Author Archives: Ryan Thompson
Students may see only 1 fee increase in 2013-14
Three campus entities sought fee increases for next year. One requested an fee be instated, and three said the money the current fee gives them will be enough in 2013-14.
DRC kicks off fee at 40 cents; UNF Athletics requests $1.77 increase
The UNF Student Fee Assessment Committee will recommend all fee proposals for fiscal year 2014 to UNF President John Delaney after it fully hears all requests.
A&S fee could remain the same in 2013-14
Should the UNF Board of Trustees approve the 2013-14 budget without the increase in the A&S fee, the fee would remain $14.47.
DRC seeks $90,000 to cover expected deficit
The UNF Student Fee Assessment Committee passed a motion today that could help the UNF Disability Resource Center use a potential reserve fund from the health fee to assist students, when funds deplete before semesters’ end. The health fee currently covers medical services, UNF Health Promotion, medical compliance and the UNF Counseling Center.
Updates from Aug. 20 Senate meeting
Senate sees plans for new clubhouse on campus
Student Body Vice President Mike Naughton announced a clubhouse and pool deck on campus that is in partnership with Student Affairs and Student Government.
Mediated gossip only OK in Missy Elliot song titles
In times when people around the world want to talk about superficial happenings than instigate intelligent discussion, Gawker is king.
The website, billed as a gossip website for Manhattan’s elite, relies on salacious stories to draw in readers.
The future of the downtown Jacksonville desert
Among one of the eight wonders of Northeast Florida to behold, the Downtown Jacksonville Desert is the most magnificent. In its highest glory, the desert gifts Jacksonville desert-walkers with flurries of trash, vacant streets and the infamous sodden tumbleweave. Thanks to consolidation, most consider the real Jacksonville to be the inside of their homes in [...]
Social bread-breaking may see hotter future
If a server drops a be-careful-it’s-hot plate of food in front of my grumbling stomach before I have the chance to whip out my iPhone, I’m doing it wrong. Once my — as of late — meatless dish stares at me, I feel more than obligated to render myself a 3-megapixel memory. And as if [...]
Volunteer Center, CHIC fashion second body image show
UNF student-models of various looks and sizes stomped down the runway in promotion of positive body image.
