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COLUMNS
Obsessive fan culture led to Andrews video incident
By ADAM BERRY | July 19, 2009There's a thin line between admiration and objectification.
COVID-19
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
Coming up: Top Burning Questions of 2009-10
July 19, 2009We've looked back. Now, it's time to take a peek forward.
NEWS
Photo Blog: Heavy lifting
By Harrison Diamond | July 17, 2009A crane lifts the final section of the new high-resolution Daktronics LED video board into position in the South end zone board in The Swamp on Friday evening. The board bookends the smaller one put in place in the North end zone during the first half of the summer.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Grads prep for foreign reporting
By STEVE JOHNSON | July 15, 2009UF journalism students may face more than just hiring freezes when they graduate.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Former Starting Line frontman introduces new project
By EMILY FUGGETTA | July 15, 2009You might know him as the frontman for The Starting Line, but Gainesville is about to get a new picture of Kenneth Vasoli.
METRO
City named fifth meanest to homeless
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | July 15, 2009Gainesville is the fifth meanest city in the nation toward the homeless for the second time in a row, according to a recent report.
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CAMPUS
Performing Arts College holds wine and cake benefit
By ABBIE PARKER | July 15, 2009A Spanish red blend wine and a nine-generation chocolate butter rum cake will set the mood for the first Summer Wine Festival fundraiser.
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MOVIES AND TV
Band-based films find balance between music, plotlines
By GREG FINK | July 15, 2009Music and film don't always synch up. While some try to hard to push the entertainment factor with forced tour bus orgies and unlimited profanity, others come up dry. But among the failed attempts, some music-related films mesh both genres of entertainment in perfect harmony.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
DJs spin parties to life at Gainesville’s bars, clubs
By MEAGAN MCGONE | July 15, 2009It's 15 minutes until midnight on a Saturday. The bouncer sits at the entrance to Spannk, wrapping neon green bands around clubbers' wrists. As they enter the bar, green and red beams of light dance through the thick smoke from the fog machine like laser confetti.
THE AVENUE
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SEX
Musicians’ melodies leave women wanting more
By MEAGAN MCGONE | July 15, 2009It's practically a scientific fact that women have a sexual fascination with musicians.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
Nelson, Tebow named final two top UF athletes
By ADAM BERRY AND PHIL KEGLER | July 15, 2009Editor's Note: This is the last of a five-part series as we reveal who a six-man alligatorSports panel has voted as the Top 10 UF Athletes of 2008-09.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Local bands prepare to move on
By Alex Orlando | July 15, 2009Gainesville is the cradle of startup bands. As new bands pop up left and right, there inevitably comes a point, at which they must drift on. After the diplomas have been handed, the career pressures start to pile on, bands are left with three choices: stay put, break up or leave the nest.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Summer music festivals
By MARGARET GRECO | July 15, 2009If you do anything this summer, go to a music festival. The summer's music festivals are kicking off soon, and they are competing to have the biggest little bands, host the greenest event and to all in all be the one festival that will be worth your time and money. Who will win this winner-take-all fight? No one knows yet, but these shows are sure to be the most blogged and bragged about events of the summer.
METRO
Mediums to host psychic fair
By JENNA EZELL | July 15, 2009Mediums offering messages from lost loved ones, acupuncture physicians touting instant acupressure facelifts and licensed therapists administering shoulder massages will all be available under one roof this Saturday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
SG discusses Machen's concern for UF-Georgia game
By THOMAS STEWART | July 15, 2009UF President Bernie Machen's proposed changes to the festivities surrounding the UF-Georgia football game in Jacksonville - including a ban on the sale of liquor shots - are getting some heat from Student Government, including Student Body President Jordan Johnson.
METRO
CEO pitches plans for Shands
By LAUREN BAKER | July 15, 2009After a marked absence from a May meeting to address the closure of Shands at AGH, Shands CEO Timothy Goldfarb addressed concerns about the future of community health care at a special Wednesday meeting.
