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Police Beat: Phone threats, vandalism and burglaries

Police Beat: Phone threats, vandalism and burglaries

Logan Ansteatt | Aug 24, 2016

Phone Threats UNFPD investigated a series of threatening phone calls on Aug. 17 at Alumni Hall. According to the police report, at around 8 a.m. a campus employee received six phone calls from a...

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 Photo by Audrey Carpenter

Campus cooking gets smart

Audrey Carpenter | Aug 23, 2016

UNF Housing and Residence life is taking new measures to ensure student safety and prevent fires. They are testing a new type of stovetop burner called Smart Burners. Director of Housing and Residence...

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Blue and faculty permits sold out

Jariss George | Aug 22, 2016

Blue lot and faculty permits are currently sold out, and it’s leaving both faculty and students a little unnerved. As of Aug. 16, blue lot permits were sold out. Over 5,000 permits were sold within a...

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Am I using Blackboard or Canvas?

Am I using Blackboard or Canvas?

Tiffany Salameh | Aug 22, 2016
Are you confused on whether you should be using Blackboard or Canvas this semester? Turns out, the answer to this depends on your professors.
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 Photo courtesy of Andrea Mestdagh

Lot 7 closed for maintenance; Skinner-Jones Hall to be under construction until Spring 2018

Tiffany Salameh | Aug 18, 2016
Lot 7, the parking lot wedged between the engineering building and a shuttle stop, will be closed for maintenance for over a year, as Skinner-Jones Hall is under construction.
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Rendering of the new facility.  Photo Courtesy of Rabbi Novack.

Jewish Ospreys to have new, larger facility at Chabad of Southside

Tiffany Butler | Aug 16, 2016

Chabad of Southside is breaking ground on a new $2.4 million facility in September, which will provide the Jewish Ospreys with a bigger and better place to call home. Chabad is a Jewish organization...

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Procrastinators beware: Parking permits expire today

Cassidy Alexander | Aug 15, 2016

Students who are driving on campus during intercession, watch out. Parking decals from the 2015-2016 school year expire today, Aug. 15. UNF Parking Services will start writing citations for expired decals...

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Police Beat: Multiple thefts in The Flats

Police Beat: Multiple thefts in The Flats

Tiffany Butler | Aug 11, 2016

Missing Mac A Macbook laptop and iPod were stolen from The Flats at UNF on Aug. 6. According to the report, the victim left the laptop and iPod on his bed prior to leaving the apartment to attend his...

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The Weekend Ahead: August 11-14

Courtney Stringfellow | Aug 10, 2016

  Jacksonville’s various businesses are luring locals to their stores for one of the last stress-free weekends of summer. Whether you’re a food lover, vinyl junkie or shopaholic, you’ll likely...

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Rodney Atkins to headline Welcome to the Nest Festival

Rodney Atkins to headline Welcome to the Nest Festival

Tiffany Salameh | Aug 8, 2016
Make sure to pack your boots for move-in day because Rodney Atkins will be headlining this year’s Welcome to the Nest Festival, free with an active Osprey 1Card.
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UNF professors to speak at TEDx event

UNF professors to speak at TEDx event

Cassidy Alexander | Aug 5, 2016

In October, two UNF professors will be speakers at a Jacksonville TEDx event. Among the 12 recently announced speakers are Dr. Tracy Alloway, associate professor of psychology and graduate program director,...

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Zika: What you should know

Zika: What you should know

Will Weber | Aug 4, 2016

The Florida Department of Health announced July 29 that four people in Dade and Broward county contracted Zika after being bit by mosquitoes. Hundreds of Floridians have been infected after traveling to...

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