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New investment app Acorns is now free for students
By Katherine Dagand | Oct. 21, 2015From acorns mighty oaks do grow.
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Nomadic author returns to Gainesville to share story, sign books
By Elena Castello | Oct. 14, 2015He showed up in Miami with $25 in his pocket. He paid for a hostel, a $5 dinner, and with nothing left in his pockets, he searched for a job. That night, Jake Kaida made $100.
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Mediocre Advice: Senior year, dating, whippets and waking up somewhere random
Oct. 7, 2015With college winding down (I’m a senior), how do you think I can maximize the rest of my fleeting college experience?
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UF student to sell reptiles
By Martin Vassolo | Oct. 7, 2015UF animal sciences senior Joe Richichi shares a two-bedroom apartment with about 50 cold-blooded companions.
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Mediocre Advice: Answering Questions with Questions
Sep. 30, 2015How do I prevent freezing my face off in the coming months when I scoot around campus?
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What's Happening in Gainesville: 10/01/2015
By Laura Gomez | Sep. 30, 2015As Friday approaches, you might find yourself in need of plans — and though it may not seem like it, there’s a lot more to Gainesville than just Gator football.
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Mediocre Advice 09/23/2015
Sep. 23, 2015RecSports scheduled a flag football game during Yom Kippur and won’t change the time. Should I play, or should I pull a Sandy Koufax?
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Netflix Binge Drinking Game: Gotham
By Laura Gomez | Sep. 23, 2015In honor of the new season of Fox’s "Gotham," which aired 8 p.m. Monday, the Avenue is bringing you yet another binge-drinking game.
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Facebook to add ‘dislike’ button
By Monica Andrade | Sep. 23, 2015After users have waited for several years, Facebook will soon come out with a "dislike" button.
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Maude’s Side Car Bar to host drag queen show on Friday
By Katherine Dagand | Sep. 23, 2015Drag queens are taking it to the downtown streets of Gainesville on Friday.
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‘Greatest little show’ to come to Gainesville
By Joshua Williamson | Sep. 16, 2015Micro Championship Wrestling is coming back to Gainesville, bringing along the "greatest little show on earth."
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Mediocre advice: Friendzone, dating and manscaping
By S. Moskovitz | Sep. 16, 2015Dear Mediocre Advice,
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Three UF alumni develop investment app Lawnmower
By Katherine Dagand | Sep. 16, 2015It’s an app called Lawnmower, and it has nothing to do with mowing lawns.
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Christopher Titus to return to Gainesville with new material
By Joshua Williamson | Sep. 9, 2015Comedian Christopher Titus is coming to Gainesville to support his seventh 90-minute comedy special, “Born With a Defect.”
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Netflix Binge Drinking game: Twin Peaks
By Andrea Cornejo | Sep. 9, 2015Released in 1990, ABC’s “Twin Peaks” begins with a centralized murder mystery combined with classic soap-opera elements, deadpan humor, dark mysticism and a sheer style of its own.
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UF offers range of unusual courses
By Martin Vassolo | Sep. 9, 2015In Susan Bluck’s office in McCarty Hall, a quote hangs on the wall: “An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.”
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‘Maude’s Movie Tuesdays’ offers organic film experience
By Taylor Maloney | Sep. 9, 2015About 20 people huddled outside Maude’s Classic Cafe watching “Casablanca” on a large screen projector at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Cloth napkins were draped over the streetlights to set the mood.
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YouTube sensation Epic Rap Battles come to GNV stage
By Katherine Dagand | Sep. 2, 2015A YouTube act is coming to the Gainesville stage this weekend — and it’s going to be epic.
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GNV icon to travel to world’s best restaurant in Denmark
By Patricia Rosario | Aug. 5, 2015Gainesville’s dearest icon and Maude’s Cafe performer Tom Miller is asking his family and friends to buy him a reasonably priced dinner in a small town for his 50th birthday.
