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(04/11/11 11:45pm)
From the playground to the stage, Chris Cope knew he could always rely on his obesity to win laughs. Weighing more than 300 pounds, fat jokes, at his own expense, were an easy way to win over a crowd.
(04/10/11 11:30pm)
The chiming of tiny hand cymbals and chanting of the Hare Krishnas fill the Plaza of the Americas at lunchtime during the week.
(04/06/11 12:02am)
Disney movies teach awful lessons to children. They have ruined entire generations of Americans’ concepts of love, happiness and the pursuit thereof.
(03/15/11 9:31pm)
Next to “Twilight” fans, comic book geeks and romantic-comedy couples, children are the most marketed group in the movie business. Making a film for children doesn't take much effort and is guaranteed to make money since parents need something to distract their kids, right?
(03/03/11 12:02am)
"Eventually, it snapped in me one day: I gotta record this album, get on the road and play it for people."
(02/17/11 12:02am)
The UF College Republicans, the same people who brought you the People Eating Tasty Animals barbecue in 2009 “to raise awareness of the extreme stances of the animal rights organization PETA,” have taken their political activism to the next level with their Affirmative Action bake sale. By charging different prices based on race and gender, they plan to, as their Facebook event page puts it, “denounce the bias of Affirmative Action.”
(02/03/11 12:02am)
In front of Library West, tall displays sit in a circle of 12 and depict the words, “Slaughtered. Mutilated. Imprisoned.”
(02/01/11 7:59pm)
Last week the Academy of Motions Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the official nominations for the Academy Awards, which will be held on Feb. 27 and hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco.
(02/01/11 12:02am)
When going from the corner of 18th Terrace and Seventh Avenue to find Bruce Baber, you can’t help but notice the signs.
(01/25/11 12:38am)
Four men wait in the front room for their names to be called. One leans against a wall, another sits in a chair. The woman in front shuffles paper, then calls one of the men forward.
(01/10/11 12:02am)
I have a lot of favorite quotations I’ve read through the years. Some are great for inspiration, others provide a laugh and others just make me think. But there’s one in particular that always, for me at least, seems to rise above the rest in the abundance of potential Facebook-favorite quotations. Margaret Mead, famed anthropologist and author, once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Well, Gators, the late Ms. Mead would be proud of all of us. For we have, indeed, changed civilization.
(01/05/11 12:47am)
Hannah, a 22-year-old model and actress in Tampa, calls herself an “accomplished magazine model” and a European Playboy model. She costs $5,000 - $10,000 a month.
(11/19/10 12:02am)
In reference to Nate Rushing’s Thursday column, the cows we eat don’t actually eat grass.
(11/18/10 12:15am)
“Mmm, tofu.”
(11/08/10 12:02am)
UF has a case of the Mondays.
(10/27/10 12:02am)
It’s a shame after nearly four years here, I’ve yet to see anything unexpected come out of the editorial page of this newspaper. Tuesday’s not-quite-glowing endorsement of Alex Sink drew yet another yawn.
(10/14/10 1:03am)
After months of deliberation, UF has been nominated as one of the most vegan-friendly colleges in the U.S.
(10/14/10 12:02am)
After months of deliberation, UF has been nominated as one of the most vegan-friendly colleges in the U.S.
(10/12/10 4:10pm)
Deadline and Heat Vision report that Zack Snyder has been officially chosen to direct “Superman: The Man of Steel” for Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.
(10/08/10 12:02am)
Is it just us or is it the time of the year when everything just seems to become a race to the finish? It’s the time of the year when professors forget we have more than one class, and it feels like we’re taking 27 credits instead of a measly 12. It’s the time of the year when we can almost feel the winter holidays, and we start thinking about making those ring chains where we tear a ring off every day as we get closer to the finish (winter break).