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College students facing an unemployment crisis

College students facing an unemployment crisis

Hayley Simonson, Police Reporter | Sep 29, 2020

Featured image by Emilio Takas via Unsplash. Stimulus checks from six months ago have dried up, and college graduates are competing with 30 million other unemployed Americans for jobs. The class of...

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Free drive-in COVID-19 testing today

Free drive-in COVID-19 testing today

Mariana Mejia, Reporter | Sep 29, 2020

Mariana Mejia, Reporter Hey there Ospreys, UNF will be hosting a free COVID-19 drive-in testing event from 3p.m. - 6 p.m. The event will be available for students, and faculty and staff members in...

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ITS service interruption released; UNF upgrades firewall

ITS service interruption released; UNF upgrades firewall

Hayley Simonson, Police Reporter | Sep 28, 2020

An ITS service interruption was released by UNF shortly after Flagler College, in St. Augustine, announced that one of their databases was the target of a ransomware attack.  The University of North...

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Spirit Week events will be hosted from Monday, Sept. 28 until Oct. 2

Osprey Life and Productions presents UNF Spirit Week

Zach Yearwood, Managing Editor | Sep 28, 2020

It smells like school spirit. Osprey Life and Productions will host several events throughout the week for a fun way to bring the UNF community together. Most of this week’s activities will be virtual,...

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How to not get scammed in your UNF email; UNF IT Security explains phishing emails

How to not get scammed in your UNF email; UNF IT Security explains phishing emails

Darvin Nelson, News Editor | Sep 25, 2020

Do you like fishing? Well phishing is kind of similar, but while you won't catch a monster bass, someone could catch your Instagram password.  Scam emails are really annoying, but unfortunately our...

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FILE - This March 29, 2018 file photo, shows the logo for social media giant Facebook at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. With just two months left until the U.S. presidential election, Facebook says it is taking additional steps to encourage voting, minimize misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election “civil unrest.” The company said Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, it will restrict new political ads in the week before the election and remove posts that convey misinformation about COVID-19 and voting. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Beware — social media is affecting your vote

Aloe Suarez, Intern Reporter | Sep 25, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Social media is influencing users’ styles, outlooks and their voting decisions. Political analyzers, creators and professors are concerned that social media targets voters to...

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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 1993, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes the court oath from Chief Justice William Rehnquist, right, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Ginsburg's husband Martin holds the Bible and President Bill Clinton watches at left. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

Analysis: The new Supreme Court vacancy could spell a political ‘nightmare’ for both parties

Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor | Sep 25, 2020

In May 2016, President Obama had nominated the Chief Judge of the D.C. Court of Appeals, Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court after the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. It was an election...

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US Census coming to an end; Colleges rely on accurate census information

US Census coming to an end; Colleges rely on accurate census information

Sep 24, 2020

Darvin Nelson, News Editor Featured image by Christin Hume via Unsplash. Have you done the 2020 Census? The deadline for the Census is approaching and college students are at risk of being counted...

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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron addresses the media following the return of a grand jury investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor, in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Of the three Louisville Metro police officers being investigated, one was indicted. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

AP: In Taylor case, limits of law overcome calls for justice

ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press | Sep 24, 2020

"Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor" became a rallying cry this summer, emblazoned on T-shirts worn by celebrities and sports stars while protesters filled the streets demanding police accountability....

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UNF's Solidarity Party

UNF’s Solidarity Party

Nathan Turoff, Student Government Reporter | Sep 23, 2020

Nathan Turoff, Student Government Reporter There’s a new Political Party among UNF’s election scene - the Solidarity Party. With the tagline of “Transparency, representation, and results,” the...

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This September 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the company. Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if the single-dose vaccine can protect against the coronavirus. (Cheryl Gerber/Courtesy of Johnson & Johnson via AP)

AP: Late-stage study of first single-shot vaccine begins in US

LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press | Sep 23, 2020

Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine can protect against the virus. The study starting Wednesday will be one of the world's largest coronavirus...

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UNF names Dr. Karen B. Patterson as Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Zach Yearwood, Managing Editor | Sep 22, 2020

UNF has named Dr. Karen B. Patterson as the school’s interim provost and vice president of Academic Affairs. In a Tuesday press release, the school said Patterson will, “work closely with faculty...

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