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SEX
Selfish sex results in karmic kick
By BRANDT WILLIAMS | Aug. 5, 2009Relationship karma is karma's lesser-known and more sadistic cousin, and I assure you it is not lacking at colleges across the nation. With no shortage of sex-starved students, immorally themed parties and dollar-pitcher nights at the nearest bar, college is a breeding ground for screwing and - often - screwing over. But thanks to relationship karma, you can be sure that what goes around in your love life will come back around to bite you in the rear.
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NIGHTLIFE
Zumba offers fun fitness alternative
By MEAGAN MCGONE | Aug. 5, 2009Before Erica Hyatt walks through the door, she is a chemical engineering major. She is a student at the UF. She thinks about homework and grades and meetings for the intramural softball team she is on. But for the hour she is in the room, she forgets all of that. She throws her arms in the air and sways her hips to the blaring music.
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ART AND THEATER
‘True Blood’ series book author speaks at Hilton today
By ATTIYYA ANTHONY | July 29, 2009Charlaine Harris, author of the "Southern Vampire Mysteries" book series is the keynote speaker of Gainesville Anhinga Writers' Studio 2009 Summer Studio held this week at the Hilton Conference Center on 34th Street.
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MUSIC
Farm to Family Full Moon Festival booted off property
By Alex Orlando | July 29, 2009Farm to Family Full Moon Festival, a three-day outdoor music festival is being relocated.
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LIFESTYLE
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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LIFESTYLE
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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MUSIC
Whole Wheat Bread takes eclectic sound to Gainesville
By EMILY FUGGETTA | July 23, 2009This iPod Shuffle has eight legs, and it's called Whole Wheat Bread.
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SEX
Binges won/t mend a broken heart
By BRANDT WILLIAMS | July 22, 2009It/s 3 a.m., you/re piss-drunk, out of breath, rolling among sweat-stained sheets and incapable of sleep. No, you/re not in the thrusts of a one-night stand; you/re dealing with heartbreak after being served a monogamist/s worst fear: the breakup.
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FASHION
Current trends evoke spirit of cliche stereotypes
By REBEKAH GEIER | July 22, 2009The pages of Elle, my favorite fashion magazine, were one of the last places I'd expect to find a flashback to my middle-school days.
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FOOD
Oakes shifts focus to food industry
By Richard Iwanik-Marques | July 22, 2009Ostrich, kangaroo, 'gator and rattlesnake are not items typically found on a Mexican restaurant's menu, but Boca Fiesta can hardly be considered a traditional Mexican restaurant.
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MOVIES AND TV
Bruno is a "straight kick to the balls"
By KIRK WILLIAMS | July 22, 2009The first 10 minutes of Bruno, featuring an outrageous and distasteful anal sex scene, is a straight kick to the balls. And no, the rest of the movie isn't about to pull any punches either.
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NIGHTLIFE
Tweetups bring online friends face-to-face
By Jon Silman | July 22, 2009Demi Moore stopped a desperate suicide attempt by re-posting an ominous message, a University of California, Berkeley student evaded Egyptian prison by posting the word "arrested," and Gainesville residents who had never met in person partied together at a local Japanese restaurant. Though seemingly unrelared and in different corners of the world, these three events have one thing in common - Twitter.
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FASHION
The Enclave hosts Ed Hardy pool party
By ATTIYYA ANTHONY | July 22, 2009There might be a backup at confessional come Sunday, due to The Network Promotions Sin-City-style pool party Saturday.
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LIFESTYLE
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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LIFESTYLE
Band promotes environmental efforts on tour
By Jon Silman | July 15, 2009T13C! is a band on a mission.
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MUSIC
National resurgence of records noted locally
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | July 15, 2009While the CD bows out to digital music in terms of convenience, vinyl records are making a comeback nationwide with listeners who want more than a sound file.
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MUSIC
Former Starting Line frontman introduces new project
By EMILY FUGGETTA | July 15, 2009You might know him as the frontman for The Starting Line, but Gainesville is about to get a new picture of Kenneth Vasoli.
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MUSIC
Local bands prepare to move on
By Alex Orlando | July 15, 2009Gainesville is the cradle of startup bands. As new bands pop up left and right, there inevitably comes a point, at which they must drift on. After the diplomas have been handed, the career pressures start to pile on, bands are left with three choices: stay put, break up or leave the nest.
