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UNF E-sports summer kickoff party

UNF E-sports summer kickoff party

Nolan Hammond | Jun 24, 2018

The UNF Esports Club will be hosting a summer kickoff party on Sunday, June 24 featuring a 6v6 Overwatch tournament and a 1v1 Hearthstone tournament. The event will be held at the GLHF Game Bar...

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Jaguars 2018-2019 season preview: Super Bowl contenders or pretenders?

Jaguars 2018-2019 season preview: Super Bowl contenders or pretenders?

Hunter Horstman | Jun 24, 2018

With UNF Student Government selling Jacksonville Jaguar tickets on July 17 and the 18, and with training camp right around the corner, NFL football is coming back very soon. Right now the Jaguars,...

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Kaitlin Legg on life, sexuality and having “the coolest job ever”

Kaitlin Legg on life, sexuality and having “the coolest job ever”

Andy Moser, Features Editor | Jun 23, 2018

Kaitlin Legg bellows a warm welcome through the open doorway of her first-floor office in the University of North Florida LGBT Center. Her socks have little pictures of pizzas on them, putting my bland,...

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Summer B Kickoff Week: Events to launch into your summer term

Summer B Kickoff Week: Events to launch into your summer term

Hunter Horstman | Jun 23, 2018

*Correction 6/25: The Summer B cookout is at the Student Union Food Court, not the Osprey Clubhouse. Everyone says that college is the best time of your life and, with UNF being such a great school,...

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Senate meeting: The official vote on legislation regarding the old skate park

Alan Vargas | Jun 22, 2018

*Correction 6/25 9:45 a.m A previous version of this article stated the skate paved was paved over for a cost of $250,000. However, the $250,000 that Student Government paid was for the original skate...

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Special Osprey Update from President Szymanski

Special Osprey Update from President Szymanski

Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief | Jun 22, 2018

21 days into President David Szymanski's run at UNF, he has stated that he has felt energized by an outpouring of support by faculty, staff, students, alums and donors. In the Friday, June 22 Osprey...

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UNF students recognized at TERMINUS Film Festival

UNF students recognized at TERMINUS Film Festival

Sam Chaney, News Editor | Jun 22, 2018

What started out as 72 films eventually became only two. In the end, that's how many student-made short films from the University of North Florida had what it took to be recognized as award-winning...

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‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ lacks the bite of its predecessor

‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ lacks the bite of its predecessor

Andy Moser, Features Editor | Jun 22, 2018

The park is gone. And unfortunately, so is most of the fun. Fallen Kingdom is comparatively smaller, quieter and contains much less teeth than 2015’s Jurassic World, not to mention the magically fearsome...

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Preferred names are now accessible in Canvas

Hannah Lee | Jun 21, 2018

UNF students and employees can now change and see their preferred name in Canvas. The preferred name will be reflected in UNF email and the learning management systems, according to the University....

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Letter to the Editor: Student Government wants its rock back, and is pushing students and faculty over to get it

Thomas Beaucham | Jun 21, 2018

  In the last couple of weeks, Student Government has begun to re-assert its claim to the concrete slab that once housed the ill-fated skate park. Coming in as a first-year student in 2014-15,...

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Summer movie calendar

Summer movie calendar

Andy Moser, Features Editor | Jun 21, 2018

Bored? Looking to procrastinate? Or just trying to find a summer activity that doesn’t involve sweating? Think about checking out some of these movies coming to theaters over summer session. Jurassic...

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Opinion: Modern politics lacks empathy

Tamlynn Torchon | Jun 21, 2018

On Wednesday, June 20, President Donald Trump signed the executive order titled “Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation.” This order supposedly solves the controversial...

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