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Job leads to guilty conscience
By ERIK VOSS | Aug. 26, 2009From the moment we're born, we're all guilty of something.
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Alternative sports offer fun, novel fitness opportunities
By Alex Orlando | Aug. 16, 2009Whether it/s at night, on the weekend, between classes or just a lazy afternoon, Gainesville has plenty to offer without having to stray into the ordinary. From scaling walls to blazing trails, here are a few ways to break a sweat without having to hit the treadmill.
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Live it up, stay on budget
By MEAGAN MCGONE | Aug. 16, 2009College has a way of dwindling your bank account faster than you can chug a lukewarm can of Natty Light.
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Don/t ruin college for yourself, silence your cell phone
By ERIC VOSS | Aug. 16, 2009When I was in high school, I was convinced I had the nosiest, most intrusive parents.
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Defend yourself with dignity
By Alex Orlando | Aug. 5, 2009I step into the dojo quietly and respectfully trying not to disturb any of the other classes, and I am greeted by immediate chiding from one of the senseis.
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This month in pop culture
By Alex Orlando | July 29, 2009Thirty may be the new 20, but stars this month have taught us that 50 might just be the new 80.
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Pup charms crowd at ‘Trailer Park’
By SISTINE GURREY | July 29, 2009She sits in the dressing room on her pink and brown striped bed. Her matching dish has the word "Diva" printed on it.
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Colourslide prepares to go major with new album in fall
By MEAGAN MCGONE | July 22, 2009Ask any band to classify its music, and its members are likely to give a thoughtfully drawn-out list of categories. A band's sound never fits into one simple genre.
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DJs spin parties to life at Gainesville’s bars, clubs
By MEAGAN MCGONE | July 15, 2009It's 15 minutes until midnight on a Saturday. The bouncer sits at the entrance to Spannk, wrapping neon green bands around clubbers' wrists. As they enter the bar, green and red beams of light dance through the thick smoke from the fog machine like laser confetti.
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Band promotes environmental efforts on tour
By Jon Silman | July 15, 2009T13C! is a band on a mission.
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Book traces journalist’s struggle with prescription drugs
By ALISHA KINMAN | July 8, 2009Joshua Lyon became addicted to prescription drugs when he was introduced to Vicodin as part of an assignment for Jane magazine.
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Rules may be needed to define proper smartphone use
By MARY HILLYER PEELEN | July 8, 2009No matter the time or setting there is a likely to be the sound of a phone buzzing or a screen being rapped on nearby.
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Grade school instills competition at early age
By ERIK VOSS | July 8, 2009When I was in the fifth grade, my teacher introduced a new weekly competition called "Student of the Week." Every Friday afternoon she would saunter out from behind her desk, a freshly word-processed certificate in hand, and appoint one poor soul to a weeklong sentence of hatred from his or her peers.
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Alachua celebrates freedom with $30k fireworks display
By STEPHANIE GRANADA | July 1, 2009On Saturday it is time again to celebrate all that is the great U.S. But America's birthday party is bound to be smaller this year as small city budgets and low monetary contributions have led many cities to dwarf or even altogether cancel Independence Day celebrations.
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Vehicles provide protected area to vent anger
By ERIK VOSS | July 1, 2009Road rage truly brings out the worst in us. All it takes is a Buick to cut me off during rush hour for me to rethink my position on social security.
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Band brings ‘The Mighty Zep’ to UF
By JULIANA JIMENEZ | June 17, 2009What happens on stage at a Get the Led Out concert is something unlike anything any Led Zeppelin fan has ever experienced.
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Kickstand trades bikes for labor
By Richard Iwanik-Marques | June 17, 2009Nestled on the corner of Southwest Depot Avenue and South Main Street lies an old red brick warehouse which, to the untrained observer, appears to be abandoned.
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Snazzy school supplies help set students apart
By ERIK VOSS | June 9, 2009I have a thing for office supplies. Pens, highlighters and staplers put me in a mood that makes it nearly impossible to get work done.
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UF libraries may go digital
June 9, 2009Charlotte Porter, Avenue contributing writer
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Muddy campers jam to classics at Wanee Fest
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | June 9, 2009People lounged in multi-colored hammocks strung between oak and pine trees, sucking on bowls, sipping over-priced beer and nodding their heads to a reggae beat.
