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From room expansions to film labs; everything new coming in Lassiter Hall renovation

Big changes await University of North Florida students when Lassiter Hall reopens—slated for the spring 2023 semester—to students after years of planning and contracting. The main inhabitants of the...

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Florida Board of Governors member Kent Stermon found dead

Carter Mudgett, Editor in Chief Dec 9, 2022

Kent Stermon, a Florida Board of Governors (BOG) member and local businessman, has died at 50 years old. Appointed to the BOG in 2019 by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his term was set to end in 2026. Multiple...

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The future of DeSantis’s “Stop Woke Act” in Florida after federal judge ruling

Mallory Pace, News Editor Dec 1, 2022

A Florida state law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis was blocked by a federal judge on Nov. 17, who called it a “positively dystopian” policy that restricts how lessons on race and gender can be taught...

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Tim Weah celebrates following opening goal of USMNT's World Cup experience

Student Government hosting World Cup watch party on campus

Jacob Justice, Sports Reporter Nov 29, 2022

The World Cup is officially underway, and the UNF community is participating accordingly, with Student Government (SG) hosting a watch party on Tuesday. The watch party will take place during the United...

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UNF rolls out plans for a dedicated graduate commencement ceremony, administrator says

Carter Mudgett, Editor in Chief Nov 28, 2022

It’s the end of the semester and the year is near, which also means that graduation is seemingly an arm's reach away. In years past, graduate school students at the University of North Florida would...

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Faculty, staff to receive $1,000 bonus and extra day off for Thanksgiving, UNF president says

Carter Mudgett, Editor in Chief Nov 18, 2022

Headed into the week of Thanksgiving, University of North Florida President Moez Limayem announced an additional day off and a one-time payment for eligible employees in an email on Friday.  The university...

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The Capitol is seen in Washington, Nov. 11, 2022. Republicans have won control of the U.S. House. A call by The Associated Press on Wednesday, Nov. 16, for Republican Mike Garcia in California’s 27th District secured the party the 218 seats needed for the majority.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The midterms have finished. What do the results mean?

Mallory Pace, Government Reporter Nov 18, 2022

The 2022 U.S. midterms resulted in a new balance of power in Congress—Republicans control the House; Democrats control the Senate. But what does that mean? To answer that, it’s important to understand...

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Polish police officers search for missile wreckage in the field, near the place where a missile struck, killing two people in a farmland at the Polish village of Przewodow, near the border with Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

AP: Deadly missile strike adds to Ukraine war fears in Poland

VASILISA STEPANENKO and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Nov 18, 2022

PRZEWODOW, Poland (AP) — Since the invasion of Ukraine more than eight months ago, Poland has aided the neighboring country and millions of its refugees — both to ease their suffering and to help guard...

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Employees at the San Jose Starbucks location in Jacksonville participated in walk-outs on Thursday that coincided with the company’s Red Cup Day, kicking off the holiday season.

‘Red Cup Rebellion’: Starbucks employees walkout in Jacksonville

Carter Mudgett and Justin Nedrow Nov 17, 2022

Starbucks employees with Starbucks Workers United—a workers union—went on strike on Thursday at two store locations in Jacksonville, joining thousands of other workers across the country on one of...

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Windows of an apartment building are illuminated during a blackout in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Correction: AP source: Russian missiles cross into Poland during strike

JOHN LEICESTER and JAMES LaPORTA, Associated Press Nov 15, 2022

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — In earlier versions of a story published November 15, 2022, The Associated Press reported erroneously, based on information from a senior American intelligence official who spoke...

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Advertising to blame for lack of opportunity for comment at senator debate, SG deputy elections commissioner says

Mallory Pace, Government Reporter Nov 14, 2022

Spinnaker received a comment from Student Government’s (SG) Deputy Elections Commissioner Ali Sartawi – after two weeks and more than four requests to both SG accounts and personal accounts – regarding...

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Class registration access restored after delay, time tickets reassigned

Nathan Turoff, Features Editor Nov 14, 2022

Access to registration and other myWings services has been restored, according to a University of North Florida alert sent Monday afternoon. "The performance of services should stabilize in the next...

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