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UNF Senate approves Spring concert budget increase

UNF Senate approves Spring concert budget increase

Alan Vargas | Nov 5, 2018

Osprey Productions Director Dani Brantley is on a mission. Her goal is to boost attendance of the annual UNF Spring concert. In the last two years, approximately 3,000 students have attended Oz Music...

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President Szymanski announces new Vice President of Data Analytics

President Szymanski announces new Vice President of Data Analytics

Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief | Nov 5, 2018

Jay Coleman, the Associate Provost at UNF, has been named as the Vice President of Data Analytics. UNF President David Szymanski announced on Friday, Nov. 2 his final decision on who would fill the new...

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Florida’s Ninth Amendment forces voters to choose between two obscure decisions

Jessica May | Nov 4, 2018

Florida voters who support offshore drilling but aren’t fans of vaping will face a dilemma this November. It would make sense for many to vote on the issue of offshore oil and gas drilling and vaping...

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Attorney General and Commissioner of Agriculture Breakdown

Jessica May and Carly Kramer | Nov 4, 2018

Attorney General The Attorney General is the leader of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs. They are responsible for citizen protection, prosecution, development of legal opinion and being a representative...

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The Flats at UNF outdoor entrance sign

Reported sexual assault at the Flats

Jessica May | Nov 3, 2018

A UNF student was attending a party at the Flats early Saturday morning and was allegedly drugged and assaulted according to an Osprey Update sent out to students around 6:47 p.m. The Update said the...

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The Finance and Facilities Committee was the first to meet during a day of Board of Trustees Committee meetings. Photo by Sam Chaney.

UNF Board of Trustees seeks $10 million for new faculty and other internal changes

Alan Vargas | Nov 2, 2018

UNF has a problem. The University has received a total of $7 million from the Board of Governor’s performance-based funding system in the last four years and was ranked dead last out of 16 public...

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Graphic by Sam Chaney

New UNF poll shows Andrew Gillum leading Ron DeSantis

Steven Thompson | Nov 1, 2018

A new UNF poll of 1,048 likely Florida voters shows Andrew Gillum leading Ron DeSantis 49-43. According to the poll, 87 percent of Democrats support Gillum and 84 percent of Republicans favor DeSantis. “Almost...

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Parking unavailability in the Arena Parking Garage on Halloween

Parking unavailability in the Arena Parking Garage on Halloween

Sam Chaney, Managing Editor | Oct 31, 2018

Parking gets scary again on Wednesday, Oct. 31 when fifty Blue Lot spaces on the fourth floor of the Arena Parking Garage will be unavailable. According to the University, the spaces will be...

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 Photo courtesy of Andrea Mestdagh

Skinner-Jones Hall awarded Silver LEED certification after renovation

Sarah Bethea | Oct 31, 2018

The $30 million renovation of Skinner-Jones Hall earlier this year resulted in not only a four-story addition and lobby, but also a Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification by...

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Local traffic update: Two southbound lanes on Interstate 295 currently blocked

Sam Chaney, Managing Editor | Oct 29, 2018

Drivers who regularly take Southbound 295 as part of their evening commute should be wary of a current traffic slowdown. Two lanes of Southbound 295 are currently blocked near to Gate Parkway as a result...

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Overview of local Halloween events

Overview of local Halloween events

Jessica May | Oct 29, 2018

Not sure what to do for Halloween? Spinnaker dug through the event calendars to find Halloween-themed events going on around campus and around town! Howl-O-Ween Barktacular Are the clubs not...

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Student and International Affairs is being moved to be part of Academic Affairs

Gonzalez speaks out on his firing after 18 years at UNF

Hannah Lee | Oct 29, 2018

Mauricio Gonzalez dedicated 18 years of his life to students at UNF. As Vice President of Student and International Affairs, he oversaw the development of several programs dedicated to students. On Aug....

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