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Netflix adds Avatar:The Last Airbender

Netflix adds Avatar:The Last Airbender

Zach Yearwood, News Editor | May 19, 2020

Saddle up your flying bisons. The hit Nickelodeon show Avatar: The Last Airbender flew onto Netflix’s lineup over the weekend. Fans of the show have been yearning for it to arrive on a major streaming...

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Percy Jackson series in the making; coming soon to Disney Plus

Percy Jackson series in the making; coming soon to Disney Plus

Darvin Nelson, Features Editor | May 19, 2020

Many fans have been wondering when the Percy Jackson stories would come back to life after the movie series was cut short. Rick Riordon, author of the Percy Jackson series, has confirmed that there...

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Review of Workin' Moms season 4

Review of Workin’ Moms season 4

Kaitlyn Bowers, Video Director | May 19, 2020

Workin’ Moms is a Netflix original show that has never been afraid to push boundaries and discuss taboo topics. But did its latest season hold up compared to the previous ones? The short answer would...

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State University System of Florida prepping guidelines for universities to return in fall

Zach Yearwood, News Editor | May 18, 2020

The State University System of Florida announced in a press release Monday that it is preparing a set of guidelines that will allow for public universities in the state to safely reopen for the fall semester. “The...

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Distance Learning

Is distance learning here to stay?

Siddie Friar, Intern Reporter | May 18, 2020

When campuses across Florida shut down in mid-March the general feeling for some was that, come summer things would return to ‘normal’ and campus life, in all its forms, would be able to resume.  Unfortunately,...

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Album Review: Day Wave - Crush

Album Review: Day Wave – Crush

Carissa Marques, Creative Services Director | May 18, 2020

Introduction:  Day Wave is an indie rock band from California that started in the mid 2010s. Jackson Phillip is the lead singer, and producer of their latest EP, Crush. The EP has surf rock vibes that...

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Ron Nelson

UNF mourns loss of esteemed adjunct professor

Siddie Friar, Intern Reporter | May 18, 2020

Ron Nelson, one of UNF’s beloved earth science professors, passed away during the afternoon of May 11. According to his department, Nelson had a history of medical setbacks over the years but remained...

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Gym

Gov. Desantis announces gyms will reopen on Monday

Haneifah Ahmad, Intern Reporter | May 17, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - As we move into phase one of recovery, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that gyms can reopen on Monday.  Gym goers are to maintain a safe distance from one another as...

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ALBUM REVIEW: “Color Theory” by Soccer Mommy

ALBUM REVIEW: “Color Theory” by Soccer Mommy

Sydney Chatani, Program Director | May 15, 2020

Staff Pick of the Week: Sydney Chatani, Program Director INTRODUCTION: Soccer Mommy (AKA, twenty-two year old Sophia Allison) is a singer-songwriter hailing from Nashville, Tennessee. Her second...

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JU announces students will return to campus fall semester

JU announces students will return to campus fall semester

Siddie Friar, Reporter | May 15, 2020

In an announcement made Wednesday by JU president, Tim Cost, he stated that JU was “100% committed to you being on this campus come this fall in late August, to take your classes, to live and to learn...

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A Facebook profile picture of UNF Senior Anthony Rojas.

UF Student Files Class Action Against Florida Board of Governors

Siddie Friar, Reporter | May 15, 2020

Anthony Rojas has a natural inclination to social justice issues. His parents immigrated to the United States from Colombia before he was born. They saw firsthand many issues with justice and equality...

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FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill, speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Biden has no foreseeable plans to resume in-person campaigning amid a pandemic that is testing whether a national presidential election can be won by a candidate communicating almost entirely from home. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

AP: Basement-bound Biden campaign worries some Democrats

BILL BARROW and STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press | May 14, 2020

Joe Biden has no foreseeable plans to resume in-person campaigning amid a pandemic that is testing whether a national presidential election can be won by a candidate communicating almost entirely from...

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