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Spinnaker staff predicts Avengers: Endgame

Spinnaker | Apr 25, 2019

Before Avengers: Endgame comes out tonight, Spinnaker staff are making their own predictions on what might happen. None of us have seen the movie or have read spoilers, so everyone can read this. Who...

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Letter from the Editor: Why #SaveStudentNewsrooms is important for every student

Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief | Apr 25, 2019

Today marks the second year of the #SaveStudentNewsrooms movement. Colleges across the country, and even some internationally, are coming together to show the struggles they have gone through in the past...

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UNF Board of Trustees approves 2019 accountability plan

UNF Board of Trustees approves 2019 accountability plan

Lianna Norman, News Editor | Apr 25, 2019

With President David Szymanski has come a wave of changes to UNF culture, but one phrase has been constantly repeated too many times to count by both Szymanski and his administration over the last year:...

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The canning of UNFs philosophy graduate program

Heydi Ortiz, Police Reporter | Apr 24, 2019

Visit the UNF philosophy program graduate page and what will you find? “We are not accepting applications at this time.” Why? After a year of consideration, UNF is canning their philosophy graduate...

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UNF Men’s Golf wins ASUN Championship in back-to-back seasons

Drew McDonald, Sports Editor | Apr 24, 2019

Behind Redshirt-Senior Jordan Batchelor’s five-under-par performance in the final round, the Ospreys won the ASUN Championship for the second year in a row. Batchelor (-5)  and Senior Andrew...

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Police Beat: Vandalism, possible animal cruelty, and suspicious photography

Heydi Ortiz, Police Reporter | Apr 24, 2019

Freehanded art UNF police were dispatched to the Student Union on April 13 in response to a call about two subjects who were spray painting the 3rd floor concrete floor. According to the incident report,...

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Uber is rolling out new safety features

Lianna Norman, News Editor | Apr 23, 2019

Uber is headed toward more secure safety regulations by rolling out some brand new features to their app. The biggest of these new features is one that is intended to help app users in not mistaking...

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Students take advantage of the “PAWS Your Stress” event while others wait for a turn to pet and play with the service dogs in-training from Canine Companions. 
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Students decompress and relax at PAWS Your Stress event

Drew McDonald and Jack Cunha | Apr 23, 2019

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gexqZA3YyRQ[/embedyt] This time of the semester, students are spending countless hours at the Thomas G. Carpenter Library in order to best prepare for their exams....

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On The Horizon: UNF's New Observatory

On The Horizon: UNF’s New Observatory

Kristina Smith | Apr 22, 2019

In the next few weeks, students should keep an eye on the physics building for a change in the skyline. Come May 2019, an observatory dome will be installed on the roof of the physics building. This...

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India, a golden retriever and labrador mix, is being raised by Kelly Gates, UNF professor, and her husband. 
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UNF hosts finals weeks activities for students

Bruce Hope, Sports Reporter | Apr 22, 2019

Finals week can be stressful and tough.  Luckily, the UNF campus has some activities in place to help students get through relatively unscathed. From 12-2 p.m. on Monday, April 22, head over to...

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Men's Tennis 2019

Eagles stun Ospreys in ASUN Men’s Tennis Final, win Conference Title

Bruce Hope, Sports Reporter | Apr 21, 2019

The UNF Men’s Tennis team set out to join their classmates of the Women’s team in Tennis as conference champions, facing the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles.  It wasn’t meant to be as the Eagles...

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Zach Chappell was tagged with five earned runs in relief against Central Michigan

Ospreys end winning streak in road loss to UNA

William Cunkle | Apr 21, 2019

The University of North Alabama Lions ended the Ospreys six-game winning streak with a commanding 8-4 win of their own.  In the second inning, Senior Peyton Sockwell drove an RBI single to plate...

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