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Senate members discuss business during the meeting. Photo by Alan Vargas.

Senate Meeting: Discussion regarding old skate park grounds and new bill proposals

Alan Vargas | Jun 8, 2018

The UNF Senate met on Friday, June 8 in order to vote on a bill that clears up language in the Title VI Election Code, as well as send two new bills to Student Government Committees for discussion. The...

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UNF Student Government Releases Prices for Jaguars Ticket Sales

UNF Student Government Releases Prices for Jaguars Ticket Sales

Drew McDonald, Sports Editor | Jun 8, 2018

UNF Student Government posted their ticket prices of Jaguars games for this upcoming season in an email to UNF students and faculty. Season Tickets go on sale Tuesday, July 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and...

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Fynn Timm and Eden Meyer named ASUN Student-Athletes of the Year

Fynn Timm and Eden Meyer named ASUN Student-Athletes of the Year

Drew McDonald, Sports Editor | Jun 8, 2018

On Wednesday, June 6 at the 2018 ASUN Conference Spring Meetings, Fynn Timm and Eden Meyer were the recipients of the ASUN Student-Athletes of the Year award. This is the first time a UNF student-athlete...

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Response to a torn Safe Space sticker. Photo by Carly Kramer.

LGBT Resource center offers replacement “Safe Space” stickers following recent unauthorized removals

Carly Kramer | Jun 7, 2018

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIDlK9KcYVc[/embedyt] Designated “Safe Spaces” on campus exist for students and faculty as locations of understanding and acceptance. However, the LGBT...

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Derek Marinatos Soccer Academy. Photo by Drew McDonald.

Derek Marinatos Soccer Academy provides a unique experience for kids

Drew McDonald, Sports Editor | Jun 7, 2018

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT-HCVc0flc[/embedyt] Summer camps are stereotypically known to be a place where counselors babysit kids until their parents pick them up, but this isn’t...

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Freshman Austin Drury winds up to deliver a pitch.

Photo by Emily Woodbury

UNF baseball player Austin Drury drafted by Los Angeles Dodgers

Drew McDonald, Sports Editor | Jun 6, 2018

Another osprey has been selected in this year’s Major League Baseball as Austin Drury is heading west to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Drury was selected in the 34 round. This is the second player from UNF...

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Graphic by Sam Chaney

OPINION: Miss America and body image

Tamlynn Torchon | Jun 6, 2018

If one searches through missamerica.org, their statement is that the organization is “one of the nation’s leading achievement programs for young women.” Miss America is a tradition of celebrating...

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MyPark helps shoppers overcome parking difficulties in St. John’s Town Center

MyPark helps shoppers overcome parking difficulties in St. John’s Town Center

Cori Santucci | Jun 6, 2018

A new service offered in Jacksonville is helping shoppers guarantee a parking spot in the St. John’s Town Center for a small fee. The app, called MyPark, launched locally on June 1 and allows visitors...

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Graphic by Sam Chaney

Beat being broke: Summer side hustles

Sam Chaney, News Editor | Jun 6, 2018

As great as it is to dream about having an adventurous summer that’s worthy of those cheesy, slow-motion shots of you running down the beach on some distant romcom coast, it's time to be honest:...

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Photo by Camille Shaw

Three dead and one injured in shooting near Town Center

Sam Chaney, News Editor | Jun 6, 2018

At approximately 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, three individuals were killed in a drive-by shooting near Town Center Parkway. An additional fourth individual was injured.                         The...

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Parking reservations due to Armada Game

Sam Chaney, News Editor | Jun 6, 2018

On Wednesday, June 6 parking in certain lots on campus will be affected by the Jacksonville Armada Club’s next game of the season. Lot 18 will have reserved spaces from 4 p.m. till 8 p.m. for...

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Osprey Update Special Edition went out to students, faculty and staff on June 5.

Campus crime alert: Attempted car burglaries

Hannah Lee | Jun 5, 2018

In a special edition Osprey Update sent out on Tuesday, June 5, the University of North Florida Police Department would like to make the campus community aware of attempted burglaries of two vehicles. According...

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