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ART AND THEATER
UK-based company to bring non-visual films to campus
By Joey Martinez | Aug. 6, 2014EarFilms is coming to UF – to give your sense of vision a break.
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FOOD
Don’t be gullible for gluten-free
By Claudia Stantzyk-Guzek | Aug. 6, 2014Gluten-free eating has become synonymous with guilt-free eating, though that may not actually be the case.
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FASHION
In a town full of thrift shops, several hidden treasures to find
By Riana Melendez | Aug. 6, 2014Gainesville has more to offer thrift shoppers than some might think.
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MUSIC
Magic Man’s ‘Before The Waves’ derivative, but fun
By Cody Smith | Aug. 6, 2014Magic Man has grown a bit since its inception in 2010. Originally consisting only of vocalist Alex Caplow and guitarist/keyboardist Sam Vanderhoop Lee, Magic Man expanded to a quintet for the 2013 EP, "You Are Here." Their new studio album "Before The Waves" caters to the indie pop and synth pop crowd but fails to stand out among their contemporaries.
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FOOD
Dining: The rhetoric of etiquette
By Kelsi | Aug. 6, 2014"The Greenes always request for small slices. You can ask them if they would like just a little more, or if they are sure they are full, and they always express with certainty, ‘I really only want a tiny slice.’
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ART AND THEATER
'Humans of Gainesville' tries to replicate Humans of New York success
By Kristina Orrego | July 31, 2014Gavin Doran spends up to three hours a day walking around with a camera, talking to people he’s never met before.
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ART AND THEATER
Student procession dedicates “Moving Water” art piece
By Jessica Marsh | July 30, 2014Roughly 100 students from the art and engineering departments at UF met Wednesday to participate in a ritualistic performance dedicating the newly installed art piece “Moving Water.”
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LIFESTYLE
Study: the color red rouses romantic rivalry among women
By Debora Lima | July 30, 2014Gabrielle Ueberroth doesn’t need science to tell her how she feels about the color red.
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MOVIES AND TV
Lackluster ‘Lucy’ will blow your mind for all the wrong reasons
By Jackson Hart | July 30, 2014Can a movie be smart yet exceedingly dumb? Is it possible to look past empty dialogue, pointless action and shallow characters to recognize a film’s deeper message? Have I just been mercilessly trolled? These are questions I kept asking myself after seeing Luc Besson’s “Lucy”.
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MUSIC
Reggae-pop band MAGIC! debuts album 'Don't Kill the Magic'
By Cody Smith | July 30, 2014You may not have heard of new reggae pop outfit MAGIC! until this summer, but you’ve known lead singer Nasri Atweh’s catchy lyrics for years.
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LIFESTYLE
New party bus by Uber Promotions poised for entry to market
By Ashley Iaccarino | July 30, 2014From the bar area to the stripper poles, Uber Promotions is offering a party before the party with its new party bus.
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MUSIC
‘Weird Al’ still working, releases 14th album 31 years after first
By Patrick Glynn | July 30, 2014It was 6 a.m. in the Butler Plaza Publix bakery when a co-worker said something I never thought I’d hear: “I’m glad ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic is doing well again.”
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FOOD
Reading cookbooks as history
By Kelsi | July 30, 2014Cookbooks contain more than directions for food preparation. They are like a “magician’s hat: one can get more out of them than they seem to contain,” or so muses culinary historian Barbara Wheaton.
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FOOD
Cookbooks for men: reflecting on gender roles
By Keri | July 23, 2014Walk into a bookstore, browse Amazon cookbook category listings, and you’ll find various genres of cookbooks. There are cookbooks for kids, for vegetarians, for couples, for one, for beginners and even for dogs. Look closer, and you’ll notice a category of cookbooks for men. But absent is a category for women, revealing the assumption that unmarked cookbooks are for women.
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MUSIC
High Dive season passes for sale
By Riana Melendez | July 23, 2014High Dive Bar & Venue is giving people a chance to take advantage of its concerts while still saving some extra cash.
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MUSIC
Fun. guitarist’s project puts out first LP, exceeds expectations
By Cody Smith | July 23, 2014The indie-pop band Fun. set the charts ablaze with its hit singles “We Are Young” and “Some Nights.”
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ART AND THEATER
UF a capella group at work on second album
By Joey Martinez | July 23, 2014Already known for dropping beats, No Southern Accent hopes to soon be dropping something else: its second studio album.
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MOVIES AND TV
‘Life Itself’ shows a life well lived
By Jackson Hart | July 23, 2014Roger Ebert is undoubtedly the most popular mainstream film critic in American history. People who usually don’t follow film know his name.
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LIFESTYLE
‘Sobrr’ app seeks college users
By Ashley Iaccarino | July 23, 2014Bruce Yang and his friends woke up the morning after his bachelor party and checked their phones to make sure they hadn’t posted anything embarrassing on social media. That’s when Yang decided to create the app, Sobrr.
