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Between the Buried and Me Give Intense Performance at Plaza Live in Orlando

Progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me are currently touring their album Parallax ll: Future Sequence and performed at the Plaza Live in Orlando on Tuesday night. The Safety Fire, Contortionist, and The Faceless accompanied the band during the …

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Arctic Monkeys Going Strong With Release of Fifth Album, AM

This month British rock group Arctic Monkeys released their fifth studio album, “AM”, on Domino records.

“This new record is us raising the bar as recording artists, whereas over the last few years we’ve raised the bar as a live …

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Can Long Distance Relationships Work? Statistics and an Example

32.5% of current college relationships are considered long-distance, according to a study done by iVillage, a British online magazine. That means almost 1 out of 3 college students that are in a relationship are in a long-distance relationship. And approximately …

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Tailgating: UCF Builds on American Tradition

With the start of college football season comes the start of tailgating season. Tailgating, as defined by the online dictionary, is “to participate in a picnic that is served from the tailgate of a vehicle, as before a sports event.” …

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Social Media: Vehicle for Political Awareness and Activism

For most Americans social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are part of their daily lives; being checked once or even multiple times per day. But why do Americans use social media? A 2011 survey by the Pew …

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Connect, Update, Like & Share: Social Media Is Everywhere

Back in 2005 Pew Research Center began collecting information on the use of social networking sites and found that only 5% of all online adults were using a social networking site. Today that statistic has jumped to 67% of all …

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Do You Have the Right to Surf? Internet Laws in Modern Society

Connection and communication are critical to our society. Most of us begin our day by checking email, updating Facebook, or finding out the latest news that’s important to us. In the twenty-three years since the World Wide Web was launched, …

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Is In-Depth Reporting Being Replaced by An Electronic Media Landscape?

With the advent of news aggregation sites such as the Huffington Post and news being delivered through Twitter, America finds itself with a news landscape that is becoming more condensed, often times in less than 150 words. The journalism of …

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Zimmerman Trial Holds the Attention of a Nation That Has Already Rendered its Verdict

Any American who has watched a national news program in the past two weeks has been made aware of the trial against George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida last year. The trial began June 24th …

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