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How COVID-19 has affected UNF nursing students

How COVID-19 has affected UNF nursing students

Sarah Glenn, Contributing Writer Apr 2, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly, the University of North Florida has moved entirely to online learning. For some more hands on majors, this has been a more challenging transition. The Brooks...

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Daily's offering care packages for those in need

Daily’s offering care packages for those in need

Lianna Norman, Editor in Chief Apr 2, 2020

Daily's Dash Locations will be handing out free care packages on Friday, April 3, from 10 a..m. until 2 p.m. Each location will have 100 care packages to hand out. The care packages are for those that...

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Opinion: Federal Government Should Take Charge on Coronavirus Measures

Lauren Kirksey, Opinions Writer Apr 2, 2020

April began with Governor Ron DeSantis issuing a statewide safer-at-home order in Florida. Mayor Lenny Curry issued a similar order for Jacksonville, and both will go into effect on Friday April 3rd. This...

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Drafting UNF’s first dodgeball team

Drafting UNF’s first dodgeball team

Drew McDonald, Sports Editor Apr 2, 2020

Featured image courtesy of: MCAS Beaufort Since there are no sports happening right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a projection of which UNF student-athletes would make the perfect dodgeball...

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Mayor Lenny Curry suspends all events in city facilities; Will the concert you planned to attend be cancelled?

Mayor Lenny Curry suspends all events in city facilities; Will the concert you planned to attend be cancelled?

Darvin Nelson, Features Editor Apr 2, 2020

Alicia Keys, John Legend, Elton John, and many other musicians were planning to come to Jacksonville to perform, but they may not be anymore. Many future concerts and live shows are being rescheduled,...

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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 31, 2020 file photo, Vincent Amos, who identified himself as homeless, pulls a shopping cart with his belongings amid businesses closed by concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the Deep Ellum section of Dallas. Amos said his shelter in place routine includes walking the area looking for work cleaning windows. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

AP: A record 6.6 million seek US jobless aid as layoffs mount

CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press Apr 2, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — doubling a record high set just one week earlier — a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst...

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UNF extends remote learning through Summer B

Kaitlyn Bowers, Video Director Apr 1, 2020

Remote learning has been extended through Summer B, in compliance with the State University System of Florida and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s social distancing protocols.  This...

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April Fools’ Day: The history and mystery behind a day of hoaxes.

April Fools’ Day: The history and mystery behind a day of hoaxes.

John Watson, News Director Apr 1, 2020

April Fools’ day is filled with pranks and hoaxes, but the origins are basked in a cloud of mystery. Did the Gregorian system have something to do with it? Or, was it caused by lots of fish? Nevertheless,...

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Renovations begin at UNF Arena

Renovations begin at UNF Arena

Drew McDonald, Sports Editor Apr 1, 2020

Images courtesy of: UNF Men's Basketball Assistant Coach Stephen Perkins  The entire lower bowl seating of the UNF Arena is currently being renovated to be redesigned under ADA accessibility guidelines.  According...

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Resident Evil 2 remake review

Resident Evil 2 remake review

Erik Feliciano, General Assignment Reporter Apr 1, 2020

Resident Evil 2 was originally released in 1998 for the original playstation and has been ported to a number of other consoles. Capcom has since then completely remade the original from the ground up for...

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at a drive-through coronavirus testing site in front of Hard Rock Stadium, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn't want the people on the Holland America's Zandaam where four people died and others are sick to be treated in Florida, saying the state doesn't have the capacity to treat outsiders as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

AP: Florida governor issues statewide stay-at-home order

BRENDAN FARRINGTON and TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press Apr 1, 2020

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a statewide stay-at-home order Wednesday as federal and local pressure mounted for him to abandon the county-by-county approach he had implemented...

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Creating real color: Part 1, red

Creating real color: Part 1, red

Carissa Marques, Contributing Writer Apr 1, 2020

About a month ago I started a project that had been on my mind for a few months. In short, it’s a photo gallery and Q&A series on Instagram to showcase women’s creativity through color. I got the...

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