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On-campus options: Go get your flu shot

On-campus options: Go get your flu shot

Cassidy Alexander Oct 21, 2015
What to do if you get the flu, where you can get a flu shot on campus, and a lesson in needles.
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Students, dance instructors, and event organizers gather together after So You Know You Can’t Dance to snap a picture to remind them of their time together. Photo by Courtney Stringfellow

Latin American Student Organization and Sigma Beta Rho exemplify UNF’s diversity at So You Know You Can’t Dance

Courtney Stringfellow Oct 20, 2015
UNF students recently had the opportunity to learn more about the Latin American culture and how to dance at the So You Know You Cant't Dance event hosted by LASO and Sigma Beta Rho fraternity.
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Tuesdays with a Twist allows students to embrace their creative side

Patrick Grabowski Oct 15, 2015

As students walked past the Student Union on Tuesday night, they stumbled upon something that put a “twist” on their average weekday night. The twist is a new weekly art initiative put on by the...

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Shack Maui recently gave away free empanadas to customers who posted their orders on Instagram. 

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Student-run eatery Shack Maui provides a late-night stop for hungry Ospreys

Rachel Cazares Oct 14, 2015
The new restaurant serves up Colombian cuisine at affordable prices.
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Freebird Live opened on Sept. 8, 1999 as Freebird Café, a restaurant adorned with rare Lynyrd Skynyrd memorabilia that served lunch and dinner alongside a live music act seven nights a week. Photo by Patrick Grabowski

Jacksonville Beach loses local music venue Freebird Live

Patrick Grabowski Oct 9, 2015
The popular music venue will be converted into a new restaurant and bar January of next year.
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Volunteers gather at the resource fair before the march through campus, ready to offer resources to anyone interested. 

Photo by Michael Herrera

Take Back the Night empowers survivors of domestic violence and abuse

Cassidy Alexander Oct 7, 2015
UNF students and faculty came together to tell their stories and support the victims of everyday oppression.
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Paul Hawkins is trying to get medical marijuana on the ballot through petitioning.

Photo by Courtney Stringfellow

Local medical marijuana petitioner sets sights on UNF for signatures

Courtney Stringfellow Sep 24, 2015
A previous ballot measure failed to pass during the 2014 General Election.
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Record Store Day 2015: Where the needle will and won’t drop in Jacksonville

Record Store Day 2015: Where the needle will and won’t drop in Jacksonville

Rachel Cazares Apr 17, 2015
Record Store Day highlights Jacksonville's finest record stores including Deep Search Records, DJ's Record Shop, and Young Loud and Snotty.
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UNF shark sculpture lurks in the water at Hemming Park

UNF shark sculpture lurks in the water at Hemming Park

Michael Herrera Apr 7, 2015
UNF students have created yet another larger than life sculpture to display in Hemming Park for One Spark. The colossal shark dubbed "Spark Attack" is made from styrofoam and fiberglass, much like the sculpture's predecessors "Sgt. Quackers" and "Col. Crackers."
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UNF students will travel around Jacksonville to perform Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” 
Photo courtesy of UNF English Department Facebook

UNF students to perform ‘Twelfth Night’ around Jacksonville

Kalee Ball Apr 2, 2015
“A shipwreck, separated identical twins, mistaken identities, drunken knights, singing and one pair of yellow stockings characterize the mad antics of Lady Olivia’s household as the characters fall in and out of love in the topsy-turvy world of Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night,’” according to the press release.
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“MOCA IS NOW” makes planning for One Spark easy

“MOCA IS NOW” makes planning for One Spark easy

Tiziana Onstead Mar 26, 2015
Planning your One Spark 2015 schedule around 555 creator projects, several lectures and multiple concerts may seem daunting, but MOCA’s weeklong recurring schedule for the world’s largest crowd funding festival makes it easy to fit in your agenda. Admission will be free to the public and its hours will be extended from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 7 - 11 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 12.
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Turning up after tuning up: Stephen Putnam is not your typical hype man

Turning up after tuning up: Stephen Putnam is not your typical hype man

Amber Lake Mar 17, 2015
Stephen Putnam is capable of much more than just sweet moves.
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