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Staff Editorial 3/21: Don’t tread on our sugary sodas

Obesity in America is rising at a higher rate than in any other country in the world. Some adults, and children alike, don’t take care of their physical health as they should. Not exercising regularly and eating poorly are the two main reasons for being overweight, or obese.  It doesn’t help that fast food restaurants...

Super Bowl is a collection of great storylines

What is the one day, every year, that men jump and scream so loudly you swear they’re trying out for the Spartans? It’s not the first day of vacation. It’s not the day they get their Christmas bonuses. It isn’t even a holiday. The first Sunday in February is every man’s dream. The big screen...

What’s next for the Occupy movement

The Occupy movements, which began in New York’s Zuccotti Park near Wall Street, garnered massive media attention, both positive and negative. People in the U.S. and around the world, specifically the younger generations, have become dissatisfied with the fiscal inequality that exists and the political horseplay that has plagued Congress. At the same time, other...

Ra Ra Riot shakes up SoFla

Amid the Middle Eastern décor and the smell of herbs at Fort Lauderdale’s The Culture Room, I sleepily stood on the second-floor HiBar ready to discover a semi-underground indie rock band on a school night. But Ra Ra Riot’s first concert in South Florida definitely kept me wide awake.

Sophomore player shapes up for success

Shanel Williams lost a lot of weight this past summer

New York Fashion Week Recap: Hot Summer Trends Hit Lincoln Center

In the 2009 documentary “The September Issue,” Style.com’s Candy Pratts Price famously quipped, “September is the January of fashion.” If that is the case, than this month’s New York Fashion Week at Lincoln Center, the first since the switch from Bryant Park, was a beautiful and boisterous ringing in of the New Year. Here are...

Jam band visits Miami

Jon Gutwillig expects a party this weekend at Ultra Music Festival.

Luis Guzmán pushes ‘Pelham’ train

Actor discusses upcoming film, 'The Taking of Pelham 123.'

Hard out here for a vamp: Twilight Saga star dishes

Edi Gathegi, Laurent from the Twilight Saga, visited Florida Supercon in Miami this past weekend despite several delayed flights out of Italy. He spoke to The Miami Hurricane about almost acting in front of President Barack Obama, filming for New Moon and why you'll see his character wearing shoes from now on.

Baseball student managers just ‘one of the guys’

Behind the young Miami baseball team stands two veterans. But they’ve never taken to the field in a game or had their names on the back of jerseys.

Fall Out Boy makes the ‘Believers Never Die’

Fresh off a world tour and their fifth album, Folie à Deux, Fall Out Boy headlines mtvU and MTV's Believers Never Die Part Deux tour with opening acts Cobra Starship, All Time Low, Hey Monday and 50 Cent. The Chicago band returns to South Florida on April 21 at the Mizner Park Amphitheater for its first...