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Short story series depicts Gainesville scenes
By Bakr Saliq | Jan. 30, 2013If disaster hit Gainesville, what would happen?
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UK dance company kicks off ‘Scattered’ tour
By Steven Katona | Jan. 23, 2013“Scattered,” a dance production that features high-energy choreography and incorporates fluid music and film, kicked off its United States water-themed tour at UF Saturday.
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Calling all ‘average’ students: win $5,000 for being so-so
By Mike Llerena | Jan. 23, 2013Streeter Seidell, editor-in-chief of comedy website CollegeHumor.com, was an average student. He graduated from Fordham University without any academic scholarships.
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Resolutioners: Ditch routine workouts for adventure programs
By Caitlyn Finnegan | Jan. 9, 2013If working on your physique found its way to the top of your resolution list, trade crowded campus gyms for adventure by considering local alternatives.
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Students start ad agency in garage
By Rosa Llamo | Nov. 28, 2012David Argov, Alexza Morales, Heather O’Rourke and Aly Perez, UF advertising seniors, started Garage Agency & Co., an advertising agency, from Argov’s garage.
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Wild Iris Books prepares to move locations with sale
By MICHELLE PROVENZANO< | Oct. 31, 2012After 20 years in business, Wild Iris Books, 802 W. University Ave., will move and downsize its inventory with a 20 percent-off sale. Calhoun co-owns the store with Erica Merrell.
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Halloween horror date: a tale of costumed deceit
By Ian Rowe | Oct. 24, 2012In the first week of November of last year, I kissed an owl. She was not an owl when I kissed her, though she was when I met her, and, at that point, I’d still thought of her as a reflection of the costume she wore.
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‘Bucket lists’ trending among college students, online
By Meghan Price | Oct. 17, 2012Volunteer at an animal shelter, be a bridesmaid, visit all 50 states and spend a whole day sleeping. These are only a few bucket list items pinned on Pinterest.com. Bucket lists are a trending topic online and on campus.
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Wild Iris Books faces possibile closure after 20 years of business
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Oct. 17, 2012From the colorful mural on the side of the wall to the scent of burning incense that seeps outside, Wild Iris Books is hard to miss.
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UF student entrepreneur gives back with reusable water bottle line
By Karilla Dyer | Oct. 10, 2012Inspired to keep spreading positive messages beyond the Internet, 19-year-old English junior Sylvia Lai created “Today I Will,” a line of stainless steel reusable water bottles with uplifting words printed on them.
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WolfWax Culture brings comics and record selection to downtown
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Sep. 19, 2012Located at 101 N. Main St., WolfWax Culture is testing out a soft opening with hours from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Mondays. It won’t have its official opening until late October.
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Sanctuary Yoga moves to new location
By Meghan Pryce | Sep. 12, 2012Sanctuary Yoga, previously located at the Seagle Building on University Avenue, has moved downtown, now located at 530 N. Main St.
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Acupuncture school promotes well-being
By Cristina Paneque | Sep. 5, 2012Unlike the more commonly known form of Chinese acupuncture, the acupuncturists at the clinic locate the Qi, which is the energy element in your body, through pulse tests and access it by pushing needles in and out of the body.
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More listen, less livid: Why Nickelback is pretty decent
By Alyssa Holcomb | Aug. 29, 2012I could very easily play devil’s advocate when it comes to Nickelback and all of the unequivocal hatred surrounding its members. However, after constantly hearing a particularly poignant list of “reasons” for the band’s supposed amount of suck, I find myself more leveled with defending what is, without a doubt, one of the decade’s most successful acts.
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Nickelback: The most hated band for a reason
By Kathryn Varn | Aug. 29, 2012I liked Nickelback once.
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The fictitious timeline of Labor Day
By Ian Rowe | Aug. 29, 20121882: Gender-neutral historical figure Toni Labor sought to free the American worker from the shackles of the American work-week that, at its inception, continued for 365 days in a row. Tasks included, but were not limited to, beating rocks together and collecting goat and human sacrifices as offerings to the evil dragon who oversaw production atop Mt. Drudgery. Americans refered to the dragon as “Grover.” Toni Labor succeeded in slaying the dragon with a cardboard sign that read: “Seriously Grover, my feet are killing me,” and Americans celebrated by cooking the dragon over a fire. The Labor Day barbeque tradition was born.
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Student creates UFmobile iPhone app as campus resource
By Vonecia Carswell | Aug. 29, 2012Bryan Dubno overheard more than sandwich orders while standing in the Reitz Union Subway line Sunday. He stood between two UF students who were talking about one of his cherished inventions: the UFmobile iPhone app.
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The perpetual breakup of Taylor Swift: 5 heartache anthems
By Alyssa Holcomb | Aug. 22, 2012It’s no secret that pop-country superstar Taylor Swift is famous for her themed song writing concerning breakups and general lovesickness. For her, it’s as if the theme is super-sized and mega-adaptable, fitting seamlessly into all types of beats and styles alongside the standard painful lyrical prose.
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Drop/add week madness: a charming letter of suggestion
By Ian Rowe | Aug. 22, 2012For the past several hours, I’ve been staring at the drop/add page on my computer screen the way a drunk person watches the rotation of a gas station hot dog: with a mixture of hunger and disgust. Not five minutes goes by before I reclick the page’s refresh button, only to find myself seconds later cursing the heavens and shouting, “Buddha, Jesus, Athena! WHY!?,” knowing full well that somewhere in Gainesville, at that exact moment, some jerk is laughing because he has the class I want, and he knows it.
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Alumnae encourages college experience to Hawaiian students
By Kathryn Varn | July 25, 2012When Lia-Lucine Cary was a child, her grandfather taught her a valuable lesson — that educating oneself is the most important thing one can do. Today as a middle school teacher in Hawaii, Cary teaches that lesson to her students who are raised in a culture that doesn’t encourage college as an option.
