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THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Excitement may lead to better performance

Before taking our chemistry tests, a friend of mine used to say we weren’t actually anxious, but we were instead excited, like electrons. I would just look at her and roll my eyes. No one could convince me that my increased state of agitated energy was anything but an expression of dread and fear.


Florida Alligator
THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Livfit: Happy Thin Thanksgiving!

According to the Calorie Control Council, the average American downs up to 4,500 calories leading up to and including the big kahuna — Thanksgiving dinner — and that figure doesn’t even include breakfast, lunch and snacks along the way. Don’t deprive yourself of enjoying good food, family and friends during the holidays, but use these tips and tricks to help guide you in making healthier choices. This way you can have your pumpkin pie and eat it, too.


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THE AVENUE  |  FASHION

H&M debuts collab with French designer

Global retail powerhouse H&M debuted its long-awaited collaborative collection with high-end designer Isabel Marant this past week. Isabel Marant pour H&M was available for purchase as of Nov. 14 and was met with out-the-door lines and a frenzy of online activity that briefly shut down the H&M website.


Singer and songwriter Justin Pierre performs with the rest of his band, Motion City Soundtrack, at High Dive on Nov. 6. Relient K and Driver Friendly also played at the show.
THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Motion City Soundtrack draws nostalgic crowd

Last week, Minneapolis-based band Motion City Soundtrack — whose songs you set to autoplay on your MySpace pages, whose lyrics you scrawled on your arms during that boring ninth-grade history class and whose very name stirs up memories of checkerboard Vans and middle school dances — played at High Dive with Relient K and Driver Friendly.



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