THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
The A-List
By LAUREN GOLD | Jan. 26, 2011READ: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
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THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Coupons: Not just for your mom
By Brittany Brave | Jan. 26, 2011Just because you're in college doesn't mean you can't have your gourmet meal and eat it, too. While you're at it, work an occasional massage into your schedule, or even a trip to the bowling alley with a big group of friends.
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LIFESTYLE
To spend less, take a trip through time
By Dana Burke | Jan. 26, 2011Out with the new, and in with the old. Every day, it seems that thrift stores are becoming a more avant-garde venue for shopping. And here in Gainesville, students and residents alike are lucky to have access to stores beyond the common man’s Goodwill. In fact, we’d go so far as to say Gainesville’s got a vintage selection that’s the Rolls-Royce of second-hand-shop selections. Peruse the merchandise at these retailers and you’ll be sure to snatch a find that’s one-of-a-kind. After all, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
What’s Your Beef?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 26, 2011Suppose you’re a hungry student speed-walking across campus, looking for something to shove down your gullet while you rush to your next class. If you’re low on dough, you might be stuck eating food from the intestinal house of horrors known as Taco Bell.
METRO
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POLITICS
City Commissioner kicks off re-election campaign
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 26, 2011City Commissioner Thomas Hawkins wants to be your representative for another three years.
THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
Underneath 'Skins'
By Kelly Richard | Jan. 26, 2011Before MTV's scandalous new series "Skins" premiered on Jan. 17, commercials teased audiences with clips of sex, drugs and crazily behaved teenagers - all factors that seemed to make its U.K. counterpart a hit.
NEWS
Improv festival attracts national talent, promotes local comedy
By Sami Main | Jan. 26, 2011If I could turn back time, if I could find
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
UF edges UGA in double overtime
By GREG LUCA | Jan. 25, 2011ATHENS, Ga. — After missing two critical free throws in the closing moments of regulation, Erving Walker found redemption by draining a game-tying three with one second left in overtime, igniting the Gators.
METRO
Protesters rally against meal limit outside speech
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 25, 2011About 30 protesters stood outside the Hippodrome Theatre on Tuesday to voice their displeasure for the city’s treatment of homeless people as Mayor Craig Lowe gave his State of the City address.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG presidential candidates named
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 25, 2011The candidates for the next Student Body president have something to say about block tuition.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Bus pass program expands
By Hannah Winston | Jan. 25, 2011Regional Transit System is trying to make a bigger impact on the Gainesville community and will be extending its Employee Bus Pass Program to retired UF faculty and staff who live in the Gainesville area.
METRO
Lowe praises city, says hard cuts loom
By C.J. Pruner | Jan. 25, 2011After a year marked by new innovations, budget cuts, hot-button issues and a national standoff between the city and a controversial local church, Gainesville has much to look forward to in the upcoming year, Mayor Craig Lowe said in his address Tuesday.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Remakes pollute Hollywood magic
By Wesley Campbell | Jan. 25, 2011Within the next week, I will hear the phrase “the book was better.” While I usually agree if it’s a book I have read, I’ll be honest and say that unless it’s a hyped-up children’s series not involving vampires, or a trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, there are few books I’ve ever read that have film adaptations. I suppose that’s why some books get made into movies — so the stories they tell can be digested in less than two hours and I can get back to more important things, like choosing what combination of outerwear I want to lug around as the Florida weather covers every temperature and humidity level in the span of a day.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
State of Unity: Speech shows parties can reach compromise
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 25, 2011We anticipated most of the talking points and even the tone of the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Two things have caught us off guard, however.
METRO
Commissioners may take cleanup case to Washington
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 25, 2011The Alachua County Commission is frustrated about the Cabot-Koffers Superfund site clean up, so it may take its case to the nation’s capital.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
Dickerson builds off sensational freshman season
By ALLISON BANKO | Jan. 25, 2011It began as a routine recruiting trip to a Jacksonville gymnastics studio.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students discuss sustainability practices at summit
By Skylar Ramsey | Jan. 25, 2011Ideas to improve sustainability on college campuses were shared among students from seven different universities at the first Florida Student Sustainability Summit on Tuesday.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators say youth not a good excuse
By MATT WATTS< | Jan. 25, 2011All season, the Gators have had a crutch to lean on after making mistakes: six new players trying to adapt at the next level.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Walmart launches national program to sell healthier food
By Leila Milgrim | Jan. 25, 2011Walmart is taking measures to make a healthier lifestyle more available to its customers.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Business research bureau’s population estimate was spot on
By ALLISON BANKO | Jan. 25, 2011An estimate of Florida’s population conducted by a UF research center was accurate within two tenths of a percent in comparison with the actual U.S. Census Bureau’s counts released for 2010.
