community that, so far away from home, has been quick to be called a second home.”

WORDS OF WISDOM FOR GRADU-ATING SENIORS: “Don’t fret starting with real life too much at the start. It’ll come along...do something you enjoy.”

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MAJOR: Finance, real estate

WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?: “I work with the most talented people in the world. Within the entertainment division on board, we have an ice cast [ice skating show], an acrobat cast, an aqua cast [divers and synchronized swimmers], a dance cast, singers, musicians, specialty aerialists, comedians, and competitive Red Bull cliff diving champions - all from every corner of the world. It is a very unique and rewarding surrounding atmosphere of friends and co-workers. And being on a Caribbean beach every other day is certainly additional icing on the cake.”

WORDS OF WISDOM FOR GRADUATING SENIORS: “The first thing I would say is to take chances and explore your interests - you never know what you may learn about yourself in the process. Accepting a job on a cruise ship, away from all friends and family, doing nothing major-related definitely forced me out of my comfort zone in some ways; but it has turned out to be one of the greatest experiences of my life. I have definitely learned something new about myself in that I love performing these shows in front of crowds of six thousand plus people every week. The second thing that I would say is that when you do discover something you enjoy or love, run with it.”

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One way to enter the world after graduation – give back to it.

After throwing their graduation caps in the air, many University alumni walk off the typical path of finding a job or entering graduate school. They breathe in the air and explore the unknown, throwing their faith to programs that they believe make a difference.

THE YEAR IN BETWEENBy Adina SolomonGIVING BACK

DURING

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TEACH FOR AMERICAKate Kotsko graduated in May 2009 with a degree in social work,

deciding afterward to do Teach for America. From August 2009 to June 2011, she taught at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina. She is now a recruitment manager for the organization.

“I really wanted to think of something that could be proactive rather than reactive,” Kotsko said of teaching. “The opportunities I had to go to college really started with a quality education and having quality teachers, so then I wanted to give back to kids who are growing up in poverty. I wanted to be that quality teacher.”

So, Kotsko joined Teach for America, saying teaching in schools addresses the root of many social problems because it gives children a chance.

Todd Hollett, a May 2008 graduate with a degree in international affairs, worked with Teach for America from August 2008 to June 2010 as an eighth grade reading teacher in Edcouch, Texas, a small town near the Mexican border.

Hollett, an instructional technology specialist for the Clarke County School District, described the town of Edcouch. Most people were Hispanic and had just immigrated to the United States. He said many of the town’s inhabitants live in shanties, noting that few have home internet.

“The kids have a different perspective of what the United States is because it’s just different,” he said. “The poverty there is more of a developing country like Mexico.”

But Hollett said the kids were still excited about their education. Many realized the possibilities that education could provide for them.

Kotsko told of a girl who she signed up for a summer school program. Her family lived more than a mile from the school and she did not have transportation, so she walked to class everyday in the North Carolinian summer – and had perfect attendance.

“That’s just why I do everything that I do,” Kotsko said. “It really exemplifies just the passion that kids have even for their own education and how being simply just a connector from point A to point B – I just signed her up for the program, so I feel like my role was really minimal, but her role was much greater.”

PEACE CORPS

Leslie McAbee knew what she wanted to do after she graduated in December 2006 with a degree in English and romance languages. She joined the Peace Corps, serving in Madagascar from June 2007 to March 2009. Her planned two-year stay was cut short because of civil unrest in the country.

“I just wanted to do something in my years that was non-academic, that was helpful to other people and that would be good for me and my own personal development as a human being,” McAbee said.

In Madagascar, McAbee taught English to high school students her first year and a mix of high school and middle school students her second year. She also led an English language club to allow students to do radio programming and other projects outside of the classroom.

She found many students enjoyed speaking English and sharing their culture. And the education was not one-sided; McAbee learned how to communicate in the Malagasy language.

“You have students who are approaching the subject knowing that they’re never gonna get a chance to use it, to move out of their town and get a job based on those language skills,” McAbee said, “but nonetheless they were very interested, very motivated.”

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MISSION WORKStudents also find their calling closer to Athens.Tyler Durden, a May 2011 graduate in history, began interning at the Wesley

Foundation during his senior year and is now in his second year of interning. He is a mentor leading a small group of students every week to study prayer.

“Overwhelmingly, I’m here for the students,” Durden said. “Whenever we have downtime during the day, there are students who are in and out of the building and usually I just spend time with them, just hang out with them.”

Durden is an intern until early May. Afterward, he hopes to attend graduate school at the University to earn a social studies education degree, he said. Durden said he feels that interning at Wesley and interacting with students is his calling.

“I have the time,” Durden said. “I’m still young enough to take the time and really build my own personal foundation and my own relationship with the Lord before I launch into the real world.”

THE BENEFITS OF GAP YEARSMcAbee is now a second-year graduate student in American literature at the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After her experience with the Peace Corps, she is planning on teaching in a developing country that is building colleges.

“There are a lot of challenges you have to face,” she said of the Peace Corps. “You have to figure out a way to make it work, so it gave me a lot of tests in patience and fortitude, and you meet a lot of amazing people who teach you more than you ever thought you would know.”

Durden’s experience with Wesley is reinforcing his calling to become a teacher. He said he has learned about people in a way he never did during class.

“I feel like I know why I’ve been put on this earth, and I feel like I’m ready for the rest of my life,” Durden said. “I know it’s not gonna be easy. Everything’s not dandy. But I’m gonna be ready for whatever challenges life throws at me.”

Working in Edcouch for Teach for America made Hollett value his roots and the work that goes into teaching.

“It gave me a better appreciation for what I have and where I came from,” he said.

Kotsko is not just a more organized person and a more skilled communicator because of her Teach for America experience; she also learned that the problem of educational inequality is solvable.

But her time in the classroom was challenging, reminding her that a yearlong gap spent on a cause is not easy.

“It’s not really a year off,” Kotsko said. “It’s more of a year on.”PHOTO | LYRIC LEWIN

Tyler Durden is spending his post-collegiate time interning at the Wesley Foundation, a Christian organization.

WHERE TTOP 5 DESTINATIONS FOR UGA GRADS

Story by Hanna Yu and Taylor HenriquezIllustrations by Sarah Lawrence

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS— 1,471 alumni on LinkedIn

From student...to professionalJessica MacLean, Chicago Chapter

president of the UGA Alumni Association offers advice on how to make the 772.9 mile leap to Chicago.

“Joining a junior board for a nonprofit that you care about is always a great way to grow professionally while helping a cause,” she said. Chicago offers other social opportunities as well.

“A book club, beach volleyball or a din-ner club that tries new restaurants around the city each month, Chicago offers something for everyone,“ MacLean said.

From Cali & Tito’s...to Chicago BYOBUGA alum Nicole Keiter mentions

Bakin’ & Eggs, Ponzu Sushi and The Slice Wrigleyville as places where show-ing up with beer or wine won’t get you escorted out.

From The Georgia Theatre...to the Vic Theatre

The Vic Theatre is known for hosting rock bands, but they also have the Brew & View, playing movies that show as double or even triple features for $5 with a selec-tion of beer specials and food. Keiter claims that the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge is Charlotte’s most famous jazz venue. Other venues are Schubas Tavern

for jazz, rock and folk and The Hideout, known as Chicago’s Most Loved Small Venue, featuring country, rock and blues.

From the Southern Living...to City Living

Certain neighborhoods are primarily populated with young adults and are rela-tively budget-friendly.

“Chicago has a number of up-and-com-ing neighborhoods that offer really low rents…Ukrainian Village, Wicker Park and Logan Square,” MacLean said. “Wicker Park, where I live, has a lot of cafes, stores and restaurants that remind me a lot of Athens.”

From the ground transportation...to Elevated Trains

The “El,” or elevated train, is a mode of transportation run by the Chicago Transit Authority that offers cards at $88 per month for unlimited bus and train access. “This is much cheaper than catching cabs everywhere and definitely less expensive than a parking ticket for your car,” MacLean said.

From Athens Dawgs...to Chicago Dawgs

Chicago Dawgs, part of the UGA Alumni Association, hosts events for UGA alumni to make Chicago feel like home.

“Chicago Dawgs usually watch football games at Joe’s Sports Bar in the Near North Side neighborhood,” Keiter said.

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UGA Alumni Association:

“We’re a great resource, wheth-er you just need to see a friendly face, or if you need some advice when job-hunting,” D.C. chapter Vice President Doug Matties said.

Common chapter activities in any city include meeting up at local bars and taverns on game day Saturdays, networking mixers and happy hours, luncheons, phi-lanthropy work and dinners.

For more information, contact the Alumni Association at (706)542-2251 or visit their website.

LinkedIn:

Of the 150 million members on LinedIn, 58,172 UGA alumni are members. UGA students are able to join alumni groups their senior year, and initiate conversations relating to group topics, including job postings and networking mixers.

Popular UGA groups include the University of Georgia Alumni Association Group, Terry College of Business Alumni, Women of UGA and University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication Alumni.

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Advice:“I think wherever you go, there’s an

adjustment,” said New York City UGA alumni chapter President Matt Schiavone. “But with New York, it’s a completely different animal. It’s very fast-paced; everyone is always in a rush and is less tolerant of your igno-rance.”

From Power Hour…to Happy Hour

Kiss those $2 well drinks and beer specials goodbye after moving to the Big Apple. In New York City, it is not uncommon to spend in the double digits for a beer or cocktail.

“There are a lot of hot spots [in New York City],” Schiavone adds. “Pick up ‘Time Out New York’ and just read on stuff that is new and trendy. Wine bars, beer gardens, hoo-kah bars, sports bars, clubs, rooftop bars – you name it, New York has got it.”

During Georgia game days, NYC alum chapter members meet up at the Village Pourhouse on 982 Amsterdam Ave., 64 3rd Ave. at 11th St. and Sidebar on 120 E. 15th St. to cheer on the Dawgs in an Athens-like atmo-sphere. For a nightclub and concert venue scene, Schiavone suggests the

From the East Coast to…the West CoastAlthough it may be a sharp contrast with the little college town of Athens, a few

Bulldawgs share the way to ease into SoCal. “The second day after I moved here there was a UGA Grady College Alumni

mixer in Beverly Hills at which I reconnected with some familiar faces and met some new people,” alumnus Thom Pulliam said.

Although California is known as an expensive place to live, UGA grads can find cheap housing at the Silver Lake, Santa Monica, and downtown L.A.

From game day congestion to…LA trafficGetting around campus can be a hassle. Especially when everyone is crammed in

the Orbit bus on a rainy day. Unfortunately, the transportation troubles transfer over to Los Angeles.

“It can take two hours to go 12 miles…the key to happiness is to avoid being stuck in your car,” Pulliam said.

From illegal to...medicinalIn the South, marijuana is taboo-- and illegal. “California is a medical marijuana state; there are dispensaries all around town

who will write you a prescription on the spot,” Pulliam said. “Get used to catching wafts of the stuff while walking down the street.”

From college football to…dropping namesSanford Stadium is now Hollywood and the game is name-dropping.“Casually dropping names is a sport in this town. It’s all about who you know…

who is famous,” Pulliam said.

From new LA advice...to old Athens memories“Downtown Santa Monica is like a grown-up Athens. It’s slightly bigger than

downtown Athens, but is similarly packed with beautiful trees, unique restaurants, bars, stores and a lively hobo population,” Pulliam said.

iconic Webster Hall on 125 E. 11th St., where the likes of Duran Duran and Ray Charles have performed.

From Milledge…to Manhattan“You really have to live within your means in New York City, because every-

thing is so incredibly expensive,” Schiavone said. “I’ve found some good places in the outer-boroughs such as Queens and Brooklyn. In Manhattan, a lot of people when they first come up here want to live in the Upper East Side. A lot of the apartments are going to be small, not what you would get in the Atlanta area. Hoboken and Jersey City [in New Jersey] also have affordable places.”

“Be prepared to bust your butt. The work ethic in New York City is ten times than what you are going to find in Atlanta, people up here in all aspects work for real.”

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA—1,633 alumni on LinkedIn

NEW YORK, NEW YORK— 4,114 alumni on LinkedIn

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WASHINGTON D.C.—3,939 alumni on LinkedIn

From the Georgia Museum of Art…to the National Gallery of Art Young professionals on small budgets can always take in the many free D.C.

museums and art galleries, outdoor concerts, movie screenings and memorials.“There is always something going on, no matter the season,” said alum and

Vice President of the D.C. Dawgs chapter, Doug Matties. “Most of the tourist stuff is in the National Mall right in the middle of the city.”

From the North-South bus….to the Metro D.C. is a walkable city with a reliable train and bus system (Metrotrail and

Metrobus) for the city and its surrounding areas. Fare is determined by the destination and time of day and Matties advises saving time by purchasing a rechargeable SmarTrip Card. A service called Capital Bikeshare also allows its members to take a bike to work or to run errands.

From Magnolias...to Penn Quarter Sports Tavern For live music, Matties suggests the 9:30 Club, the Iota Club & Café and

Galaxy Hut in Arlington,Va.For a game day atmosphere, look no further than Penn Quarter Sports Tavern

and Crystal City Sports where D.C. Dawgs go for game day Saturdays.

From UGA…to GeorgetownMatties recommends Craigslist to find affordable apartments and looking into

neighborhoods near college campuses such as George Washington or Howard where the rent may be cheaper and the culture more familiar. Crystal City in Arlington, Va., may be the best option for those on the most limited budgets.

From The Melting Point...to a melting pot

“It’s a very international city,” Matties said. “There are a lot of Central American restaurants that are good, like Peruvian. For burgers and breakfast all day, try the Tune Inn.”

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA—2,138 alumni on LinkedIn

From social procrastination tool...to social networking tool The University of Georgia Charlotte Area Alumni & Friends use their

Facebook page to keep alumni updated on lunches and Georgia game watching at the Neighborhood Grille. They also host Bulldawgs After Hours, an upgraded Dawgs After Dark boasting new friends and networking.

From free food...to free foodThe Charlotte chapter of UGA alumni sometimes announces free food via its

Twitter account @CharlotteDawgs, but in the meantime check out burgers at Kick Stand, Mexican food at Loco Lime and The Penguin, a classic American drive-in for budget-bites

From Dawgs...to CATSThe Charlotte Trolley is free and available for rides to downtown Charlotte,

but the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) offers affordable transportation by bus and light rail (LYNX) to further destinations with ranging fares.

From DT...to NoDaNorth Davidson, or NoDa, is Charlotte’s Historic Arts District and offers

unique galleries, restaurants and The Neighborhood Theatre, the venue numerous UGA alumni have said is the best place to check out music.

From moving out of the house…to moving into the real world “If you are a young professional I would recommend the Eastover area. If you

have a family I would suggest Ballentyne,” alumnus Abby Puckett said. Gateway Village and South End also offer budget-friendly housing options, according to Charlotte Chapter President Gary Pasek.

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As students exit the relative comfort of knowing there will always be a restaurant open for them 24 hours a day in Athens, graduates are forced to their own pantries and refrigerators for sustenance. In this spirit, we have put together six food items you should always have up your sleeve to whip up a dish that can either make you feel like a real professional or take you away from the hectic reality of professional life— even if just for a moment.

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Tomatoes, garlic, herbs, spices and olive oil are all it takes to make pasta into a fine dining experience. We call it red sauce because sometimes a simple adjective gives the sauce all the more depth. Add onions and you have a marinara, leave it chunky and call it a tomato sauce or pomodoro sauce. Red sauce is part of what makes pizza and lasagna great, the best thing about making red sauce is that you can make a massive batch and freeze what you do not need for later, and it only gets better with time.

Simple, Simple Red Sauce:3 minced garlic cloves2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil1 tablespoon Spanish paprika1 tablespoon Italian herbs or herbes de Provence2 cans Hunt’s tomato sauce

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The simple roasted chicken never gets old. That’s why after an elegant chicken dinner, trimming remaining flesh off the bones provides a base for other tantalizing meals—pot pie, chicken salad, quesadillas, curries, pizzas, casseroles and beyond. Once you have a clean-picked carcass, making homemade stock is as effortless as throwing the skeleton (plus gizzards if you so desire) into a stockpot with water. Far more flavorful than anything you’ll find on a supermarket shelf, homemade stock can then be re-purposed in soups, stews and sauces.

1 fresh or defrosted whole chicken 3-4 lbs. 1 stick butter 2-3 Russet potatoes, quartered and peeled 2-3 sweet onions, quartered and peeled 3-4 large carrots, peeled and cut into large chunks Salt and pepper Dried oregano

Pull your butter out of the fridge in advance to allow time for it to soften. Drain all liquid from the chicken, remove the package of giblets stored inside the cavity and pat dry with paper towels. The more moisture you can get off the chicken the less steam there will be in the oven and the crispier your skin will be. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Massage the butter under and over the chicken’s skin, taking special care not to tear the skin. Place the chicken in a roasting pan and adorn it lovingly with the cut up vegetables. Leave chicken in the oven for an hour. Check for done-ness with a thermometer before removing the chicken. Normally, the next step is to carve and serve it on a platter, but we are guilty of picking pieces off before it ever sees the table.

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Coffee does, in fact, have more uses than powering all-night study sessions. Use the wet grounds as fertilizer for your brand new garden, or even as a skin exfoliant in the shower to wake up for that new job that starts before noon. Use any coffee you didn’t drink to make red-eye gravy, a chocolate cake, or mix some in with your next pot roast.

Vinegar will always be best used in vinaigrette dressing in our opinion, but it serves several other important purposes in the modern kitchen. Use a cider vinegar to de-glaze the bottom of a pan full of caramelized onions. Keep several varieties on hand, from the faithful balsamic to the refined sherry - they all add character to your culinary experience.

Just because you’ve outgrown collegiate binge drinking doesn’t mean you’re too refined for air-tainted wine left at the bottom of the bottle. Even if no longer worth drinking, leftover wine lends culinary sophistication to sauces, soups, and marinades. If you don’t need it right away, freeze remaining wine in ice cube trays to have on hand for later use.

Not just for prison inmates and carb aficionados, bread shouldn’t stay solely relegated to sandwiches. Cube up an old baguette and bake for homemade croutons. If dry bread isn’t quite your speed, turn it into french toast or bread pudding. Pulse it in the food processor for bread crumbs. If it doesn’t work out, you always have the birds at the park.

Have other useful food tips? Tweet us at @ampersand_uga

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Special thanks to Chuck Day and Manning Brothers Food Equipment for providing the location and equipment.

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!!!’s (pronounced Chk Chk Chk’s) name alone evokes the confusion and excitement inherent in graduation. For those seeking a last, momentous dance party in the city, there’s no better place for abandon than the dance-punk group’s live show. Their more experimental take on dance music pulses with hypnotic poly-rhythmic grooves, funk-fueled guitar attacks and boisterous throwback bass lines, all of which scream for physicality and endless movement. But this isn’t just a show for swirling bodies. It’s also one for restless minds. Opening act and hip-hop alchemists Shabazz Palaces create spectral beats, immersive textures and surreal verses that all unfold like cerebral mazes. Whether appealing to carnal impulse or intellectual pursuit, the artists’ music together attests to the marriage between body and mind.

Graduation is a time filled with great trepidation as to what lies ahead. Yet with it comes a vital sense of hope and accomplishment. These upcoming shows are perfect places where those soon leaving Athens

can bask in their joys and uncertainty together, one last time.

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NICK DRAKE,PETE SEEGER &ELLIOTT SMITH

DAFT PUNK &TODD TERJE

NINE INCH NAILS& APHEX TWIN

BON IVER &VOLCANO CHOIR

Justin Vernon is a jack-of-all-trades. He’s interested in formal experimentation, and there are glimpses of adventurous experimenting in his work with Bon

Iver. However, when he is left with post-rock outfit Collections of Colonies of Bees at his disposal, Vernon lets loose and delves into strange and alien soundscapes. Classical influence is apparent especially in “Seeplymouth,” with its Steve Reich phasing and Terry Riley minimalism. Vernon eschews the conventional song structures he adopts with Bon Iver for steadily building climaxes and weightless avant-garde dabbling. Check out “Mbira in the Morass” for a taste of how far Vernon can go. It’s not indicative of what the entire album stands for, but it’s definitely a far cry from “Holocene.”

Todd Terje’s newly released EP “Its the Arps” (yes, no apostrophe before that “s”) is a flashy, soulful synth romp that owes as much to house music as it

does to classic disco. The EP bears similarities to Daft Punk’s dance music, particularly to their 2000 electro-masterpiece, “Discovery.” “Its the Arps” was composed entirely on the ARP 2600, an early modular synth that, among other uses, was used to create the sounds made by R2-D2 in Star Wars. Like Daft Punk, Terje favors older analog synths and modules over the cold gleam of digital synthesizers. Both bands feature iconic lead melodies and a shuffle-worthy house beat to shake down any club. Next time someone at a party wants some sub-bass dub to dance to, pop in “Its the Arps.”

In a way, these artists can be interchangeable. Paul Stevens, a senior music performance major at UGA and drummer for the Athens band Woodfangs,

grew up with mythic singer-songwriter Nick Drake, and in later years, said Stevens, Drake led him to “some other singer-songwriters, including Pete Seeger and Elliott Smith.” Seeger and Drake both share a desire for musical adventure. Drake’s fascination with strange guitar tuning and atypical chord progressions parallels Seeger’s love of innovative instruments, such as the steel pan and the Seeger banjo. Smith’s songwriting favors impressionistic imagery over the relatability of folk music. Both Smith and Drake developed a cult following over the years and continue to inspire even after their untimely deaths.

When Nine Inch Nails first exploded onto the scene in the early 90s, a few things were apparent. The music was loud. It was fast. And it sounded like

the future. Though not as raw as Trent Reznor’s pet project, Aphex Twin still sounds like the future. “When I was in ninth grade,” said Stevens, “I loved Nine Inch Nails. I suppose that inclination towards electronic music, even simply music that challenged traditional acoustic boundaries, got me interested in Aphex Twin.” Songs like “Flim” and “Heliosphan” are composed of fast, glitchy beats under airy synth drones, and they sound like nothing else. Graduating music taste to intelligent dance music is normal for growing audiophiles. These kinds of artists challenge notions of what constitutes music and how music can be made.

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Beach House makes lush pop dreamscapes that seem to mimic the fluidity of our own consciousness. The Baltimore female-male duo’s arrangements are supple, aching and gorgeous, carried by languid guitars and keyboards delicately washed in reverb. Singer Victoria Legrand’s voice is a feral instru-ment of its own, at once luscious and deep yet airy and fluttering. Their music articulates the melancholic romance and endless longing of youth, things that never really leave us as we grow older. But above all, their ethereal sounds are healing. Their shows, which feature more introspective grooving, rejuvenate in that way and offer an opportunity to clean painful past stains on memory until they glisten like lakes in sunlight.

M. Ward’s American folk songs mine the eternally aching sounds of rock and roll tunesmiths of the 1950s and 1960s, sounds imbued with a sacred purity that conquers time. There’s no greater time to experience M. Ward than graduation. The Portland singer-songwriter’s words ripple with the poetry of transitions—from youth to adulthood, from the temporal to the spiritual, from finger-picked major chords that seem to summon the world’s joy to minor chords strummed with redemptive grace that sigh with its suf-fering. His voice, crackling and warm like sun-soaked gravel, seemingly car-ries the hopes and fears of all of those who have come before us. Live, his music is living proof that what ails us is puny compared to what nourishes us.

Live in the Lobby is a unique cultural event that soon-to-be graduates can attend to get a slice of the city’s indelible musical offerings. Twice each week, artists from an array of musical backgrounds tear through half-hour sets at the station lobby, lending the room the intimacy of a crammed music club. The free concert broadcasts live over the airwaves in order to capture the raw energy of the moment and ripple it throughout the city. On April 17th, Major Love Event front woman Rebecca Van Damm will grace the lobby with her soulful, piano-driven grooves. And on April 19th, New Madrid will bring their melodic guitar pop to the floor. The guitars in their songs are always in dialogue, as the country-tinged vocals and harmonies hover gracefully above.

BEST IN SHOW When you look back on your years at the University of Georgia, it won’t be the lab assignment or the quiz or midterm from hell that will color your memories here. It will be your time spent outside the MLC, maybe even inside the walls of a venue downtown. Here are the shows that helped define four seniors’ college experiences.

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I went on a whim, just because I knew some other people who were going, and, holy crap, they were great. It got me thinking about who I was before I got to

UGA and who I was at that moment, and how different those two versions of me were. I thought about how I would have never ended up being in that location that night if it weren’t for these random strings of events: seeing AJ [Allison’s brother] hang up an unauthorized Allison Weiss poster in the hand scanner area at Boggs, checking out Allison at “Live in the Lobby” in Memorial [Hall], joining digital media staff the following semester, drifting into operations staff and becoming Ops [WUOG Operations] director. I ended up doing a lot of stuff I never saw myself doing, and I felt like it all led up to that moment.

Fiery Furnaces @ Secret Squirrel

— Nakeem Purkiss

It’s the closest thing to a Floyd show I’ll ever see, and it was the first time they had ever

played. Also, the members are all from bands that started out in Athens. It really hooked me into going out for live music around town.

Pigs on the Wing @ Georgia Theater

— Martin Kniffin

It was the summer of 2010, and it was at midnight in the middle of

the woods on a muddy night. They had lights that sparkled and made the trees look like they were glitter-ing. It was freaking brilliant. It really made an impression on me.

Nana Grizol @ Orange Twin Ecovillage

— Greta Ashworth

It represented the culmination of my time in Athens, a bitter-sweet

showcase of all of the things I love about the town and its amazing music scene, shortly before I move away. Have there been shows I’ve enjoyed just as much? Probably, but none of them as meaningful, exciting and pure Athens as Jeff Mangum.

Jeff Mangum @ 40 Watt

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Many international students came to the University because they’d already experienced America.

“I had a chance to go to Texas when I was a senior in high school and it blew my mind,” said Kei Utsumi, a senior from Kanagawa, Japan, majoring in athletic training and exercise and sports science. According to Utsumi, UGA’s athletic training program played a factor in his choice as well. Juliane Meyen, a second-year graduate student from Munich, Germany, studying German literature was interested in returning to the United States after a high school exchange program outside of Atlanta. Her decision to

come to UGA was also based in part on the programs offered here.“It’s the environment. The department is much smaller here,” Meyen said. Still, other students come to make the most of multiple opportunities they

may have had to choose from in their home countries, such as Kiara Hayashida, a senior from Lima, Peru, studying speech communications who also plays on the University’s women’s golf team.

“I always wanted to go to college here…[to] play a sport and study at the same time,” Hayashida said. “Where I come from, you can only study and there’s no sports [in college].”

Language barriers and cultural differences are often the immediate obsta-cles international students encounter.

“Language-wise I struggled with English, my roommates always make fun of my accent,” Utsumi said. “Japanese people don’t make friends out of class or in the street, we don’t make eye contact like here, so there I struggle.”

Meyen struggled less because she had spent more time in the U.S.“I definitely had advantages,” Meyen said. “I had old friends from high

school who were still studying here when I came here.” According to Catmur, Visa compliance can also be challenging, which is something Immigration Services at the University tries to help with as much as possible.

“When we issue Visa documentation, we put on an anticipated end date…that often changes,” Catmur said. “It can change due to illness, change of major…[international students] go through so much to do what a U.S. stu-dent might do without even thinking about it. A U.S. student gets mono, gets

sick, they pull out of classes, go home and reenroll. International students can’t pull out or they’ll lose legal status.” Most international students agree the most difficult aspect of attending college in the U.S. isn’t actually the language difference or the paperwork.

“I guess the hardest thing is that your family has to travel all the way here,” Hayashida said. Meyen elaborated, saying being away from her family has definitely been the biggest struggle for her.

“For Christmas, all the Americans go back to see their families and you’re like ‘Yeah, my parents are thousands of miles away,’” Meyen said. “We have to cope with that.” But, for all the challenges, the college experience and U.S. diploma are worth it for many in the end.

“It makes you grow a lot if you go to college away from home,” Hayashida said. Utsumi agrees the extra effort means he’s taking more away from his experience at the University.

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Light spills into the University’s Office of International Education, illuminating the colorful photographs of faraway places hung at staggering heights on the white lobby walls. For international students, it’s the setting where they’ve sat awaiting advisement on everything from work applications to driver’s licenses and, for some of the University’s 1500 yearly students from abroad, it’s a fixture as they prepare to graduate

this year. “In any academic administrative office where you get to deal with students, where you actually get to know them over the course of a few years, it can be bitter-sweet when the students are moving towards graduation and are leaving,” said Robin Catmur, Director of Immigration Services at the University. There’s another layer of complexity to graduation for international students—big decisions, and strict regulations.

Robin Catmur (pictured left) works at the University’s Office of International Education assisting students who are studying from abroad, including Kei Utami, an athletic training and exercise and sports science major (pictured right).

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What happens after international students fling their caps and

hang up their gowns is limited by visa obligations as well as personal choice. Some students are more than ready to return to their home countries.

“I think I’m going home and trying to find a job…it’s been too long away from my family and away from the people I know,” Hayashida said. “When I first got here when I was sixteen [for a golf academy] I really liked it, but then over the years I was just like ‘Oh, I want to go home’ and every time I go home it is harder to leave.” Others want to continue life in the U.S.

“Anecdotally, most students want to stay here and work- they want to use that work benefit,” Catmur said, referring to “Optional Practical Training,” an application through Homeland Security that a l lows i n t e r n a t i o n a l students to stay in the United States for an additional year after graduation to work in a position related to their degree.

“That work benefit often leads to a permanent job offer,” Catmur said. The company hiring the student could then sponsor an H1B1 work visa, which could lead to permanent residence in the United States. “It’s a big step on the path of that ability to remain here and I would say a lot of international students in the U.S. are aware of this and, depending on the economic situation and what field they’re in, would be open to staying.” It’s the path many international students at the University hope to take.

“I’m going to try to apply to a Ph.D. program in the States,” Meyen said. “I really like the States, I don’t want to go back home.” Utsumi, who already has a job offer as an athletic trainer at the University of Maryland, agrees.

“I’m being Americanized and I love everything in the States, so my plan is to go to graduate school and meet an American lady and get a job and stay in the States,” Utsumi said. “I like American ladies.”

Sanni Baumgaertner studied as a German foreign exchange student at the University from 1997 to 1998 and loved Athens and its music scene so much she’s since returned and opened her own downtown store, Community, a “boutique for vintage and sustainable

FUTURE PLANS

LOOKING AHEAD“[What] we’ve seen recently is an

effort on the part of the government to encourage highly skilled internationals to stay in the U.S.,” Catmur said, referring to a new opportunity for students to extend

their work status p o s t - g r a d u at i o n . “For the U.S. government to encourage highly skilled international students to stay is a pretty big deal.” She believes this development benefits all parties.

“I think it’s a good thing,” Catmur said. “They’re smart, they’re skilled, they’re talented, they should be here.” I n t e r n a t i o n a l students agree they’re not the only ones gaining from

the program. “Being immersed in a culture

different from yours…you can explain things your own country does and ask questions about theirs…you’re kind of like a culture ambassador,” Meyen said. “I think maybe some Americans have learned something talking to me, so it’s a good thing having internationals around.” To Baumgaertner, that cultural exchange is also the biggest take-away for graduating international students.

“I think that’s what the exchange program is really for. It’s not so much that you take a certain class that will help you in a certain career, it’s the culture and it’s really eye-opening,” Baumgaertner said. For the duration of the time international students are in the U.S. under student sponsorship, there’s still an obligatory tie to the University’s Office of International Education.

“They’re really still tied to our office for anywhere from a year to two and a half years,” Catmur said. “One of the things we emphasize to students as they’re coming up to graduation is you’re still our student.”

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Name: Sanni Baumgaertner Country of Origin: GermanyCurrent profession: Owner of Community, a “boutique for vintage and sustainable fashion” in downtown AthensHow she came to UGA: “I came here as an exchange student in the late ’90s. The University had an exchange program with my uni-versity in Germany.”Why she returned: “I changed a lot in my year here. I learned a lot about myself...I came back to Germany and it didn’t really fit...I was happy in Athens.”Germanic influence: “Environmental awareness is something I learned growing up in Germany...it’s very mainstream there....it’s something I incorporated when I opened Community because it’s part of who I am. That’s a kind of big influence that i can pinpoint to my heritage.”

COMINGHOME

fashion.” She says she’s happy, but warns that some of the challenges students encounter when studying abroad persist after a permanent relocation.

“When you move to a foreign country it’s really hard to be close with your family in the way that you would be when you lived in the same country,” Baumgaertner said. “If you really decide to live your life in a foreign country, you’ll have to live with that choice…you just won’t be able to share as much with them as if you lived close by.”

From preparatory to professional, it is time to leave your backpack and scuffed shoes at home as you enter into the world of interviews and post collegiate stressors. Graduate your fashion tastes and combine old with new. Wear clothes that make you confident even if it is 6 a.m. before work. Ampersand takes you throughout the day in good taste.

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Sleeping sexy doesn’t have to mean uncomfortable lace and tight fitting negligees. Instead, ditch the over sized T-shirt for a flirty cotton nighty.

Oscar de la Renta yellow nightgown, $20, Agora.

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Sleek, simple cuts are more mature options for young professionals on the (new) job.

On her: French Connection red belted dress, $198, Pierre Dumas nude pumps, $29.50, Ivanka Trump nude. purse, $110, gold earrings, $18.50, gold watch, $36.50, Private Gallery. On him: Southampton black suit jacket, $325, R. Hanauer red and black striped tie, $85, George Dean’s. Express white button down shirt, $12, Dynamite. Jack George’s black cross-body briefcase, $289, Masada.

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Step into sophisticated leisure wear with relaxed fits to keep your style stepped-up, but comfortable.

On her: French Connection colorblocked blouse, $168, THML khaki shorts, $54, gold necklace, $24, gold bracelet, $14, Encore. Nila Anthony beige purse, $58.50, Pierre Dumas tan wedges, $36.80, Private Gallery.On him:The North Face khaki shorts, $45, The North Face plaid button down, $55, Sanuk shoes, $56, Masada

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Unexpected shapes and dark accents take your clothes from co-ed to cosmopolitan.

On her: Black and gold ring, $18, Ark & Co. gold sequin dress, $54, Dollhouse black heels, $36, Flirt. eBISU black clutch, $20, Lucy Lou’s. On him: Vinatage leather motorcycle jacket, $98, Dynamite.

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Geography major? I took a road trip when I was 18 years old to British Columbia and I got lost in Idaho somewhere. I remember cussing at the map and thinking it was the worst map ever and then took a geography class the next semester.Best job was a rodman on a survey crew, we spent a lot of time in the woods. No such thing as an insomniac surveyor, it’s hard work.Worst job. Instead of the worst job I ever had I’ll tell you that I was the first person ever fired from Loco’s. I ate too much of their bacon.When did you get into music business? I was always in a band, and I was in a band here, that’s how I paid my way through college.How did the theatre come into your life? I knew the guys that owned the theatre and I always told myself I would quit the business when I turned 30, so when I turned 30 I quit the business and got a corporate job, and worked it for four years and then came back and bought the GA Theatre.Corporate life. What’s so ironic is that I loved my corporate job, it was so bizarre to me. Most people think that owning a club would be bizarre with the late nights and drunken customers, but a corporate job was weird to me because I had been in rock & roll for so long. I would show up at 8 a.m. to work and everyone would be awake and not hungover and dressed nice. I always felt real strange like I was going to be exposed for being a fraud.Unexpected advice: You can’t break the rules until you know the rules. Everyone should have a corporate job at one point in their life. You learn how to write a pro-fessional email, you learn how politically correct you have to be in an environment like that. About 401K’s and taxes and corporate structure. It’s not what I would choose to do long term, but I am exceptionally glad that I did it.Advantages of owning your own business: You know the old saying when you own your own business, you can work any 80 of the week you want. I do like the freedom that I don’t necessarily have to answer to anyone, but it is very time consuming. A very demanding job.For music business grads: Be patient, the music business is a slow-moving busi-ness. You don’t get taken seriously until you’ve been around for a long time.For the rest of us: Just work, you’ve got to work. People get the impression that you get a job and you get money, no you get a job and then you work. You have to work hard and you have to work a lot. It’s competitive, we live in America, and it’s really competitive here. Life is not easy, it’s hard, so be organized. Keep your contacts, don’t lose your phone, don’t be that guy.Best advice I’ve ever received, was from my father after the theatre burned and I was trying to figure out if I would build it back or not and how it would work and my father just told me to trust my instincts. All the numbers in the world are guesses anyway, just trust your instincts. My dad gives great advice, he’s the Obi-wan Kenobi of dads.About your twenties. The best advice I’ve ever given to twenty-year-olds is to don’t take life seriously until your thirties. When you’re in your twenties, that’s when you get to figure out what you really want to do in your thirties. If you get a job right now you could be four or five years vested in a company by the time your 28 years old and then it doesn’t make much sense to leave.I think the old paradigm of let’s graduate and find a job is being replaced by let’s graduate and make a job. Favorite quote: The more fun you have, the more fun you have.

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Jennifer JansonTony Arnold

Jackson Street

Owners

How did you get into the book business? (T) The usual way people get into book selling, following a 12 year career in law enforcement.Best advice you have received: (J) We make ours, we haven’t received it. We’ve been in business for so long.Best advice given: (J) Not to bother people when they’re on the phone.Worst Job (T) I ever had was doing private detective work, it involved camping out in horse pastures watching people who were messing around on their spouses. Advice to graduates would be (T) not let your higher education, no matter how long you decide to pursue it, ruin your love of reading. I think if you have a love of books you should always try to discover and always have with you. About life: (J) Exercise your “no” muscle, which is particularly important with women, and for everyone, don’t take yourself so seriously.(T) You’ll get a lot of advice from well meaning people about following your dreams, don’t confuse that with paying the bills. There is one thing and then there is the other and the reality is that sometimes one has nothing to do with the other. Sometimes following your dreams has nothing to do with the other.

Vena Kim

Yoguri

Owner

Currently, carrying trays of brownies into the store. Favorite thing to do in Athens is get a glass of wine and some appetizers at The National. Best advice received: Find what makes you happy, and stick to it. Just because it’s so easy to get lost in what you think you should do. Ultimately to be successful you have to be happy with what you’re doing. Entrepreneurship, oh gosh, my favorite part is that I’m able to make the decisions for the company. If I think that there’s a way to do things better, I’m able to do it without asking somebody, if I want to make a change to the menu, I’ll just add it. I feel very con-nected to the community, those are some of my favorite reasons.

Life, and owning a business, you know, I don’t know if this is advice, but there will inevitably be ups, but also downs with opening a business and its not as easy as it looks, but as long as you have determination and your tenacious I think that those people will be able to succeed in what they pursue doing as long as they don’t get too down in their downs. Just push through it is what I’m trying to say.

Jay Totty

Teds Most Best

Co-owner

Falling into the food industry: I didn’t know I would be in food at all, just the way it evolved. Best advice received, was to always put things back where you found them. Also, work hard and take responsibility for your actions. A word to graduates: Now you’re in the real world and don’t take anything for granted.If you work hard then you play hard, or at least play a little. Favorite place in Athens to hang out is Ted’s. I love it here.Ever had a dream job? That was my problem, I never had a dream job, I could never decide.

Athens is a small town and you get a real feel for

the customers, there is all kinds of interaction with other businesses. It’s small enough where there is a real strong community family, but still a lot of diversity.Jobs. It’s more important to be happy or at least understanding with the job you are in.About life: Try not to think too much about the past except to use it to make the present better if you make mistakes, but don’t always have your eye too much in the future so that you aren’t forgetting about what’s important right now.

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Change of pace. I graduated from UGA in ’71 and then continued on to get my Masters degree from Florida State in Medieval European History, set to go for my Ph.D. at Duke and then decided I didn’t want to do that anymore. Favorite job. I was a cabin boy on a merchant marine ship. It’s been tough to beat that ever since then. Two months on a freighter heading from Savannah to Europe. Not even a close second, that was my favorite job.Beginnings in leather: I started out doing it while I was in grad school as a hobby, I started making belts and bags, just something I want-ed to do. It’s also in my blood, my grandfather had a shoe repair shop in Atlanta in the 1930s, they say it’s in my blood to do leather work.Gatlinburg? I opened up a little leather booth on the streets of Gatlinburg, Tenn., it was a little wooden box about 4ft by 3ft. Every morning we would get out and hammered out belts and key wrings and wrist bands for kids with their names on it. Favorite Athens hang out. Big City Bread, outside on the patio.Best advice received: Part of being in busi-ness is that you have an obligation to also do a service, to people, besides just making money. You owe back a service, I think about that a lot. Given: I’ve been in business 37 years. You have to be able to be flexible and change all the time, of your business, you have to constantly be

changing with the times. If I was still doing right now what we were doing in 1975, I would be out of business many, many years ago.A word to graduates: Do what you like, do what you enjoy. What about the money? I wouldn’t worry about it. I didn’t get into leather to make money. I enjoyed it and I got sick of school, and thought what would I really like to do.Key to success. If you love something, it becomes successful, whether the money comes or not I don’t think it’s as important as if you enjoy it while you’re doing it.You did what? Came within a hair trigger of getting kicked out when my buddies and I, well, we didn’t have a sofa. So went to Memorial Hall and decided we would hijack a sofa. The Dean of Men saw the sofa when he was walking the halls and we were. Educate Yourself: People say, “You majored in history? What a waste,” but I think it’s not and when you major in the liberal arts and sciences you are basically in the old world theory of what liberal arts are all about, it prepares you for the world. Know when to change. You have to change, you have to change every year, the college kids aren’t the same. Favorite part of your business: What I’m doing right now, molding handmade leather sandals. Hand-making leather stuff. I just enjoy doing leather work.

BUSINESS OWNERS

Masada

Owner

Irvin Alhadeff

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