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Tik Tok vs. Vine

Tik Tok vs. Vine

Darvin Nelson, Features Editor Apr 15, 2020

Digital media thrived in the 2000s and social media evolved to many platforms. Vine and Tik Tok are very similar social media platforms as creators have limited time to create entertaining videos, and...

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The Walk-Ons discuss new NFL uniforms, WWE and more

The Walk-Ons discuss new NFL uniforms, WWE and more

Spinnaker Sports Staff Apr 15, 2020

Featured image and video by: John Watson With special guests Jacob Prail and WBIR's David Schiele, the Walk-Ons gave their weekly update in sports consisting of professional wrestling, the new NFL uniforms...

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Hobbies during quarantine: Ukulele with John Watson

Hobbies during quarantine: Ukulele with John Watson

John Watson, News Director Apr 15, 2020

While the semester comes to an end and Covid-19 continues to keep millions of people at home, it can be tough to keep your mind fresh and focused. Billionaire Warren Buffett once said, “The best investment...

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FILE- In this Feb. 7, 2020 file photo, Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., shake hands on stage before the start of a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Warren has endorsed Joe Biden, becoming the last of the former vice president’s major Democratic presidential rivals to formally back him.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

AP: Warren becomes latest ex-presidential rival to back Biden

WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press Apr 15, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren endorsed Joe Biden on Wednesday, the latest of the former vice president's onetime White House rivals to back him as the Democratic Party moves to project unity against...

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Person holding up books

How to return your rental books in the midst of COVID-19

Breanna Cataldo, General Assignment Reporter Apr 15, 2020

Amongst all of the other questions pondering students' minds during COVID-19, how to return their books is one of them. The UNF Bookstore recently released information that could help ease this issue.  The...

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Custodial staff and SERVPRO cleaning company clean the UNF campus

Custodial staff and SERVPRO cleaning company clean the UNF campus

Darvin Nelson, Features Editor Apr 15, 2020

Although most students and faculty are working from home, the UNF campus is still being maintained. Most of the maintenance is being done by UNF custodial staff, and some is being performed by SERVPRO,...

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A helper of the German Red Cross DRK in protective suit, left, takes a smear from a patient outside a car, right, during the official opening of a drive-through (drive-in) COVID-19 testing center at the fair ground in Dresden, eastern Germany, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. The appointment-only drive-through testing center is starting today with working. Medical staff reache into a car to take a nasopharyngeal swab from a patient. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

US relief checks begin arriving as economic damage piles up

CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, PAUL WISEMAN and JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press Apr 15, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government relief checks began arriving in Americans' bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wednesday and the reopening of stores in Europe...

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Opinion: People are still on the roads?

Opinion: People are still on the roads?

Breanna Cataldo, General Assignment Reporter Apr 14, 2020

The Safer at Home Order closed all non-essential businesses in Jacksonville on Friday, April 3. The order stressed that people try their hardest to stay home, unless going out was absolutely necessary....

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President David Szymanski.

President Szymanski updates BOT on COVID-19 response

Emily Echevarria, Student Government Reporter Apr 14, 2020

As the UNF Board of Trustees convened over Zoom on Tuesday, April 14, University President David Szymanski presented an update on how UNF is handling the pandemic through continuity of education and financial...

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The College of Health is located inside J. Brooks Brown Hall.

UNF nursing students engage in philanthropy despite inability to work in hospitals

Sarah Glenn Apr 14, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to spread, medical professionals are working nonstop. A group of nursing students at the University of North Florida are working together to assist health care workers in the area. While...

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A woman wearing a face mask walks near a shop featuring a washing hands slogan Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency last week for Tokyo and some other prefectures to ramp up defenses against the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

How to end virus lockdowns? Technology, tests, coordination

LORI HINNANT, FRANK JORDANS and CHRIS BLAKE, Associated Press Apr 14, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — Governments battling a virus that has crossed borders with breathtaking speed pinned their hopes Tuesday on tests, technology and a coordinated approach to ease the tight restrictions on...

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Album Review: Yaeji - WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던

Album Review: Yaeji – WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던

Carissa Marques Apr 13, 2020

WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 (We’ve Been Drawing) is Yaeji’s first full-length album, but she likes to refer to this project as a mixtape since each track closely resembles a diary entry. Kathy...

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