College Life
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College Life 1
A Degree in Whooppee: Learning About Sex in College
This is an anonymous guest post submitted to GainesvilleScene. To submit, email scene@collegevox.com. Never will I look at Johnson & Johnson moisturizer the same way. Before college, Johnson ...
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25 Tips to Surviving Spring Break 2015
Ah, to be young, wild and drunk. Spring Break — more commonly referred to as SB2K15 OFY!!!! on Facebook statuses — is a great time to be alive. ...
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Study Edge Meets Tinder: Gainesville has a Knack for New Business
If you’re not a first-semester freshman, you know about those dreaded green and blue packets. Between Tutoring Zone and Study Edge, the market of study aids seems to ...
Culture
Culture Your Fu**ing Self
There are two approaches to spending your time in this complex enigma of a town called Gainesville. You can complain that, “there’s nothing to do” and drown your ...
Music + Nightlife
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Your Weekend Dirty Dozen
As this year’s Spring Break comes to a close, let’s not focus on the fact that we now have to face the hangover of all hangovers. Let’s just ...
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The GainesvilleScene Interview: Geoff Weers of the Expendables
The Expendables are a punk-rock/reggae surf-cultured band out of Santa Cruz, California, who’ve been a notable part of the recent re-emergence of the reggae/rock genre. Their ambiguous tone ...
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The Expendables to Kick Off Spring Break at High Dive
Glory Days Presents is keeping the reggae spirit alive for Spring Break this Sunday by bringing Santa Cruz reggae/rock outfit The Expendables to High Dive. With their early ...
Local Life
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25 Tips to Surviving Spring Break 2015
Ah, to be young, wild and drunk. Spring Break — more commonly referred to as SB2K15 OFY!!!! on Facebook statuses — is a great time to be alive. ...
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Why Gainesville?
“Where are you headed after graduation?” “I’m staying in Gainesville.” The looks of shock, disbelief and judgment I receive in response to my answer have become all too familiar. ...
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How to Tackle FL/GA
An oldie but a goodie. Here’s a gem on FL/GA survival by our very own, Morgan Jenkins, originally published Oct. 31, 2013. #throwback I love a good cocktail ...
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Local 0Behind the Scene: Mike Myers from The Repurpose Project
We live in a transactional world. From the daily debit swipe for goods and services to the daily exchange of emotions and conversation, we are always trading back and forth between each other. Although it’s easy to sign your receipt and move on your way, GainesvilleScene wants to dig a little deeper. Behind the Scene, our new series, gives you a glimpse into the ...
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Entertainment 0Is It Worth Calling Saul?
“Breaking Bad” fans who long for the days when Walter White was “in the empire business” can finally rejoice in the recent premiere of “Better Caul Saul.” The spin-off series, which takes viewers back to 2002 when attorney-at-law Saul Goodman was just a lowly litigator going by his real name, Jimmy McGill, and trying to make ends meet, is six episodes into ...
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College Life 1A Degree in Whooppee: Learning About Sex in College
This is an anonymous guest post submitted to GainesvilleScene. To submit, email scene@collegevox.com. Never will I look at Johnson & Johnson moisturizer the same way. Before college, Johnson & Johnson was representative of my childhood. The sight of that rosy-pink tube would conjure up sweet memories of bathtime with my mom or grandmother, when I’d go from looking less like Donnie of ...
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Tech + Startups 0Apple Continues to Reign the Market
This is a guest post from TallahasseeScene’s Noah Gomez. If the free market is a boxing ring, then Apple is Muhammad Ali. “There’s not a man alive who can whoop me,” Ali, the famous heavy-weight, once said. “I’m too fast. I’m too smart. I’m too pretty. I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.” When it ...
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News 0Asshole and Hero of the Week
Although we love to view the world in absolutes, things are seldom black and white. Heroes have skeletons in their closets and assholes secretly donate money to the ASPCA commercials with Sarah McLachlan. Okay, maybe not. But the point is that the world is a complex place, full of moral ambiguity, double standards and mixed feelings. So we have taken it upon ourselves ...
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Arts + Entertainment 0Culture Your Fu**ing Self
There are two approaches to spending your time in this complex enigma of a town called Gainesville. You can complain that, “there’s nothing to do” and drown your sorrows in a sub-par 3-4-1 Long Island at Cantina every night, or you can embrace your precious time here in Hogtown and go explore. We’ve helped you survive your road trips and spring break. ...
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Arts + Entertainment 0Spending Spring Break with Frank Underwood
Just before the hooligans of Gainesville ventured off to their various Spring Break destinations, Netflix released the highly anticipated third season of its political drama “House of Cards.” As most of the “House of Cards” fan base was off doing body shots off Belizean strippers, I was spending my spring break without my woes but with my beautiful family. Though this sounds ...
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Music + Nightlife 0Your Weekend Dirty Dozen
As this year’s Spring Break comes to a close, let’s not focus on the fact that we now have to face the hangover of all hangovers. Let’s just be thankful that it’s finally warming up. Whether you’re coming back from the best Spring Break trip ever or coming back from a seriously awkward trip home, here are some jams to help make ...
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Culture 0Girl Power: Celebrating International Women’s Day
On March 8, the world will celebrate women. The day is known as International Women’s Day and it was birthed from the Socialist Movement in the 1900s. It is meant to celebrate women’s achievements in economic, political and social spheres, and it will be recognized all over the globe. In some places IWD is celebrated to the same degree as Mother’s Day, ...
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News 0Asshole and Hero of the Week
Although we love to view the world in absolutes, things are seldom black and white. Heroes have skeletons in their closets and assholes secretly donate money to the ASPCA commercials with Sarah McLachlan. Okay, maybe not. But the point is that the world is a complex place, full of moral ambiguity, double standards and mixed feelings. So we have taken it upon ourselves ...
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Culture 0Culture Your Fu**ing Self
There are two approaches to spending your time in this complex enigma of a town called Gainesville. You can complain that, “there’s nothing to do” and drown your sorrows in a sub-par 3-4-1 Long Island at Cantina every night, or you can embrace your precious time here in Hogtown and go explore. We’ve helped you survive your road trips and spring break. ...
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Music + Nightlife 0The GainesvilleScene Interview: Geoff Weers of the Expendables
The Expendables are a punk-rock/reggae surf-cultured band out of Santa Cruz, California, who’ve been a notable part of the recent re-emergence of the reggae/rock genre. Their ambiguous tone draws in ears from multiple fan bases. Along with an incredible touring record, the band has a substantial amount of material. Signed on Stoopid Records now, The Expendables have released their 7th studio album, ...
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Culture 1Perception vs. Reality: The Dress that Broke the Internet
I was up in the gym just workin’ on my fitness Thursday when I got a text from bae. Attached was an innocent picture of a dress. “This is gold and white, right?” she asked. It looked like it to me, and I thought it was maybe something she saw on her marketplace. Something she was buying from a friend or had ...
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College Life 025 Tips to Surviving Spring Break 2015
Ah, to be young, wild and drunk. Spring Break — more commonly referred to as SB2K15 OFY!!!! on Facebook statuses — is a great time to be alive. But make no mistake: Only the strong survive. We at GainesvilleScene encourage all of our readers to partake in SB festivities irresponsibly, responsibly; so we’re running it back with our Spring Break 2014 guide. ...
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Music + Nightlife 0The Expendables to Kick Off Spring Break at High Dive
Glory Days Presents is keeping the reggae spirit alive for Spring Break this Sunday by bringing Santa Cruz reggae/rock outfit The Expendables to High Dive. With their early January release of a seventh studio album “Sand in the Sky,” the four-piece band has been on the annual Winter Blackout Tour across the country with Ballyhoo! The new album, released off of Stoopid ...