Local Life
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The Repurpose Project: Out with the New, In with the Old
The consumerist culture of America tell us that new is always better. New cars, new clothes, new furniture, new houses and even new faces. It’s easy to toss ...
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Running Through Gainesville: Trails, Treks and Tranquility
You step outside and immediately the air feels so humid you could swim in it. You put your headphones in to distract you from the suffocating heat and ...
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Florida Fun Bikes: The Best Bar Crawl in Gainesville
Amber Shelton has done all of us a favor and put drinking on wheels. As one of the creators of Florida Fun Bikes (FFB), Amber brought some pedal-powered magic ...
Culture + College Life
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Why Group Birthday Dinners are The Worst
Group birthday dinners. You either weirdly love them or absolutely dread when the time comes. I’m the latter. Sure, they were fun as a little kid when your ...
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Campus Life 3
UF Fraternities: Who Tips and Who Stiffs
Tipping is weird. Whenever you have someone perform a service for you, whether it’s being served food at your favorite restaurant, having that late night pizza delivered to ...
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College Life 1
Don’t Wet The Bed: The Science Behind the Drunk Pee
If you partied with me from 2011 to 2014, you are probably familiar with my infamous bad habit. I used to wet the bed every time I consumed ...
Music + Nightlife
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The Places to Groove: A Guide to Gainesville’s Music Venues
On the road between Atlanta and Miami, Gainesville is a prime one-night-stop for travelling bands that haven’t “hit the big time” yet. You’re not going to catch Beyonce ...
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Andrew Tyson: Note-by-Note, City-by-City
Andrew Tyson walked on stage, bowed, and then started playing. At a sole piano singing at the base of a tiered audience, he began arched over the keys, ...
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Events 0
The Jones: New Hours, New Events, Same Old School Vibe
The Jones has been, and forever will be, a Gainesville staple. With rustic chic decor and a menu diverse enough to satisfy vegans, vegetarians and omnivores alike, The ...
Arts + Entertainment
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Arts + Entertainment 1
Four Favorites from TEDxUF 2016
This article is a collaboration between Ashby Strauch and Ben Duong. There are many different types of identities. There are identities you connect with, other people’s perception of ...
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Arts + Entertainment 3
Why “Last Week Tonight” is TV’s Best Journalism, Regardless of What John Oliver Says
This post might make you want to watch a lot of YouTube videos, so let me borrow a tactic from John Oliver and say this: At the end ...
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Rachel Barton Pine: From Baroque to Heavy Metal
Rachel Barton Pine’s visit to Gainesville earlier this March was reason enough to geek out if you fall into any classical music circle. With a musical tone crisp ...
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Local 0The Repurpose Project: Out with the New, In with the Old
The consumerist culture of America tell us that new is always better. New cars, new clothes, new furniture, new houses and even new faces. It’s easy to toss things in the trash knowing full well that something shiny and new will soon replace it. Although our society has made significant strides in recycling and composting efforts, a great majority of trash still ...
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Local 0Running Through Gainesville: Trails, Treks and Tranquility
You step outside and immediately the air feels so humid you could swim in it. You put your headphones in to distract you from the suffocating heat and you’re off on the same monotonous concrete pavement that runs along the outskirts of UF’s campus. Hopefully you don’t bump into anyone you know. Although a part of the freedom of running is the ...
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Music + Nightlife 0The Places to Groove: A Guide to Gainesville’s Music Venues
On the road between Atlanta and Miami, Gainesville is a prime one-night-stop for travelling bands that haven’t “hit the big time” yet. You’re not going to catch Beyonce at a massive amphitheater here, but you’ll still have a damn good time wherever you go. Gainesville music venues aren’t fussy or fancy; they focus on the music, the drinks and the good vibes. ...
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Careers 0When Your Job Interview Turns Out To Be a Scam
I like to think of myself as a prideful person. Not conceited, but proud of my accomplishments and qualifications thus far. To have my character taken advantage of is one of the worst scenarios I could imagine. Unfortunately, I recently experienced the grimy, sketchy side of the real world the hard way through two words: scam interviews. I am going to keep ...
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Local 0Florida Fun Bikes: The Best Bar Crawl in Gainesville
Amber Shelton has done all of us a favor and put drinking on wheels. As one of the creators of Florida Fun Bikes (FFB), Amber brought some pedal-powered magic to Gainesville. The Florida Fun Bikes vehicle seats 16 passengers and takes you on a bar crawl through your choice of downtown or midtown If you don’t have 16 friends (does anyone have 16 ...
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Local 0Wild Iris: Not Just a Bookstore, But a Revolution
As the only feminist bookstore in all of Florida, Wild Iris plays an influential role in the activist community of Gainesville. Nestled in downtown Gainesville between the Civic Media Center and Citizens Co-Op, Wild Iris has a spacious courtyard that ties stores with similar missions together. Feminist bookstores have a long history in Gainesville. The first one, Women Unlimited, opened up in 1974 ...
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College Life 0Why Group Birthday Dinners are The Worst
Group birthday dinners. You either weirdly love them or absolutely dread when the time comes. I’m the latter. Sure, they were fun as a little kid when your Mom put together every last detail and ran around like a chicken with its head cut off at your naive expense. (All while still having time to put on a fresh coat of lip ...
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Music + Nightlife 0Andrew Tyson: Note-by-Note, City-by-City
Andrew Tyson walked on stage, bowed, and then started playing. At a sole piano singing at the base of a tiered audience, he began arched over the keys, the way one would toil over a meaningful project. Then, the music opened into an uplifting lyrical passage and he looked to the sky. It was a theatre so intimate, one could see his ...
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Campus Life 3UF Fraternities: Who Tips and Who Stiffs
Tipping is weird. Whenever you have someone perform a service for you, whether it’s being served food at your favorite restaurant, having that late night pizza delivered to your house or getting that long needed hair cut at the salon, it’s assumed that you should reward someone for their time and effort. Tipping is social custom that we often find ourselves stressing ...
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Events 0Culture Shock: Art, Afro Man and Appetite
There are two approaches to spending your time in Gainesville: You can complain that “there’s nothing to do” and drown your sorrows in a 3-4-1 Long Island at Midtown every night, or you can embrace your precious time here in Hogtown and go explore. Every week Culture Shock provides you with a few of the best happenings in the city that don’t ...
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Guides 0How to Spend a Rainy Day in Gainesville
Residing in a town frequently dubbed “Rainesville,” you’re likely to experience more than a handful of rainy afternoons in town. Unfortunately, exploring the beautiful local nature or strolling downtown are not viable options in the downpour. We know that laying in bed binge-watching Netflix may seem like the most appealing option, but instead of sinking into a pile of pillows, head out and ...
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Events 0The Jones: New Hours, New Events, Same Old School Vibe
The Jones has been, and forever will be, a Gainesville staple. With rustic chic decor and a menu diverse enough to satisfy vegans, vegetarians and omnivores alike, The Jones is a quintessential neighborhood hangout. Over the past nine years, it’s been packed seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but now, it’s time for a change. The Jones is adopting ...
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News 0Beaty Towers East to Be Converted to All Red Parking Garage
You heard that right, folks. After many years of collecting tears and listening to the endless rants from Gators far and wide, Transportation and Parking Services released in a press release on Thursday night that it would finally add a new parking garage on campus. The garage will replace Beaty Towers East, a freshman dorm known for its elevator parties and luxury-apartment-style feel, ...
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Music + Nightlife 0It Isn’t a Trap: San Holo at Simon’s
Alliance Events & Lucid Nightlife is bringing San Holo on Saturday April 2nd, to Simon’s Night Club in downtown Gainesville. A graduate of the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music; San Holo (Sander van Dijck) is a 25-year-old producer from the Netherlands who has radically surged in popularity since his 2014 remixes of Dr. Dre’s, ‘The Next Episode’, and Outkast’s, ‘Ms. Jackson,’. San Holo ...
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Music + Nightlife 0The New Dudes on the Block: An Interview with Just Neighbors
The Gainesville-based math rock band took the stage at High Dive this past Saturday to deliver their first headline performance. Hoping to break through non-prog audiences, the group performed most of their newly recorded tracks off of their self-titled debut album, released only a few weeks ago. The band is composed of guitarists Dan Lohr, and Justice Diamond, with Jack Yankopolus on drums, ...