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Gatorade ad serves purpose
By Alex Orlando | May 19, 2010“If you want a revolution, the only solution: evolve, gotta evolve.”
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Crush, lust or love?
By Jon Silman | May 19, 2010She was working at a computer next to me the first time I saw her, and the glowing monitor made her face shine a little bit. She stood up, ignored me and I took the time to get a good look at her. She wasn’t tall, but her hair was long and wispy. She had a smile and laugh that carried through the room. I shook her hand when I introduced myself hoping she wouldn’t notice I couldn’t catch my breath. That was a crush.
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Bars can be an intimidating hangout for the antisocial
By DAVE JOHNSON | May 19, 2010When you find yourself living in Gainesville during the summer months, acquiring new friends to band together with is key to survival. There are plenty of places to do this: farmers markets, school clubs, the Taco Bell in the Reitz Union and so on.
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‘Vincere’ tells tale of fascism, Mussolini’s lost romance
By Britt Perkins | May 19, 2010If there is one gleaming message in the desolate heart-puller that is “Vincere,” it’s this: marry a fascist and expect to get screwed.
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.XXX will add porn sites
May 19, 2010The Internet is for porn, and if a controversial proposal gets backing, there could be a whole lot more of it coming soon.
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Gainesville Comedy Showcase takes on area’s bar scene
By Drew Wilson | May 19, 2010“I drive a Honda Fit, which is ironic,” Chris Cope said.
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Drink to American craft beer
By RICHARD STEHLI | May 19, 2010Frost your glasses and grab your bottle opener because this is American Craft Beer Week. Let’s take a few minutes and give thanks for the goodness of craft beer in the USA.
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Atlantic Record's Artist MayDay Parade return to Gainesville
By Britt Perkins | May 17, 2010The Avenue caught up with Derek Sanders, vocalist and keyboardist for the the emo-alt band Mayday Parade as it passed through the South on tour featuring its first major-label release, "Anywhere But Here."
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Pulitzer Prize winners, authors meet for story summit
By Erin Rauch | May 12, 2010Dust off your morals and pray for calamity. Ellis Amburn, former editor to the stars and author of seven biographies, is just one of the 30 writers coming to a workshop at the UF.
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Look good, stay cool in this summer’s fashion
By ALISHA KINMAN | May 12, 2010While fashion boutiques decorate their storefronts to attract summer shoppers, the time for students to start cleaning out their closets is now.
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Gainesville dance clubs offer diversity
May 12, 2010Do you like it hard, loud and sweaty, surrounded by a dense crowd of bodies slamming together in nasty unison?
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Sexual health care on the cheap
By Britt Perkins | May 12, 2010Until ObamaCare officially kicks in, basic body maintenance can be expensive but also a major necessity. Specifically, I’m talking about birth control and getting tested.
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What to drink this summer
By Richard O. Stehli | May 12, 2010Summer is here, and hot temperatures and light course loads translate into plenty of time and reason to drink a nice, refreshing beer. Here are your top picks for summer 2010.
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Facebook privacy issues raise concerns about the site’s safety
By MARGARET GRECO | May 12, 2010Just when the e-dust settled and pretty much everyone forgot what the “old Facebook” looked like, the unstoppable website did it again. The company’s new changes to profiles’ information section strip users of any sort of individuality and beg the question: Really?!
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How to survive, enjoy the summer slowdown
By DAVE JOHNSON | May 12, 2010“You’re staying in Gainesville for the summer?” This is the last thing my friend said to me after I had finished helping him move out of his apartment a couple of weeks ago.
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Prevent all-nighters, unnecessary stress during finals
By LANCE FULLER | Apr. 14, 2010The end is near.
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Mixing liquor and beer makes explosion
By Richard O. Stehli | Apr. 14, 2010When you finish your final tests and papers, it’s important to start your end-of-semester celebration the right way. Start it off with bombs. Bombs are an easy way to take simple ingredients, most of which you already have, and transform them into an exciting, entertaining drink.
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Go out with a bong
By MICHELLE PROFIS | Apr. 14, 2010As the semester comes to a close, many students try to go out with a bang, while others, with a hit.
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Perfect page turners for all
By ALLISON BANKO | Apr. 14, 2010Nothing is sexier than intelligence. OK... and Channing Tatum—but that’s beside the point. So, why don’t you grab a book this summer while lathering up for some serious sunbathing? No one is suggesting you bust out that dreadful book you got two birthdays ago from Grandma. Instead, catch up with these reads to cool you off—and to distract you from that horrendously loud family on the towel to your left. The following books are perfect for relaxing by the pool, flying across the country or on a rainy Florida afternoon.
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Music panel gives advice to ambitious artists
By Jon Silman | Apr. 14, 2010This, and other tasty gems of wisdom were freely passed out at the Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association’s first annual music panel April 7 in the Reitz Union.
