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THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Coupons: Not just for your mom

Just 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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THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

To spend less, take a trip through time

Out 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.


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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

What’s Your Beef?

Suppose 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.


THE AVENUE  |  MOVIES AND TV

Underneath 'Skins'

Before 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.


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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Bus pass program expands

Regional 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

After 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.


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Remakes pollute Hollywood magic

Within 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.



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