ATHENS, Ga. -- The general counsel for Coca-Cola North America will speak at the University of Georgia later this month.

Leslie M. Turner will lecture on the lawyer's role in the corporate world. Turner joined the Coca-Cola Co. in 2006 after leaving her job as a partner in the Washington, D.C.-based Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld law firm.

She also served as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of the Interior in the 1990s and was counselor to then-Secretary Bruce Babbitt.

The lecture will be held March 21 at 3:30 p.m. in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall. It is free and open to the public.

ATHENS, Ga. -- Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed will give a lecture at the University of Georgia in honor of the 1961 desegregation of the school.

Reed will deliver the annual Holmes-Hunter Lecture, named after Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes, who were the first black students to enroll at UGA. The lecture has been held every year since 1985 and focuses on race relations, black history and diversity.

The 42-year-old Reed was inaugurated the city's 59th mayor in 2010. He also served as a state legislator from 1998 to 2002.

The lecture will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7 in the UGA Chapel. It is free and open to the public.

ATLANTA – Tired of dinner and a movie? Looking to spice up your dating life in the New Year? Well, we’ve got some new ideas for you.  

Karaoke at Pal’s Lounge

Explore the Historic Sweet Auburn district of downtown Atlanta at Pal’s Lounge on Auburn Ave. According to some, the restaurant is the epitome of a “juke joint”; Pal’s is a dimly-lit, vintage storefront bar complete with “burglar bars”, a genuine spirit and a cute door lady. On Wednesday nights, the lounge hosts their popular, YO! Karaoke event which is well attended and a guaranteed good time. Pal’s boats a full bar and enough tunes to sing yourself into oblivion, take a date. They’re located at 254 Auburn Ave in O4W.  

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