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Devoted Debaters

By Nicole Safker | Oct. 15, 2008

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THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Album review: Oasis – "Dig Out Your Soul"

By ROBERT HILSON | Oct. 15, 2008

If the Cubs ever won a World Series, the universe would collapse on itself. Likewise if Oasis ever made another classic album -some things just aren't meant to happen. But Noel Gallagher has a go at greatness anyway, and on "Dig Out Your Soul," he comes very close before little brother Liam and friends set him back another hundred years. The first four songs, penned by the older, more talented sibling, make up a bristling suite channeling the sounds of London, circa 1969. "Bag It Up" and "The Shock of the Lightning" strut to quintessential Oasis - swaggering guitar rock, pissed off and brash. And too good to be true. Liam and the rotating cast of sidemen promptly pull a Steve Bartman: distracting the professional from accomplishing something special.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Album review: Mercury Rev – "Snowflake Midnight"

By ROBERT HILSON | Oct. 15, 2008

There's a place in the market for white noise, and nobody knows this better than Mercury Rev. With "Snowflake Midnight," the veteran space-rockers piece together an orthopedic pillow of an album that's not only as serenely unexciting as its name suggests but could likely accompany "trickling stream" and "rainforest animals" as the third setting on a Sleep Mate sound machine. Each of the few engaging moments scattered throughout - the soft-loud dynamic in "People Are So Unpredictable (There's No Bliss Like Home)," the Little-Drummer-Boy-learns-techno choral passage of "Dream of a Young Girl as a Flower" - is promptly smothered to death by an extended ambient interlude. This is the sonic equivalent of turkey: it's pretty bland by itself, and after consumption, all you want to do is take a nap.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Headphones may increase risk of permanent hearing loss, study says

By SELINA SOWERS | Oct. 15, 2008

While blasting music through iPod headphones may seem harmless now, the noise could cause serious hearing problems in the future, according to a new European study.

SPORTS | SOCCER

Aggressive defense looks to score

By CALLOVI< | Oct. 15, 2008

To opposing teams' defenses, it sometimes appears as if the entire UF soccer team is attacking them.

SPORTS | FOOTBALL

Jenkins all about confidence

Oct. 15, 2008

When UF's coaching staff told Janoris Jenkins that he would be starting at cornerback opposite Joe Haden, the true freshman had a rather simple reaction.

METRO

SFC congressional forum features only one candidate

By KATIE EMMETS | Oct. 15, 2008

A debate planned for Wednesday at Santa Fe College became heated, though only one candidate was present.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Man arrested for carrying gun on campus

By KATIE SANDERS | Oct. 15, 2008

University Police Department officers arrested a man on campus Wednesday who they reported was carrying a gun.

SPORTS | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Taller team gives reason for optimism

Oct. 15, 2008

At first glance of the 2008-09 UF women's basketball media guide, you can't help but notice the slogan at the bottom: Bigger and Better.

NEWS | CAMPUS

New system allows students to access financial services online

Oct. 15, 2008

A new electronic system for UF students to pay fees and access financial services went online Wednesday afternoon, two days after the initially planned launch on Monday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Supreme Court justice to visit UF in November

By LAUREN IRIZARRY | Oct. 15, 2008

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will speak at UF this November, according to an e-mail sent to UF law students Tuesday.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

SDS protests justified, not exaggerated

By David Reznik | Oct. 15, 2008

I found it strange that in an editorial that was otherwise touting the exact same principles as the Students for a Democratic Society-supported referendum against installing hand scanners at UF's gyms, there was need to chastise SDS for their "scanners-signal-the-apocalypse mentality."

METRO

‘SNL’ expands election coverage with Thursday shows

By ASHLEY ROSS | Oct. 14, 2008

Live from New York, it's Saturday night - on Thursday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Parents of overdosed toddler present case to Florida Board of Pharmacy

By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 14, 2008

The parents of a 3-year-old who died from a chemical overdose at Shands at UF about a year ago were given a chance to present their case to the Florida Board of Pharmacy on Tuesday.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR