OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Focus is Overrated
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 23, 2011Too distracted to get that paper written in one sitting?
El Caimán
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Four UF students in New Zealand safe after earthquake
By C.J. Pruner | Feb. 23, 2011Four UF law students studying abroad in New Zealand are safe after the country was rocked by an earthquake earlier this week, UF officials confirmed Wednesday.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Gator athletes deserve compensation for game likenesses
By Brett Wager | Feb. 23, 2011Over the past few decades, the market for video games in the United States has grown exponentially and has become a wildly successful and lucrative business within the entertainment industry. Sport video games have become a particularly flourishing genre of the industry and comprise approximately 15.3 percent of total game sales.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
UF student premieres jewelry line at local boutique
By Kasi Martin | Feb. 23, 2011While some may see scraps on the ground as trash, UF architecture junior Mu Mudenda sees them as the opposite: precious building blocks for her one-of-a-kind jewelry line.
THE AVENUE
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FOOD
Guide to seasonal fruits and veggies
By Britt Perkins | Feb. 23, 2011Maybe you're starting to come to terms with the fact that Pop-Tarts are not a good source of fruit. Likewise, fries aren't really a vegetable when it comes to nutrition.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Record companies rethink strategies as music sales fall
By THOMAS NASSIFF< | Feb. 23, 2011The beginning of 2011 has signaled almost no signs of positive things to come for the future of the music business. The hope generated from bloated 2010 sales has all but vanished, as Warner Music Group hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to search out potential buyers for the company.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
The A-list
By LAUREN GOLD | Feb. 23, 2011LISTEN: “Young Blood” by The Naked + Famous
THE AVENUE
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FOOD
Spring has sprung: Fruits and veggies for the season
By Britt Perkins | Feb. 23, 2011Maybe you’re starting to come to terms with the fact that Pop-Tarts are not a good source of fruit. Likewise, fries aren’t really a vegetable when it comes to nutrition.
THE AVENUE
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ART AND THEATER
Fine art fair comes to town this weekend
By Kathleen Boyle | Feb. 23, 2011With warmer weather indicating spring is just around the corner, it's time to see this winter off with a bang. One way to close out the month is by attending the fourth annual Winter Fine Arts Fair, which takes place at the Tioga Town Center from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The event is free and open to the public.
THE AVENUE
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FASHION
Lens Flair
By Dana Burke | Feb. 23, 2011For the latest frills, flair and everything fashion, check out what our lens caught this week.
THE AVENUE
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FASHION
Fifth Avenue: A look into your sole
By Dana Burke | Feb. 23, 2011Offer me a few pairs of killer heels or an afternoon with Johnny Depp, and I'm going to have to go with the shoes. Footwear to a fashionista is like a drug: expensive and addicting.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Joke’s on Us: Prank call raises questions about journalism
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 23, 2011Sure, Ian Murphy, the editor of the Buffalo Beast, got some interesting information out of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. The problem is most journalism organizations don’t qualify prank calls as a method of gaining information. Murphy’s call wasn’t exactly the grown-up version of “Is your refrigerator running?” He impersonated one of the governor’s top financial supporters, billionaire David Koch. From his 20-minute conversation, he fished out information on how Gov. Walker was planning to bring the Democrats back into the state.
THE AVENUE
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ART AND THEATER
Monkey action: “Serendib” hits the Hipp this weekend
By Brittany Brave | Feb. 23, 2011Get away and explore foreign terrains without the burden of a suitcase or a passport — you won’t need those. You’re not going far.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Collective bargaining under pressure
By Chad Mohammed | Feb. 23, 2011The year 2011 certainly has been the year of the protestor, from Cairo to Yemen to — Wisconsin? In the past three weeks, Madison, Wis. has been the epicenter of a larger political schism in the works since November. As newly elected governors reveal their budgets, many Wisconsin Democrats and workers feel that the governors’ budgets focus more on excising the ability of unions to collectively bargain, a right that ironically originated in their own state.
METRO
Non-profit uses mini horses to help heal
By Katy Doran | Feb. 23, 2011What have blue eyes, frequent McDonald’s and are about 20 inches tall?
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Tablet trend taps U.S. schools
By THOMAS NASSIFF< | Feb. 23, 2011Technology seems to advance quicker than anything these days, and with rapid advancement comes fads of hip new devices — one being the tablet personal computer.
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NIGHTLIFE
Basscamp opens The Vault to new club scene
By Carter Lyles. Avenue Contributing Writer | Feb. 23, 2011They danced with the frantic, jerking movements of a person undergoing a seizure. They danced like their lives depended on it. Women spun glow sticks attached to long strands of wire like medieval flails, and men nodded their heads vigorously to the urgent, chaotic rhythm that pulsated with an intensity normally reserved for a place of worship.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Local musicians get into their funk
By Tyler Francischine | Feb. 23, 2011Hide your kids, hide your wife. The Great Snooky Green is taking over.
THE AVENUE
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FOOD
Mourning the loss of a good University Avenue deal
Feb. 23, 2011“Two slices of pepperoni to go, please.”
NEWS
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CAMPUS
AMPED with UF athletes: shooting guard Kenny Boynton
Feb. 23, 2011Kenny Boynton knows what he likes: rap.
