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Spinnaker | Oct 6, 2009

State Florida cereal stealer gets long prison sentence A homeless Bartow, Fla. man received a 15-year prison sentence for stealing cereal and a can of evaporated milk, according to the Associated Press. Mark...

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News in Brief

Spinnaker | Oct 6, 2009
Two news in briefs about upcoming events at UNF.
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South African jammers take visit to St. Augustine

Spinnaker | Oct 5, 2009

How in the world do four Johannesburg, South Africa-groove meisters land themselves all the way across the globe in folk-punk infested Bloomington, Ind.? Through the magical workings of Florida-based...

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September 12 – 24

Spinnaker | Oct 1, 2009

Sept. 12 - Criminal Mischief (Lot 55) An officer responded to the Osprey Fountains parking lot about a student who reported damage to his BMW. The gas cap was ripped out, and the driver's side rear wheel...

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Student group fights human trafficking, sex slavery

Spinnaker | Sep 30, 2009

The U.S. Constitution's 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865. Yet 143 years later, two teenage girls were forced into sex slavery after being trafficked to Jacksonville. Marvin Leigh Madkins is...

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UNF faculty, student researchers patent sensor technology

Spinnaker | Sep 30, 2009

UNF faculty and students have invented and patented technologies that could very well end up in your future, either through commercial products or governmental endeavors. This research, led by Dr. Jay...

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Community First serves UNF community with location in Student Union

Spinnaker | Sep 30, 2009

For the first time in UNF's history, an official, exclusive full-service banking institution exists on campus. UNF sent offers to bid to Bank of America, Wachovia, Vystar and Regions institutions in...

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FDA bans flavored, candy cigarettes in an attempt to lower underage addiction

Spinnaker | Sep 30, 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of flavored and candy cigarettes Sept. 22 in an effort to reduce addiction to tobacco products in children and young adults, according to the FDA's...

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UNF security czars watch over campus, violate rights

Spinnaker | Sep 30, 2009

Welcome to the “Police State.” The Spinnaker does not toss such words around lightly, but the growing concern of cameras on campus and the intrusion into student's private lives needs to be combated...

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CON: Save human life, educate the population

Spinnaker | Sep 30, 2009

Decreasing the amount of people in the world will not solve the anything, and allowing the government to tell families how many children they have is ridiculous. When big brother decides he is going to...

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PRO: Suburban mothers birth ever-growing worldwide population control issues

Spinnaker | Sep 30, 2009

The other week I was chatting with my 90-year-old grandmother about baby making. She explicated the joys of motherhood and talked about carrying on “the Nelson flame,” genes that need to be replicated...

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Public discourse taking violent turn, conservative talkers to blame

Spinnaker | Sep 30, 2009

The coarse and trivial complexion of public discourse in this country is as destructive to domestic tranquility as it is distasteful to the better angels of our nature. The caustic ravings of cable news...

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