BY LAUREN GONZALEZ Guest Blogger twitter.com/Lauren_Alexa The more we slowly creep into chillier weather, the more we see Ugg boots and The North Face fleeces pop up around campus. Although comfortable and cute (sometimes), there are alternative options for girls and guys I’d like to bring to light. Hopefully these looks will have you dreaming […]
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Fitness Tips from a Lazy Girl
BY RASHIELLE TEAPE On a scale of one to ten, how guilty are you feeling after pigging out on holiday food? I know your pain. Year after year, I told myself to get up and get fit, but I just couldn’t seem to stick to an exercise routine. This semester, I decided that was going […]
'Tis the season…For Fantasy Football
BY JOHN RAKOWSKI It’s no secret amongst sports fans how popular fantasy games have become. While many still remain faithful to their professional teams, others have put their feelings aside and built their own rosters in hopes of outscoring their fellow couch coaches. In this world of matchups, an athlete’s achievements are based on how […]
Keeping Your Figure Through the Holidays
BY STEPHANIE WEHRMANN Now that we are two weeks into November and Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, can we say it’s the holiday season yet? Well, I’m going to go ahead and say it is. Let the parties, cocktails and home-cooked meals commence. It’s that time of the year to eat and be […]
The Politics of Friendship
BY STEPHANIE WEHRMANN With the presidential elections creeping up on us, it’s to be expected that the candidates are a hot topic to talk about. And although the same conversations are just rehashed over and over again, it’s at least tolerable. After all, it’s an important election. But what is not so tolerable are the […]
Campus SNAPSHOTS: Mud Polo
BY ANN-MAKIR MAGLOIRE Guest Blogger VisualAmbitions.blogspot.com The Week of Oct.7 to Oct. 13 – Residents in the Tolbert Residence Area participated in several competitions in the mud (tug of war, volleyball, mud polo and rockpicking) as part of Mudfest. Mudfest is an annual event since 1969 for the Tolbert Residence Area on University of Florida […]
Tatted up in the workplace – still taboo?
BY RASHIELLE TEAPE I got my first tattoo when I was 16, accompanied by my cool-as-can-be mom (who is currently way tatted-up and rocking a hair cut practically as short as my dad’s). In other words, as excited as I was, it was no big deal. At least not to my immediate family. But the […]
The Rise of the Mug Cake
BY GINA CHITKO Do you ever crave dessert, but baking sounds too daunting? Say hello to the mug cake, one of the latest food blog trends. This humble dessert is nothing to be scoffed at. The beauty of a mug cake is its simplicity. Cake batter is mixed in a mug and nuked in the […]
Calling all guest bloggers & writers!
Anyone out there with some pressing thoughts you just HAVE to share with the world (or at least the Gainesville community)? Whether your thing is sports, fashion, politics or nightlife, we’d love to have you as a guest writer for The O&B Blog. We’re building this thing from scratch, so who better to shape this […]
Friday Night Fun & more!
You can now exhale a sigh of relief. The weekend is here! After a busy week of school or work, and maybe even both, all that’s left to do is have fun. Now, I know what some of you may be thinking. Gator football has a bye week and this weekend may not have all […]