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THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Ratemyprofessors.com rates good teachers, good looks

By ALLISON BANKO | Mar. 31, 2010

The end of the semester is just on the tip of the horizon. It’s so close you can almost taste your celebration drinks. But, hold up! There’s some major housekeeping that needs to be done, and that my friends, is registration. Whether registering for summer or fall courses, ISIS has been bombarded with many trying to sort out their lives—at least for a semester. Although tailoring your schedule to what you may think is an acceptable time to get out of bed, other factors obviously have to be taken into account—like the professor. Boosting help with your research for a Cinderella-fit of a schedule is the ever so reliable Rate My Professors Web site.

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THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Party poolside with sun, drinks

By ALLISON BANKO | Mar. 24, 2010

Welcome back, Florida. It’s been about four months since we’ve been graced by your usual, bright and shining self. Our long-awaited warm weather is finally upon us, and the forecast for upcoming weeks is looking mighty delicious. Highs will be topping out in the 70s and lows, just on the brim of the 50s. So sayonara Jack Frost. It’s time to party poolside.

THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Atten-tion! Bootcamp pushes students to new levels

By LANCE FULLER | Mar. 24, 2010

For 30 seconds, you and a partner are shoulder- pressing a 30-pound tire together over your head. Just when your shoulders can’t take it anymore, you’re running 40 yards at full speed. Your jog to the next station is your break, only to throw a 10-pound medicine ball as hard as you can to your partner after squatting and then lunging forward with it. You throw back and forth with your partner for 50 seconds.

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THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Total Breakdown

By THOMAS NASSIFF< | Mar. 24, 2010

What do you get when you throw 90 bands on six different venues in Gainesville? You get Total Bummer, Gainesville’s biggest do-it-yourself music festival.

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THE AVENUE  |  FASHION GFW

Fashion week ahead

By ALLISON BANKO | Mar. 24, 2010

Fashion has no limits. It’s daring, risky and of course, fabulous. Tuesday evening, Gainesville Fashion Week and CovetedList.com proved the absence of style’s boundaries with a fashion show that featured outfits fitting women of all colors, heights and body types.

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THE AVENUE  |  FOOD

Festival brings worldy beers

By Richard O. Stehli | Mar. 24, 2010

Take it from me: There is no better way to spend a weekend than drinking good beer and eating free food.  If these activities are relevant to your interests, look no further than The Greater Gator Beer Festival.  This Saturday, for the price of admission, you get ample helpings of food from local restaurants, premium entertainment, and most importantly - unlimited beer samples from across the country and around the world.

THE AVENUE  |  MOVIES AND TV

Film 'As We Forgive' screened on Tuesday

By ALLISON BANKO | Mar. 18, 2010

Large brown eyes never packed so much emotion. Veined with burst blood vessels stained from tears and anger, just two women of the many affected by the 1994 genocide in Rwanda are portrayed in the documentary, "As We Forgive." AIM For Africa and Reitz Union Board Entertainment presented the film, directed by Laura Waters Hinson, Tuesday evening as the first part of An African Film Series in order to raise awareness to issues in foreign nations.

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THE AVENUE  |  FOOD

Spring brings new beer

By Richard O. Stehli | Mar. 17, 2010

With the first day of spring on Saturday, it’s time to trade in your heavy, warming stouts and porters for lighter, crisper spring fare.  Here are a few suggestions for what you can drink as the days get longer:

THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Diverse offering from Harvest of Hope

By Alex Orlando | Mar. 17, 2010

With mud underfoot, pumping fists overhead and the music of 160 bands thundering through the air, thousands of people braved rain, wind and cold weather for three days to support artists and migrant farm workers at the St. Johns County Fairgrounds.

THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Splurge on tickets now, summer fests sell out

By MICHELLE PROFIS | Mar. 17, 2010

Music festivals. The one event where you can ignore the jacked-up water bottle prices and smelly bathrooms (or lack thereof) and just kick back and enjoy being in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by thousands of people who want and love the exact same thing you do: good music. The music festival season is fast approaching, and tickets are selling out quickly. Whether you’re a seasoned music festival expert, or you’ve been itching to try one, here are some of the music festivals worth checking out in 2010:

THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Don’t bake, fake to keep tan

By ALLISON BANKO | Mar. 17, 2010

You may be freshly bronzed from those Spring Break fiascoes in the sun, but soon the honeymoon will be as done as your reputation from that night out in Cabo. However, your tan (existing as your one bit of dignity from that vacation) will soon disappear—causing you to resemble more of a “Twilight” vampire than Jessica Alba’s doppelganger.

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