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Fresh Picked 4/10/2014
By Alexa Volland | Apr. 9, 2014Watch It: “Billy on the Street: Would You Have Sex With Paul Rudd?”
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Words are hard: New Yelp app lets you search with emojis
By Hannah Fell | Apr. 9, 2014Smiley faces, top hats and, yes, even that creepy, winking cat emoji are new ways to search through Yelp’s application for local business and restaurant recommendations.
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Conversation starters to help break the ice
By Teodora Yordanova | Mar. 26, 2014Meeting new people can be fun and interesting (Omegle, anyone?), but talking to strangers can also be intimidating and awkward.
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The five people you’ll find grocery shopping after midnight
By Kelcee Griffis | Mar. 26, 2014College is a time when you won’t be judged for not having your life in order, which means you repeatedly find yourself doing routine things like, oh you know, just grocery shopping at 2 a.m. Thankfully, Gainesville has several 24-hour joints where you can pick up those necessary items like frozen pizza and Eggo waffles (See: Sweetbay, Wal-Mart).
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Fresh Picked 3/20/14
By Alexa Volland | Mar. 19, 2014Each Thursday, the Avenue will dish out the best in entertainment. From the silver screen to hidden Internet gems, check out this week’s top picks.
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Taters over haters: Potato Head helps girls transcend Barbie World
By Samantha Blend | Mar. 19, 2014A feminized spud may empower more young girls than Barbie.
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Spill it: Study shows keeping secrets increases chance of illness
By Erin Meisenzahl-Peace | Mar. 12, 2014“That’s why her hair’s so big,” said Janis Ian in “Mean Girls.” “It’s full of secrets.”
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Fresh Picked 2/13/14
By Alexa Volland | Feb. 12, 2014Each Thursday, the Avenue will dish out the best in entertainment. From the silver screen to hidden Internet gems, check out this week’s top picks.
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Valentine's Day drinks, recipes
By Alexa Volland | Feb. 12, 2014Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and we know some of you will be sulking in front of the TV with a heart-shaped pizza. Depending on what your Facebook relationship status claims, here’s how we suggest spending Friday night with everyone’s favorite Valentine: alcohol.
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PechaKucha 20x20 coming to Volta Coffee
By Rosie Robinson | Jan. 22, 2014TED talks’ younger, hipper brother is coming to downtown Gainesville.
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Excitement may lead to better performance
By Lauren Adamson | Jan. 8, 2014Before taking our chemistry tests, a friend of mine used to say we weren’t actually anxious, but we were instead excited, like electrons. I would just look at her and roll my eyes. No one could convince me that my increased state of agitated energy was anything but an expression of dread and fear.
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Snapchat apologizes for hacking, introduces preventative measures
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Jan. 8, 2014More than 4.6 million people entered 2014 with a little less privacy after hackers published phone numbers and aciITcount information from the smartphone app Snapchat on New Year’s Eve.
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Livfit: Happy Thin Thanksgiving!
By Olivia Langdon | Nov. 20, 2013According to the Calorie Control Council, the average American downs up to 4,500 calories leading up to and including the big kahuna — Thanksgiving dinner — and that figure doesn’t even include breakfast, lunch and snacks along the way. Don’t deprive yourself of enjoying good food, family and friends during the holidays, but use these tips and tricks to help guide you in making healthier choices. This way you can have your pumpkin pie and eat it, too.
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Pro slacker writes guide, forgets commas
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Nov. 20, 2013Attention college slackers, of which there are many: There is now a bona fide guide on how to live your life to the least potential.
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LivFit: Shape Up and Save Our Environment
By Olivia Langdon | Nov. 13, 2013“What you don’t know can’t hurt you.”
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LivFit: Small Goals Yield Big Gains
By Olivia Langdon | Nov. 6, 2013About Danielle (nationally qualified bikini competitor)
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Mo ’staches, mo money: Movember
By Marjorie Nunez | Nov. 6, 2013The first time the Grooming Standard participated in Movember, 447,808 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas were registered to grow mustaches and support mustache growth.
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LivFit: Stay Lean this Halloween
By Olivia Langdon | Oct. 30, 2013Halloween: n. the holiday excuse to dress up as a slutty schoolgirl, consume countless grams of sugar in candy and — since it’s a college town — drink until you actually believe you are the character of your costume.
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Don’t worry, Halloween stragglers — we’ve got you
By Angela Skane | Oct. 30, 2013It’s Halloween day, and you still don’t have a costume. Your sources are limited, and you’ve lost all hope. Fear not. These last minute creative ideas are sure to allude to the fact you totally did not plan your costume.
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Instagram does good job fitting ads into personal feeds
By Lauren Adamson | Oct. 30, 2013Don’t be surprised if you haven’t noticed the new ads on Instagram. The company is being very cautious about how they introduce them to the public.
