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UNF surf team ranked third in the nation at NSSA Interscholastic Championship

UNF surf team ranked third in the nation at NSSA Interscholastic Championship

Sam Chaney, News Editor Jun 19, 2018

After being ranked the top National Scholastic Surfing East Coast collegiate surf team for four consecutive years, the UNF Surf Team and Club rode their victory wave all the way to the NSSA Interscholastic...

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Opinion: Juneteenth Should be Valued

Tamlynn Torchon Jun 19, 2018

Every American citizen- and even foreigners - know about the Fourth of July, also commonly known as Independence Day. However, many have perhaps never heard of Juneteenth, also referred to as Freedom...

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Students come together at a vigil for 20-year-old Hayden Raulerson.

Students honor Hayden Raulerson with candlelight vigil

Sam Chaney, News Editor Jun 18, 2018

A random snow cone machine purchased on an early-morning whim. A basketball hoop placed in the front yard as a surprise for his roommate. Heartwarming gifts strategically left out for his friends on...

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UNF summer camp undergoing changes after a boy nearly drowns

UNF summer camp undergoing changes after a boy nearly drowns

Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief Jun 18, 2018

A six-year-old boy was pulled from a pool during UNF's Youth Sports and Fitness Camp after being underwater for a long period of time. He wasn't pulled out by a lifeguard, but by a random passerby. The...

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Summer B hours of operation

Sam Chaney, News Editor Jun 18, 2018

The heat is slowly but surely encroaching on UNF's campus, and it's bringing both rain and Summer B with it. While it's the time of year to start checking the weather every morning before you leave...

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OPINION: The World Cup may not be worth the cost

Tamlynn Torchon Jun 18, 2018

The United States has its big sports: basketball, American football and so on. For the rest of the world, soccer (or commonly known as football) is an unstoppable and uncomparable force no other sport...

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Inside look of UNF's nature trails

Inside look of UNF’s nature trails

Khorri Newton, Photographer Jun 17, 2018

Every thought of going on the nature trails but decided not to? Our photographer, Khorri Newton went on the trails earlier this week to show you what you might be missing out on. — For more information...

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Jane Mickler passed away at the age of 69. Courtesy of the Times of San Diego.

UNF adjunct professor, Jane Mickler, passes away

Hannah Lee Jun 16, 2018

Jane Clifford Mickler, a journalism adjunct professor at UNF, passed away Thursday, June 14 at the age of 69. Mickler also taught at Flagler College in St. Augustine and was a former WJXT TV-4 anchor and...

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Spinnaker staff members win Green Eyeshade awards

Carly Kramer Jun 16, 2018

Two staff members from the Spinnaker have qualified as award winners for the 68th Annual Green Eyeshade Awards, a competition that recognizes excellence in journalism. Photo Editor Lili Weinstein...

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UNF Civil Engineering Professor Thobias Sando. Photo courtesy of the University of North Florida.

Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship awarded to UNF professor Thobias Sando

Nolan Hammond Jun 15, 2018

UNF Civil Engineering Professor Thobias Sando is working in Tanzania along with Festo Mjogolo, a UNF graduate student, in order to conduct a 12-week Infrastructure Management Research Clinic at the Dar...

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Student Government: Committees discuss Student Government applications and Osprey Voice

Alan Vargas Jun 15, 2018

The UNF Student Government Senate Committee meetings were held on Friday, June 15 in the John E. Sapp Conference Room. The Government Oversight, Constitution and Statutes, Budget and Allocations and University...

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OPINION: Net neutrality matters

Tamlynn Torchon Jun 15, 2018

As of Monday, June 11, net neutrality has officially been repealed. There have been many mixed reactions to this news, notably negative ones, due to concerns of fairness of an open internet and freedom...

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