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Healthy Moves bumped from the lounge

When Michael Phillips feels stress from work and school, his solution is Healthy Moves. The UC Denver senior said yoga classes offered by Healthy Moves, a program run by the Auraria Health Center, allow him to focus. Full story

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The Price is right

Chad Price is a man of many genres. Since 1993, Price has been lead singer for All, a punk band composed of members of The Descendents. Full story

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The Holiday Shopper Guide

Santa’s going to be busy this year with all kinds of requests for some serious rad tech. Here are my eight picks that should be on any Christmas list. Full story

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Attendees agree parade is “really cool”

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Holiday magic downtown

Turning the corner on Broadway and 13th, the world suddenly glowed with flaming hula hoops, dogs wearing blinking antlers, and marching bands bedecked in ropes of light. The Civic Center was lit like a bad acid trip; every color of the rainbow shined so brightly, making sure that no holiday colors were left out. Full story

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Overheard at the Advocate

I kicked off my holiday season last weekend by going ice-skating. It was a horrific and embarrassing experience that brought back years of repressed memories--all pointing to the fact that I am not an athlete and therefore not perfect at everything I try. It was awful. I am the butt of every slapstick joke in my life.

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Auraria campus doesn’t just recycle

Compost Auraria has received the final approval it needs from the Auraria Higher Education Center to begin composting.

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Set the alarm earlier for spring semester

The banners are all over campus--telling students that next semester new class times will be added to the schedule. And it is no surprise that the problem with scheduling classes stems from a lack of space due to increasing enrollment.

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UC-Personality: Miles Rugh

UC Denver's new film cage manager, Miles Rugh, may spend his free time decorating his living room with a drum kit rather than a grand piano, but Rugh has bigger plans for UCD's film department.

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Do the bright lights right

I have a Christmas hobby. An obsession, really. I love driving all over town looking at light displays. Some people go to a lot of effort and I really appreciate it.

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Take your money to the Capital Grille

Most college students don't have mountains of extra cash to spare for lavish meals. But sometimes, a special occasion might call for a luxurious meal in an upscale setting. The Capital Grille in LoDo, although pricey, will provide you with an experience that is worth every penny.

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Improv gets in the Christmas spirit

Christmas: A time for plastic surgery, affairs with misfit toys, and trips to rehab for candy cane addiction--at least for the housewives of the North Pole in this year's holiday sketch show at the Bovine Metropolis Theatre.

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Kanye makes Twitter sandwiches

Of course, there are all sorts of ways to use Twitter, but the best one by far is using the social network as a clever, thought provoking way to make yourself look like a total ass.

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Talib Kweli @ Cervantes’ Ballroom

The crowd at Cervantes was definitely for the headliner, Talib Kweli, but the two prior performers certainly brought their A game.

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Denver artists remake the Chili Peppers

Tribute shows may start to become standard for rock bands nowadays. It seems that every year, local musicians get together to pay tribute to the music of their childhood. And this time around, Brer Rabbit of The Flobots, Luke Mossman of Achille Lauro, as well as Jimmy Stofer and Nate Barnes of Ross Hill Drive are breathing new life into one of the records that defined the early 90s: The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Majik.

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Anti-graffiti push hurts liberties and keeps city ugly

Last month's elections put Republicans back in control of the House, but anybody hoping to see some sweeping changes might be disappointed. Politicians are still politicians, and they're still going to waste their time attacking small, dumb problems rather than facing down anything important.

Point: Employees should be fired for their activity on Facebook

We've all heard of people not getting hired for a job due to a bad Google hit or a few dumb drunk Facebook photos, but to hear about someone getting fired over social websites is something new.

Counterpoint: Employers shouldn't have a say over our personal lives

I'm sorry, but I didn't realize that I was getting paid to censor myself on my personal time, Mr. Boss Man.