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SEX
Too much porn can make the actual bedroom a bore
By MICHAEL PERRONNE | Mar. 17, 2010He says...
El Caimán
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MUSIC
Diverse offering from Harvest of Hope
By Alex Orlando | Mar. 17, 2010With mud underfoot, pumping fists overhead and the music of 160 bands thundering through the air, thousands of people braved rain, wind and cold weather for three days to support artists and migrant farm workers at the St. Johns County Fairgrounds.
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LIFESTYLE
Andy Samberg makes waves
By AMELIA MARTY | Mar. 17, 2010Mr. Pibb and Red Vines? Crazy delicious.
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MUSIC
Splurge on tickets now, summer fests sell out
By MICHELLE PROFIS | Mar. 17, 2010Music festivals. The one event where you can ignore the jacked-up water bottle prices and smelly bathrooms (or lack thereof) and just kick back and enjoy being in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by thousands of people who want and love the exact same thing you do: good music. The music festival season is fast approaching, and tickets are selling out quickly. Whether you’re a seasoned music festival expert, or you’ve been itching to try one, here are some of the music festivals worth checking out in 2010:
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LIFESTYLE
Don’t bake, fake to keep tan
By ALLISON BANKO | Mar. 17, 2010You may be freshly bronzed from those Spring Break fiascoes in the sun, but soon the honeymoon will be as done as your reputation from that night out in Cabo. However, your tan (existing as your one bit of dignity from that vacation) will soon disappear—causing you to resemble more of a “Twilight” vampire than Jessica Alba’s doppelganger.
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MUSIC
Exclusive: Ben Folds Q&A
By GABRIELLE FALCONEIRI | Mar. 17, 2010Singer, songwriter Ben Folds performed last night at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Read here for his take on a cappella versus pop and how he designs his set lists.
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ART AND THEATER
SFC dance show hits the stage
By LAUREN GOLD | Mar. 17, 2010The lights go down, and the curtain goes up. It’s showtime.
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MOVIES AND TV
Eighties babies will love “Hot Tub”
By ASHLEY ROSS | Mar. 17, 2010Admit it. Although your birth date falls in the late eighties or (gasp!) nineties, you still love the puffy-bright-tracksuit-side-ponytail-wearing-“Breakfast Club”-loving generation.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Video: Harvest of Hope
By Alex Orlando | Mar. 17, 2010The Harvest of Hope music festival raises money for migrant farmworkers.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Video: A Face of Poverty
Mar. 17, 2010For more than two decades, Marcee Lee Winthrop has lived in poverty. Now, she and her daughter are trying to get themselves out of it.
METRO
Same-sex couples get say in Census
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Mar. 17, 2010For the first time in history, gay and lesbian couples will be counted on the U.S. Census form.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A Letter to the City Commission
By John Davies | Mar. 17, 2010The City Commission works for us, the taxpayers, just like the police are supposed to.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Alligator coverage on Adu-Brempong case is shameful
By Rob Robins | Mar. 17, 2010The Alligator’s coverage of the shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong has been shameful. The story was first reported not as a front-page headline, as warranted, but buried deep within the paper. What pressing development grabbed the front page headline that day?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Alligator missed important point in Adu-Brempong case
By Nick Mildebrath | Mar. 17, 2010Much of the Alligator coverage in the past two weeks has dealt with the actions of the University Police during the tragic shooting of graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong. But another, equally great tragedy is the scant coverage of the extremely poor response to a man suffering from poor mental health.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Operation Beautiful fights negative body image
By LYN KRAMER | Mar. 17, 2010About 30 students learned about the definition of beauty and the power of anonymous notes at the Operation Beautiful Forum on Wednesday night in Anderson Hall.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Ben Folds fills Phillips Center
By GABRIELLE FALCONEIRI | Mar. 17, 2010Leaving behind green beer and St. Patrick’s Day festivities, 1,577 people headed to the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday night to watch a sold-out Ben Folds performance.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Student group holds mock First Amendment protest
By JAMEL F. LANGLEY | Mar. 17, 2010Dressed in military fatigues and boots, UF Society of Professional Journalists President April Dudash led a mock protest of the First Amendment to the Constitution Wednesday afternoon on Turlington Plaza.
METRO
Voter turnout disappoints
Mar. 17, 2010Although Tuesday’s city election saw an encouraging increase in voter turnout from the last mayoral race, election officials see room for improvement.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Candidates talk finance
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 17, 2010Richard Selwach will sell you a handgun, but he won’t take a handout. Craig Lowe bought enough stamps to mail 23,672 first-class letters. Ozzy Angulo preferred to campaign by city bus.
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CAMPUS
Officers involved in grad student shooting placed on administrative duty
Mar. 17, 2010The five University Police officers involved in the March 2 shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong were placed on administrative duty under UPD policy.
