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AP: Global stocks mostly slip as virus weighs on companies

YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press Feb 20, 2020

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly dipped Thursday as several companies estimated that the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China will weigh on their earnings. France's CAC 40 edged down 0.2% to...

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JEA: What went wrong?

Emily Echevarria, Government Reporter Feb 19, 2020

“It’s just ugly” are the words used by an employee of Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) to describe the situation the company has found itself in. Over the past few months, JEA has come under...

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Rocco's Pizza Food Truck serving free pizza, bread knots, and mozzarella sticks to the UNF students. Photo by Caleb Moseley

Bounce your way to food on the Green

Courtney Green, News Editor Feb 19, 2020

Celebrate Homecoming week with Food Trucks for Fun on Thursday, February 20 from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The food trucks will be located on the Green -- a change in scenery from previous years -- and...

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Jacksonville’s History With Lynching

Christian Ayers, General Assignment Reporter Feb 18, 2020

150 armed, masked men took two black men -- Bowman Cook and John Morine -- from a county jail against their will and without any resistance from law enforcement, on Sept. 8, 1919. The mob took the two...

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Preserved human tongues found under home of former U of Florida professor

Preserved human tongues found under home of former U of Florida professor

Courtney Green, News Editor Feb 18, 2020

The home of a former University of Florida professor had a secret beneath its floorboards... According to reporting by WCJB, human remains were found under a home in northwest Gainesville during an...

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SG - Student Government

SG Presidential Election will be uncontested

Emily Echevarria, Government Reporter Feb 18, 2020

The next Student Body President will be Kathryn “Ally” Schneider, and Vice President will be Kayla Dougherty. They were the only pairing to apply for the positions, meaning there will be no election.  Schneider...

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Black History Month: Morgan Dixon’s small nail business turns into hit TV show on TNT

Heydi Ortiz, Managing Editor Feb 18, 2020

She went from Jacksonville to New Orleans, and from being a broke college student to creating memorable nail looks for the hit TV show CLAWS on TNT. Morgan Dixon graduated from UNF in 2014 with an art...

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Opinions

Opinions: Presidential Primary Pestilence

Austin W Belet, Opinions Editor Feb 18, 2020

Today is the final day to get registered to vote in the Democratic primary.  For those who want to vote for a Republican or Democratic candidate, you need to make sure TODAY to register for the party...

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Police beat: Strange man in the President’s Office

Alex Bowman, Police Reporter Feb 18, 2020

On Tuesday morning, two UPD officers were dispatched to Building 1, room 2800 in reference to a male suspiciously trying to leave a package in the UNF president’s office, according to a report. When...

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Everything Gunna requested for backstage, everything he was denied, and more…

Heydi Ortiz, Managing Editor Feb 18, 2020

This year the Nest will be welcoming a popular artist by the name of Gunna to be the main act at Oz Fest. Student Government paid a whopping $125,000 for the artist to perform at UNF for a total of 60...

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Ospreys drop first River City Rumble matchup of the year

Zach Yearwood, Sports Reporter Feb 18, 2020

Featured image by: Kaitlyn Bowers North Florida’s women’s basketball team fought hard but fell to the Jacksonville Dolphins Monday night, 69-60. “We talk about specific things that we needed...

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UNF Student Health Services adds additional screening tool for coronavirus

UNF Student Health Services adds additional screening tool for coronavirus

Courtney Green, News Editor Feb 17, 2020

While University of Florida professors have asked students to leave class for health testing related to the novel coronavirus, University of North Florida has added an additional screening tool for the...

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