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It's Party Time: An Introduction to UNF Parties running for Student Government

It’s Party Time: An Introduction to UNF Parties running for Student Government

Kristina Smith | Feb 16, 2019

Campaign season is usually a time to dread, but for UNF students it's a time to form their parties and promote ideas that could change the face of the university. For the 2019-2020 year, three parties...

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Spinnaker Investigates: What happened to the alert system?

Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief | Feb 15, 2019

On Monday night there was an alleged armed person on campus. After the incident was solved, a major issue students, faculty, parents and staff had was that they were alerted an hour after the call to...

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Spinnaker Media to cover UNF presidential inauguration of David Szymanski

Spinnaker Media to cover UNF presidential inauguration of David Szymanski

Spinnaker Media | Feb 15, 2019

Spinnaker Media will be offering live coverage of UNF President Szymanski’s inauguration on Friday, Feb. 22 with a live broadcast of the ceremony and interviews with UNF officials. “We’ve been...

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Osprey Update notifies students of Church of God the Mother presence

Osprey Update notifies students of Church of God the Mother presence

Aisling Glocke, Managing Editor | Feb 14, 2019

UNF sent out an Osprey Update Thursday morning notifying students and faculty about the group "Church of God the Mother". The update was sent out after multiple students stated their concerns on...

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Police beat: Student arrested in midst of Arena Garage reported threat

Heydi Ortiz, Police Reporter | Feb 13, 2019

Monday night chaos surrounded the Student Union as helicopters hovered over worried heads and police blocked entry to and began to search the Arena Garage in response to a possible armed individual. In...

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President David Szymanski.

UNF requests $10.8 million to improve student success

Lianna Norman, News Editor | Feb 12, 2019

Improvement in University metrics has been central to the goals of the new administration under soon-to-be inaugurated President Szymanski and on Jan. 31, this rang true when UNF requested $10.8 million...

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Student Fee Assessment Committee Report

Kristina Smith | Feb 12, 2019

While many students aren’t aware of what happens with tuition once it’s paid, the Student Fee Assessment Committee keeps track of every cent. At the first of three Spring 2019 meetings, representatives...

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University sends out statement regarding safety alerts and caller to JSO

University sends out statement regarding safety alerts and caller to JSO

Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief | Feb 12, 2019

The university sent an alert to students, faculty and staff Tuesday morning at 6:58 a.m. regarding Monday's night report of an alleged armed person in the Arena Garage. The first update is that the...

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UNFPD police cars.

BREAKING: UPD concludes search and renders area safe

Hannah Lee and Aisling Glocke | Feb 11, 2019

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tj-nqnwExg[/embedyt] *Story was last updated at 8:15 pm* The UNF Arena Parking Garage has been rendered safe by police. Vice President of Public Relations...

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UNFPD police cars.

Burglary reported in the student dorms

Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief | Feb 11, 2019

The University sent out an alert Monday afternoon telling students that a burglary occurred on campus sometime between Friday, Feb. 8 and Sunday evening, Feb. 10. The reported burglary occurred at Osprey...

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The search for the next Provost comes down to 10 candidates

Alex Del Dago, Government reporter | Feb 11, 2019

This past Friday marked another meeting for the Provost Search Committee. Matthew Corrigan, chair of the committee, called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. and began going over general housekeeping items...

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Student Government budget passes with an increase in over $130,000 due to University changes

Alex Del Dago, Government Reporter | Feb 11, 2019

This past Friday marked a big day in the Senate Chambers. With the Activity and Service Fee Budget and Provisionary Language being presented and voted on, the room was filled with excitement and nerves...

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