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.
Thousands 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.
Soon 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.
The 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.
Student 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.
A popular page is pulling away from the social news-based website Reddit.
Colombians 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.
Wanderers downtown Friday night found it hard to miss the bat signal projected on the face of the Hippodrome State Theatre.
A retired Mennonite is not who you would expect to plan and participate in demonstrations against corporate giants like Publix. But Gainesville’s Richard MacMaster has the photos to prove it.
How often do you wash your jeans?
Men and women dressed in thick wool slacks and layers upon layers of clothing get ready for a long day around the farm in Florida’s late-summer heat. If you asked if they were hot, they would raise their eyebrows quizzically — after all, this is 1868.
A UF psychology senior asks his roommate for his laptop and looks up a website.
Gabrielle Ueberroth doesn’t need science to tell her how she feels about the color red.
From the bar area to the stripper poles, Uber Promotions is offering a party before the party with its new party bus.
Bruce Yang and his friends woke up the morning after his bachelor party and checked their phones to make sure they hadn’t posted anything embarrassing on social media. That’s when Yang decided to create the app, Sobrr.
Among apps that allow you to rate friends and strangers, there is now one that enables coworkers to rate their fellow colleagues.
The Swamp Dance Fest wants to get dancers moving – for a whole month.
This year’s Creative Summer B will take students to a GPS scavenger hunt, a digital image projection show and a 24-hour filmmaking competition.
For those seeking fun other than fireworks this Fourth of July, you can check out The High Dive: The local music venue will host a celebration with food and musical performances.
Animals hate America’s favorite holiday. Fireworks scare them, hot dogs upset them and bug spray makes them sick. It’s no wonder that more pets are lost on the Fourth of July than on any other day of the year.
“Patti Smithereens,” No. 86, fought her way through the pack of women as she was met with crushing shoulder shoves and hips knocking her every which way.