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Pet stories at The Conch
By Stephanie Wantage | Nov. 12, 2014Whoever holds the conch, speaks.
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UF student pwns in Super Smash Bros
By Cody Smith | Nov. 12, 2014While Gainesville residents regularly follow Gator football and basketball, a new fanbase tracks a UF student as he rises in the ranks of competitive gaming.
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Pineapple Instagram probably has more followers than you
By Kelsey Jordan | Nov. 5, 2014A fruity face is finding fame from a UF student’s Instagram.
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Oaks Mall hosts first trick or treat event
By Rumi Rahman | Oct. 31, 2014Gainesville’s children can go trick-or-treating safely from store to store this Halloween instead of door to door.
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Ominous bells over campus
By Gabriella Nunez | Oct. 30, 2014Every day, Century Tower chimes peacefully throughout campus. But on Friday, Century Tower will be chiming a different, spookier tune.
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Awesomely abnormal Halloween costumes
By Elly Ayres | Oct. 29, 2014“Being normal is vastly overrated.”The declaration proclaimed by beloved grandmother slash benevolent witch Aggie Cromwell– mere minutes into Disney’s 1998 cinematic masterpiece “Halloween Town”– is just as relevant today as it was 16 years ago.
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Puppet company showcases Halloween-themed burlesque
By Edwin Exaus | Oct. 29, 2014Burlesque, an aerialist show and a masquerade ball create the perfect Halloween trifecta — and puppets will perform them all Saturday.
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Ghost tales of Gainesville
By Jasmine Wildflower Osmond | Oct. 29, 2014On the spookiest night of the year, the ghosts and ghouls of Gainesville gleefully greet the town, but which are truth or fiction is still under speculation.
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Gator Walk brick seals engagement between UF alumni on gameday
By Jasmine Wildfloer Osmond | Oct. 22, 2014Even though Gator football failed against Louisiana State University this season, a Gator grad won his sweetheart’s heart forever that day.
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A whole latte fall-flavored love
By Kelsey Jordan | Oct. 15, 2014As the cool weather of autumn arrives, coffee drinkers are trading in their iced beverages for hot brews. Local cafe menus are filling up with flavors of the season, and while the pumpkin spice latte is a dead-set tradition, creative alternatives are emerging.
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Dating website finds UF females more selective than UF males when dating
By Mahogany Brown | Oct. 15, 2014A dating platform that makes finding love easier for students recently looked through its users from colleges in Florida to find out who were the pickiest when it came to dating.
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Raven-Symoné’s social media storm
By Rachel Welch | Oct. 15, 2014Former “The Cosby Show” and “That’s So Raven” child star “set the Twitter on fire” Sunday night, according to Oprah Winfrey.
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Halloween at Universal: From witches, wizards and goblins to terrorizing zombies and Michael Myers
By Emily Cardinali | Oct. 8, 2014Diagon Alley
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Pinktober awareness takes over
By Edwin Exaus | Oct. 8, 2014Thousands of pink ribbons hanging in store windows, pinned onto pedestrians’ chest pockets and printed on campus fliers mean only one thing: Pinktober is in full swing.
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Reversible male contraceptive in trial
By Christina Hunt | Oct. 1, 2014Soon women won’t have to worry so much about forgetting to take that pesky little pill, and guys can be in charge of birth control too.
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Tips for keeping your nudes private (if you need/want that in your life)
By Edwin Exaus | Oct. 1, 2014The blood, sweat and tears that go into building a reputation can all go to waste in an instant — especially once racy images are involved, as celebrities have learned this past month.
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Elections are over, but write-ins are forever
Oct. 1, 2014Student Government elections are over — lucky for those of you who somehow managed to avoid Turlington — and the results are in: Swamp. The Avenue took a look at the important write-in candidates our Student Body wanted but didn’t get.
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LifeProTips: subrebbit starts website, helps community
By Jasmine Wildflower Osmond | Sep. 24, 2014A popular page is pulling away from the social news-based website Reddit.
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Hispanic Heritage Month to reach out to younger generations
By Gabriella Nunez | Sep. 24, 2014Colombians and Venezuelans will gather to dance and discuss soccer. The fast-paced chatter of hand gesturing Cubans will hum in the background as they purchase food at a nearby stand.
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See bat symbols in the sky? No, it’s not Batman this time
By Michelle Lüchau | Sep. 17, 2014Wanderers downtown Friday night found it hard to miss the bat signal projected on the face of the Hippodrome State Theatre.
