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Roller-skating gains popularity during coronavirus pandemic

Roller-skating gains popularity during coronavirus pandemic

Haneifah Ahmad, Reporter | Jul 10, 2020

While staying home, we have no choice but to be on our phones and see what’s trending. A new trend on the app TikTok has resurrected this old trend - roller skating. Roller skating has always...

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"Skin" movie review

“Skin” movie review

Haneifah Ahmad, Intern Reporter | Jul 10, 2020

“Skin” is an hour long documentary that collects the stories of Black women in Nigeria who have been treated differently for having dark skin.  Many women speak out about how their skin defines...

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Album review: "Tim" by The Replacements

Album review: “Tim” by The Replacements

Sydney Chatani, Program Director | Jul 10, 2020

INTRODUCTION: For a band who were notorious for destructive live shows and wholehearted rejection toward achieving mainstream fame, creating an album that shaped the legacy and direction of alternative...

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COVID-19's effects on disabled care

COVID-19’s effects on disabled care

Kaitlyn Bowers, Video Director | Jul 9, 2020

It’s no exaggeration to say that COVID-19 has affected us all. However, the pandemic has brought some unique problems to the disabled community in particular.  In the US, roughly 19% of people fall...

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UNF creates the nation's first MedNexus; $6 Million in funding from Florida state budget

UNF creates the nation’s first MedNexus; $6 Million in funding from Florida state budget

Darvin Nelson, Features Editor | Jul 9, 2020

UNF has created the nation’s first MedNexus, a “university-based medical and healthcare nexus.” The University sent out an email announcing the creation, which was approved $6 million in funding...

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The Walk-Ons talk reporting during a pandemic, Texas Tech sports, and demons

The Walk-Ons talk reporting during a pandemic, Texas Tech sports, and demons

Jul 9, 2020

News4Jax reporter and Texas Tech alum Corley Peel joined the Walk-Ons crew this week to talk about her experiences and stories from working in the news industry. Full Interview: [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIHNCPhK6rE[/embedyt]   Peel...

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DeSantis signs abortion parental consent bill into law

DeSantis signs abortion parental consent bill into law

Haneifah Ahmad, Intern Reporter | Jul 8, 2020

A U.N.F. professor says that Governor Ron DeSantis is endangering young women's lives. On June 30, the governor passed a bill into law requiring parental consent for minors to have abortions. Many supporters...

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Album review: Modern Dread by Denai Moore

Album review: Modern Dread by Denai Moore

Carissa Marques, Creative Services Director | Jul 8, 2020

Introduction:  Denai Moore’s third full length album, Modern Dread, was released Friday, July 3, 2020. The British-Jamaican singer has been making music since 2013 that’s quintessentially indie...

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President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, left, and first lady Melania Trump, attend a "National Dialogue on Safely Reopening America's Schools," event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AP: Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press | Jul 8, 2020

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal money if schools don't reopen in the fall, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that he says...

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Broadway's Hamilton on Disney Plus review

Broadway’s Hamilton on Disney Plus review

Nathan Turoff, Critter Column | Jul 7, 2020

Featured image from IMDb. "Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story?." For Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, that answer is Broadway, and the captivating musical that bears his name.   The...

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The Ivy League school announced Monday, July 6, 2020, that as the coronavirus pandemic continues its freshman class will be invited to live on campus this fall, while most other undergraduates will be required learn remotely from home. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

New rules: Foreign pupils must leave US if classes go online

COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press | Jul 7, 2020

International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration...

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UNF names Bob Greenlaw as COVID-19 Taskforce Coordinator

UNF names Bob Greenlaw as COVID-19 Taskforce Coordinator

Courtney Green, Managing Editor | Jul 7, 2020

Bob Greenlaw has been appointed as UNF's COVID-19 taskforce coordinator, according to a UNF Marketing email sent on Tuesday, July 7. In the email, Greenlaw is identified as an "experienced emergency...

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