By "Radical" Russ Belville on April 22, 2009
Athens — A University of Georgia committee has put a student group that pushes for the legalization of marijuana on two years’ probation for using copyrighted images. Members of the UGA chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws sold T-shirts with a picture of a bulldog — the university’s mascot — [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, FAMILIES | Tagged Athens, Georgia, Hairy Dawg, UGA, University of Georgia
By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 20, 2009
The group that sold T-shirts with a picture resembling Hairy Dawg smoking a joint under the Arch will face a formal hearing with the University. Georgia NORML, a student organization that advocates the reform of marijuana laws, has been accused of breaching copyright violation laws. The Hairy Dawg image violated trademark regulations, according to the [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, SOCIETY | Tagged Georgia, Hairy Dawg, UGA, UGA NORML, University of Georgia
By "Radical" Russ Belville on February 19, 2009
You will never find an activist quicker to jump on a media opportunity than Mason Tvert of SAFER. Yesterday I told you of the campus controversy at the University of Georgia, where our NORML chapter there made a “Legalize” t-shirt featuring the Georgia bulldog and the famous Arch (click link for pics). I hadn’t even [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, SOCIETY | Tagged Athens, Hairy Dawg, Mason Tvert, SAFER, students, UGA NORML, University of Georgia
By "Radical" Russ Belville on February 18, 2009
(RedandBlack.com) A club that sold a T-shirt with the image of Hairy Dawg smoking marijuana and sitting by the Arch is in trouble because of the University’s logo policy.A member of the Georgia chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws drew the picture of the University mascot during the fall 2008 semester. The [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, SOCIETY | Tagged Athens, college, Georgia, Hairy Dawg, NORML, UGA NORML, University of Georgia