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Features
Hannah Kalas and other students gather around Tucker. (Madelyn Schneider)
Campus Canines helping students destress before finals week
Madelyn Schneider, News Editor

Students at the University of North Florida have been flocking to the library before finals week to study for their big exams,...

Rabbi Novack holds a schmura matza during an interview with Spinnaker. This particular matza, he said, was made in Ukraine.
UNF Chabad and Jewish Ospreys gear up for Passover celebrations at UNF
Sydney Teitelbaum, Police Reporter

Passover begins this Monday, a week-long holiday honoring the Israelites' journey to freedom from slavery in Egypt. At the University...

UNF astrophysics professor Marina Kounkel (Photo courtesy of Marina Kounkel)
NASA awards UNF astrophysics professor Marina Kounkel $500,000 grant
Madelyn Schneider, News Editor

This month, the University of North Florida received a $500,000 grant from NASA to research young stars and eclipsing binaries...

News
Arrested UNF student protestors awaiting first court appearance
Jeanne Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief • May 3, 2024

Updated at 11 a.m. to include a statement from the University of North Florida Several pro-Palestine protestors were arrested Thursday night for failing...

Multiple UNF students arrested after pro-Palestine protest
Carter Mudgett, Reporter • May 3, 2024

At least nine people were arrested when over 50 police officers marched onto the University of North Florida campus Green and broke up a pro-Palestine...

Live updates: Pro-Palestine protestors remain on UNF campus with increased police presence ahead of curfew
Jeanne Gilbert and Carter Mudgett • May 2, 2024
UNF pro-Palestine protests continue on the Green for the third straight day since protestors arrived Tuesday afternoon.
UNF students join nationwide pro-Palestine encampments, protest on the Green
Carter Mudgett, Reporter • April 30, 2024

Tensions were high at the University of North Florida on Tuesday as students protested in solidarity with encampments at college campuses across the U.S....

UNF SG elects chief justice and Budgets and Allocations Committee chair
Joseph Wolfe, Government Reporter • April 23, 2024
Jeffrey Chamberlain stepping down as Hicks Honors College dean
Jeanne Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief • April 23, 2024
UNF partners with local philanthropist to surprise four Jacksonville teachers with awards
Madelyn Schneider, News Editor • April 19, 2024
Richmond Wynn transitioning from chief diversity officer to VP of Community Engagement and Partnerships
Jeanne Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief • April 17, 2024
Sports
UNF struggled in the first game and suffered a loss, but bounced back in the second with a stellar offensive performance. (Photo courtesy of UNF Athletics)
Softball makes a statement, hands top-ranked EKU their first series loss
Ethan Howick, Sports Reporter • May 2, 2024

In a matchup between the ASUN’s top two teams, the University of North Florida softball team defeated the Eastern Kentucky Colonels last weekend by winning...

UNF second baseman Aidan Sweatt (3) congratulates fellow infielder Isaiah Byars (8) following an inning against the Florida Gators.
Two homers not enough for struggling UNF Baseball pitchers in loss at FSU
Ethan Howick, Sports Reporter
Softball drops tight series to FGCU at home
Softball drops tight series to FGCU at home
Ethan Howick, Sports Reporter
Baseball subjected to scoring barrage, drops series to Lipscomb at home
Baseball subjected to scoring barrage, drops series to Lipscomb at home
Jacob Justice, Sports Editor
Reviews
Check it or Chuck it: Fresh-Mex & Co., a margarita mecca
Check it or Chuck it: Fresh-Mex & Co., a margarita mecca
Ethan Leckie, Opinions Editor • April 12, 2024
Hell is forever: A Hazbin Hotel review
Hell is forever: A Hazbin Hotel review
Alyssa Schneider, Features Intern • April 5, 2024
From Readers
Beyond the books: Charting new waters in the Hicks Honors Capstone Project
Anna Pakulski, Hicks Honors Student
The Talon Review is seeking fiction, poetry, nonfiction and visual art submissions
Isabel Blacutt, Talon Review Creative Nonfiction Editor
Opinions
Protesters calling for better COVID-19 health and safety procedures in Chicago public schools briefly block traffic at State Street and Madison Street in Chicago near Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
Four years of COVID-19, and Gen Z is still angry
Ethan Leckie, Opinions Editor
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OPINION: Student apathy strikes again in SG elections
Ethan Leckie, Opinions Editor
The Spinnaker office is in the east wing of the John A. Delaney Student Union, and students can walk in anytime.
Letter from the Editor: Support student journalism on Giving Day
Jeanne Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief
With summer-long renovations in the works, the Hicks Honors College, which is typically found in Building 10, has been moved to a new location until the renovations are completed. (Christian Ayer/Spinnaker)
OPINION: How UNF can rebuild the upperclassmen Honors community
Ethan Leckie, Opinions Editor
OPINION: Self-imposed sobriety isn’t too bad
OPINION: Self-imposed sobriety isn’t too bad
Ethan Leckie, Opinions Editor
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has been touted as a potential running mate for Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
OPINION: Conservatives want to reshape education in their own image, and they’re winning
Ethan Leckie, Opinions Editor
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Associated Press
FILE - Participants wave signs as they walk back to Orlando City Hall during the March for Abortion Access, Oct. 2, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. The Florida Supreme Court on Monday, April 1, 2024, upheld the states ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which means a subsequently passed six-week ban can soon take effect. (Chasity Maynard/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)
AP: Florida Supreme Court upholds state’s 15-week abortion ban, but voters will soon have a say
FILE - People gather during a community vigil for the Half Moon Bay shootings in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Multiple people were killed in two related shootings at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in a coastal community south of San Francisco. The U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023, replaying the horror in a deadly loop roughly once a week so far this year. The bloodshed overall represents just a fraction of the deadly violence that occurs in the U.S. annually. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
AP: Frequent shootings put US mass killings on a record pace
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UNF students arrived on the Green Tuesday afternoon to voice their support for other pro-Palestine encampments.
UNF students join nationwide pro-Palestine encampments, protest on the Green
Carter Mudgett, Reporter
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Pro-Palestine protestors gathered on the Green at UNF 30 minutes before their 10 p.m. curfew.
Live updates: Pro-Palestine protestors remain on UNF campus with increased police presence ahead of curfew
Jeanne Gilbert and Carter Mudgett
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Protesters calling for better COVID-19 health and safety procedures in Chicago public schools briefly block traffic at State Street and Madison Street in Chicago near Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
Four years of COVID-19, and Gen Z is still angry
Ethan Leckie, Opinions Editor
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Hannah Kalas and other students gather around Tucker. (Madelyn Schneider)
Campus Canines helping students destress before finals week
Madelyn Schneider, News Editor
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Chamberlain began his time as Hicks Honors College dean nearly seven years ago in 2017. (Photo courtesy of UNF)
Jeffrey Chamberlain stepping down as Hicks Honors College dean
Jeanne Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief
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