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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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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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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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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:

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Too much porn can make the actual bedroom a bore

By MICHAEL PERRONNE | Mar. 17, 2010

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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.

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Andy Samberg makes waves

By AMELIA MARTY | Mar. 17, 2010

Mr. Pibb and Red Vines? Crazy delicious.

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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:

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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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Exclusive: Ben Folds Q&A

By GABRIELLE FALCONEIRI | Mar. 17, 2010

Singer, songwriter Ben Folds performed last night at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Read here for his take on a cappella versus pop and how he designs his set lists.

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SFC dance show hits the stage

By LAUREN GOLD | Mar. 17, 2010

The lights go down, and the curtain goes up. It’s showtime.

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Eighties babies will love “Hot Tub”

By ASHLEY ROSS | Mar. 17, 2010

Admit it. Although your birth date falls in the late eighties or (gasp!) nineties, you still love the puffy-bright-tracksuit-side-ponytail-wearing-“Breakfast Club”-loving generation.

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Local spring break tips

By MICHELLE PROFIS | Mar. 3, 2010

Stuck in Gainesville over Spring Break? We’ve got you covered. Here are some fun things to keep you occupied throughout next week:

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NRWO touring Florida this month

By Benjamin Evans | Mar. 3, 2010

In 1992, the year Sir Mix-A-Lot rapped about oversized backsides and Billy Ray Cyrus pleaded on behalf of his ticker, U2 launched an attack on the media with their groundbreaking Zoo TV Tour.

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Harvest of Hope brings over 160 bands during spring break

By Alex Orlando | Mar. 3, 2010

Although Woodstock was 40 years ago, bands and thousands of fans still gather to celebrate their love for music.

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Effortless ways to avoid packing on the pounds this break

By LANCE FULLER | Mar. 3, 2010

Editor’s Note: How much you weigh and how long you exercise will determine how many calories you will burn.

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Sneaking by security easy for your booze cruise

By GABRIELLE FALONEIRI | Mar. 3, 2010

Many Spring Breakers will hit the decks of cruise ships for vacations that leave little bits of dignity scattered about Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

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What happens on Spring Break doesn’t always stay there

By MICHAEL PERRONE | Mar. 3, 2010

A good Spring Break is one that is awesomely wild and a bit hazy, so go out, get drunk and get laid. DO have the time of your life. But DON’T leave all your dignity at the dock.

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Music Law Conference to highlight digital issues

By Alex Orlando | Feb. 24, 2010

Guitar Hero and Rock Band will be among the topics covered at this year’s “Music Law Conference 2.0: Out of Beta.”

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Fitness: Cardio is Key

By LANCE FULLER | Feb. 24, 2010

With more students going to the gym to get in shape for Spring Break, they may be hitting the weights hard but could be neglecting one of the most important muscles in the body -- the heart. When it comes to getting in shape, cardiovascular exercise is king.