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Jose Placer goes up for a lay-in

Men’s basketball “shares the sugar,” rolls through Bethune-Cookman

Riley Platt, Sports Editor Dec 12, 2022

The University of North Florida Ospreys utilized a full-team effort on Saturday to take down the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 88-48. Following a tough pair of losses, the Ospreys returned home to UNF Arena,...

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From room expansions to film labs; everything new coming in Lassiter Hall renovation

Big changes await University of North Florida students when Lassiter Hall reopens—slated for the spring 2023 semester—to students after years of planning and contracting. The main inhabitants of the...

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Kent Stermon

Florida Board of Governors member Kent Stermon found dead

Carter Mudgett, Editor in Chief Dec 9, 2022

Kent Stermon, a Florida Board of Governors (BOG) member and local businessman, has died at 50 years old. Appointed to the BOG in 2019 by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his term was set to end in 2026. Multiple...

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Jarius Hicklen works his way down the court

Men’s basketball falls to top-ranked Houston

Riley Platt, Sports Editor Dec 7, 2022

Featured image via UNF athletics HOUSTON, Texas – The University of North Florida Ospreys squared off with the Houston Cougars, who currently sit atop the AP Top 25 Poll, on Tuesday, falling 76-42. The...

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Kaila Rougier dribbles the ball

Women’s basketball takes down Bethune-Cookman, secures first away win

Jacob Justice, Sports Reporter Dec 5, 2022

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The University of North Florida (UNF) Ospreys women’s basketball team faced off against the Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats on Thursday, taking the game 54-43 This win...

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Jose Placer shoots a three-pointer

Men’s basketball falls to High Point in high-scoring affair

Riley Platt, Sports Editor Dec 5, 2022

Featured image via UNF athletics HIGH POINT, N.C. – Saturday’s showdown between the University of North Florida and High Point University featured plenty of scoring, but things didn’t go UNF’s...

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FILE - Rapper Kanye West speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House with President Donald Trump, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Washington. Kanye West was escorted out of the California headquarters of athletic shoemaker Skechers Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022 after he showed up unannounced. Skechers says West, also known as Ye, also engaged in unauthorized filming at its corporate headquarters in Manhattan Beach and was escorted out by two executives. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

OPINION: Does canceling really work?

Ethan Leckie, Opinions Reporter Dec 2, 2022

Unless your name is Patrick Star, you’ve probably heard of “canceling.” You know, where someone does some kind of reprehensible act, and then the public shows their disapproval by ostracizing them?...

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It’s officially cuffing season, celebrate the holiday season with some date ideas!

Mallory Pace, News Editor Dec 2, 2022

December is here which means the temperature is dropping, leaves are falling, and people are coupling up. Whether you hate it or love it, the colder months of the year are typically labeled as “cuffing...

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DeSantis

The future of DeSantis’s “Stop Woke Act” in Florida after federal judge ruling

Mallory Pace, News Editor Dec 1, 2022

A Florida state law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis was blocked by a federal judge on Nov. 17, who called it a “positively dystopian” policy that restricts how lessons on race and gender can be taught...

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Blessing Offor performing at the Saint Augustine Amphitheatre in Saint Augustine, Florida on November 2nd, 2022.

Through the eyes of a photographer: November

Justin Nedrow, Photographer Dec 1, 2022

The month of Thanksgiving is officially over and with finals around the corner, stop, take a break and flip through some of Spinnaker Photographer Justin Nedrow's best photos of November! From University...

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Harry talks to the town mayor, {Courtesy of SyFy)

Review: ‘Resident Alien,’ the best science fiction comedy TV show

Nathan Turoff, Reporter Nov 30, 2022

Step into the shoes of an alien that crash lands on Earth and poses as a human doctor in a small town in Colorado. Science fiction and comedy are two wildly different genres that rarely intersect, but...

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Chaz Lanier drives to the rim

Men’s basketball thrashes Trinity Baptist with all-hands-on-deck performance

Riley Platt, Sports Editor Nov 30, 2022

Following a rough week on the road, the University of North Florida (UNF) got back on track Tuesday with a 90-49 win over crosstown opponent Trinity Baptist College (TBC). UNF emptied its bench throughout...

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