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Picture this: student submission

Spinnaker • Nov 5, 2008
The two people holding the signs are David Boston (President - College Dems) and Caitlin Kelly. Photo taken around 4pm, November 4th on the corner of UNF Dr. and intersection leading to Lot 18.
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Survey shows majority of college

Spinnaker • Nov 5, 2008
Fifty-one percent of student loan recipients say it will take them more than 10 years to pay off their student loans, according to a new study by CollegeGrad. com, an Internet search engine for newly graduated students seeking entry-level positions in corporate America. The study showed a 5-percent jump in student loans from 2006. It also found 28 percent of college students have no loans, while 14 percent have loans that will take them less than 5 years to repay.
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Obama makes history

Spinnaker • Nov 5, 2008
The 2008 presidential election concluded with the election of America’s first black president. Millions throughout the country cheered at bars, restaurants and voter-watch parties as major television networks called the election shortly after the West coast’s polls closed at 11 p.m. EST Nov. 4.
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UPD: Code Red not necessary with bomb scare

Spinnaker • Nov 5, 2008
UPD and JSO were dispatched to the UNF Library shortly after 10 p.m. Oct. 28 to investigate a suspicious package, UPD Detective Adam Kline said. The package was eventually determined to be an art project – similar in nature to the art project in April, which also prompted UPD to call JSO’s bomb squad, according to the police report.
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UPD Burglary Investigation

Spinnaker • Nov 5, 2008
UPD is currently investigating a Burglary to an Auto that occurred at 11:00 a.m. Oct. 14. on the fourth floor of the parking garage Building 38. The suspect was captured on video entering the vehicle and removing items. UPD needs help in identifying the person in the photos. Anyone with information that could help identify this person should contact UPD at 620-2800.
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Auto bailout comical

Spinnaker • Nov 5, 2008
Regardless of accuracy, many politicians and members of the American public bought into fear that if Congress did not bailout Wall Street, Americans would become homeless ‘en masse’ and the very essence of the economy would be destroyed forever. However, in the government’s latest bailout efforts, such a greatly exaggerated case for bailing out the automotive and insurance sectors cannot even be made with a straight face.
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The Lion King: Magic on stage

Spinnaker • Oct 31, 2008
A trip to the annual Collegiate Media Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, this week has proven to be filled with surprises.
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Jaguars part of stew of contenders: Week 9 Power Rankings

Spinnaker • Oct 29, 2008
This NFL season has become almost as confusing as the BCS championship system. Over the last several years NFL fans have become accustomed to having a few teams atop the standings that were clearly set apart from the pack. Instead, eight weeks into the season there is only one team that remains undefeated and only one with one loss. However, this is not the downfall of every single team in the NFL, but rather a leveling of the playing field.
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Jacksonville must turn to hybrids

Spinnaker • Oct 29, 2008
As gas prices fluctuate and the economy continues to slip further out of our hands, Jacksonville must follow in the shoes of other U.S. cities that have placed the environment at the forefront of their minds. Early in October, four cities – Washington, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and St. Paul, Minn. – joined hundreds of others already using hybrid buses for public transportation, ordering more than 1,700 buses. Yet as communities and universities across the country continue the trend of going green, Jacksonville and UNF are not among the entities taking the next step in the hybrid movement.
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Halloween safety can be scary for both young, old

Spinnaker • Oct 29, 2008
The scariest part about Halloween is not the ghoulish costumes or fake blood but the real tragedies that happen every year – often from foolish irresponsibility. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the number of deaths among young pedestrians was four times higher on Halloween evening compared with the same time period during all other evenings of the year. There are obviously more people out walking the streets on Halloween, which means everyone must take extra strides to be careful.
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Everyone needs to vote

Spinnaker • Oct 29, 2008
In less than a week, history will be made. For the first time in our nation, we will witness either an African-American president or female vice-president elected to the Oval Office Nov. 4, and your vote could be the deciding factor – the one that made a difference. Who wouldn’t want to say they were a part of making history? Yet there are many people who argue only the politically suave and intelligent should vote.
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Forum looks at race, gender in 2008 election

Spinnaker • Oct 29, 2008
The play of race, class and gender roles in the 2008 election was the subject of a discussion Oct. 28 about the dynamics of various factors that might possibly influence the way people will vote in this year’s election.
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