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UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 6: slowdowns in the U.S. Postal Service have spurred concerns about delivery and receipt of ballots for the November elections. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

What’s on the Florida Ballot?

Nathan Turoff, Student Government Reporter | Oct 6, 2020

It’s election season here in Florida, and there are many things on the ballot -- not just candidates and positions. Florida, as outlined in its state constitution, has the capability to add amendments...

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Florida's Voter registration site fails hours before the deadline

Florida’s Voter registration site fails hours before the deadline

Darvin Nelson, News Editor | Oct 6, 2020

Floridians encountered slow responses or error messages on the voter registration site on Oct. 5 -- the registration deadline. Potential voters trying to access the website might have been met with...

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

New poll by UNF’s polling laboratory has Biden leading in Florida

Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor | Oct 6, 2020

In a poll of 3,142 registered likely voters released on the eve of the vice presidential debate, UNF’s Public Opinion Research Laboratory (PORL) has former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. ahead of...

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Impeachment charges against Elections Comissioner Boyer dropped following 6-6 vote

Nathan Turoff, Student Government Reporter | Oct 5, 2020

An impeachment trial was held against Elections Commissioner Darryl Boyer in the Senate meeting, last Friday. Commissioner Boyer was indicted on charges of “Malfeasance,” or wrongdoing, as outlined...

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The Bookstore shaving a large sale on apparel .Photo by Valeree Del Guidice

UNF Bookstore hosts online ‘Cyber Sale’ this week

John Watson, Sports Editor | Oct 5, 2020

Get your laptops out and browsers open because the UNF Bookstore is having a cyber sale this week full of great deals and tons of savings.  You can save 25 percent off clothing, accessories and gifts...

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UNF’s Community First reopens after renovations and yearns to improve financial literacy

Aloe Suarez, Reporter | Oct 5, 2020

Featured image by Justin Nedrow. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Community First Credit Union on the University of North Florida’s campus is now open for continual business after completing renovations,...

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Today is the deadline to register to vote in Florida and a handful of other states — are you registered?

Erik Feliciano, Reporter | Oct 5, 2020

Today, Oct. 5, marks the final day that you can register to participate in the 2020 Presidential Election in Florida and a handful of other states -- so if you have yet to register now is your last chance...

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Professors give opinions on uncertainty of spring semester

Professors give opinions on uncertainty of spring semester

Hayley Simonson, Police Reporter | Oct 5, 2020

Several UNF professors have come out against a full return to campus for the Spring 2021 semester in anonymous statements to Spinnaker. One even went as far as to call the University's president a "yes-man"...

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Cash Prizes offered by the Writing Center for the 2020 General Election Informed Citizen Writing Contest

Cash Prizes offered by the Writing Center for the 2020 General Election Informed Citizen Writing Contest

Hayley Simonson, Police Reporter | Oct 3, 2020

If you’re feeling extra passionate about this year’s election, you may want to check out the UNF Writing Center’s new cash prize contest that has officially opened for submission and entry. The...

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UNF keeps the performing arts alive through COVID-19

UNF keeps the performing arts alive through COVID-19

Kayla Chouinard | Oct 3, 2020

UNF student Madeline Aquino, a co-founder and president of the school's Swoop Troupe theater club, has always fed off the energy she gets from the audience while she's on stage. She's hoping she can feel...

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President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he leaves the White House to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after he tested positive for COVID-19, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AP: Trump, stricken by COVID-19, taken to military hospital

JILL COLVIN AND ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press | Oct 2, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump appeared in public Friday evening for the first time since being stricken by COVID-19, boarding his Marine One helicopter for a flight to a military hospital...

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Partake in virtual fitness classes through UNF's Wellness Center

Partake in virtual fitness classes through UNF’s Wellness Center

Hayley Simonson, Police Reporter | Oct 2, 2020

Ospreys, do you miss group fitness through the UNF Wellness Center? Even though all group fitness classes were canceled for the fall 2020 semester due to COVID-19, you can still stay plugged in with some...

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