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People of UNF: Storm Stories

People of UNF: Storm Stories

Jenn Mello • Jun 1, 2016
It's June 1st, the first day of hurricane season. We find ways to prepare for a storm. We stock up on supplies, stay up to date on the forecast, and then sometimes wait out the storm. For Floridians, living through a hurricane is just part of the panhandle experience. Here are a handful of storm stories for this week's edition of people of UNF.
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Maitland Harvey

Maitland Harvey: A caring soul who soared above and beyond

Danae Leake • Jun 1, 2016
Kim Harvey loved to read the books of Anne Rice, the author of many vampire-themed novels such as The Vampire Armand and Queen of the Damned. She flipped through one of those Rice novels and found the name of her daughter-to-be: Maitland.
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How Jacksonville's budding literary scene may have started on UNF soil

How Jacksonville’s budding literary scene may have started on UNF soil

Danae Leake • Jun 1, 2016
Of all the places for this well-established journal, Fiction Fix began in a classroom at UNF, the same classroom where current editor-in-chief and UNF alumni Apri Wilder first met Creative Writing Professor Mark Ari.
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DePaul is one of the four delegates representing Florida's Fourth District. Photo Courtesy of DePaul

UNF Adjunct Professor Represents LGBT Community as Florida’s First Transgender Delegate

Nick Blank • May 31, 2016
DePaul isn't afraid to criticize fellow Democrats, challenge the misconceptions about the transgender community or fight for better treatment of adjunct professors.
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Remembering the Fallen: Students share what Memorial Day means to them

Remembering the Fallen: Students share what Memorial Day means to them

Tiffany Butler • May 27, 2016
About 7.5% of students at the University of North Florida (UNF) are military affiliated, according to Diane Stover, office manager of the Military Veterans Resource Center (MVRC).
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Graphic by Ben Cross

UNF Digs: UNF was almost located downtown

Danae Leake • May 27, 2016
UNF Digs is a weekly column that delves into UNF's archives to find treasures worth sharing. This column would be more of a snapshot of UNF’s history than an excerpt from a history textbook. But let us do the digging and brush up on your university history with UNF Digs.
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People of UNF: Pros and Cons of Taking Summer Classes

People of UNF: Pros and Cons of Taking Summer Classes

Jenn Mello • May 25, 2016
Summer classes have been in full swing for a few weeks now. For this week's People of UNF, we've asked students what they like and could live without when it comes to taking summer courses.
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Stuff-a-Plush kicks off Twisted Tuesdays

Courtney Stringfellow • May 25, 2016
Nearly 120 students stuffed their new plush animals in the Osprey Plaza on Tuesday night. The giveaway was a preview of Campus Life’s rebranded Twisted Tuesdays promotion (formerly named Tuesdays with a Twist).
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Photo by Courtney Stringfellow

Five Points Spring Festival: Would I go again?

Courtney Stringfellow • May 24, 2016
Threats of rain didn’t scare Jacksonville residents away from stopping by Five Points for its Tenth Annual Spring Festival on Saturday, May 21.
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Students can begin to regrow their stuffed animal empire with Summer A’s Twisted Tuesday

Students can begin to regrow their stuffed animal empire with Summer A’s Twisted Tuesday

Courtney Stringfellow • May 24, 2016
Childhood is the enjoyable stage in one’s life when hoarding a collection of soft stuffed animals is viewed as the norm. As adulthood approaches, teenagers are expected to keep only one or two plushes from their childhood.
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Steven Walker and his mom, Barbara Gilbert, 2014. Photo courtesy of Brooks Adaptive Sports and Recreation Facebook page.

Started from the Bottom: UNF Student Adapts and Excels in Wheelchair Rugby

Bernadyn Nettles • May 24, 2016
Walker, a junior studying mathematics at the University of North Florida, is a quadriplegic, but he also does a really cool thing. He plays wheelchair rugby.
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Barefoot running improves memory, UNF study finds

Danae Leake • May 18, 2016
Running barefoot may not only be good for the sole, but for your memory too. A new study conducted by University of North Florida (UNF) researchers found that running barefoot for about 16 minutes improved working memory by 16%.
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