Skip to Main Content
UNF's #1 Student-Run News Source

UNF Spinnaker

UNF's #1 Student-Run News Source

UNF Spinnaker

UNF's #1 Student-Run News Source

UNF Spinnaker

Latest Stories

Graphic by Sam Chaney

UNF’s Confucius Institute closing by February 2019

Kevin Beaugrand, News Editor | Aug 14, 2018

The University of North Florida announced the decision on Aug. 14 to close the Confucius Institute after “careful consideration” by the Academic and Student Affairs. The decision to close the...

Read More
The Ospreys faced off against the No. 16 UCF Knights in an exhibition
Photo by: Hunter Horstman

Women’s Soccer shutout by UCF

Hunter Horstman | Aug 13, 2018

  On Sunday, the UNF Women’s Soccer team  lost 3-0 to the University of Central Florida in an exhibition. UCF entered the match as the 16th best team in the nation.  Towards the end of...

Read More
Osprey Production's flyer for the Bluelight Bash

Osprey Productions announces performers for Bluelight Bash

Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief | Aug 13, 2018

The artists known as Blackbear and Sohlo will be performing at Osprey Productions Bluelight Bash. The event is a part of Campus Life's Week of Welcome. Blackbear is an American hip-hop artist, songwriter...

Read More
Yutuc's Facebook profile picture. Photo from Facebook.

UNF Navigators honors Greg Yutuc through a Celebration of Life vigil

Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief | Aug 13, 2018

Greg Yutuc was only 22 when he passed away in a car crash on July 14. In the car crash, Yutuc was able to save his mother's life by grabbing the steering wheel last minute. “My wife was the driver,”...

Read More
Storm clouds pass over the St. Johns River.

Toxic waters cause crisis in South Florida

Jessica May | Aug 13, 2018

Southern shores are becoming littered with dead sea animals due to South Florida’s bright blue-green algae outbreak, and it’s still not over. UNF Biology Professor Dale Casamatta, whose expertise...

Read More
Lee Giat will be heading to Russia this September to train as an Astronaut.

UNF Student wins all-expenses-paid trip to Russia to study as a Cosmonaut

Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief | Aug 12, 2018

At only 20 years old, he has his own pilot license, is the director of his own film studio, and now he is going to study in Russia at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Lee Giat is a junior at...

Read More
 Graphic  by Rachelle Keller

Police Beat: Stolen watch and cell phone

Sam Chaney, Managing Editor | Aug 12, 2018

It’s Not All Gucci, Man UNFPD was dispatched to Lot 11 on Friday, July 27 in response to a report of stolen property. According to the police report, the victim had parked his 2007 Ford Mustang...

Read More
Papa John's in the John A. Delaney Student Union.

Papa John’s replacement discussed during committee meetings

Nolan Hammond | Aug 11, 2018

The recently removed Papa John’s in the John A. Delaney Student Union is being replaced with a pizza restaurant called Slice, a made-in-house brand by Chartwells. Further, a Panda Express in the Student...

Read More
UNFPD police cars.

All UNF employees are now mandatory reporters for sexual assault

Aisling Glocke | Aug 10, 2018

On Thursday, Aug. 9, members of the Clery Act Committee met to further discuss the use of Title IX precautions on campus. Among these precautions was the announcement that all UNF employees are now mandatory...

Read More
UNF Student, Jesse Martinez, was arrested on April 9.

UNFPD finds video inside the men’s bathroom at the Library on Jesse Martinez’s computer

Sam Chaney and Hannah Lee | Aug 10, 2018

UNF student Jesse Martinez, who was arrested in April, recently received an additional 15 new felony charges, according to a Campus Security Update sent out by the University Police Department on Friday,...

Read More
Democratic hopefuls thank the audience for their time.

A one-on-one take with Democrats top five candidates

On the evening of Aug. 9, five Democratic candidates came together at Jacksonville University to talk about policies and what makes them unique in order to poll as the majority candidate in the upcoming...

Read More
Jacksonville Beach City Hall unanimously voted to close restaurants at midnight.

Jacksonville Beach City Council moves forward with plans to potentially close some restaurants at midnight

Kevin Beaugrand, News Editor | Aug 9, 2018

Residents and business owners gathered at the Jacksonville Beach city hall on Wednesday, Aug. 8, to watch the city council unanimously approve a proposal to explore a change to the city’s alcohol ordinance....

Read More