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Ospreys ready to defend against swine flu

Spinnaker Sep 30, 2009

The H1N1 virus has dealt major blows to athletic programs, including Ole Miss and Florida, but UNF’s teams are ready and prepared to deal with the pandemic. UNF has yet to feel any major impact...

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Megan Fox Wants Your ‘Body’

Spinnaker Sep 28, 2009

Jennifer Check is the hottest cheerleader at Devil’s Kettle High School -- until she rips your entrails out and eats them for dinner. “Jennifer’s Body” is not your typical thriller, it’s...

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Spinnaker giving away tickets to Decemberists’ show

Spinnaker Sep 24, 2009

You know when a fresh-faced child, purely innocent, gets burned by the world’s malicious side in some fashion — perhaps a broken heart — and then they’re just never the same? Their simple qualities...

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UNF officials: Kill the ignorance, recycle smart

Spinnaker Sep 24, 2009

When you throw that half-full cup of Starbucks coffee into the recycling bin, you may feel popular and all together benevolent, right? At least you may think offhandedly that it couldn’t hurt. Or...

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Top Five Ditties to Dodge Whilst Driving Alone at 3 a.m.

Spinnaker Sep 24, 2009

An acquaintance in high school once told me, “If a song I could see myself dying to comes on while I’m driving, I shut it off immediately.” This thought has swam through my noodle for many moons...

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Trite storyline falls short in sorority-centric murder flick

Spinnaker Sep 16, 2009

Surprisingly, going commando isn’t a fair trade for vomit breath anymore. Even with her lady lumps hanging half-way out of her shirt, scintillating sorority sister Chugs can’t play off her previous...

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Top Five Songs to Get Frisky to

Spinnaker Sep 16, 2009

Ooh yeah. To keep with the theme of this week’s paper, James thought it would be relevant to tailor the Top Five and follow suit. Always one to follow orders, I concocted a recipe of Top Five Songs to...

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World music finds a voice downtown

Spinnaker Sep 16, 2009

A phrase meaning “new wave” or “the new thing” in Portuguese, bossa nova is known around the world, but has received little notoriety in Jacksonville. Bossa nova is a jazzy type of music that sprung...

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CouchSurfing turns travelling community into a sofa society

Spinnaker Sep 16, 2009

Hotels too bourgeois for your non-conformist sensibilities? Broke and looking for an inexpensive way to score some lodging for that weekend getaway? Or perhaps you’re craving a summer globe-trotting...

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Good Samaritan actions shouldn’t be punished

Spinnaker Sep 16, 2009

How far would you go to keep one of your friends from driving home drunk? Would you fight him or her? Would you call the police? What about locking them in the closet? Shawne Merriman made a decision...

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Awkward shuttle situations shine daily

Spinnaker Sep 10, 2009

How about a little humanity being introduced into the interiors of UNF commuter buses? Since when have college students felt the need to silence themselves and wear a non-confrontational stare as they...

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UNF student, coalition of harmonic gypsies take over the republic

Spinnaker Sep 7, 2009

Shawn Fisher, a UNF political science junior, and the Jukebox Gypsies signed to one of the biggest record labels in the country, Universal Republic, July 24. The band originated a little over a year ago...

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