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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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Group Fitness classes offer students alternate ways to work out

Spinnaker | Sep 2, 2009

As UNF students go back to class, hit up the Osprey Café and scarf down the free food that is everywhere at events, there are several options on campus to help them take the calories off. Sure you...

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The spokes have spoken: Jax-born Women’s Ride doesn’t discriminate

Spinnaker | Sep 2, 2009

Departing from Starlite Café in Five Points, about 30 cyclists overtook the streets Aug. 30 for the ninth Women’s Ride. The perfect foil to a biker gang, those riding on Sunday greeted passers-by with...

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Jitterbugs reside in energy drinks

Spinnaker | Sep 2, 2009

I sat at my desk at 4:30 a.m. marveling at my newly acquired Spidey senses and making a mental Etch-A-Sketch of the crevices on my wall behind the computer screen. And it was at that point when I began...

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Toss yourself into the turf, time to get to know the Green

Spinnaker | Sep 2, 2009

In regards to all those ‘peeps’ that ignore the Green: Green is more than a color, more than a signal for go and more than a sign of whether or not your tomato is ripe, green is the corner stone...

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Dining Dish: Sushi House hosts authentic sushi, best in the land

Spinnaker | Sep 2, 2009

In the heart of the St. Johns Town Center — well, close to the center, anyway — tucked inconspicuously between a Mattress Giant and a dry cleaner, sits perhaps one of Jacksonville’s finest sushi...

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Forced indie credibility shines in ‘Summer’

Spinnaker | Aug 10, 2009

Ever since the cultural explosion and widespread acceptance of The First Indie Flick As Far As Normal America Is Concerned, “Garden State,” there has been a slew of slightly off-beat, nicely scored...

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Jacksonville locale attracts potential student-athletes

Spinnaker | Jul 8, 2009

A location featuring 22 miles of beaches only a few miles away from campus, national and international sporting events, more than 1,000 acres of nature trails, 72 golf courses and the home to the Jacksonville...

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