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Features
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...

Tom and Betty Petway Hall Photo courtesy of UNF Digital Commons
Get into it with a roommate? Here's what could happen
Sydney Teitelbaum, Police Reporter

A “disaster of a dorm room” was how University of North Florida police officers described the aftermath of a dispute between...

News
UNF partners with local philanthropist to surprise four Jacksonville teachers with awards
Madelyn Schneider, News Editor • April 19, 2024

The University of North Florida’s College of Education and Human Services presented four Duval County teachers with awards of $17,000 each on Tuesday. Philanthropist...

Richmond Wynn transitioning from chief diversity officer to VP of Community Engagement and Partnerships
Jeanne Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief • April 17, 2024

The University of North Florida announced Wednesday that Richmond Wynn will transition from chief diversity officer to vice president of the newly formed...

Ernesto Zedillo’s lecture at UNF: A polarizing speaker with unifying ideas
Madelyn Schneider, News Editor • April 15, 2024

Last Tuesday night, former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo spoke at the Adam W. Herbert University Center to give his perspective on Latin America-U.S....

Summer and fall registration is here: Tips from advisors and students
Madelyn Schneider and Jeanne Gilbert • April 15, 2024

Registration for summer and fall classes at UNF began at 7 a.m. on Monday, and time tickets and course schedules were released on April 5 for students...

UNF unveils renovated Tennis Complex in ribbon-cutting ceremony
Jacob Justice, Sports Editor • April 10, 2024
UNF spent nearly $300,000 on OzFest performers T-Pain and Flo Milli
Madelyn Schneider, News Editor • April 10, 2024
Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo speaking at UNF Tuesday night
Madelyn Schneider, News Editor • April 9, 2024
UNF raises over $2.3 million during sixth annual Giving Day fundraiser
Madelyn Schneider, News Editor • April 5, 2024
Sports
Softball drops tight series to FGCU at home
Softball drops tight series to FGCU at home
Ethan Howick, Sports Reporter • April 15, 2024

The University of North Florida softball team lost a weekend series to Florida Gulf Coast, losing two out of three games at the UNF Softball Complex.  FGCU...

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
UNF unveils renovated Tennis Complex in ribbon-cutting ceremony
UNF unveils renovated Tennis Complex in ribbon-cutting ceremony
Jacob Justice, Sports Editor
Baseball (Tristan Larrabee)
Pitching, timely hitting leads UNF to bounce-back series win over EKU
Ethan Howick, Sports Reporter
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
The Talon Review is seeking fiction, poetry, nonfiction and visual art submissions
Isabel Blacutt, Talon Review Creative Nonfiction Editor
Letter to the Editor: Fighting injustice
Tyreese Learmond, UNF student
Opinions
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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
Long-time squatter moves out of Spinnaker
Long-time squatter moves out of Spinnaker
Carter Mudgett, Editor in Chief
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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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Ernesto Zedillo’s lecture at UNF: A polarizing speaker with unifying ideas
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Ilyssa Tomlinson receives $17,000 Gladys Prior Award (Photo courtesy of UNF)
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UNF astrophysics professor Marina Kounkel (Photo courtesy of Marina Kounkel)
NASA awards UNF astrophysics professor Marina Kounkel $500,000 grant
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