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North Florida squeezes out an overtime victory against Eastern Michigan

Joslyn Simmons | Nov 30, 2017

https://youtu.be/H8uDgxmPXzc Video by Jas Chung It came down to the final buzzer for the North Florida Ospreys' (2-7) to snatch an 84-81 overtime victory over the Eastern Michigan Eagles (5-2) in front...

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Angela Zwarycz in the lab. Photo by Pierce Turner

Curry vs. Cancer: UNF students do career-making research

Pierce Turner, Features Editor | Nov 29, 2017

The Curry Cure Eating at your favorite Indian restaurant may leave your tongue on fire, but that fire is also trying to burn away cancer cells. With career-making research from UNF chemistry students,...

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After. Photo by Liliana Kendall.

I Escaped: UNF escape room first person experience

Liliana Kendall | Nov 29, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rrWTdV55fg&feature=youtu.be Video by Courtney Stringfellow You're graduated, independent and thriving. Grad school is one semester away, and you have some time and...

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World AIDS day booth at Market Days

World AIDS day booth at Market Days

Carly Kramer | Nov 29, 2017

The UNF LGBT Resource Center partnered with Health Promotions during Market Days to spread awareness for World AIDS Day. The LGBT Resource Center has a booth set up to answer questions. There are also...

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Osprey Connector. Photo by Valeree Del Guidice

Osprey Connector’s contract almost up, what’s next?

Valeree Del Guidice | Nov 28, 2017

If you are a commuter student, then you are familiar with the Osprey Connector. There are changes coming in the near future that could affect the shuttle. The shuttle system began in 2007 under...

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Building 50: Science and Engineering

Deep Dive | Engineering Building

Pierce Turner | Nov 28, 2017

Welcome to Spinnaker’s Deep Dive. Here, we will take a look at some of the interesting, beautiful, and scary rooms on campus that you typically don’t get to see. The photo series will cover the whole...

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Students line up outside the Student Union to get tickets to see Obama. Photo by Joslyn Simmons

How are time tickets designated?

Tristan Reyes | Nov 28, 2017

Some of the students at UNF are wondering how exactly student registration tickets are handed out. University Registar and Director of Records and Registration, Chad Learch was able to talk to Spinnaker...

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Courtesy of Osprey Productions.

Can you escape?

Andy Castro | Nov 28, 2017

Osprey Productions will be hosting an Escape Room today, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2017 at the Student Union Ballrooms. The escape room will be based on you waking up to all your belongings missing and...

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Bee the Border Collie | The Geese Strike Back

Bee the Border Collie | The Geese Strike Back

Tristan Reyes | Nov 27, 2017

The geese are back. Or were they ever really gone? This question is a tricky one, due to the terms of Bee the Border Collie’s contract. The contract only allows the Goose Masters of Northeast...

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North Florida basketball falls to No.11 Miami

Joslyn Simmons | Nov 25, 2017

Men’s basketball (1-7) troubles on the road continued with a turnover-filled 86-65 loss to No.11 Miami Hurricanes (5-0) in Coral Gables, two days after Thanksgiving. North Florida struck first...

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Graphic by Rachelle Keller

Police Beat: Fake sugar daddy, gunshots and vandalism

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Nov 24, 2017

Can I be your sugar daddy? On Nov. 13, UNFPD met with a student at the Crossings. The student told police he was on the web site Jack'd looking for a friend. Jack’d is a dating app similar to Tinder...

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Candle light vigil. Lili Weinstein

Honoring those lost: UNF celebrates Transgender Day of Remembrance

Tom McCormick | Nov 22, 2017

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb7fFb_lDeU[/embedyt] A candlelight vigil was held on Monday night in honor of National Transgender Day of Remembrance and Resilience. Organized by the...

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