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Tips for a fun last-minute Halloween

Katie Gile Oct 31, 2012

It's All Hallows Eve and your plan to give candy to the neighborhood kids – or hog it all and pretend nobody's home -- fell through courtesy of a socialite friend or two. They have a Halloween party...

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Photo Gallery: 3OH!3, Breathe Carolina top fall OP concert

Connor Spielmaker Oct 30, 2012
3OH!3, Breathe Carolina, Samuel Sanders and The Downtown Fiction performed a free show for students at the Coxwell Amphitheater Oct. 26. Osprey Productions held the event.
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Photo Gallery: ESPN’s Sara Walsh lectures at UNF

Connor Spielmaker Oct 30, 2012
Osprey Productions brought Sara Walsh, a host of ESPN's "SportsCenter" and a UNF alumna, to campus Oct. 22.
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UNF Alumni reveals mysterious side of Jacksonville through new book

Kasandra Ortiz Oct 29, 2012

By Kasandra Ortiz, Contributing Reporter Poet, professor, UNF alumni, husband, father, and author: Tim Gilmore is a jack of all trades, with a bit of a dark side. Gilmore’s new book, This Kind...

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Haunting the haunted houses: the faces behind the scares

Jason Howard Oct 27, 2012

You probably know what it’s like to execute a good scare -- the planning, waiting and sense of satisfaction you get from seeing your friends’ shocked faces as you jump out at them when they least...

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Fire spinning catching on in Jacksonville

Zach Sweat Oct 26, 2012
Catching fire: Two Jacksonville fire spinning groups share about an art form that has become popular with UNF students.
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Students, staff sort trash to promote recycling

Jason Howard Oct 25, 2012

  The abundance of white coveralls under the tent by the Student Union Oct. 24 may have made it look like there was radiation leak on campus, but the suits were just to protect the students...

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Electropop duo 3OH!3 to headline Osprey Productions concert

Dargan Thompson Oct 25, 2012
If you’ve been to a club, dance party or just turned on the radio within the past few years, you’ve probably heard a song by 3OH!3. The duo of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte exploded into the pop music scene in 2008 with their second album, ***Want, which reached no. 44 on the Billboard top 200. The song “Don’t Trust Me” reached no. 7 on the Billboard Top 100.
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The Spinnaker’s guide to Jacksonville’s haunted houses

Dargan Thompson Oct 25, 2012
With just a week left until Halloween, it’s your last chance to get your scare on. The Spinnaker visited three haunted houses in the Jacksonville area to help you decide where you want to spend your screams this season.
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So, what’s your story: Nursing professor Linda Connelly returns to UNF after tour in Iraq, time in DC

Kasandra Ortiz Oct 24, 2012

From UNF to Iraq, with many stops in between, former Deputy Chief of the Army Nurse Corp and Professor of Nursing Linda Connelly always makes her way back to the home of the Ospreys. Connelly retired...

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Students soar over Lake Oneida in first zip night

Jason Howard Oct 23, 2012
For years, UNF students have only been able to imitate the Osprey by Swooping, but now, once a month, Eco-Adventures gives students the opportunity to fly. UNF Eco-Adventures’ Osprey Challenge Course is a team-building ropes course funded by Student Government that features both high elements up in the trees and low elements down on the forest floor. The featured attraction, the gravity zip, spans nearly 400 feet and is one of the only zips in Florida to go over water.
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‘The Invisible War’ seeks to raise awareness about the problem of sexual assault in the military

Kasandra Ortiz Oct 22, 2012

When Lt. Paula Coughlin reported to her admiral about being sexually assaulted, she was met with indifference. Instead of giving up, Coughlin fought back. She is now a member of the Protect Our...

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