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Home in the local historic district of Jacksonville featuring lanterns and lights for RAP’s Luminaria event. (Mark Krancer/submitted by Marisa Whittmore)

RAM is a hit, but have you heard of RAP?

Savanna Stillwagner, News Editor | Nov 1, 2024

Every Saturday, the Riverside Arts Market transforms downtown Jacksonville into a popular attraction for locals and visitors. However, the dedicated people who make it all happen are just as impressive...

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OPINION: You’re never too old for Halloween

Sarah Eng, Opinions Intern | Oct 30, 2024

This article expresses the views of its author(s), separate from those of this publication. Readers are encouraged to comment or submit a Letter to the Editor to share their opinions. To submit a Letter...

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UNF Pride Club hosts Halloween arts market for campus community

UNF Pride Club hosts Halloween arts market for campus community

Ethan Leckie, Managing Editor | Oct 29, 2024

Local small businesses, community organizations and Registered Student Organizations lined the Student Union’s Osprey Plaza for the UNF Pride Club’s Halloween Market. The event took place from 5...

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Morgan Ray swims at the 2022 Para World Championships, two years before he won a silver Paralympic medal. (Courtesy of Morgan Ray's family).

‘It means everything’: UNF student Morgan Ray takes home silver medal at Paralympics

Ethan Howick, Sports Editor | Oct 26, 2024

University of North Florida senior and Paralympian Morgan Ray is no stranger to winning silver medals.  After winning silver at the 2022 Para Swimming World Championships, Ray took it up a notch and...

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Saturday volunteers dig small holes and plant flowers near the inner part of the bioswale garden.

Bacardi Bottling Corporation donates $3,000 to a new bioswale garden and bird sanctuary

Kaili Cochran, General Assignment Reporter | Oct 24, 2024

The Bacardi Bottling Corporation donated $3,000 to help make a bird sanctuary for the Bioswale Garden at the University of North Florida on Oct. 23. The donation came along with Bacardi employees helping...

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ChatGPT gives prompts to its user when first opened to help with different writing scenarios.

‘Moral panic’: UNF faculty and students on AI in the classroom

Savanna Stillwagner, News Editor | Oct 17, 2024

Many students at the University of North Florida complete schoolwork with limited allowance of artificial intelligence from their professors, but there is one professor who has a unique approach to the...

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Skaters use Riverside Skate Park located on Park Street.

UNF students share their thoughts on now-open Artist Walk Skate Park

Savanna Stillwagner, News Editor | Oct 15, 2024

After several long delays, the new Artist Walk Skate Park in Jackosnville’s Riverside community has become a place for skaters from all walks of life to enjoy their hobby, find community and stay active. University...

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Students from Richard Lewis Brown Elementary watch as a volunteer student from UNF demonstrates blending a nutritious smoothie to the class. (Courtesy of Dr. Jamie Marchio)

Fighting food insecurity on and off campus: Nutrition programs UNF offers for community

Kaili Cochran, General Assignment Reporter | Oct 4, 2024

The food insecurity rate is 45% among students at the University of North Florida, according to Jamie Marchio, a UNF professor at the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and director of the Center for...

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UNF Women's Club Flag Football Logo

‘Why can’t we be that?’: All-women’s club looks to bring football to UNF

Ethan Howick, Sports Editor | Sep 28, 2024

UNF may no longer be known as the University of No Football.  “Everyone wants a football team, why can’t we be that?” said Lily Odom, one of the founders of UNF Women’s Club Flag Football. Odom...

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A mural of sticky notes created by Korie ‘Gigi’ Novaton, spelling out “Voces y Caras.”

Self-discovery in community: How Voces y Caras celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Kaili Cochran and Madelyn Schneider | Sep 26, 2024

Voces y Caras— the product of storytelling, discovery and community. The University of North Florida Art Gallery will host this immersive exhibit of Hispanic voices and faces for Hispanic Heritage Month.  Led...

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Panelists Cord Byrd, Andrew Spar and Wanzhu Shi (left to right) spoke on Monday, Sept. 16 about social media regulation and national security.

Future of TikTok and social media: Students ask, experts answer

Lena Perkins, Staff Writer Intern | Sep 20, 2024

Experts joined forces to talk TikTok and national security on Sept. 16 at the University of North Florida.  UNF students and community members attended the free event, “TikTok on Trial: The Future...

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Paige McSwigan leads the UNF women's soccer team with six goals.

‘I knew UNF was the right pick’: How McSwigan’s decision to return home changed her college career

Ethan Howick, Sports Editor | Sep 18, 2024

For the past two seasons, UNF sophomore Paige McSwigan has been Women’s Soccer’s standout player— but McSwigan and Assistant Coach Morgan Luckie still think the team can achieve more.  “She...

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