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LivFit: Student showcase
By Olivia Langdon | Sep. 26, 2013My Top 10 healthy accounts to follow on Instagram
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LivFit: Becoming a better grocery shopper
By Olivia Langdon | Sep. 25, 20131. As a general rule of thumb, shop the perimeter — not the aisles. The aisles are a trap for pre-packaged foods, ingredients you can’t pronounce, man-made junk and nutrition without a shelf life (weird, you’re eating something that never goes bad. Seems legit? No.) Try to avoid the aisles. Obviously you can’t do this for everything, but the majority of foods should come from the perimeter of the store which is the food preserved by a fridge, cooler or freezer.
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Gator Robotics' mascot, Otto, to get upgraded
By Lawrence Chan | Sep. 18, 2013The Gator Robotics Club intends to refit and rebuild a 7-foot humanoid robot.
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Hitler quotes and Pinterest: Taylor Swift's e-problem
By Lauren Adamson | Sep. 18, 2013News flash: Not everything on the Internet is true. Yet people continue to share and reblog information without checking its accuracy.
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Official trailer for Grand Theft Auto V released
By Lawrence Chan | Sep. 11, 2013Rockstar Games recently released the official trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, the newest iteration into Rockstar’s crime-oriented open-world franchise.
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UF alumnus searches for funding to publish third novel
By Chabeli Herrera | Sep. 11, 2013High-powered entrepreneur and former UF graduate Paxton Atwood faces a nightmarish partnership with his older sister in the fictitious world of “The Curse of the Older Sister.”
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LivFit: Let’s Start at the Very Beginning
By Olivia Langdon | Sep. 11, 2013Tips to help you live a fit life!
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Tamagotchi is making a comeback with new audiences
By Valeria Yulee | Sep. 11, 2013Although the virtual pets quickly went out of style in the ‘90s, Bandai Co. Ltd., the Japanese company that created the Tamagotchi brand, has been making efforts to bring them back to life this year.
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Tell us a story: open mic night event The Conch turns one
By Lauren Adamson | Sep. 11, 2013The open mic stood center stage like a blinking cursor on a blank Word document, expectantly waiting for someone to approach it. Natalie Nix, 26, a UF English alumna and emcee for The Conch, was the first to take on the mic.
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E-I-E-I-O! Goats and other local farm animals for sale
By Patricia Butler | Sep. 11, 2013Dispersed throughout 46 acres are 10 cows, 11 horses, 25 chickens, two roosters, five dogs, three donkeys and about 100 goats. It’s safe to say Charlie Meister has his hands full — usually with bottles and animal feed.
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Back away from that cellphone — you could be Internet-addicted
By Lauren Adamson | Sep. 4, 2013I am sitting at my laptop, writing an article, playing the “Morning Murmur” track on Coffitivity and intermittently pausing to check my Facebook, email, Twitter and Tumblr.
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Welcome to LivFit: A new fitness, health and wellness column with weekly advice
By Olivia Langdon | Sep. 4, 2013Hi Gators!
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Study shows red is sexiest lip color, grabs attention
By Angela Skane | Sep. 4, 2013Red has a reputation of making women feel ambitious, daring and confident. Think of the little red dress you zip up to impress or those haute red heels that are your go-to accessory.
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Bachelors, listen up: Change your sheets (at least) once a month to keep bugs away and get ladies to stay
By Whitney Lavaux | Sep. 4, 2013Good cuddling buddies: teddy bears, puppies, kittens and bunnies. Dust mites, not so much. Yet, apparently, some single men may not mind sharing their bed with these tiny creatures.
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Repurpose Project creatively reuses junk otherwise headed to the landfill
By Brandon Shenk | Aug. 28, 2013Inside the soft blue 3,000 square-foot warehouse, aisles that ran the length of the shop held numerous customers. Sarah Goff, co-founder and co-owner of the project, was the first to catch my attention. She asked if I needed help. We cordially talked for a minute until Mike Myers, the other co-founder and co-owner, could manage a break from the hustle and bustle.
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Post-rehab Lindsay Lohan: Is she recovering or irrelevant?
By Isha Choksi | Aug. 21, 2013The controversy that surrounded Lindsay Lohan for years has given her a reputation of being inconsiderate and messy. Recently, however, she has been finding ways to rebuild her image and heal from addiction.
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The perks of being a student
By Melissa Kahan | Aug. 14, 2013Having a UF student ID — regardless of how hideous the picture on it from Preview is — comes with a few perks. The benefits are money-saving, time-saving and all around your ticket to making life in Gainesville just a tad easier.
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Take them, use them, love them: An ode to coupon books
By Melissa Kahan | Aug. 14, 2013Don’t be afraid of the people at the beginning of the year shoving those thick coupon booklets in your face. These people are some of your first friends you will make in college, so to speak. These are the people offering you discounts on daily needs. Why so important, you ask?
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UF freshmen, here’s how not to be such obvious freshmen
By Brooke Perry | Aug. 14, 2013Being a new student on a campus of nearly 50,000, chances are you want to do so many new things you get overwhelmed just thinking about them all. But slow down there, newbies. There are also several things you will want to avoid at all costs.
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The good and the bad of Summer B
By Cresonia Hsieh | Aug. 7, 2013Freshman year is an exhilarating and exciting time, from starting classes to scoping out the social scene. But it comes with its ups and downs. Hear from some UF freshmen about the good and the bad of starting a new chapter in their lives.
