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Vigil held at UNF to honor victims of Parkland shooting

Alexandra Torres-Perez, Managing Editor | Feb 21, 2018

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUUjqeIZw28[/embedyt] 17 candles representing 17 lives. Lives taken too soon after a former student entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and opened...

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"Vortex Spring"

John Moran shows students the status of Florida’s waters through photography

Angie Villada | Feb 21, 2018

Award-winning photographer John Moran gave a lecture at UNF about Florida's spring waters on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Moran has been chasing blue waters for 40 years and his photography showed not just Florida's...

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Police Beat: Lost property and damaged signs

Sam Chaney | Feb 21, 2018

Where’s My Tablet? UNFPD was dispatched to Bldg. 4 on Feb. 19 in response to a report of a lost tablet. According to the police report, a UNF staff member stated that she may have taken her Microsoft...

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The screen most students will see when they try to log onto Canavs

UNF Canvas outage; No expected timeframe for repair

Hannah Lee | Feb 21, 2018

There is currently a Canvas outage for UNF students. According to the IT helpdesk, the outage has been going on since 1:00 p.m. There is currently no expected time for the outage to end. Spinnaker...

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Students hold signs at a 'lie-in' demonstration supporting gun control reform in Washington, D.C. February 18, 2018. Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images

Parkland students rally for gun law reform in Tallahassee Wednesday

Tiffany Salameh, Editor in Chief | Feb 21, 2018

Change the state’s gun laws -- that’s the message students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are hoping to send to Florida lawmakers. Hundreds traveled by bus from Parkland to Tallahassee...

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UNF Board of Trustees selects David Szymanski as President-elect

Colin McCann | Feb 20, 2018

After much deliberation, dean and professor at the University of Cincinnati David Szymanski was chosen as the University of North Florida’s President-elect. The UNF Board of Trustees (BOT) met to...

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UNF will hold vigil for Parkland shooting victims

Alexandra Torres-Perez, Managing Editor | Feb 20, 2018

A vigil honoring the 17 victims who lost their lives at last week’s school shooting will be held at the Peace Plaza at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 21. The Peace Plaza is where the Mahatma Gandhi and the Martin...

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Religious group associated with claims of sex-trafficking found at UNF

Religious group associated with claims of sex-trafficking found at UNF

Sam Chaney | Feb 20, 2018

Reports of a sex-trafficking religious group on college campuses have been popping up all over the country, and a member of the group has recently been spotted here at UNF. The University of North Florida...

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Student Government to host discussion on campus safety and discrimination

Angie Villada | Feb 20, 2018

Student Government Senate invites all students to speak at the Your Voice: Campus Safety and Discrimination on Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. Students can come to the Student Union Plaza and speak about the discriminating...

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Police Beat: Stolen Beats and other valuables

Sam Chaney | Feb 20, 2018

Don’t Drop the Beat A student met with UNFPD at the Student Union game room on Feb. 8 to report a stolen pair of Beats headphones. According to the police report, the student was sitting in the...

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Reserved parking this week: plan accordingly

Valeree Del Guidice | Feb 19, 2018

Parking is being reserved both Tuesday, Feb. 20, and Thursday, Feb. 22.  20 spots in Lot 16 are going to be sectioned off for VIPs attending the Constitution Revision Commission at the Herbert...

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The Presidential Search Committee Meet to decide on the semi-finalists

UNF set to select next president

Colin McCann | Feb 19, 2018

Previously published in The Florida Times Union The four remaining candidates to succeed John Delaney as University of North Florida president made visits to the Jacksonville campus last week in...

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