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UNF's hardest classes based on pass rates

UNF’s hardest classes based on pass rates

Carly Kramer | Dec 18, 2017

Have you ever wondered which courses give students the most trouble? Below is a list of the classes with the lowest pass rate from the last three semesters. Heat Transfer can obviously be a difficult course,...

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Jobs that don’t need four year degrees

Jobs that don’t need four year degrees

Joslyn Simmons | Dec 15, 2017

Every year more and more students walk across the stage and are handed a college degree. However, some majors allow students to start their careers earlier without going through the four-year struggle....

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Man on the Street: Freshman Advice

Man on the Street: Freshman Advice

Jas Chung | Dec 14, 2017

https://youtu.be/KcIq6bbJG_s Students reflect on things they would have changed their freshman year. Incoming freshmen should take their advice. __ For more information or news tips, or if you see...

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One of the proposed projects will connect the Coggin College of Business to Honors Hall. Photo by Colin McCann

The history and people behind UNF buildings

Colin McCann | Dec 12, 2017

Have you ever wondered who were the people behind the names of the buildings you enter everyday? The University of North Florida is comprised of over 60 buildings, and many of them are named in honor of...

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Paula Horvath. Photo courtesy Ignite Media

The Hope Fund comes to end after 23 years

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Dec 8, 2017

A mother who needs help raising money for her disabled son’s eventual funeral, a refugee family forced to leave a small village in Myanmar and are in need of help to survive here in Jacksonville –...

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Photo by Valeree Del Guidice

Inside look at UNF’s newly renovated Skinner-Jones Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGf8u9w53T8 Video by Joslyn Simmons  The Skinner-Jones Hall Project is is almost done and Spinnaker got an inside look. Construction began Aug. 2016 and is expected to...

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Man on the Street: UNF prepares for the holidays

Man on the Street: UNF prepares for the holidays

Jas Chung-Campbell | Dec 4, 2017

https://youtu.be/bpTpy6eDH20 With the semester ending and holidays coming up, we wanted to know what students were going to do. __ For more information or news tips, or if you see an error in...

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Photo courtesy of the Thomas G. Carpenter Library Twitter

Guide to finals week events

Andy Castro | Dec 3, 2017

With finals week in full effect, students have multiple activities they can attend to relieve their stress. Here are some of the events going on around campus: PAWS your stress On Monday, Dec....

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Robots of the future and UNF's involvement

Robots of the future and UNF’s involvement

Colin McCann | Dec 3, 2017

In a world where advances in technology pave the way for endless opportunities, fears and questions also arise. Since the invention of robotics, there have been concerns. Will they take our jobs? Will...

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HIV/AIDS: Then and Now

HIV/AIDS: Then and Now

Joslyn Simmons | Dec 1, 2017

With over 30 years since the first documented case of AIDS, the stigma attached to the deadly disease may have wavered, but isn’t completely gone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...

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UNF HIV testing options

UNF HIV testing options

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Dec 1, 2017

We are all aware of the dangers of STDs, but often times high school health classes don’t stress the importance of getting tested. One in seven people don’t know they are infected with HIV according...

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Piano Play-Off: Bach to basics

Piano Play-Off: Bach to basics

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Nov 30, 2017

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B65FvvYD89E[/embedyt] Classical piano music students of Erin Bennett, Michael Mastronicola and Gary Smart faced each other at the Piano Play Off Wednesday night....

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