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Swoop on in for Avengers: Endgame

Swoop on in for Avengers: Endgame

Alex Bowman, Police Reporter Nov 6, 2019

Tonight, Osprey Life and Productions is showing “Avengers: Endgame” at the UNF Coxwell Amphitheater. The event runs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. This event is free to students who bring their Osprey...

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Porchfest is in full swing

Porchfest is in full swing

Darvin Nelson, General assignment reporter Nov 6, 2019

Jacksonville Porchfest is a free event with an expected 50 vendors, including a variety of food trucks and local artists selling art. 18 music groups will also perform live. The festival is this Saturday,...

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Teal Pumpkin Project® raises awareness for food allergies this Halloween

Teal Pumpkin Project® raises awareness for food allergies this Halloween

Jessica Volz, Intern Reporter Oct 31, 2019

The Teal Pumpkin Project® strives to create food allergy awareness and aims to make Halloween safer for everyone. If you didn’t have the opportunity to get crafty with teal paint during Market Day,...

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Say good-bye to your free plastic surgery…Instagram is banning some filters

Jessica Volz, Reporter Oct 24, 2019

Instagram is banning filters associated with body modifications that implement plastic surgery after concerns of mental health are at risk.  The face changing filters found in Instagram’s effects...

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The debate on Florida's minimum wage

The debate on Florida’s minimum wage

Breanna Cataldo, Features Editor Oct 23, 2019

For those who want Florida's minimum wage to be raised, your lucky day might take place next year. The Florida $15 Minimum Wage Initiative could possibly make its way onto ballots Nov. 3, 2020, according...

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"A Cool Place to Live": new Beaches Museum exhibit upcoming

“A Cool Place to Live”: new Beaches Museum exhibit upcoming

Darvin Nelson, Reporter Oct 23, 2019

The Beaches Museum’s mission is “to preserve and share the distinct history and culture of the Beaches area.” With that being said, the Beaches Museum is opening a new exhibit called “Neptune...

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T.I. awards a college student with a $25,000 scholarship

T.I. awards a college student with a $25,000 scholarship

Jessica Volz, Reporter Oct 21, 2019

Rapper and TV personality, T.I. Harris,  honored the life of his late sister by awarding a college student a 25-thousand dollar scholarship.  The recipient, Tierany Scott, was distinguished for being...

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Rocco's Pizza Food Truck serving free pizza, bread knots, and mozzarella sticks to the UNF students. Photo by Caleb Moseley

Food Truck Frenzy and Battle of the Bands

Morgan Holbrook, Copy Editor Oct 17, 2019

The biggest party on campus will be at the Student Union Amphitheater this Friday night. Instead of the Osprey Clubhouse, Food Truck Frenzy will be held at the J.B. Coxwell Amphitheater with Battle...

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UNF Spook-a-thon is coming

Alexander Bowman, Police reporter Oct 15, 2019

It’s spooky season and if you love Halloween movies, you might be interested in Osprey Productions’ Spook-a-thon. Spook-a-thon is a spooky movie marathon. It’s on Oct. 30 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m....

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Table tennis tournament: Ceramics Guild vs. Sculptors’ Guild

Breanna Cataldo, Features Editor Oct 7, 2019

Come watch the Ceramics and Sculptors' Guilds battle each other in a table tennis tournament this Thursday, Oct. 10. You can find the tournament in the Game Room at the Student Union at 6 p.m. The tournaments...

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Eliminating food waste for the win (and for the tablet)

Eliminating food waste for the win (and for the tablet)

Darvin Nelson, General Assignment Reporter Oct 3, 2019

Dining Services is hosting a Project Clean Plate event where students are encouraged to present their clean plates to Dining Services after they are finished with their meal in order to be entered into...

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Halloween Horror Night's "Stranger Things" themed haunted houses review

Halloween Horror Night’s “Stranger Things” themed haunted houses review

Breanna Cataldo Oct 2, 2019

Universal Studios gave the Halloween Horror Nights attendees a chance to travel to Hawkins, Indiana two years in a row. The "Stranger Things" haunted houses were one of the main attractions both years....

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