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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 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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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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UNF’s SBDC is Instrumental in Helping Small Businesses and Nonprofits

UNF’s SBDC is Instrumental in Helping Small Businesses and Nonprofits

Brett Nweeia, Videographer | Apr 13, 2020

What seemed just three months ago to be a great business environment has now come to a halt as the coronavirus hinders businesses’ abilities to stay open and make a profit. Small businesses around the...

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Why you should order take-out, and how to do it safely

Kaitlyn Bowers, Video Director | Apr 13, 2020

Restaurants have taken a huge hit in the past few months due to COVID-19. While it might be easy for large corporations to bounce back from this, the same cannot be said for local restaurants. Luckily,...

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A homeless woman wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus crosses an empty street in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, April 13, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

AP: Health or wealth? Nations pressured to loosen virus rules

ARITZ PARRA, JOSEPH WILSON and ELENA BECATOROS, Associated Press | Apr 13, 2020

MADRID (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic throws millions out of work and devastates economies worldwide, governments are struggling with the delicate balance between keeping people safe from a highly...

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SG contributes to the student relief fund

Emily Echevarria, Student Government Reporter | Apr 11, 2020

Student Government held their last meetings for the semester on Friday, April 10. Emergency Budget and Allocations Committee and Senate meetings were held in order to address SG contributing funds to the...

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