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UF grad debuts bedroom-born album

Bedroom producing has become all the rage these days. The rapid advancement of music production technology allows musicians access to less expensive programs and tools, sparking a Renaissance of sorts. 


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Lauded ‘Ida’ ends Hipp run Sunday

The 2013 Polish black-and-white film, “Ida”, which will end its two-week run at the Hippodrome State Theatre this Sunday, is both a nuanced study of 1960s Eastern Europe and a coming-of-age film that feels familiar and strange at the same time.


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Eating to win eats away at your health

After Keenan “Ginger Chestnut” Bailey won The Swamp Restaurant’s first hot dog eating contest Friday by scarfing down nine hot dogs in 10 minutes to take home the grand prize of $100, a $50 certificate to the restaurant and a silver plate with his name engraved, he said he felt just fine.


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Opinion

Darts & Laurels 7/9/14

If you’re reading this, congratulations: You haven’t been struck by lightning! But then again, the summer is young, and many more sudden thunderstorms are waiting to ruin your shoes/hair/day.


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Opinion

Truck drivers need a chimney sweep

A bizarre and nearly inexplicable trend is spreading across the country, and it’s destined to deal a blow to progressives and environmentalists throughout the U.S. It’s known as rolling coal, and it might the dumbest protest movement in the history of our great nation. 


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Reading Recipes as Stories

Reading hundreds of cookbooks and recipes has convinced us that these books form a distinct genre, a storytelling genre, governed by conventions and codes.


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New Florida music festival Coral Skies forms

After successes of festivals like Big Guava Festival and Sunset Music Festival, Central Florida has rapidly become a formidable market. Luckily for live music lovers, Live Nation Florida announced the lineup to a new festival called Coral Skies Music Festival on Tuesday.


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Opinion

Texting while driving is a social problem

In 2006, Florida voters showed overwhelming support for Article X, a state constitutional amendment that granted funding for a comprehensive tobacco education and prevention program. Article X would later birth Tobacco Free Florida, a hugely successful anti-tobacco campaign whose ads continue to make us cringe. If you haven’t seen the TV spots or billboards, the campaign uses graphic imagery — a girl drinking a beaker of formaldehyde, another girl peeling the skin from her cheek as payment for a pack of cigarettes and testimonials from cancer-stricken adults who were lifelong smokers — to drive home the message that a small action like smoking can harm yourself and others.


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