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Augusta University is a public university and academic medical center in Augusta, Georgia. It is a part of the University System of Georgia and has satellite medical campuses in Savannah, Albany, Rome, and Athens. It employs over 15,000 people, has more than 56,000 alumni, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
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"Deadbeat Club" is a song by the B-52's. The song is about the band's early days in Athens when they would hang around in cafes drinking coffee. Because they didn't work or do anything, their parents nicknamed them "Deadbeats". Allen's, mentioned in the nostalgic song, was a real-life place in Athens, Georgia. Normaltown is a neighborhood of Athens.
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Allen's was a hamburger joint and nightclub originally in the Normaltown neighborhood of Athens, Georgia, later located at the corner of Hawthorne and Oglethorpe Avenues. It closed in November 2011.
Whitehall is a location in Clarke County, Georgia entirely within the city limits of Athens, Georgia.
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- ↑ McElreath, Ashley Brooke (2000). The threat of eminent domain: Athens Regional Medical Center's effect on Normaltown.
- ↑ Thomas, Frances Taliaferro; Mary Levin Koch (2009). A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County (2nd ed.). University of Georgia Press. p. 156. ISBN 0-8203-3044-2.
- ↑ About - Normaltown Flyers official website
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