Cobb Mentoring Matters, a year-old volunteer mentoring program, is seeking mentors for this school year's Cobb students. Mentors go through an orientation and background check and paired with a student at a local school. Mentors are asked to meet weekly with students. To learn more about the program, call 678-594-7582 ext. 229 or visit www.cobbmentoringmatters.org.

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Thousands of UGA students enjoy during the annual “Frat Beach” party for the weekend of the Georgia-Florida football game on St. Simons Island, Friday, November 1, 2024. On the weekend of the Georgia-Florida football game, St. Simons Island’s East Beach becomes “Frat Beach,” an open-air party teeming with thousands of highly inebriated college students. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)

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